2007-08-08 04:22:45 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Lyrics
how many uk acts have u listened to? Lily Allen, Artic Monkeys, Coldplay, Dizzee Rascal, Lady Sovereign, Madness plus others all sing in their natural accents.
2007-08-08 21:45:49 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think it's some weird effect of singing---
when the Beatles started, their songs sounded American.
It was months, then, (early 1964) before U.S. fans actually heard their Liverpool accents, on a special WLS radio interview show (this was before they came to NYC for the Ed Sullivan Show)---it was a SHOCK! We could hardly understand what they were saying when they spoke, though we loved how cool their accents were. I would have never believed that they were the same singers of those songs.
2007-08-08 11:28:52 · answer #2 · answered by papyrusbtl 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all true, but let's just say that for the ones that are sung in American accents that it's simply an industry standard.
2007-08-08 11:25:11 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A few are like Lostprophets but id say most aren't. Muse, Coldplay, Oasis, Kasabian, Arctic Monkeys, Kaiser Chiefs etc don't n they are top notch bands... It works both ways to some extent, the Killers don't sing in American n they are American... Infact til I heard em speak id of said they were British.
2007-08-08 11:38:14 · answer #4 · answered by RMP 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Heya,
Its a frickin pain innit? it makes us look like losers,
well lily allen has a cockney technique which great, but mainly bcuz it depends on the technique we use, sometimes amercian songwriters write the songs & the u.k singers by them lol!! and tht kinda givs them a amercian voice
i hope this helps x Also There accent kinda disolves away when u get used to it, & it becomes more understanble & more english xD
2007-08-08 13:04:48 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
a lot of people seem to lapse into an American accent when they sing. i think it's because most songs are American and so you unconsciously pick up the accent when you sing along to them.
2007-08-08 11:26:14 · answer #6 · answered by barney c 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No its not,
Ever heard of the Arctic Monkeys?
Lily Allen?
Listen to their accents!
A lot of singers lose any sort of accent when they sing but it doesn't necessarily make them sound American
2007-08-08 11:24:54 · answer #7 · answered by Harriet in Fife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What about the proclaimers, Lily Allen, every Indie group under the sun etc etc...
Maybe you listen to too much commercial chart crap.
2007-08-08 11:26:29 · answer #8 · answered by neogriff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They aren't, just for most artists all accent disappears when they sing.
2007-08-08 11:25:55 · answer #9 · answered by AsianPersuasion :) 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not really its English and if you listen you can hear some words that are very UK. even certain words that are used are very British
2007-08-08 11:33:21 · answer #10 · answered by KAT 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋