I don't even think that the picture was that bad. Seems fine to me. If he wanted to troll, he probably would have just taken one of the 2009 pics, but not a recent one. To answer the question: I prefer Kelly obviously, I like her emotional tone and her versatility, but Carrie is an amazing vocalist as well.
I don't even think that the picture was that bad. Seems fine to me. If he wanted to troll, he probably would have just taken one of the 2009 pics, but not a recent one. To answer the question: I prefer Kelly obviously, I like her emotional tone and her versatility, but Carrie is an amazing vocalist as well.
Kelly's covers are always impeccable, even her haters don't deny how amazing she is when she covers songs (if people don't like her own catalog for whatever reason, they love her covers).
People have often praised Carrie's covers to, so I can't understand why your all being ignorant and trying to pretend she's not versatile?
Kelly obviously. Carrie's voice is amazing but it looks like it's getting worse. Her lower range is worse than Kelly's (and Kelly's lower range isn't much to brag about either) and Carrie's head voice is atrocious. What she does have going for her is this powerful, steely tone to it, but it does mean that she has less control over it.
Plus, while Carrie has shown versatility, come ON. You can't even compare the versatility to what Kelly has shown. Those songs you guys posted by Carrie are probably the only ones she's sung outside of her genre post Idol. Kelly's jumped from urban sounds, to R&B, to pop/rock and Country. There isn't enough space to post videos of Kelly's versatility.
Impossible to choose but I'd go for Kelly because she does seem more versatile, but both their voices blow me away, two of the best vocalists of our generation hands down.
People have often praised Carrie's covers to, so I can't understand why your all being ignorant and trying to pretend she's not versatile?
Personally I'm not saying that her covers are not good because she lacks versatility, I'm just saying they aren't capturing the same feel the original genre. That by no means equates to them being bad though.
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Originally posted by teddies
you guys are making it sound like Kelly's a cover artist have a little more respect for your queen
I used covers to make my points because they establish a clearer frame for the genre, but Kelly employs the same skills in much of her own music as well. She is very much a pop/rock singer, but Thankful incorporated a lot of soul elements, My December was more of an alternative rock album, and various other songs of hers have had anything from country to blues influences.
We're discussing how our fave is versatile, that doesn't make her a cover artist, comprehension my friend.
I think this could all be resolved by a duet, the pop queen and country queen together on a song.
we're discussing who has a better voice apparently. it sidetracked to who's the most versatile because a Kelly stan tried to validate their argument/turn it in to a pissing contest. see the title of this thread? comprehension?
anyway, the whole thing's very subjective; these sorts of threads are never a good idea, it's like comparing apples to oranges. i love Carrie's voice, but then again I love country music and don't particularly care for 99% of the crap on Top 40 radio these days.. she has that distinctive country twang.
we're discussing who has a better voice apparently. it sidetracked to who's the most versatile because a Kelly stan tried to validate their argument/turn it in to a pissing contest. see the title of this thread? comprehension?
anyway, the whole thing's very subjective; these sorts of threads are never a good idea, it's like comparing apples to oranges. i love Carrie's voice, but then again I love country music and don't particularly care for 99% of the crap on Top 40 radio these days.. she has that distinctive country twang.
If you consider versatility a quality of a good vocalist, then it's not sidetracked at all...