Ladies and layabouts,
Hope you're well (eight days till Crunchstock!)
I think some people have lost the plot on the Suggs
debate. Marti Pellow may be able to reach the high
notes, but his voice is very one - dimensional. Suggs
can sing catchy fast songs and also melancholic
numbers. This argument about Suggs singing in a
cockney accent the whole time is a bit misguided and
outdated. What about 4a.m. / If I Didn't Care /
Elysium / Dreaming Man / I Was The One / Green Eyes /
So Tired and the masterpieces of the Keep Moving and
MNM albums such as Yesterday's Men and Prospects. I
don't think he shows limited singing ability
there.....hardly singing in an Ian Dury manner. Can't
you just imagine Marti pellow doing an awful
predictable cover version of Yesterday's Men. I truly
belive that when it comes to singing sad songs, Suggs'
voice can't b beaten.
Some of the points put forward made it sound
like the writer's hadn't listened to a Madness album
since Absolutely where I'd be the first to admit that
he was limited nad talked the lyrics. Where Suggs
messes up is on the live scene, but I think his
singing on 'Wonderful' is both varied and better than
anything from any Madness album.
Marti Pellow is a choir boy who got lucky and
there are plenty of prototypes of him in boybands.
Suggs is distinct, cockney accent or not.
Quality singing is not about singing the high
notes. It's about having an interesting voice and no
Marti you haven't got that.
Till next time,
Vince Carden.
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