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but American singers also tend to sound more British, because they often sing without rhoticity, i.e. without pronouncing R’s that follow vowels, and are not followed by another vowel, e.g. pronouncing “larger” like “laja”
I heard an interview with Mick Jagger where he said that he sounded American singing and English talking because he learned to sing by emulating American singers and picked up their pronunciation.
I once heard Ozzy Osborne answer a similar question with “Because it would sound bloody stupid if I sang in a Brummie accent”.
I’ve read it’s because singing and speaking are handled by different parts of the brain. Accents are regional, inside your head as well.
Imagine singing in Brummie
You don’t have to imagine: The Streets
It’s true. Singing pretty much proves they’re faking it.
When nobody else is around, they speak normally, the way pretty much everybody else talks.
All the accent gets magically sent to British rappers
Idk, all the British bands and solo artists I like definitely sound British. Maybe this only applies in pop music?
I think it really depends on the individual more than anything.
🎶 Never moind I’ll foind…🎶
Because singing is basically its own accent.
Interestingly enough, when you’re talking classical singing, it’s the American accent that disappears.
Americans don’t have an accent
Oh right, I forgot. USA is the main country and all others are foreign.
I think that was an implied /s.
This is true. Or opera
In favor of what? Legit question, I’m not that cultured.
Canadian.
Seriously, not the east coast Canadian ‘aboot’ but like southern Ontario is as neutral as it gets.I … also don’t think I’m cultured enough to understand that answer. Sorry.
https://youtu.be/gpuh1WE-RVw This popped in my head when thinking of british accents in songs. Bowie comes to mind too.
