Top 6 favourite rock hits with vocals only. Part Two

Rock compositions that have become iconic over the years, even at the writing stage are planned as whole a work of art or performance, so it's hard to imagine a well-known composition deconstructed by a piecemeal. However, sophisticated listeners would still like to see what the legendary track would sound like if you took out the one component.

Undoubtedly, the musical accompaniment is one of the main factors in the popularity of rock music, but how would a favourite hit be perceived if you leave out the only vocal? That is what this article will be about.

The band's signature song, which became innovative for rock of the mid-70s era, contains several genres, the divisions of which can be clearly heard in the composition. Freddie Mercury has said in many interviews that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is a unity of three genres different songs that the musician had planned to record separately, but soon combined into this suite. A very important component for this track is polyphonywhich would later become a recognisable feature of the band.

In total, the composition has several parts: a leisurely introduction, a ballad part, an opera part and a hard rock part. Despite the completeness track with music, the version with clean vocals doesn't get any worse: for attentive listeners who want to sing along idols in the original composition, the chance to listen only to the singing will help to make out not only the words in the opera part, but also to choose the tone to your liking.

Inspired by Stanley Kubrick's film "Spice Oddity" was filled with. alienationthat Bowie was feeling at the time of writing. This was most influenced by his break-up with his lover Hermione Farthingale, but the singer was also under pressure from the unsuccessful career.

In this song. for the first time The character of Major Tom appears, who in his fascination with outer space is disconnected from the problems with the ship. David Bowie experienced similar feelings, and so the musician was able to clothe his thoughts in a dreamy and peculiar psychedelic folk. The song is characterised by chord changes, through which the story of a lonely astronaut becomes powerful and it makes you feel sad. hope. Bowie's vocals without the music, though seem just as cosmic as in the original, are more suggestive anxieties: the music smooths out the tear that the lyrics and David's voice convey.

"Crazy Train," despite its uncomplicated motif, is a anti-war a statement about the Cold War. This composition became first single from Osborne's debut solo album, co-written with Randy Rhodes and Bob Daisley.

A riff that would later become most recognisable in hard rock, Rhodes wrote with guitarist Greg Leon. Randy managed to play the melody shown to him by his colleague several times faster, and it made a great accompaniment heavy to the sound of the future song. Without the upbeat motif, the song loses a bit of its lustre, turning into Osbourne's talented lyrics about fear. Ozzy's clear voice doesn't sound as ringing, but remains power and metal sound.

One of The Beatles' best singles was originally written by John Lennon and intended to be slow blues track, stylistically similar to the works of Roy Orbison and Bing Crosby. The draft version of the composition was not that rich: it lacked voice separation and harmonica inclusions. Soon producer George Martin, who was working with the band at the time, persuaded the musicians to do a bit of a improve a tune.

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The bleakness from the song was eliminated by the band members on the studio recording, adding tempo and resorting to musical tricksIn the version with isolated vocals, there is a slight separation of McCartney's and Lennon's vocals. In the version with the vocals isolated from the music, there is a slight dissonance rhythm compared to the original single. Despite the absence of the usual instrumental, the dreamy and slightly naive motif of the song can be heard very well in the tone of Paul and John's voices, and it's practically a does not change the perception of the track.

The powerful "Paranoid" was created by Black Sabbath during the recording of their debut of the album. Bassist Geezer Butler noted that the song came to mind after The musicians decided to record this track for the last time.

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Critics have received the composition warmly, noting its monumentality on par with Led Zeppelin songs. This loud and powerful single with heavy heavy heavy metal chords and a rhythmic bass line combined with bright and caustic vocals create unique the nature of the song, making it the band's calling card. Ozzy Osbourne's voice on the recording without music sounds harsh, with a slight echo and a burst on the high notes. The vocals were very accurately emphasised rhythmics of the song, but the heaviness of the track. fails without the lush guitar chords of Tony Iommi.

Basis for this track was the song "Bombay Calling" by American band It's A Beautiful Day, recorded a year earlier. The keyboardist of Deep Purple played the organ intro to the track, and then all the members of the band completed the arrangement for the future song collectively.

Vocalist Ian Gillan wrote the lyrics based on music recorded by his colleagues. The lyrics, partly inspired by thoughts of the Cold War, are perfectly suited to the motif, and added for expression shouts Ian's instrumentals are the final touch to the composition. The original track sounds voluminous and large-scale, while the version without instrumental accompaniment not so much The lone Gillan vocal sounds cosmic and somewhat distant, adding to the charm of this version: it feels like it's not just a cut of something. Gillan's lone vocal sounds cosmic and somewhat distant, adding to the charm of this version: it feels like it's not just a cut of something whole, but a separate track, reminiscent of a prayer service or gospel.