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Music Sung with Passion

I heard Diana Krall sing Bob Dylan's 'A Simple Twist of Fate' last week on the radio. As NPR would call it, I had a driveway moment. I downloaded it to play for my wife. She absolutely loved it, but when I asked her if Diana sang it with the passion Bob did her answer was no.

She thinks that A Simple Twist of Fate was actually written by Joan Baez which I wouldn't be surprised if she's correct. No Google for this post.

My question is, do you think all artists sing with passion? It's hard for me to hear the passion in Dylan's voice on A Simple Twist of Fate yet I actually hear it in Diana Kralls voice for some reason. Can an artist write a song and then perform it without passion?
donjr
schubert
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Men tend to project their own passion for her, unto her.
I have an in-law who is a well respected and recorded jazz player who told me most jazz guys have a hard time with her inability to keep time.

In Music as in anything else, many people are in it for the money.
Contrary to popular opinion, you don't have to love or even like something to do it well.
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tostadosunidos
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What sounds like passion to one may sound like straining to another.
I think there are a lot of deliberately or naturally passionless-sounding deliveries on record. Probably a lot of alternative/punk/or goth stuff if you think about it.

Then there's early Leonard Cohen...
elvis_cash
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Sure, it happens all the time.
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