Rhiannon

Something I wanted to say on Monday, but that was my parent's anniversary so I put it off. I did however mention it to a friend the next day.

Sunday night my husband and I watched the Grammy's. We thought the live talent would be pretty good and also some nominee's. It was nice to see Beyonce get an award right off the start, she is beautiful and an outstanding singer as well as dancer.

Then it turned into Taylor Swift night. Now, let me just say that Taylor seems like a sweet girl and she is pretty. But, since she turned up on the scene and I heard her on a few shows singing with just her guitar, one thing became very apparent to me - she cannot sing. She is tone deaf, she can't stay on pitch and it has driven me crazy for oh, a year now I guess. I felt sorry for her when Kanye pulled that stunt on her and frankly I did feel that Single Woman was a better video, however it was the MTV awards and young people watch that, so it was fine that Taylor won.

However for her to go on and win everything all year, just wasn't right. It seems just plain obvious that Taylor can't sing unless she is highly produced. And the insult to end all insults was what she did to Rhiannon. Why couldn't she sing that on her own. Its not a huge stretch at all. I mean, you don't need technical help to make a 3 1/2 step jump - All your life - that's 3 1/2 steps. Thank God Stevie was there to cover for her and keep singing with her for the rest of the song. And don't tell me that even Stevie doesn't sing that part of the song now, that her back up singers do. Even if they sometimes do and sometimes don't, Stevie Nicks sings it on pitch. That kind of thing is in your brain. You could have fish stuffed in your ears and still hit the correct notes. It is something your brain does, that's what makes a good singer, be it alto, soprano, or in between with a half octave range. Taylor could not stay on key. Her "people" have tried to shut this up, but I see I was right when I said to my husband, "ouch that was way off". They have said she had technical problems. Well, I could understand if she sang the whole song out of key, then I would say she couldn't hear in the monitors. But instead she was pitchy, and when she tried to sing that first refrain on her own, it went out of the park and into the gutter. What a mess. Oh, she is only 18. So? Oh, she is a virgin.

That must be IT. That's the IT FACTOR nowadays. If you walk into a studio and say you WILL NOT sleep with anyone then all of a sudden their ears stop working right. Hmmm. Things have changed in the last 30 years. It used to be the other way around. You had to sleep with some one to get them to listen to your record. The ironic part of the whole thing is that, low and behold, those that slept their way to stardom, STILL had better voices. They didn't have ear monitors, they were lucky to have two floor monitors on the stage.

This is how a 20 something year old SHOULD SOUND SINGING LIVE.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tR_i0sKWKEA

Even stoned and wired, she is still on pitch. This might be why no one else has tried to cover this song. I think you just have to be Stevie Nicks to sing Rhiannon


This is a song about an old Welsh Witch

Rhiannon rings like a bell thru the night
And wouldn't you love to love her?
She rules her life like a bird in flight
And who will be her lover?

All your life you've never seen
A woman , taken by the wind
Would you stay if she promised you heaven?
Will you ever win?

Rhiannon
Rhiannon
Rhiannon

She is like a cat in the dark
And then she is the darkness
She rules her life like a fine skylark
And when the sky is starless

Once in a million years
A lady like her rises
Oh Rhiannon you cried
But she's gone in your life
Knows no answer
In your life there's no answer

Dreams unwind
Love's a state of mind

Dreams unwind
Love is hard to find

All the same
All the same
Rhiannon
All the same
All the same
Rhiannon
Dreams unwind

Rhiannon


Fleetwood Mac