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Old 05 Jan 2011, 01:25   #1
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Default What songs, in your opinion, are the hardest to sing?

To quote Neil, as he's the inspiration for this thread:

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I've gone with Dead Ringer as i've always found the songs from that album the most difficult to sing

Singing IGLHFBOU is like pulling teeth
In my humble opinion, hes right. IGLHFBOU is extremely tuff.

All are hard to sing, but what are the hardest?

besides IGLHFBOU, here are my some of the hardest to sing:

Everything Louder
Running for the Red Light
Break It (surprisingly very difficult to sing)
Like A Rose
Testiy
and Objects

Hands down, in my opinion, the easiest song and best song for anyone to sing is took the words, as it gets a crowd going and you can get some easy audience participation depending on the crowd.
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 02:38   #2
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Frying Pan maybe. I know those notes in the chorus Kill me.

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Old 05 Jan 2011, 10:01   #3
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IGLHFBOU is very tough indeed, but phenomenal if you pull it off :)

Bat of course, due to the high Cs at the end, FCOL I think because the acting must match the singing.

To be fair, I think that Meat has some of the toughest songs to sing, full stop. Especially the Steinman ones, but also some from WTTN (eg ILYATTT, NADEITH) and HCTB (eg IIR, IICHY, EIV).
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 10:10   #4
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Left in the Dark is a pain in the ass to pull off flawlessly.

I'm physically unable to sing Surf's Up properly without cheating (singing parts of it down the octave) >.>
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 10:24   #5
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 20:59   #6
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besides IGLHFBOU, here are my some of the hardest to sing:

Everything Louder
Running for the Red Light
Agreed with these three.



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IGLHFBOU is very tough indeed, but phenomenal if you pull it off :)
There are parts of that song where "pulling it off" is the only way you can hit the notes




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Bat of course, due to the high Cs at the end, FCOL I think because the acting must match the singing.
I find Bat to be the easiest song to be honest.
Probably because the adrenaline pumping doing it to a live audience.

FCOL is a little trickier, but it feels great when you nail it dead bang



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To be fair, I think that Meat has some of the toughest songs to sing, full stop. Especially the Steinman ones, but also some from WTTN (eg ILYATTT, NADEITH) and HCTB (eg IIR, IICHY, EIV).
Dry Eye and Lie For You have their moments, but again, it just makes you feel even better for hitting the notes.
HCTB I wouldn't know.I haven't sang anything from that album, and I think the only song i'm eager to try is Song Of Madness.



As Wario quotes me as saying, on the whole, I find anything off the Dead Ringer album harder to sing than most of Meat's songs.
Read Em & Weep, Love Her For Both Of Us, I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back, Dead Ringer, good songs, buff tough to sing.




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Old 05 Jan 2011, 21:28   #7
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Did hear that AKIATTTW is a bit of a git
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 21:29   #8
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Has to be Masculine. It has been avoided at all cost since the early 90s.
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 21:31   #9
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FCOL is a little trickier, but it feels great when you nail it dead bang
That'll be the bang that gets the Karaoke machine working properly again half way through will it?
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 21:55   #10
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There are parts of that song where "pulling it off" is the only way you can hit the notes

indeed!

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Read Em & Weep
I forgot about that one - it always is surprisingly difficult to sing I find. That ending!
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Old 05 Jan 2011, 23:50   #11
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Did hear that AKIATTTW is a bit of a git
i heard it in london a few years ago

and i haven't been able to hear properly since
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 01:08   #12
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Did hear that AKIATTTW is a bit of a git
Oh yes it is. But the ending is pretty easy with "Tire Tracks and Broken Hearts".

Ive been going through my backing tracks, and surprisingly, Im finding Life is a Lemon hard. "Shove it up your ass" needs to be nailed for it to have a comedic and sarcastic flavor. If you cant hit that, the line seems pointless and pathetic and the performance as a whole suffers.
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 01:20   #13
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If you cant hit that, the line seems pointless and pathetic and the performance as a whole suffers.
So when are we going to see your pointless and pathetic version up on YouTube then?
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 01:22   #14
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And will he be miming along to his own vocals?
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 03:49   #15
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As Wario quotes me as saying, on the whole, I find anything off the Dead Ringer album harder to sing than most of Meat's songs.
Read Em & Weep, Love Her For Both Of Us, I'll Kill You If You Don't Come Back, Dead Ringer, good songs, buff tough to sing.
Agreed with these except Dead Ringer.
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 05:43   #16
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Any song for me! I couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. But forgive me I am not very patient today and can't be bothered figuring this out myself, what song does IGLHFBOU stand for? I know I will kick myself when I find out.
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 05:50   #17
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......what song does IGLHFBOU stand for? I know I will kick myself when I find out.
I'm Gonna Love Her For Both Of Us. I always have trouble figure out what song it is via the initials - unless of of course it is BOOH!
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 09:57   #18
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Yes I hate the "Gonna love her" acronym and the one for "A Kiss is a Terrible Thing to Waste", AKIATTTW too. Who the ~~~~ started to shorten that?!

Strangly enough I've never seen an Objects one? OITRVMMACTTA

I think anything with more than 4 letters becomes difficult to decipher.
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 10:03   #19
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 10:32   #20
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Good thread guys, I think Living on the outside is actually a hard song to sing because it's so fast, also frying pan is a hard one, nowhere faster and everything louder are tough ones too. The fast songs seem to be the hardest for me.
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 21:03   #21
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The fast songs seem to be the hardest for me.
Add Do It to the list then
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Old 06 Jan 2011, 21:13   #22
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Add Do It to the list then
Are those miming rumours true??
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Old 07 Jan 2011, 04:32   #23
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I just added IICHY to my talent show act and let me tell you all...those high notes are HARD to hit.
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Old 07 Jan 2011, 13:28   #24
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Bad for good is a hard song to sing in my opinion, very fast with lots of switching between low and high notes.
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