Worst vocalists of all time?

CrazyRabbit

Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols

Axl Rose - Guns n' Roses (Still great songs)

Celine Dion (My ears, my ears!)

Ozzy Osbourne (he's a cool guy, with some great songs, but he really can't sing)

Britney Spears (Her real voice...not the synthetic one you hear in her videos/albums)

90% of all Death Metal singers.

Who would you nominate?

thetonynator

Bono.

Edit: Oh sh!t, I thought it said worst vocals of all time . . .:o:o:o

epgc3fyqirnbsx

I suppose that technically Bob Dylan hasn't got a great voice. But thats proof that you don't need a good voice to be a great singer.

engrish?

Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols

Fair enough

Axl Rose - Guns n' Roses (Still great songs)

Amazing vocalist, what are you talking about?

Celine Dion (My ears, my ears!)

Yeah wouldnt be my cup of tea but not a bad vocalist. I wouldnt like to hear her songs but I can appreciate a good voice...

Ozzy Osbourne (he's a cool guy, with some great songs, but he really can't sing)

Agreed

Britney Spears (Her real voice...not the synthetic one you hear in her videos/albums)

Mute button. Use it, appreciate and fap.

thetonynator wrote: »

Bono.

Here we go....

bazmaiden

Ozzy Osbourne - Not a great singer per say but a distinctive voice that works so well with the music

4zn76tysfajdxp

Yoko Ono.

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols

Oh, you are so wrong.

Gerard.C

Axl Rose was the second name you put on your list?

Freddie Mercury was rubbish too...

DigiGal

Avril Lavigne

brummytom

Any/all of Westlife, Boyzone, Steps, Victoria Beckham, Leona Lewis (she whines, not sings - she's like a bloody dying dog).

PK2008

Maria Carey for inventing all that 'hit every note for no reason other than to show off your range' 5hite

rockmongrel

Freddie? Ozzy? Johhny?

You people are idiots.

bazmaiden

PK2008 wrote: »

Maria Carey for inventing all that 'hit every note for no reason other than to show off your range' 5hite

Mariah Carey; the pop equivalent of Yngie Malmsteen

mikom

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Worst vocalists of all time?

Britney Spears

She's not the worst.

Number 1 albums
Number 1 singles
Number 1 blade.

PK2008

....and deffo Ronan Keating

Itsch amasching how you can schee right in my heart

Argh!!!

Useful.Idiot

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

90% of all Death Metal singers.

good man.

skepticalone

lou ann paarl .......saw her on the late late , cat on a roof came to mind .

bad2dabone

I think the Freddie thing was sarcasm, at least I hope it was!
if you really think he was a poor singer listen to this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fk0Y6Lu_uA and cop on!

Britney is a dreadful singer with a great set of lungs on her.

brummytom

PK2008 wrote: »

Maria Carey for inventing all that 'hit every note for no reason other than to show off your range' 5hite

Jesus, how did I mention Leona Lewis and forget Mariah Carey?!

thetonynator wrote: »

Bono.

He might be a cunt, but he had an amazing voice in his prime - not so much now, but still very good.

Check out this video of him from 1987:

Brilliant voice - and I don't like him at all, but I can't fault his singing.




Can't believe I forgot George Murphy either; God awful

Gerard.C

rockmongrel wrote: »

Freddie? Ozzy? Johhny?

You people are idiots.

Well done

LowOdour

phil collins. Song title should have been " i cant sing"

epgc3fyqirnbsx

Bryan Adams, he's crap. If he cleared his throat his career would be over.

Sl!mCharles

Eminem - Great rapper, singing though - ehhh..

Junco Partner

Sl!mCharles wrote: »

Eminem - Great rapper, singing though - ehhh..

dont need to be good singer if you're a rapper

ordinary_girl

YOKO ONO (Uppercase for emphasis/because of how very irritating she is.)

The_D_Man

Morrisey...he cant sing for ****.

ordinary_girl

The_D_Man wrote: »

Morrisey...he cant sing for ****.

Blasphemy! Moz is the man. His vocals are amazing, but he also seems have the ability to make his warbling sound pretentious. I still love him though.

Nodin

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

90% of all Death Metal singers.

They don't try to sing. To try to find grounds for slagging off people as "worst" they'd have to try to sing, in some traditionally accepted manner, and fail miserably in some way.

Based on a painful clip from a documentary that followed her round, I'd have to nominate "Posh Spice", as it showed what she sounded like 'raw' in the studio. Not a fucking note in her head.

epgc3fyqirnbsx

And of course Bruce Springsteen is terrible

Isn't that right Pete

Nodin

O yeah - yer woman "Lumidee" - dire stuff.

WindSock

Bob Dylan & Ian Brown are two that instantly spring to mind. Still two of my faves though.

aDeener

Sl!mCharles wrote: »

Eminem - Great rapper, singing though - ehhh..

where have you heard him sing?

Havermeyer

Tim Wheeler from Ash.

He has a really shítty, weak voice.

mike65

Anyone who thinks running through the octaves equalls talent - Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston et al.

Nodin

WindSock wrote: »

Bob Dylan & Ian Brown are two that instantly spring to mind. Still two of my faves though.

Don't know about Bob, but I did hear a bit of Ian Brown "live"....good jaysus.....

bnt

The word "vocalist" is a clue: a singer sings, but a vocalist ... vocalises?

I suppose it's fine as long as the vocalist has a bit of character. Say what you like about Johnny Rotten, you'd never mistake him for anyone else ... I've seen too many bands with some young chinless wonder up front, who might be able to approximate a tune but is instantly forgettable. Would you call Tom Waits a great singer? :cool:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wfamPW3Eaw

PS: re Eminem singing - here's a good example: the opening and chorus of Kill You.

ordinary_girl

aDeener wrote: »

where have you heard him sing?

Sings on a few songs on the Marshall Mathers LP

Sl!mCharles

aDeener wrote: »

where have you heard him sing?

Hailie's Song, Not Afraid, quite a few actually.

About Bono, I just remembered this!

Cunning Stunt

Shane McGowan.



That is all.

brummytom

Cunning Stunt wrote: »

Shane McGowan.



That is all.

True. Still a poet though

DigiGal

Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas

Heard her sing live and without Autotune and Pro tools she has serious trouble holding notes and staying in time with the rest of the band

The Pontiac

Cunning Stunt wrote: »

Shane McGowan.



That is all.

No. His voice is perfectly suited to that type of music. Can you even imagine those songs sang by someone with a 'conventionally' good voice? It would sound ridiculous.

Can you imagine anyone else singing this? It's so beautiful..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6SreNgKpac

the_barfly1

Jedward?

MistyCheese

I can't believe Jordan's name has yet to come up.
Listen to her mercilessly torture a Disney classic from 1:05.

brummytom

<Ollie> wrote: »

No. His voice is perfectly suited to that type of music. Can you even imagine those songs sang by someone with a 'conventionally' good voice? It would sound ridiculous.

Did Luke Kelly have a good voice? He managed to pull off those songs pretty darn well

Dord

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

Johnny Rotten - Sex Pistols

Axl Rose - Guns n' Roses (Still great songs)

Celine Dion (My ears, my ears!)

Ozzy Osbourne (he's a cool guy, with some great songs, but he really can't sing)

Britney Spears (Her real voice...not the synthetic one you hear in her videos/albums)

90% of all Death Metal singers.

Who would you nominate?

You forgot to add IMO.

I'd argue that, Johnny and Axel were good in their own way and suited the music. For Death Metal, don't slate it if you haven't even given it a chance.

The Pontiac

brummytom wrote: »

Did Luke Kelly have a good voice? He managed to pull off those songs pretty darn well

I didn't know he was a member of The Pogues, so sorry. You should familiarise yourself with some more Pogues music and where it originated from. Luke Kelly/The Dubliners were folk. The Pogues were more 'Irish Rock' or 'Folk Rock', with a lot of punk influences. MacGowan was obsessed with The Clash and The Sex Pistols while growing up in England, and the whole punk scene in general. You can quite clearly hear the influence it had on his music by listening to it.

vicecreamsundae

i despise Joanne Newsom's voice. just cannot listen to her. i can't even say what it sounds like to me because it's quite politically incorrect.

and for some reason, people i meet just assume i like her, maybe because of the other artists i like or something, im not sure. but the amount of times i've had this conversation is unreal.

-have you heard that joanna newsom song ___ ?
-no, actually i don't listen to her
-oh my god, you'd LOVE her, i'll have to loan you the record
-no, i don't listen to her on purpose.

ugh.
also, rufus wainwright. jesus christ. everytime i mention i like ben folds, some muppet tells me i'll love rufus wainwright.
I HATE RUFUS WAINWRIGHT, HE SOUNDS DRUNK ALLLL THE TIME!!!!!:mad:

oh! oh! one more.
katie melua. dad's all over ireland [and probably the world] love her but i cannot STAND her voice, i'm not sure if it's her accent or they way she sings all quieeeeet and then LOUD and then quieeet again, but either way it drives me nuts when i'm in the car with my father for any extended period of time.

and shakira, but thats a bit obvious.

brummytom

<Ollie> wrote: »

I didn't know he was a member of The Pogues, so sorry. You should familiarise yourself with some more Pogues music and where it originated from. Luke Kelly/The Dubliners were folk. The Pogues were more 'Irish Rock' or 'Folk Rock', with a lot of punk influences. MacGowan was obsessed with The Clash and The Sex Pistols while growing up in England, and the whole punk scene in general. You can quite clearly hear the influence it had on his music by listening to it.

I didn't say he was a member of the Pogues but much of the Pogues' repertoire is traditional folk songs. Yep, they started off as a punk band but gradually turned towards folk-influenced material.

Anyway, who cares eh? - he's a great songwriter and plenty of people like his voice

PeterIanStaker

4 pages without Fred Durst, terrible frontman singer rapper and all - round dickhead. He sounds like a lobotomised monkey.
And he cant play guitar to save his life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MI-_jWAmlE

starbelgrade

Some of the best vocalists are actually the worst singers - Dylan, McGowan, Ian Brown have been mentioned. It's true that as singers, they have limited vocal ranges, but they manage to convey so much more than conventially "good singers".

A good vocalist is one whose voice is unique, as opposed to a good singer, who could either be a finalist in X-Factor or a performer in a West End musical, and both equally as forgettable.

And anyone who thinks Morrissey, Bono or Mercury - some of the most instantly recognisable voices of their generations - are bad vocalists, seriously needs their hearing tested.

wobblyknees

DigiGal wrote: »

Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas

Heard her sing live and without Autotune and Pro tools she has serious trouble holding notes and staying in time with the rest of the band

Bollox, I heard her sing live on the x-factor and she was amazing.