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sir pball

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8. So I went down a Janis hole today...

Reply to Permanut (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 3, 2025, 06:52 PM

Sep 3

…and oddly remembered this comment.

Janis was truly amazing, "but" she also did basically everything "wrong" (quotes important) – she sang with a tight throat, breathed harder than I do when I'm running sprints, her tone was as rough as 80-grit sandpaper, and she just laughed and slugged some Southern Comfort if you ever talked about her "pitch". She was a NASCAR driver doing a burnout at the very start of a race, doing literally EVERYTHING wrong…and she was one of the most amazing modern singers for it.

Here's one of the more popular vocal coaches on YT explaining my position.

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Probably the best singer of the last 75 years...and a member of the "27 Club" [View all] sir pball Aug 14 OP

Thank You sir pball. pdxflyboy Aug 14 #1

Here come the Presley fans! Oeditpus Rex Aug 14 #2

Good choice.. Permanut Aug 14 #3

He simply noted her as a member Oeditpus Rex Aug 14 #4

Roger that.. Permanut Aug 14 #5

Indeed she did Oeditpus Rex Aug 14 #7

So I went down a Janis hole today... sir pball Sep 3 #8

... littlemissmartypants Aug 14 #6

sir pball.......... Upthevibe Sep 4 #9

Miss her Solly Mack Sep 4 #10