Sherelle-you described exactly how i percieve 'soul'. However, I have been
under the inpression for a long time, and it was reinforced whent he
discussion about Joni's appeal to people of colour mentioned this 'soul'
that she has and implied again that it is a'black' thing.
I have heard many people say that Dusty sounds like a black person when she
sings because she has soul.. Not to my ears she doesn't(sound black i mean).
Rick Astley has been described as sounding like Barry White which is utter
tosh. he has a deep voice that is it.
I think the idea that people of a given race perform with more 'soul' is
ridiculous, racist and sopported by those who might know better if they
thought about it. It's funny, if you say a balck person is good at athletics
because of their race, you lose your job, but if you say a black sings well
because they are black and therefore sing with more feeling, people agree
with you!! I think both are equally ignorant.
John would tell you that Jessye Norman and Janet Baker have soul. I would
tell you that a cat on heat sounds better.
bw
colin
