Neil's pronunciation in Integral

[pierre]

I'm baffled by the way Neil sings You're a threat in Integral. I'd expect a sound 'ea' like in 'head' and to my ears it sounds more like "You're a thirst". Is it a local pronunciation or should I change my set of ears?

[joncool5]

I'm baffled by the way Neil sings You're a therat in Integral. I'd expect a sound 'ea' like in 'head' and to my ears it sounds more like "You're a thirst". Is it a local pronunciation or should I change my set of ears?

You need some new ears .

[diana]

I hear: "You'r a thrat".

[fasto]

I wondered about that as well. Before I read the lyrics I thought he sang "you're a fraud" or "you're not for us".

[stew]

i thought fraud first time heard it but after a few listens you always get it rite

[diana]

Maybe a London accent?

[profile790]

The vocals in Integral sound heavily edited, almost distorted to me. I don't like the vocal effects in this song. It's perhaps the only production element on this album that I don't like.

[StevePSB]

Maybe a London accent?

Neil definitely doesn't have a London accent.


StevePSB

[Vicki]

Maybe a London accent?

Neil definitely doesn't have a London accent.


StevePSB

What kind of accent does he have? I'm not very familiar with the differences between English accents cos it's not my mother tongue (and in Russia the language isn't that different in different corners of the country as it is in England)... And what are the main differences in prononciation in different accents?

[jules]

american accent is difficult to understand than english accent because the word are half spoken, whereas , english people have a really clean pronounciation
but when neil speaks, i don't understand because he speaks too quickly, so it's difficult to understand what he says precisely

[Vicki]

american accent is difficult to understand than english accent because the word are half spoken, whereas , english people have a really clean pronounciation
but when neil speaks, i don't understand because he speaks too quickly, so it's difficult to understand what he says precisely

When I met him last year he spoke so quickly that I could understand everything but I didn't have enough time to translate and realise what he's just said.

[transforce]

All I can say is "West End gharls"

[glennjridge]

for some reason I love the way neil pronounces day in fugitive.

it sounds like duaay

[Avalon]

All I can say is "West End gharls"

Never noticed before you're a Calibra-man. Personally I've never like Opel/Vauxhall but there was a period when I was into the Calibra, as my all-time favorite driver Keke Rosberg used to race that model in the German touring car series DTM/ITC.
Anyway, that's all I got to say really

[Your Funny Uncle]

american accent is difficult to understand than english accent because the word are half spoken, whereas , english people have a really clean pronounciation
but when neil speaks, i don't understand because he speaks too quickly, so it's difficult to understand what he says precisely

Maybe those who speak in a BBC style accent, known as received pronunciation, as Neil does to a degree,are clear, but England has a very wide range of accents. Most foreign people have terrible problems understanding a Newcastle accent, for example. Every corner of England has a different accent, and that's before you get to Wales, Scotland or Ireland...