Never judge a book by its cover!!

[kevin_lindsay 807]

Teddy Swims. 

If you haven't heard of him yet, then check this out. Stunningly beautiful. 

 

[odysseus 1,337]

Blimey... didn't expect that! Some pipes... 😊

[Dan Dare 1,686]

Great singer. I love it when ones expectations are confounded. The woman in this vid' of a covers band looks as if she works in the local hairdressers, but boy can she sing -

 

[chris_b 3,968]

Scott King on bass for the Mustangs has a great feel to his playing.

[Bassassin 1,925]

Fella can sing alright, but to my ears it's identikit mawk-by-numbers, headed straight for a regular Jools slot.

Nothingremotelyunusual/10

 

[Ricky 4000 7,653]

I think on balance, female vox are more pleasing to the ear than male... plus, men are such bastards already, that they really shouldn't be allowed to be singers.

[Frank Blank 8,254]

8 minutes ago, Ricky 4000 said:

...plus, men are such bastards already, that they really shouldn't be allowed to be singers.

In fact I don’t know why all men aren’t rounded up and put on an island where we are simply required to produce a gallon or two of sperm a month in exchange for food, let’s face it, were fück all good for anything else.

[Ricky 4000 7,653]

34 minutes ago, Frank Blank said:

In fact I don’t know why all men aren’t rounded up and put on an island where we are simply required to produce a gallon or two of sperm a month in exchange for food, let’s face it, were fück all good for anything else.

Having given that a little more thought (as I was fettling the pickup height on a false jazz bass), I reckon beta males such as ourselves, David Byrne out of Talking Heads, etc -- are alright... it's the alphas that shouldn't be allowed to be singers.

👍

[chris_b 3,968]

Teddy Swims, what a great voice.

He's touring in the UK in May.

[John Cellario 21]

Beautiful quality and vibrato in that voice, very rare. Songs a bit too mushy though for my liking. 

[dave moffat 1,008]

anything by these folk Tim Purcell of the Mustangs, his Daughter and friends

[chris_b 3,968]

1 hour ago, John Cellario said:

Beautiful quality and vibrato in that voice, very rare. Songs a bit too mushy though for my liking. 

Listen to Bonnie Raitt's fantastic original version.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nW9Cu6GYqxo

 

[casapete 1,552]

Thought it was okay - great voice although can't be doing with all that waving the arms around stuff.... Still, better than the George Michael attempt, IMHO opinion of course.

As Chris says above, the definitive version of this song is the Bonnie Raitt one, featuring Bruce Hornsby on piano. Apparently she recorded it in one take, saying she couldn't capture the emotion again. 

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[stuckinthepod 47]

Is this a case of dress for the job you want- Guy wanted to be in Mastodon, all places were taken. Decides to be come a soul/pop balladeer on the flip side?