Are there any singers whose voice you intensely dislike ?

[Drago]

Bryan Adams. An electric pencil sharpener stuck full on has more singing talent than he.

 

[stephec]

Taking this to VAR in case of mitigating factors.....

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Lifetime ban at the very least.

 

[TissoT]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor
james blunt

Give up please you must of made enough money by now

 

[MontyVeda]

OK - got up some courage so I'l say it

Frank Sinatra

can't stand the bloke - really can;t see what the fuss is about
loads of better singers around at the time!

He certainly is hugely overrated. I was watching a BBC4 doc about him and all the talking heads seemed to focus on his 'amazing ability' to sing close to, or further away from the microphone... that was his real skill I got the feeling they all thought he was overrated too.

 

[EltonFrog]

Joni Mitchell. The aural equivalent of shingles.

 

[richardfm]

Kate Bush... awful shrieking

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Funny how a lot of these are my favourite singers

especially Kate Bush!

 

[AndyRM]

Iron Maiden singers who aren't Bruce Dickinson are unfairly maligned IMO. Killers with Paul di'Anno and X Factor with Blaze are two of my favourites.

 

[C R]

Iron Maiden singers who aren't Bruce Dickinson are unfairly maligned IMO. Killers with Paul di'Anno and X Factor with Blaze are two of my favourites.

Yep, particularly Blaze, and he was very good live too. His solo stuff is worth a listen or two.

 

[Profpointy]

Fake opera singers who glide ever upwards in search of a note.

There's even a word for it: "scooping". It's generally considered a fault, but can legitimately be done as an artistic choice for effect. Not so good if done all the time because the singer can't pitch the note properly from the off.

As an example of a "fault" used artistically,
though not per se "scooping" in the Clash song, "Stay Free", Mick Jones pitches the last note of each phrase slightly off. Whilst no one would really claim Jones as a "great singer" he does know what he's doing here, and the trick used deliberately adds a lot of power to the angry lyrics and gives emphasis very cleverly


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[AndyRM]

Yep, particularly Blaze, and he was very good live too. His solo stuff is worth a listen or two.

Yup, he brought a much darker dynamic to the tunes. Virtual XI isn't that great but does have a couple of belters, notably The Clansman which I never think quite works with Bruce.

I like Blaze, he played a tiny little rock bar, Trillians, here a few years ago. Really lovely fella.

If di'Anno had stayed their singer I suspect the band would have lacked the longevity they've enjoyed.

 

[ianrauk]

Iron Maiden singers who aren't Bruce Dickinson are unfairly maligned IMO. Killers with Paul di'Anno and X Factor with Blaze are two of my favourites.

Killers is my all time favourite IM album.
Also love the Blaze era. The Clansman is a stone cold classic.

 

[Legs]

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

Yes, absolutely dreadful.

Rod Stewart.
Simply ghastly.

I’m inclined to agree, with the exception of his rather excellent rendition of Tom Waits’ Downtown Train, which I think superior to the original and even to Bob Seger’s brilliant cover.

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[Juan Kog]

Bruce Guthro. Took over as lead singer of Runrig when Donnie Munro sacked it off, his voice just didn't fit. Died recently apparently, 5 days after his 62 birthday, poor chap.

Sorry to hear about Bruce ,62 is too young. But I lost my enthusiasm for Runrig after Donnie left.

 

[AndyRM]

Sorry to hear about Bruce ,62 is too young. But I lost my enthusiasm for Runrig after Donnie left.

Aye, I felt the same. He gave it a good go, but just wasn't the same.