I just wathced the second part of a series called 'The Voice' on Channel 4 (see u2log.com for details).
Tonight's 1 hour show was about the male voice going right back to Caruso and mainly covered male singers though to the 1960s. Bono contributed throughout and for the last 10 minutes the focus went straight from Elvis to Bono. Bono spoke of his own voice and how his voice dictates what he can sing. He said that many of his lyrics have ended up on the floor because his voice works best when he is singing vowels and not constanents and how this provides a limitation to his songwiring. He used 'The Fly' as an exampleof how he used distortion to enable him to sing the constanents and for them to come across with meaning (I can't remember his exact words).
The film ended with Bono saying: "My voice is the only thing that I can't lie with".
A very interesting programme and it's good to see that the producers chose to put Bono alongside the greatest singers of the last century. Sorry I can't give more details - I'm shattered!
Tonight's 1 hour show was about the male voice going right back to Caruso and mainly covered male singers though to the 1960s. Bono contributed throughout and for the last 10 minutes the focus went straight from Elvis to Bono. Bono spoke of his own voice and how his voice dictates what he can sing. He said that many of his lyrics have ended up on the floor because his voice works best when he is singing vowels and not constanents and how this provides a limitation to his songwiring. He used 'The Fly' as an exampleof how he used distortion to enable him to sing the constanents and for them to come across with meaning (I can't remember his exact words).
The film ended with Bono saying: "My voice is the only thing that I can't lie with".
A very interesting programme and it's good to see that the producers chose to put Bono alongside the greatest singers of the last century. Sorry I can't give more details - I'm shattered!