AOR-Heaven or -Hell?

[uwe]

Stumbled across this by accident - Eagles and Styx you say? 





Good thing: Tommy Shaw doesn't look like a girl anymore. More like a blond-caucasian version of Prince. Or a bearded Kim Carnes, I'm uncertain now ... 

It's a song that has been overdone, but they play it well. Felder has all the right to do it, the chord progression and the twin lead arrangement were his ideas.

I was never a Styx hater, their vocals and the often keyboard-driven compositions made them immediately recognizable. I don't even mind "Babe". 

[Basvarken]

He looks like Steven Tyler's sister

I liked Damn Yankees back in the day. 
But not so much anymore.
BTW The only music that Ted Nugent made, that I ever liked. Even if it were for a short period ;-)

[uwe]

I think the Damn Yankees had good combined songwriting craft and Uncle Ted was contained/restrained to only do what he does best when he's not shooting arrows at inanimate targets: play fluid solos. To quote the great Frank Z: Shaddap and play yer guitar!

But of course I prefer an unadulterated Jack Blades motorin' in Night Ranger.

[Dave W]

He looks more like he could be Ann Coulter's twin brother, and that's frightening.

[uwe]

Ouch, Dave! Just because he has played with Ted Nugent AND Jack Blades doesn't mean he hasn't kept a semblance of political sanity!

http://www.hlntv.com/video/2012/09/06/styx-dnc-tommy-shaw


Besides, you dislike women with a long face irrespective of their political views!

[Dave W]

I was referring to her looks, not her politics.

Women with long faces? Just google image search Sarah Jessica Parker Horse.

[OldManC]

Does Felder just naturally sound now like his voice is being slammed within an inch of its life through auto-tune or is that an effect that people actually enjoy? Shaw sounds like himself so I know it's not just the video.

[uwe]

Felder never had a great voice, but I think it's better now than it used to be. Still not a natural talent, it sounds tutored and doctored here, true.

I believe more people use autotune nowadays than we all think - and not just the usual suspect pop-dance acts. It's just hushed up. A while ago, I read an interview with Halford where they asked him whether he used autotune on stage and he frankly admitted it: "Not a lot, a quarter note, everyone does it these days, it ensures consistency on a long tour, you are not as good as you wish to be every night". And Halford never had issues pitching. OTOH, when I hear the recent Van Halen live CD, some more autotune might have helped (both Dave and the listeners)!  Or quite possibly not.

[Basvarken]

The entire "Voice of Holland" shows are drowned in Autotune/Melodyne. Another reason to not want to watch those.