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

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