9.18.2006
Whiskey-soaked
It's the cliché of the day!! I despise this phrase so much that I call for any reviewer describing a musician as having a whiskey-soaked voice (and making it sound like it's a good thing) to be stripped of their laptops and sent straight back to Critical Writing 101. I'm lookin' at you, Matt LeMay.
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eric burdon has a whiskey soaked voice. a fan
How does a whiskey-soaked voice sound? Doesn't that just mean that you can't understand any of the words?
Yeah, it's supposed to have some sort of damaged quality -- its cliché opposite would be "honey-voiced" (which also makes me cringe when I see in print)...
I have often been told that I have a gasoline-soaked-sock-shoved-down-throat voice.
But like you say, I've heard it so many times now it has become cliché.
Of course, It's still flattering.
Oh man, couldn't agree with you more... In fact I came here by Googling "whiskey-soaked cliche"...
Which, come to think of it... someone ought to name their band The Whiskey-Soaked Cliches... you in?
Here in Chicago, home of alt-country label Bloodshot, I am forced to read this phrase at least once a week while looking up show listings in the Reader.
To me, the phrase conjures up some laboured, phony attempt at sounding tough... like Mike Ness. Who is a complete jackass.
Phooey!
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