Catherine McKay wrote:
> I think I see Deb's point, but I also see Alison's.
> There is a certain quality in Jonatha's voice (not
> always, depends on what she's singing) that sometimes
> gets on my nerves. Not exactly whiny, more nasal.
Yeah, yeah, exactly, kind of a buzzing in her nose. Whenever I hear it I
expect her to go into some full-blown country-music
heavy-on-the-nasal-sound singing, which never happens (thank god), but
just the thought of it makes hearing the buzz unpleasant.
> Anyway, i got over it but every now and then there's a
> vocal tic that can be a bit grating. (When she sings,
> "My clothes are in your closet", there's something
> about those "cl" sounds... Having said that, I love
> Jonatha's stuff.
I have a couple of her cds and haven't listened enough to get past that
nasal sound yet. I do like her energy, though. She's full of feeling and
that's a really big deal to me. So... maybe I'll listen again.
> There are certain vocalizations that Joni does
> sometimes that I'm not crazy about either (blasphemy!)
Some of Joni's warbling on her early albums sounds unnatural now, but
she deliberately chose to sing that way (and Joni's voice is still
pleasing to me even then), which is different than Jonatha's occasional
nasal sound that she may not have any control over.
> Still, you can't expect everyone to agree on
> this kind of thing, and that's fine - why should they?
Exactly. How dull that would be!
Debra Shea
