01-06-2020, 09:40
(31-05-2020, 21:43)Baggievicar Wrote: Art is quite ethereal but I just thought Paul has got more variety, and his voice can sound just as pure when he bothers.
It's not so much about purity as sheer vocal range. There's a reason why Art sings Bridge Over Troubled Water; if you hear Paul doing it solo, he avoids all the soaring high notes that make the song. Brilliant songwriter (the fact he could afford to throw away an incredible protest song like A Church Is Burning in the 1960s, in favour of stronger material, is astonishing in itself); but other singers often do his work more justice.
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