Kirk Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 What's your pick? This is not a bad tune, but John Travolta's singing would be questionable even on karaoke night: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 I like his vocals there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 He doesn't sing from his diaphragm. His voice is weak and thin. Still like the song, though... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 I believe you have a contender there, Lew! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 7 hours ago, Kirk said: He doesn't sing from his diaphragm. His voice is weak and thin. Still like the song, though... He got better though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 14 Share Posted May 14 He nailed the stuff he sang from Grease. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 14 Author Share Posted May 14 1 hour ago, Vinnie B Trask said: He got better though. 22 minutes ago, James said: He nailed the stuff he sang from Grease. True to both! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Benfer Posted May 17 Share Posted May 17 Rod's not a bad singer, he's just a stylist. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted May 18 Share Posted May 18 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirk Posted May 18 Author Share Posted May 18 Another winner! Who could forget that one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew C. Clark Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Also Tiny Tim's remake of the late Jerry Lee Lewis "Great Balls Of Fire" in 1969. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
susie b Posted May 19 Share Posted May 19 Excellent songwriter and icon, yet his material always sounds better when recorded by other acts such as the Byrds. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 This is pretty awful though I like his all girl band! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 He was the Andy Kaufman of singers. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 2 hours ago, Raspbernie said: He was the Andy Kaufman of singers. Haha... You are the first person Bernie that has vocalized a comparison I have always kept to myself. Although, I do not think he has weak vocals, just very strange vocals. And his bio says he Loved music from a very young age and he actually is on key. He just makes use of his strange falsetto voices. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted May 20 Share Posted May 20 I was”Tiny Tim” for Halloween one year… 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 21 Share Posted May 21 Tiny Tim´s voice is strong, not weak....and it´s pretty awesome, really. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackhawkpat Posted May 25 Share Posted May 25 I was playing with my band at a night club in the early 80s with a one week engagement and I happen to see a guy in the back that looked very familiar. I kept thinking to myself, this can’t be who I think it is . At our first break he approached me and asked me if I would be interested in playing keyboards for him the next week when he was playing there? Yes, it was Tiny Tim! I’ve got to tell you, one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life. Told me I only had to play on about five songs with him and he would provide the sheet music, no rehearsal, just do it! He told stories throughout the set. Obviously “tiptoe through the tulips” was one of them and the rest were songs from the 30s and 40s that I really wasn’t familiar with, but it all came out great, and like I said he was very shy but very cool. $50 a man was the going rate at that time and he gave me $100 per night, even though I told him I would do it for nothing. i’ve met a lot of jerk musicians in my life, but I can honestly say he was one of the nicest. 5 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raspbernie Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Cool story! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhonda B Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 5 hours ago, blackhawkpat said: I was playing with my band at a night club in the early 80s with a one week engagement and I happen to see a guy in the back that looked very familiar. I kept thinking to myself, this can’t be who I think it is . At our first break he approached me and asked me if I would be interested in playing keyboards for him the next week when he was playing there? Yes, it was Tiny Tim! I’ve got to tell you, one of the nicest people I’ve ever met in my life. Told me I only had to play on about five songs with him and he would provide the sheet music, no rehearsal, just do it! He told stories throughout the set. Obviously “tiptoe through the tulips” was one of them and the rest were songs from the 30s and 40s that I really wasn’t familiar with, but it all came out great, and like I said he was very shy but very cool. $50 a man was the going rate at that time and he gave me $100 per night, even though I told him I would do it for nothing. i’ve met a lot of jerk musicians in my life, but I can honestly say he was one of the nicest. Thanks for this great share blackhawkpat. Just the old "can't tell a book by its cover" philosophy. What a thrill to be part of that piece of musical history...albiet a little on the unconventional side. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 26 Share Posted May 26 Great stuff, Pat. Thanks for sharing that with us. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 This is pretty weak we must admit! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie B Trask Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 By the way this is a great song in a way! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lew Bundles Posted May 28 Share Posted May 28 Very flat at times, but actually not a bad number… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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