Sabato 30 Set 2006, 9:53
The existence of the perennial war that fans mandatorily engage Jeff Buckley and Thom Yorke into is no longer a breaking news, but rather a documentary already if i were to be asked.
Setting aside the similar use of falsetto voices of singing, many have still been labeling Yorke's as an imitation of Buckley's. Utilizing concepts on anatomy and physiology of the speech mechanism, the processes of phonation and resonation alone intricately entail various factors to produce a distinct singing voice. Anatomical structures of the layrnx, physiological movement of phonatory muscles, speech acoustics are some (to name a few) responsible for the phenomenon. Similar voices can effect to, but exact voices has a tiny percentage of possibility. Thom Yorke's deliberate imatation of Jeff Buckley's voice is another issue to dwell on, though. Yes, we have the info of having the former confess that Fake Plastic Trees is an intentional track to rip-off the latter, but Yorke had an undertone of commendation duely given to Buckley. He can actually do physiological modifications to imitate his voice, but having been singing for ~20 years, his voice should've changed due to vocal pathologies incurred from vocal misuse. Compare how the tracks from The Bends differ vocally from Grace, I'm pretty much sure you'd be nodding with me here.
Another satellite war can also be derived from this mother war: Thom Yorke versus Muse. Again, let tracks from their Showbiz, Absolution, Origin of Symmetry, and Blackholes and Revelations play in your head. Use the premise of vocal anatomy and physiology mentioned in the Buckley-Yorke war, hence the possibility of having similar or even exact voices (with the latter having slim chances over the former). With the intentional-imitation premise, that we have to see after few more years of singing. If Matthew Bellamy's voice indeed has changed, then an AHA! utterance is very much warranted.
Oh oh, and what is up with all the crap of pitting artists into a fight that they never start themselves? Why can't we just enjoy all the auditory then cognitive stimulations we receive. Agree? Agree!
*plugs earphones*
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