Still, he has the vocal goods.
Though there were some breathy notes in her midrange, Ms. Johnson seems to have the vocal goods as well as star power.
You might have called it too campy (and a little hard to understand) had she not had the vocal goods to back up her active wooing of the adoring audience.
Guest mentor was Slash, who proved coolly indifferent to most of them but admitted Adam had the vocal goods.
During "Pump It Up" — good drums, good vocals, good raucousness, good everything — my friend said, "I am calling the ending: 'Peace, Love and Understanding.' " He called it right.
However, the 3 things that have to be present in respectable R&B are strong vocals, good lyrics, and crisp harmonies.
It's rare that songs with such subtle yet powerful vocals sound good live, but if you've never seen them before, rest assured that Death Cab delivers.
When Mardin, the producer, told her that her vocal was good, she said, "Too bad, because the rest of it stank" -- referring to the instrumental track, which included her own piano.
Brands are also learning the lessons that they have to contribute to 2nd Life to really resonate, since behind every avatar is a person – and these people are some of the most net literate out there and are highly vocal, for good and ill.
It seems to serve little purpose other than to set up a weak joke; Brown looks at the hole he has blasted in the ceiling and mutters one of his legendary recording studio vocal tics: "Good God!" The moment would feel more at home in an SNL skit.
