It has to be True Faith. And if you don't believe me, just try singing to it, you will lose your breath before you know it. Well done, Barney! 
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The hardest NO song to sing?
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Barney seems to do okay with that one, but wasn't there some mention on here of him not singing certain songs anymore just cos they're unsuitable for his range?
"Face Up" always sounded like a bugger for him to get his tonsils around.
NObabe wrote: It has to be True Faith. And if you don't believe me, just try singing to it, you will lose your breath before you know it. Well done, Barney!
Good topic. And I agree that the chorus to True Faith is hard to keep up with.
How about Thieves Like Us (the chorus)? Whenever I sing it I end up just as out of tune as Barney does. And with his Northern dialect "us" is pronounced "uzz".
We All Stand is quite tricky to sing too I think. As the singing sounds out of key to the music (to me).
I sing True Faith quite well to be honest. The hardest is probably Perfect Kiss because of it's high pitch.
NObabe wrote: It has to be True Faith. And if you don't believe me, just try singing to it, you will lose your breath before you know it. Well done, Barney!
Agreed, that is a tricky one to do. I can't really do it right.
Hardest NO song to sing would have to be Murder.
It's fooking MURDER that one....grrrrrr......
hibster wrote: WIFM is the hardest one to get shug to sing.
BM is the hardest one to get Diggy Mike to sing.
By 'Eck! My Neck! wrote: Hardest NO song to sing would have to be Murder.
It's fooking MURDER that one....grrrrrr......
What'd'ya mean?
'Crows, crows, I hate them! My mind is going, there is no question about it'
No problem
Now who wants to try The Other Two's Voytek - without taping yourself & playing it backwards!
Al Jarvis wrote: Barney seems to do okay with that one, but wasn't there some mention on here of him not singing certain songs anymore just cos they're unsuitable for his range?
"Face Up" always sounded like a bugger for him to get his tonsils around.
That is because most of the things pre-1986 were not really on Bernard's key... were they?
Probably why you don't hear Sunrise also... I believe it might also be a reason why they dropped the Perfect Kiss... Bernard seems to go for the low-tone songs now...
(Waiting for Al to proove me wrong, which he will of course 
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Well, I might seem like a miserable git, but I actually can spend a lot of my time singing (sometimes whole albums in one go, so you wouldn't want to live with me)!
I used to struggle with a the pitch on Thieves..., Regret, and True Faith, but I find I can do them quite comfortably these days.
What I have found is some songs feel good to sing (such as BLT and all of Technique) while songs like True Faith, Blue monday, Confusion and others don't very often. I take the greatest pleasure in singing BLT - it's fantastic to sing. I wonder whether this could be a true test of truly great song?
True faith is quite dificult to sing and even to play i've seen played live on violin and cello and is quite dificult. And since 88 or 89 that Barney sings the Perfecto Mix (a bit slower than the original live version that is on BBC Radio 1 Live In Concert)
TBTHOG has the same kind of problems to sing as true faith but it's not so difficult.
I think Doubts Even Here is dificult to sing and it's a song with one of the biggest lyrics.
Such A Good Thing for some reason. I tried on a cover of it, but it just didn't sound good so I said fuckit.
NObabe wrote: It has to be True Faith. And if you don't believe me, just try singing to it, you will lose your breath before you know it. Well done, Barney!
the only hard bit in True Faith is "my morning sun is the drug that brings me near" really - you need a decent lung capacity or circular breathing to do that one...
"If I keep my distance in the season of this slender hell" in Young Offender is damn difficult to get a breath into also, and its quite long (due to being slow)
I always seem to have problems with Your Silent Face...I mix and mingle words from the first verse into the second and vice versa. I guess I need Barney's auto cue to scroll the lyrics for me when I'm driving in my car.
I believe it might also be a reason why they dropped the Perfect Kiss... Bernard seems to go for the low-tone songs now...
said Nicos
I thought it was the 30 hours of programming required to get it ready again. TPK has been played about 157 times.
Bere wrote: It's hard when I catch myself singing along "J-E-T"
Wow - you REALLY like Jetstream!
I can't think of any song that makes me hard. I get a tingle down my neck when I listen to some tracks.
NObabe wrote: It has to be True Faith. And if you don't believe me, just try singing to it, you will lose your breath before you know it. Well done, Barney!
......"I'm running out of breath - has anyone got any?"
I sound awful trying the high lines in temptation...come to thing of it, B didnt handle it that well either...nonetheless its a perfect song, including his performance
Mine is World (The price of love)
That song is up and down like a rabbit on a kangaroo.
P.S. Doesn't Barney seem a bit obsessed with the price of love? It's here: 'if we could buy it now...' - it's in Crystal: 'here comes love, it's like honey, you can't buy it with money...' and it's on Guilt is a useless emotion: 'real love can't be sold, it's another colour than gold (I need your love) I just want to buy it' and I bet theres more...
Does Barney have issues with ladies of the night?
Having just murdered Crystal in an impromptu performance in Greece, that would be my pick as a difficult one to sing. Did manage to get five whoops in though!
Isamu wrote:
the Barry White parts:
Great - now I can't get an image of Barry White's parts out of my head. Thanks a lot!
Lunatic Fridge wrote:
Isamu wrote:
the Barry White parts:
Great - now I can't get an image of Barry White's parts out of my head. Thanks a lot!
who's voice is this actually?
Spotnick wrote: It's Bernard.
Thanks. Way to go Barney! I always adored Fine Time and always get a good laugh from it!
I agree that Perfect Kiss is the hardest because the of the highs, and the same could be said for Thieves Like Us.
James Thomas wrote: Procession must be a tough one if Barneys denies ever singing it in the first place.
Thats one of my favorite songs of all time...its emotionally charged and surreal.
