tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post8259873532306288110..comments2024-03-27T22:39:08.396-04:00Comments on Sweet Freedom: Vincent Price: dramatic readings, audio documentary (of several sorts), and narration....spoken word recordings (and a little singing).Todd Masonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-80944436117075770022015-11-03T14:57:17.403-05:002015-11-03T14:57:17.403-05:00No, he was certainly not much if any worse than an...No, he was certainly not much if any worse than any number of speak-singers of his time...here he is from a tv production of RUDDIGORE: <a rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEZUCKM_6Xo</a>Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8525415828746712027.post-69824467727386617312015-11-03T12:57:46.541-05:002015-11-03T12:57:46.541-05:00I hadn't heard anything from Darling of the Da...I hadn't heard anything from <i>Darling of the Day </i> before but I had read about it. From William Goldman's book <i>The Season</i>:<br /><br /><i>Leonard Harris [then a critic for CBS] was, I think, the first critic to use the adjective abysmal about any musical performer's singing voice this season when he accurately summed up the sound of Vincent Price in song.</i><br /><br />I can't tell much from the one song you posted but I don't think Price sounded <i>that </i> bad.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.com