May 14, 2013
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The Mumbler
You know what has always befuddled me? Singers who mumble lyrics. Now I’ve said before that since I was a kid I’ve always misheard lyrics and while yes, I hear some fucked up shit sometimes, a big reason is because of how the songs are sung. I swear some singers mumble so much that you are shocked when you read the actual lyrics. The mumbling is something that happens in just about any genre of music. But a couple of artists really stand out from others:
- Bruce Springsteen- I swear he is the king of mumbling. Forgive me for this, but he mumbles so bad in “Born To Run” that he sounds like a stroke victim learning to talk again. Shit, even artists that cover his songs wind up mumbling through their remakes almost like it is contagious. I mean just listen to Manfred Man’s cover of “Blinded By The Light.” No they don’t say douche but it sure as fuck sounds like it.
- Tom Petty- Maybe he just wants to try to sound more like Bob Dylan but boy is he hard to understand in certain songs. I swear in the chorus to “Refugee” he sings the chorus and then the backup singers follow and translate what he just sang.
- Michael Jackson- I guess now we know why he was hard to understand; he was drugged and falling asleep from all of the propofol.
Honestly, I can’t think of any others besides them three right now, but I’m sure there are quite a few more. I guess I probably should have paid a little bit more attention to various songs before I wrote this post.
