Which part do you sing?

[MirrorInTheSky]

I'm so tone deaf that I just lip sync the tambourine.

[DeeGeMe]

I'm tone deaf too but that doesn't stop me from wailing away, Chiffon Head that I am, to all the Stevie tunes. And I sing her harmony & backing vocal parts in Chris & Lindsey's songs.

[Serrart]

I'm another one who prefers the back vocals, with some noble exceptions like Beautiful Child where I sing all the parts

Romy

[amber]

Originally Posted by Mari

Oh, anything. Lóve figuring out the harder-to-hear harmony parts.
I even sing along with the guitar solo's.

Super ditto. sometimes i also just really love to belt a kick ass melody.
Amber

[GateandGarden]

I like to do Stevie and sometimes Lindsey, but when I sing "The Chain," I like to do Chris' part the most.

Hillary

[rezamatic]

Originally Posted by Mari

Oh, anything. Lóve figuring out the harder-to-hear harmony parts.
I even sing along with the guitar solo's.

I find myself usually going for Lindsey's because I tend to sound a lot like him when I sing. Christine's parts are usually really tough to hit. But the good thing about the three-part harmony in most songs is that you can switch off at any point and not look/sound too bad Just like GYOW, you can pretty much do anything during that chorus and be good to go. I got up at a piano bar one time and sang that and I'm amazed (due to the fact that by that point I had a few beers in me) that I made it through.

The great thing about Stevie/Lindsey songs (Dreams, Angel, Beautiful Child, Crystal, etc. etc.) is that you can sing the lead while you're driving and be all into it, and when you pull up to a red light next to someone you can switch to 'back-up' and tune it down a notch so they don't see you

As for the guitar solos, I almost passed out trying to sing along to the guitar at the end of "Gypsy" one time. It's quite a load! "Eyes of the World" and "Wrong" are a lot of fun to sing too, and "Don't Let Me Down Again" which I think is one of my personal fav's.

Awesome question :-)

[GoldDustGypsy03]

Originally Posted by Lala

I find when I start singing Stevie's lead parts I sing them like Cher Don't ask me why!

LOL Awesome! I <333333333333333 Cher!

this is a great thread....i was just thinking this to myself the other day. i've always felt sort of funny all these years singing to stevie tunes....and i'm man enough to admit it! who cares anyway.

so....i sing whatever notes my voice allows me. sometimes i have good days and can sing in a higher key than others. on those days i sing the highest part of the harmony. on gyow, obviously i sing Lindsey's lead but i usually end up doing the middle part of the chorus. i'll attempt to do the high part but it's not always easy. sometimes you can hit a note and hold it there but you lose it when you have to enunciate the rest of the words. i can pretty much do Lindsey on the chain except the "still (hear you saying)" part i have to really concentrate. sometimes i'll end up doing stevie's part if it aint workin otherwise.

i've never taken voice lessons but it's something i'm interested in for sure. i love singing. i can hold a note and think i have a decent voice. got cut the smokes out. maybe i'll take lessons one of these days.

[dissention]

I have a husky voice, so I always sing the Stevie parts.

[golden braid]

Originally Posted by rezamatic

The great thing about Stevie/Lindsey songs (Dreams, Angel, Beautiful Child, Crystal, etc. etc.) is that you can sing the lead while you're driving and be all into it, and when you pull up to a red light next to someone you can switch to 'back-up' and tune it down a notch so they don't see you

I usually do that too. When I sing I almost always sing lead. I can't really sing so it doesn't matter if I sing Lindsey, Chris, or Stevie. It's all the same for me.

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Mari

Lóve figuring out the harder-to-hear harmony parts.

Definitely!

Paula

[skcin]

Originally Posted by Gailh

When I do The Chain it's quite something because I have to try and sing like all three. For some reason the words scalded and cat are coming into my head!

Gail

LOL! Precisely!

On another note, I will also admit to doing little moves/dances that I've seen them do while singing a particular song. Mainly Stevie looking out of the corner of her eye during the Chain on the Tusk Doc. And I've been known to play air guitar or pound the keys on a table (aka: fake piano) with the best of them...

Paula

[MirrorInTheSky]

Originally Posted by skcin

LOL! Precisely!

On another note, I will also admit to doing little moves/dances that I've seen them do while singing a particular song. Mainly Stevie looking out of the corner of her eye during the Chain on the Tusk Doc. And I've been known to play air guitar or pound the keys on a table (aka: fake piano) with the best of them...

Paula

Heheheh....me too! These days I'm particuarly fond the LIB moves:
a) The over-the-head tambourine during EOTW
b) Jazz hands during Gypsy

No matter what moves I do, though, I still sound like Gail's poor cat....

[Mari]

Originally Posted by rezamatic

I find myself usually going for Lindsey's because I tend to sound a lot like him when I sing. Christine's parts are usually really tough to hit. But the good thing about the three-part harmony in most songs is that you can switch off at any point and not look/sound too bad Just like GYOW, you can pretty much do anything during that chorus and be good to go. I got up at a piano bar one time and sang that and I'm amazed (due to the fact that by that point I had a few beers in me) that I made it through.

The great thing about Stevie/Lindsey songs (Dreams, Angel, Beautiful Child, Crystal, etc. etc.) is that you can sing the lead while you're driving and be all into it, and when you pull up to a red light next to someone you can switch to 'back-up' and tune it down a notch so they don't see you

As for the guitar solos, I almost passed out trying to sing along to the guitar at the end of "Gypsy" one time. It's quite a load! "Eyes of the World" and "Wrong" are a lot of fun to sing too, and "Don't Let Me Down Again" which I think is one of my personal fav's.

Awesome question :-)

I used to sing soprano in a choir, so I often go for the higher harmonies But the best high harmonies are Stevie's in her early days, for example her harmony on Say You Love Me, it kicks *ss
as for guitar solos, you should hear me wail the I'm So Afraid-bit

[amber]

For singing guitar parts, i kick it at GYOW and Big Love mmmm....Big Love...
(live)
AMber