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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 28, 2006 17:35:40 GMT -6
Check out British vocalist Lily Allen. Fresh sound, different from U.S. pop. I particularly like the song "smile". www.lilyallenmusic.com/ |
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Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Dec 28, 2006 18:06:29 GMT -6
Gary! sometimes i think you do this intentionally.
a very amusing sound. i like that she sings in sharps. she has the charming "not quite in key" sound that i find so appealing in astrud gilberto (even though astrud was a much smoother more melancholy sound)
Zilla (who has a thing for british accents)
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 28, 2006 18:15:56 GMT -6
Thanks Zil! I'm taking your post as a compliment. The only thing I do on purpose is share. The music I listen to is "below the radar" of mainstream but high in quality. (to me)
I love British accents too. I have one! Not many people know or realize this.
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Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Dec 28, 2006 18:37:15 GMT -6
I pick up southern accents (like Georgia or Louisiana) and British accents when i am around them. southern accents are easier for me since i lived in texas. all i have to do is talk to a southerner on the phone and by the end of it i've got all kinds of twangs that i didn't have at the start of the conversation. it takes about 3 days in the UK before i start picking that one up.
oooooo, you have one? talk to me, baby, talk to me!
Zilla (who might be heading london-way in jan or feb)
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 28, 2006 18:50:23 GMT -6
You're making me randy baby...oohh yeaaa...
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 28, 2006 19:08:24 GMT -6
Zilla (who has a thing for british accents) Really?  Simon |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 28, 2006 19:09:40 GMT -6
I love British accents too. I have one! I suspect I might have one too. Is there a test I can take so I can tell? Simon |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 28, 2006 19:10:58 GMT -6
Zilla (who might be heading london-way in jan or feb) Make sure you let me know if you do. It would be great to meet you if we can arrange something. Simon |
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Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Dec 28, 2006 19:25:39 GMT -6
I suspect I might have one too. Is there a test I can take so I can tell? Simon there is! you talk to me and see if i get all damp and scriffy  Zilla (when i know my flight info i'll shoot you an email) |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 28, 2006 19:36:34 GMT -6
I suspect I might have one too. Is there a test I can take so I can tell? Simon there is! you talk to me and see if i get all damp and scriffy Once I start I can talk for England Simon |
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 28, 2006 20:02:15 GMT -6
Damp? Scriffy? British accents? I need ice in my lap.
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 28, 2006 21:28:37 GMT -6
I had know idea the song was about revenge until I watched the video.
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 8:06:44 GMT -6
I was going to post something on here about Lily Allen a while ago, but she had not broken in the US and I didn't think her musical style would cross over very well. I was wrong it seems. Lily is the daughter of one of my favourite British actors Keith Allen, but in only a few months she has become more famous than her dad who has also released a couple of records in the past. www.myspace.com/lilymusicwww.Lilyallenmusic.comSimon |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 10:02:58 GMT -6
Smile has a bit of a reggae feel to it - no wonder you like it!!
Colleen (<---- who loves British accents too but doesn't want to rain on Zilla's parade...I have to admit I like Australian ones just as much....I suppose I'd better add Scottish ones in there too or my brother in law/sister's family will disown me... ;D )
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 10:14:48 GMT -6
I have to admit I like Australian ones just as much.... So do I. There was an Australian couple at Hedo III in May, he could have been Russell Crowe's twin brother, and she was extremely pretty and had the sweetest sexy accent. Every time she spoke every guy around would be listening to her every word. Simon |
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Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Dec 29, 2006 10:18:11 GMT -6
Colleen! Stop that! i won't get upset because you admit to liking accents too. think of me as a Share-Monster Sharing is good! And i agree, austrailian accents, scottish accents, irish accents, and kiwi accents are all very good too. i'm not as infatuated with italian, french or german accents though. don't know why, i'm just not. Zilla (who listens to virgin radio when she needs a brit fix) some days you just can't spell infatuated correctly the first time |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 11:58:17 GMT -6
Ok Zil, we'll share a mutual appreciation of a good British, Austrialian, Irish or Scottish accent... no problems here!! Colleen (now if Simon is just able to make Hedo next year we can both sit transfixed by his voice by the pool together.... ;D ) |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 11:59:31 GMT -6
Not to burst your bubble Simon, I would have probably been transfixed by the Austrialian woman too.....
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 12:01:50 GMT -6
(now if Simon is just able to make Hedo next year we can both sit transfixed by his voice by the pool together.... ;D ) I'm going to do my best to be there ;D Simon |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 12:02:42 GMT -6
The one thing that I have been told while visiting my sister is that I have a lovely American accent - I just wonder what that sounds like???
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 12:06:35 GMT -6
I love the various American accents, particularly southern accents.
Simon
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 13:07:56 GMT -6
I don't think I have a Southern accent myself but you'll have to let me know when we meet!  |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 16:15:38 GMT -6
Just say "y'all" a lot... it usually works for me ;D Simon |
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Post by innit Geezer on Dec 29, 2006 16:50:14 GMT -6
I love British accents, Australian and southern U.S. dialects. (and southern derelict women)
My accent is really sexy. You have to hear me leave out vowels and crush whole sentences into one word. Soooo sexy. Or shall I say "Soooosexymynewyorkflection".
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 18:09:56 GMT -6
Actually Gary I quite like your voice - I'm also a sucker for a New Yawk accent.... don't ask me why.... |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 18:10:30 GMT -6
Do you think I'm spreading my likes too thin where accents come in??  |
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Post by pixiedust on Dec 29, 2006 18:12:41 GMT -6
Simon,
I promise to y'all you to death - I used to say that a lot and didn't know it but when we moved to Utah for a few years when I was in Jr. High the kids teased me so I quit using it. I usually say "you guys" instead - from my days in glorious old Utah...
Colleen
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Post by Kawaii Kaiju on Dec 29, 2006 18:33:30 GMT -6
Do you think I'm spreading my likes too thin where accents come in?? no, but i might say you have an aural fetish! Zilla ("i don't want to talk her to death...") |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 18:48:03 GMT -6
Actually Gary I quite like your voice - I'm also a sucker for a New Yawk accent.... don't ask me why.... New York accents sound cool to British ears too. Simon |
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Post by Irish Stu on Dec 29, 2006 18:56:22 GMT -6
Simon, I promise to y'all you to death I think y'all is a beautiful word. I'd like to be able to use it here but people would look at me like I just stepped off the marian shuttle, then chase me up a tree and set fire to it!! Simon |
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