Round 8: BassSquared vs BiDS (383 views)

[Steve]

This is BassSquared v Breakfast in D-sharp in Round Eight of the Clip-Off. You have five days to submit your clips, and until 23:59 EST Tuesday, February 7 to vote. February 8 is the Results Day.

Round Eight is the Second Chance round, in which categories that were voted down previously have come back into the competition

The categories for Round Eight are:

1. Best Distorted/Harsh/Heavy Singing: Singing that makes use of distortion, grit, screams, growls, or any other "heavy" technique.
2. Best Vocal Ending: A passage that ends the song's vocal part.

Vote here.

Current Vote Count: 4

[BassSquared]

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{Best Heavy Singing: Will Wood}
3:13 to 3:51, 4:16 to 4:35. Will busts out his best Tom Waits impression for a crazed, guttural performance that nonetheless has a clear melody to it and contrasts perfectly with the song's calmer moments.

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{Best Vocal Ending: Ninet Tayeb}
2:57 to 4:25. Okay first of all this isn't actually a live version, it's just a music video that got mislabeled for some reason, but regardless Ninet's "come hell or high water" ending to this song is pretty cool, ramping up in intensity to some of her highest notes ever recorded.

[Breakfast in D-sharp]

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{Best Distorted/Harsh/Heavy Singing}
Buzz Clifford, whose voice was naturally light and smooth, sounds for pretty much the whole song "We'll All Get By" as if he'd been gargling razor blades. He covers a range of a couple of octaves here, including a couple of screamy bits. 
0:49-end (skippable instrumental 1:14-1:30)

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{Best Vocal Ending}
Lorraine Ellison - The Road I Took to You. A soft bit precedes the finale which features several belted G5s, agile melismas and dynamic contrast. 
2:36-3:43