Top 5/10 singers who can't sing

karaokeman

Post your list of singers who in your opinion can't really sing.
Firstly I apologise to any fans of the artists I've listed. Just because they are named here does not mean I don't enjoy their music. I just don't believe they are very talented vocally.
My list is;

1. Will i am (and the rest of the BEP for this matter)
2. Jedward (both of them)
3. Ke$ha
4. Victoria Beckham
5. Madonna
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bob Dylan
8. Britney Spears
9. Matt Cardle
10. Ronan Keating

You can do 5 or 10, whichever suits. I just did 10 because I can say anything about any of the above 10.

reverenddave

bob dylan

snoop doggy doggy doggy dogg

most black rappers

most white rappers

justin beeber

noel gallagher

Mariah carey

Daniel S

karaokeman wrote: »

Post your list of singers who in your opinion can't really sing.
Firstly I apologise to any fans of the artists I've listed. Just because they are named here does not mean I don't enjoy their music. I just don't believe they are very talented vocally.
My list is;

1. Will i am (and the rest of the BEP for this matter)
2. Jedward (both of them)
3. Ke$ha
4. Victoria Beckham
5. Madonna
6. Johnny Cash
7. Bob Dylan
8. Britney Spears
9. Matt Cardle
10. Ronan Keating

You can do 5 or 10, whichever suits. I just did 10 because I can say anything about any of the above 10.

I'd agree with that, but I do think matt cardle can sing. Johnny cash isn't too bad either.

rcaz

reverenddave wrote: »

most black rappers

most white rappers

Rapping isn't singing.

reverenddave wrote: »

Mariah carey

Srsly? I think she's way over the top and unnecessary, but she can definitely sing...


My list;
Wayne Coyne
Bob Dylan
Stephin Merrit
Joe Strummer

OP, do you mean singers that can't sing but we still like?

Scuid Mhór

Bob Dylan
Bono

Nobody else matters.

karaokeman

El Pr0n wrote: »

OP, do you mean singers that can't sing but we still like?

No I mean singers who don't have great vocal ability in your opinion.

You may like or dislike the singer. I only wrote this because I didn't want any fans of my list to be insulted.

Nolanger

Embrace and Ash - always sing out of tune.

duckworth

If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing you don't have an ounce of poetry in your soul.

unknownlegend

duckworth wrote: »

If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing you don't have an ounce of poetry in your soul.

I think its more to do with vocal ability and sound deliverance as opposed to song meaning, emotions, etc. I think Dylan is an exceptionally gifted artist but I do sort of agree his voice can grate at times. And other times it's 'great', depends on the song

Collibosher

Ian Brown.

Kold

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

Bob Dylan
Bono

Nobody else matters.

o_O

Rubik.

Milli Vanilli.

DebDynamite

Shane McGowan

busyliving

Will I Am
Bob Dylan
Kurt Cobain
Tom Waits
Fergie


...That is all

magentas

ozzy osbourne

WhiteRussian

Clint Eastwood can't sing

ttoppcat

Hmmm not sure if I agree with Johnny cash..

Definitely agree with Ian Brown...as much as I love him.

Caught that Rhianna one on xfactor one night and was shocked at how bad it was:eek: Cheryl Cole's another one that is really poor.

Think its only when you see them live that you really get an idea of how weak/strong someones voice is, but thankfully most artists I check out are as good, if not better in person than on record!

Edit: oh and just remembered Anthony and the Johnsons..cannot go his voice! Also find that Janice Joplin in her later years grates on my ears...but then again that comes back to delivery vs technique again doesn't it..

clonadlad

That chap out of The Script is woeful.

Ellian

duckworth wrote: »

If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing you don't have an ounce of poetry in your soul.

Would have to agree with this - with the caveat that this is an entirely subjective thing but just to take one example - there is a line in "Only A Pawn In Their Game" where Dylan sings "They lowered him down as a king...." and the anger/respect/dignity that he manages to shoe horn in there never fails to give me tingly spine shivers.... I don't think vocal ability is everything in singing.

MsJenjers

Britney Spears
Kesha
Cheryl Cole
Natasha Bedingfield (still like her music though!)

Hannibal

reverenddave wrote: »

bob dylan

snoop doggy doggy doggy dogg

most black rappers

most white rappers

justin beeber

noel gallagher

Mariah carey

Noel Gallagher is a pretty good singer in terms of hitting and holding notes etc, there's a difference between a good singer and a good voice. Liam gallagher for example isn't a particularly good singer but he has a good voice.
Neil Young is similar to Noel, but they're excellent songwriters and there's always something refreshing about a song writer singing their own songs

smokedeels

Mark E. Smith
David Yow
Steve Albini
David Thomas
D. Boon

....and I f**king love them all.

omen80

these guys! a must see!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIKkUTn1Wuc

Straylight

Surprised Morrisey hasn't been mentioned yet. And despite the fact that he's the lead singer of my favourite band, I would have to admit that David Byrne can't really sing.

rednik

Robbie Robertson
Bob Geldof

Dark Artist

Britney Spears - can actually sing pretty well but chooses not to, which baffles me.

Ke$ha and Cheryl Cole are the other two that come to mind. Janet Jackson voice doesn't really equate to her success either even though I do like it.

I also disagree with the person who said Mariah Carey... I think her voice is extraordinary.

KnifeWRENCH

Some of my favourite singers of all time can't really sing:

Lou Reed
Nico (probably could be argued that she could sing well in a low range, just didn't have any high range whatsoever!)
David Byrne
Leonard Cohen
Captain Beefheart (though I read somewhere that he had a five octave vocal range, so he probably could sing properly; he just chose not to! On some songs from Safe As Milk he sounds like he really can sing.)
Kim Gordon
Bobby Gillespie

smokedeels

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Captain Beefheart (though I read somewhere that he had a five octave vocal range, so he probably could sing properly; he just chose not to! On some songs from Safe As Milk he sounds like he really can sing.)

His voice sounded shot on the last three records, his attempts to scream were rendered squawks, but it worked.

He was some whistler, the end of Harry Irene is a good example.

Re-Tuned

Can't believe someone mentioned Bono as someone who can't sing.
Are you mad, Bono has an amazing range, listen to some of the high notes he hits, the ending of "With or Without You", "Pride", "Streets", "Vertigo" to name but a few.
Noel Gallagher is also another very good singer, some people are just idiots

D'Agger

reverenddave wrote: »

Mariah carey

Complete lunacy tbh!

Ke$ha plus a thousand - hasn't a note in her head.

daveyeh

TIM WHEELER

trashcan

duckworth wrote: »

If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing you don't have an ounce of poetry in your soul.

Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, to be fair.

Penfailed

busyliving wrote: »

Kurt Cobain

No way! Have you watched the Unplugged?

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Kim Gordon

She can hold a note too.

I'd go with Niall O'Flaherty

Stavro Mueller

Stephen Gately. Heard him live on TV and he was way off-key. Doesn't matter now of course
Bernard Sumner
Ian Brown
Ronan Keating
Leonard Cohen/Bob Dylan/Tom Waits, though I regard them more as poets who try to sing
Kurt Cobain
Tim Wheeler
Bob Geldof
Frank Zappa

Testament1

To be honest Id say that most of the people in the charts at the moment wouldnt have a career if not for AutoTune.

Deregos

I actually like these singer songwriters . . But alas they're not the best warblars.

Anthony Keidis

Johnny Lydon

Frank Black

Huey Morgan

Julian Casablancas

Tom Waits

Iggy Pop

Lou Reed

Jarvis Cocker (Richard Hawley has a much better singing voice)

Jim Morrison's voice was banjaxed toward the end.

And of coarse the bloke from Noah and the Whale whose name I can't be arsed to look up.

partyndbs

rebecca blacl

Dark Artist

trashcan wrote: »

Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket, to be fair.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ne7fPpxAnuM

3.45 for epic lulz

karaokeman

cymbaline wrote: »

Stephen Gately. Heard him live on TV and he was way off-key. Doesn't matter now of course

Stephen Gately is a half-decent singer. I do believe that he was the best singer in Boyzone because he could reach some high notes and Ronan was always left sqeeking in his boots trying to keep up. You can see this in songs like "No Matter What" and "Gave It All Away" the last song recorded by Steo before he died.

clonadlad wrote: »

That chap out of The Script is woeful.

Danny O' Donoghue actually is very talented vocally. Some people don't like him though because he can be quite bland at times.

MsJenjers wrote: »

Cheryl Cole

Cheryl Cole is another person who can sing when she really tries. If you saw her on the Alan Carr show you will see the difference between herself and Britney Spears. I also feel Britney tries to sing worse, its because she gets so much grief and wants to show it in her music. Listen to "Happy Tears" on Cheryl's new album and you will see she can sing when she wants to.

Scuid Mhór wrote: »

Bono

Bono can sing. In my experience its mainly just people who have issues with Bono who try to allege he can't sing. And he does reach some high notes in ""With or Without You".

reverenddave wrote: »

justin beeber
noel gallagher

Justin Bieber yes until his voice breaks. Noel Gallagher is not the best singer but he has a good voice because he has potential with holding notes etc. but that doesn't mean he can reach the higher notes. Liam was a better singer but a worse songwriter.

Deregos wrote: »

Anthony Keidis

I would rate Keidis the same as Stephen Gately. He has it but can't hold notes for long enough. He's a class songwriter though.

Bodhidharma

Bono, Julian Casablancas and David Byrne are fantastic singers.
Dylan and Cohen are poets and never really claimed to be great singers.
A lot of bands have a style where the singer doesn't really sing as such, New Order, The Clash, Sex Pistols, The Ramones, Lou Reed, come to mind.

Moby (as much as I like him) cannot sing, neither can Kanye West (and I'm not talking about rapping, he does try and sing now and again).

DazMarz

Two rock/metal artists from bands I love don't really have the best voices, yet that did not stop them being successful, nor does it stop me from loving them!

Joe Elliot from Def Leppard

Stephen Pearcy from Ratt

Shane St.

KnifeWRENCH wrote: »

Some of my favourite singers of all time can't really sing:

Lou Reed
Nico (probably could be argued that she could sing well in a low range, just didn't have any high range whatsoever!)
David Byrne
Leonard Cohen
Captain Beefheart (though I read somewhere that he had a five octave vocal range, so he probably could sing properly; he just chose not to! On some songs from Safe As Milk he sounds like he really can sing.)
Kim Gordon
Bobby Gillespie

he cud back in the day

Shane St.

bob dylan can sing. He can convey such emotions on the way he sings, obv techincally hes not a good singer.
Id have to say ian brown is terrible and im a huge stone roses fan

Temaz

Dotsey wrote: »

Noel Gallagher is a pretty good singer in terms of hitting and holding notes etc, there's a difference between a good singer and a good voice. Liam gallagher for example isn't a particularly good singer but he has a good voice.
Neil Young is similar to Noel, but they're excellent songwriters and there's always something refreshing about a song writer singing their own songs

Noel far me is a far superior live vocalist than Liam. Noel always nails it but Liam in recent years sounds like a foghorn when singing live.

kc66

For the person who said Bono...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d6HMMt__fhA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_VHA0WsRUQ

Alicano

Bob Dylan.
Liam Gallagher.
3 out of the 4 Westlife's.
Shane McGowan.
Dire Straits Lead singer.
Ozzy Osbourne.
Nick Cave.
Ian Brown.
And the chap who sang 'Agadoo'.:)

GerryBear

1. Usher
2. Kylie Minogue
3. Bono
4. Kesha
5. Madonna

Shocking vocalists yet so famous for singing

Hannibal

Alicano wrote: »

Bob Dylan.
Liam Gallagher.
3 out of the 4 Westlife's.
Shane McGowan.
Dire Straits Lead singer.
Ozzy Osbourne.
Nick Cave.
Ian Brown.
And the chap who sang 'Agadoo'.:)

Mark Knopfler has a style that most artists would give their limbs for, don't think any other singer could pull off Romeo and Juliet and the Sultans of Swing like he does and having sold in excess of 130 million records he's made a pretty good career out of this style.
Dire Straits are a very under rated band and as bands go only The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Queen, Pink Floyd, AC/DC, Rolling Stones and Genesis have sold more

irishh_bob

surprised no one hasnt mentioned the lead singer from AC/DC

Hannibal

irishh_bob wrote: »

surprised no one hasnt mentioned the lead singer from AC/DC

Which one, Bon Scott or Brian Johnson?

Freddie59

duckworth wrote: »

If you think Bob Dylan cannot sing you don't have an ounce of poetry in your soul.

Great songwriter. Absolutely brutal singer. Crucifies Mr. Tambourine Man.