2007-08-16 17:31:14 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
Because their accents tend to stress vowels and drop consonants, while singers tend to stress the harder sounds for rhythm purposes and stretch the vowels into barely recognizable runs anyway.
So the accent is minimized while singing.
2007-08-16 17:40:07 · answer #1 · answered by Derick 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
They DO.
Keane, Coldplay, Duran Duran, The Beatles in most of their songs sound British for example.
Rock n' Roll / Soul has black American roots and usually sounds better with a particular American accent but it's that particular sound that is being emulated. It's not any old american accent that is chosen to emulate.
2007-08-18 18:06:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Um they sound British to me. Maybe you only recognize one accent rathaer than the dozens of accents the Brits have.
Better to ask "Why do so many American Punk bands have a British accent? (i'm looking at you Green Day)"
2007-08-17 01:01:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
That is true a lot of times but not 100%. Look at Oasis or The Psychedelic Furs. No hiding the accent for either band.
2007-08-17 01:10:13 · answer #4 · answered by Rckets 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
because it is rock and roll, which is from america. early pink floyd (as in with syd barret) sounds british, and thats what made them stand out against the other british bands.
2007-08-17 18:01:19 · answer #5 · answered by ☮♥♫ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"Why do British people never sound British when they sing?"
Check out Ian Dury and you'll never think of this question again!
2007-08-17 01:35:34 · answer #6 · answered by phatzwave 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
bands like bloc party and franz ferdinand kind of do. they don't sound american or anything anyway.
Also Lily Allen, the streets, the libertines all spring to mind. they sound british
2007-08-17 00:42:31 · answer #7 · answered by mrgrieves7 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The parts of the brain used for speech--giving rise to one's accent--and the parts of the brain used for singing are slightly different. Thus, when someone is singing they aren't using the "accent" parts; we hear this as "having no accent".
2007-08-17 13:17:48 · answer #8 · answered by Mathsorcerer 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
IM NOT EXACTLY HELPING. BUT I LAUGHED WHEN I SAW THIS QUESTION. CAUSE MY FAVORITE BAND EVER IS DEF LEPPARD. AND IVE NEVER HEARD THE SLIGHTEST HINT OF AN ACCENT WHEN JOE SINGS. AND IVE ALWAYS WONDERED ABOUT THAT. EVEN BLACK SABBATH DONY SOUND IT A BIT.
2007-08-17 00:47:27 · answer #9 · answered by METAL CHICK_est.1977 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well what about Arctic Monkeys, Art Brut, and The Kooks
2007-08-17 00:57:19 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋