Adeles voice is questionable & manipulated, says producer Tony Visconti
I don’t understand why dudes can’t just let Adele LIVE, you know? If it’s not Noel Gallagher taking swipes at Adele over and over, it’s this guy, in the photo above. This guy is Tony Visconti, an American music producer responsible for some of David Bowie’s biggest hits. While his work with Bowie definitely makes him an iconic record producer, that doesn’t mean that I have to like what he says about Adele. You see, Visconti is joining a new reality show, Guitar Star, to find the next great rock star. And he just had to take a swipe at Adele.
Tony Visconti, the man behind Bowie’s greatest works, is disillusioned with today’s stars, so he’s joined TV talent show Guitar Star. And the Brooklyn muso, 72, says it will find more authentic musicians than Adele.
Visconti told me: “You turn the radio on and it’s fluff, you are listening to 90% computerised voices. We know Adele has a great voice but it’s even questionable if that is actually her voice or how much has been manipulated. We don’t know. There’s a sound to pop now that is so perfect it’s boring, because everything is fixed.”
Guitar Star aims to unearth old fashioned, raw ability. He said: “I’m looking for virtuosos like Hendrix, Cobain and Bowie. There’s no fluffy back story, there’s no: ‘I lost my pet dog in 97 and that made me want to play’ nonsense. No-one can mistake me for Simon Cowell. Today is the worst time ever in the music industry, but Guitar Star is a step in the right direction.”
Visconti co-produced Bowie’s final album Blackstar and there is more material coming.
I don’t see how another musical competition reality show is going to improve the music industry? Because those musical competition shows are awful and they’re everywhere, to the point where I wonder if the youngsters of America spend too much time wanting to be pop stars rather than wanting to be America’s Next Great Mathematician, or America’s Next Great Engineer. As for his particular shade of Adele for having a voice that is “questionable” and/or “manipulated”… the easy answer is just listen to her sing live. THAT’S HER REAL VOICE. She actually sounds that soulful in real life. But really, Visconti sounds like a guy who will discount any female vocalist just because.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
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