screamed rage <-- a lot of US punk? bellowed sneer <-- j.rotten, stranglers anti-tonal muezzin howl <-- x-ray spex, PiL anti-sexual girlvoice <-- siouxsie rigorous deadpan <-- eg wire [MIGHT be an ancestor of what i'm getting at] choppy-jittery <-- clash, X, early buzzcocks herky-jerky quirky <--- this wd be early byrne, i think (hence not derived from waters-ism) faux girltot <-- honey bane
(i didn't especially mean to imply punk (us or uk) was one-note in its delivery style, that's certainly not how i hear it)
also: i think what i mean to the "dylan tradition" is less SOUNDING like dylan (tho obv there was a lot of this) than feeling free (indeed somewhat impelled) to develop high idiosyncracy as yr signature
other possible ancestors of the recessive vocal gene: ENO <--- only just thought of this john cale (when not yelling) robert wyatt ivor cutler
some punk voicings (list NOT exhaustive)
bellowed sneer <-- j.rotten, stranglers
anti-tonal muezzin howl <-- x-ray spex, PiL
anti-sexual girlvoice <-- siouxsie
rigorous deadpan <-- eg wire [MIGHT be an ancestor of what i'm getting at]
choppy-jittery <-- clash, X, early buzzcocks
herky-jerky quirky <--- this wd be early byrne, i think (hence not derived from waters-ism)
faux girltot <-- honey bane
(i didn't especially mean to imply punk (us or uk) was one-note in its delivery style, that's certainly not how i hear it)
also: i think what i mean to the "dylan tradition" is less SOUNDING like dylan (tho obv there was a lot of this) than feeling free (indeed somewhat impelled) to develop high idiosyncracy as yr signature
other possible ancestors of the recessive vocal gene:
ENO <--- only just thought of this
john cale (when not yelling)
robert wyatt
ivor cutler