singing – The Burning Platform

This will the last of this “series”. First, it takes a helluva long time sifting through all the bullshit titles .. “best video ever!!, “world’s best singer ever!!” … “guaranteed to make you cry!!”, ad infinitum el shittem. Second, I think all the great ones have been posted. Third, I can’t remember what I posted previously. Getting old sucks! Fourth, can’t remember what I posted previously.

I don’t know why I always get a tear in my eye when I hear “Amazing Grace” …. even when a 600+ pound teenager sings it. (Well, I do know, but it’s a story I will likely never reveal here.)

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Not overly talented …. there’s just something special about a 71 year old woman singing “KISS MY ASS!!“

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Last week the UK Daily Mail ran a somewhat interesting article titled “The world’s most bizarre cultural traditions endorsed by Unesco”, here ——-

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2883973/Oil-wrestling-Niger-s-sense-humour-whistled-language-La-Gomera-world-s-bizarre-cultural-traditions-endorsed-Unesco.html

One of the unusual traditions added: “The Intangible Cultural Heritage list includes Polyphonic singing of the Aka Pygmies of Central Africa”

Now … I have never heard of “Polyphonic singing”. So, I looked it up. It is also known a “overtone” singing …. or, basically, singing two notes at the same time. Incredible.

So, in this who-does-it-better post for Continued Cultural Edumacation, I’ve included three videos;

— 1) the pygmy tribe mentioned above,

— 2) an Austrian woman

— 3) a Mongolian band — because that’s where polyphonic singing originated, according to wiki.

Who does it best?

Pygmy