Well, how about Opera? ... still couldn't understand the lyrics,
Exactly what I mean ... new singers in all fields appear to give little or no attention to thier diction.
Old records of Caruso singing in Italian are very understandable to Italian speakers ... and the Great Ones (ie Three Tenors) of today have great diction in their native languages and they give a damned good try in English It may be accented English but it is decipherable. HOWEVER, younger singers in all areas just don't seem to care whether or not the lyric is understandable.
Since it's unlikely this rant will cause any change, I think it would be nice to have lyrics written inside the paper flyer they put in CDs.
Many years ago, she gummed, music counters in stores or in music stores you could buy booklets with the lyrics of all the new songs (and some oldies thrown in to fill out the pages) for a dime. Probably be a dollar now. Why don't they do it anymore, she ruminated.
[emoticon of grey haired old lady wearing glasses peering wistfully at the reader.]
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