jrny84 wrote:brywool wrote:The odd thing is, he doesn't have those issues with anything else he sings. Why does he have it with the Journey stuff? I still think he's killer though. I didn't notice any pitch issues here, just the diction stuff which I usually don't notice as much as here. By the way, the violin solo in "Wheel in the Sky" was genius. WAY cool.
The diction problem Arnel has drives my crazy. Some songs he sounds pretty good, but others his diction is pretty bad. He needs to work on that part of his performance. I noticed when he sings "Faithfully", he says "Faitfully", instead LOL.
well, "driving you crazy" seems a bit extreme
I think a lot of people blow this stuff so out of proportion, especially with what's come before (Tapes, etc.). The dude goes out there every night and does a hell of a job.
When he was in Seattle and he sang "Faithfully", he sang the absolute crap out of it. It wasn't a Steve Perry impersonation, etc. as so many people throw at him. It was a really emotional deal and man, he just sang it so well. Best song of the night. Like I said, I don't notice the diction stuff on anything but the Journey tunes in the Crossroads thing, which is really odd. Just for the helluvit, I looked up the "Faithfully" Chile clip from his first gig with Journey. He didn't do that diction stuff there on that tune. He also stuck more to the original phrasing. As time goes on, the singer owns a bit more of the song and puts his spin on it. I don't mind his phrasing as much as the way his vowels are coming across. It's not enough to make me diss the guy, but it is distracting and it makes me wonder why. If it was everything he was singing, I'd go "oh, its his accent". It's clearly not. It may make these high songs easier to navigate, but range doesn't seem to be an issue for him.
The RF tune with the "Fast cars" line it (don't know the name, sorry) would be a great single with both bands singing on it. It's a great performance and a Good tune.
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