Post by Platypus on Feb 10, 2021 20:03:32 GMT
James Siegfried (02.04.1953 - )
Years Active: 1976 - present
Associated Acts: James Chance, James White, Contortions
Vocal Range: G2 - B5
Significant High Notes:
B5 ("The Fix Is In", "The Street With No Name")
B♭5 ("Contort Yourself", "Incorrigible" The Flesh Is Weak version, "The Splurge")
A5 ("Contort Yourself", "The Fix Is In", "The Flesh Is Weak", "Hell on Earth", "I Can't Stand Myself", "Melt Yourself Down" The Flesh Is Weak version, "Roving Eyes", "That Old Black Magic")
G♯5 ("Incorrigible", "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", "The Twitch")
G5 ("Cold Sweat", "Contort Yourself" Off White version, "The Devil Made Me Do It", "Disciplinary Action", "Disco Jaded", "Dish It Out", "Money To Burn", "Super Bad")
F♯5 ("Snap It Back, Strip It Down")
F5 ("Cold Sweat", "Hell on Earth", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" live French TV 1980)
E5 ("Designed to Kill" live @ The Colony in Sacramento, "The Devil Made Me Do It", "Money To Burn")
E♭5 ("Sax Maniac", "Terminal City")
D5 ("Disciplinary Action", "Flip Your Face", "Super Bad")
C5 ("The Flesh Is Weak")
B4 ("Disciplinary Action", "Down And Dirty", "Incorrigible", "Money To Burn")
B♭4 ("Cold Sweat", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "Leave My Girl Alone", "Snap It Back, Strip It Down")
A4 ("Christmas With Satan", "Cold Sweat", "The Devil Made Me Do It", "Disco Jaded", "Dish It Out", "The Flesh Is Weak", "Hell on Earth", "I Got You (I Feel Good)" live French TV 1980, "Incorrigible", "Irresistible Impulse", "Melt Yourself Down" The Flesh Is Weak version, "Money To Burn", "The Splurge", "Super Bad", "That Old Black Magic", "That's Life", "The Twitch")
G♯4 ("Bedroom Athlete", "Contort Yourself", "Designed to Kill", "Dislocation", "Flip Your Face", "I Can't Stand Myself", "Pull the Plug", "Roving Eyes", "Terminal City" Bonus track version, "Throw Me Away", "Twice Removed")
G4 ("Boulevard of Broken Dreams" Melt Yourself Down version, "Christmas With Satan", "The Devil Made Me Do It", "Disciplinary Action", "Down And Dirty", "The Flesh Is Weak", "Home Is Where the Hatred Is", "I Danced With a Zombie", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "Incorrigible", "It All Depends On the Amount", "Jaded", "Leave My Girl Alone", "Lotus Blossom", "Snap It Back, Strip It Down", "The Splurge", "The Street With No Name" Live 2016, "That Old Black Magic", "That's When Your Heartaches Begin", "Twice Removed", "The Twitch")
F♯4 ("Anesthetic", "The Fix Is In", "I Don't Want to Be Happy", "Irresistible Impulse", "Melt Yourself Down", "My Infatuation", "Pull the Plug", "Sax Maniac", "These Foolish Things")
Significant Low Notes:
E3 ("Anesthetic", "Disciplinary Action", "Down And Dirty", "Home Is Where the Hatred Is", "I Danced With a Zombie", "Incorrigible", "That Old Black Magic", "That's Life")
E♭3 ("Contort Yourself" August Darnell Remix, "Dislocation", "Pull the Plug", "Yesterdays")
D3 ("The Devil Made Me Do It", "Devilish Angel", "The Fix Is In", "Incorrigible" The Flesh Is Weak version, "It All Depends On the Amount", "Money To Burn", "The Street With No Name", "Super Bad", "Terminal City", "That Old Black Magic", "That's When Your Heartaches Begin")
C♯3 ("Blonde Ice", "Christmas With Satan", "Contort Yourself" August Darnell Remix, "Designed to Kill" live @ The Colony in Sacramento, "Sax Maniac")
C3 ("Boulevard Of Broken Dreams", "Disco Jaded", "The Flesh Is Weak", "Home Is Where the Hatred Is" The Flesh Is Weak version, "Leave My Girl Alone", "Lotus Blossom", "Pull the Plug", "Snap It Back, Strip It Down", "The Splurge", "The Street With No Name" Live 2016, "Terminal City", "These Foolish Things", "Yesterdays")
B2 ("Christmas With Satan", "Melt Yourself Down")
B♭2 ("Blonde Ice", "I (Who Have Nothing)", "That's When Your Heartaches Begin")
A2 ("The Fix Is In", "Terminal City" Bonus track version)
G♯2 ("Blonde Ice", "She Gets Down")
G2 ("Stained Sheets")
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Blue marks falsetto or whistle notes.
Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.
Italics mark non-melodic notes.
Boldface marks notes that are considered to be particularly notable examples of this person's vocal capabilities.
F8 ("I (Who Have Nothing)" [5])
D8 ("Irresistible Impulse" [5])
G♯2 ("Terminal City" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
D8 ("Irresistible Impulse" [5])
G♯2 ("Terminal City" [1])
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[1] marks yelps and short trills in high range or anacrusis and short dips in low range.
[2] marks notes of questionable identity that cannot be confirmed to be the singer in question.
[3] marks non-melodic notes that don't have a significant enough pitch to warrant inclusion.
[4] marks notes that possess uncertain pitch or have been pitch-shifted.
[5] marks notes that do not fit the previous criteria but are not of a substantial enough quality to warrant counting towards the singer's range.
with The Contortions:
Buy (1979): E3 - G♯4 - B♭5
Incorrigible! (2011): C3 - B4 - B♭5
The Flesh Is Weak (2016): B♭2 - C5 - B♭5
as James White
James White's Flaming Demonics (1983): C3 - A4 - G5
as James White & The Blacks:
James White And The Blacks (1979): C3 - B4 - A5
Sax Maniac (1982): C3 - E♭5 - A5
Melt Yourself Down (1986): B2 - B♭4 - A5
with Terminal City:
The Fix Is In (2006): G♯2 - B♭4 - B5
