Lately, I've become fascinated with yodeling. In music, that is. I promise you, I don't go around yodeling. So check this out -- yodeling, or some facsimile thereof, exists and it's never going away. Here are a few of my favorite yodelers, in the list below, but in no real order other than convenience:
1. Rihanna: Wow, now that girl can yodel. Her voice always sounds super-processed, a little robotic, a little off-kilter, like she's yodeling right below or right above the note she's supposed to be hitting, but that's kind of what makes it work. She's almost made a whole style out of yodeling. Songs that show her getting her yodel on: "Umbrella" (ella)(ella)(ella), "Live Your Life" (yea-ay-yeah-ay-ee-ay), "Run This Town".
2. Joan Osborne: This lady is awesome, and has a great voice. She can also get her yodel on. Listen to her in "Pensacola".
3. Tina Turner: No, she's not known for yodeling. She's known for her dancing -- and really her legs if we're getting right to the heart of it. But check out her yodel in "I Can't Stand the Rain". That's a yodel.
4. Joni Mitchell: Don't it always seem to go, that you don't know what you've got 'til you yodel? When it comes to anything voice-related, Joni Mitchell is only making the list for her pre-gravel-gargling output. (Holy s*!t what happened to her voice?!). She's not as big of a yodeler as, say, Rihanna -- but there's a little warble in there that fits the bill. Try "Big Yellow Taxi".
5. Sarah McLachlan - This lady is a damn fine musician and a heck of a singer. She gets unfairly criticized, in some circles, kind of like how Barry Manilow gets a bad rap for some reason. When you have as many hits as Barry Manilow, then you get to criticize him, okay? Sarah McLachlan's voice is a thing of beauty. But sometimes I feel like she's getting her yodel on.
6. Gwen Stefani - The No Doubt front woman isn't normally a yodeler, but she went for the yodeling gusto on her second solo joint. Try this: "Wind It Up".
Peace & Happy yodeling!!!!
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