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Britney Spears (seriously have you heard her sing LIVE!?)
Justin Beiber
That is all for now...
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Tom Waits (he is fun to listen to though)
Belinda Carlisle (sounds like a cat sitting on a washing machine)
Any Aussie TV soap star who transitioned to the music industry (Holly Valance, Tammin Sursok, Melissa Tkautz, Toni Pearen) with exception of Delta Goodrem. |
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i used to really dislike singers who seemed to be technically bad, or who cultivated an unusual style. but i had a friend argue with me over the course of 20 years that you don't have to be a "good" singer to be appreciated and understood and liked by some people (even if it is just 12 fans at the karaoke bar!).
he thinks there is something important and beautiful about singers who have a drive to express their voice and words, even if the end result isn't great on a technical level. and yes, he's the person who convinced me to start recording. LOL
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Random, but when I saw the title of this thread, I immediately thought "sweetest singing voices" until I looked again. How innocent am I? 
In answer to the question, Justin Beiber and Rebecca Black. I'm sure there are worse, though, and some do like listening to them. |
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Kesha
Justin Bieber
Jonas Brothers
Christian Bale (gaaahhh)
I also don't like Michael Crawford's singing, just personal preference.
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 12:59 am Post subject: Re: S***tiest singing voices |
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| Ambivalence wrote: | | puddingmouse wrote: | | Who are worst singers who are famous and not some person doing karaoke? |
Richard Harris. I like him as an actor... well, okay, I like him as Rafer Janders, but MacArthur Park is a crime against music. |
I actually love that song. It's so pleasantly bizarre.
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As a public service, I listened to this. Don't be afraid to sample it! I didn't mind it at all! The song is bad enough to be funny, but the singing is not as bad as Celene Dion or Michael Bolton. I have to wonder if they were trying to be funny.
I personally dislike any of the female singers who feel compelled to show off their voice with excessive glissando. I don't know their names.
Does William Shatner qualify for this thread? I expected his version of "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" when I clicked on this YouTube clip.
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| hyperlexian wrote: | i used to really dislike singers who seemed to be technically bad, or who cultivated an unusual style. but i had a friend argue with me over the course of 20 years that you don't have to be a "good" singer to be appreciated and understood and liked by some people (even if it is just 12 fans at the karaoke bar!).
he thinks there is something important and beautiful about singers who have a drive to express their voice and words, even if the end result isn't great on a technical level. and yes, he's the person who convinced me to start recording. LOL |
Could you give us some names as examples?
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| Posted: Sat Jul 16, 2011 2:19 am Post subject: Re: S***tiest singing voices |
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| Moog wrote: | | puddingmouse wrote: | | Joss Stone's voice really annoys me. I think I'll go with her as my least favourite voice. |
Yes, and I used to enjoy the work of Raphael Saadiq
I can't think of any, but they abound, especially in popular music.
My least favourite voice is autotune |
+1 and you know that autotune will be backed by my least favorite drummer: Drummachine.  I can't get to the radio fast enough to change the station when I hear it (them.)
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| puddingmouse wrote: | | Jonsi wrote: | Kesha.
Screaming singers.
Prepubescent singers.
My own voice. |
Pete Townshend as a singer...yay or nay?
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Yay. It's limited, but expressive. It doesn't bother me. He is a good example of how hearing the person who wrote the song (in my book) gets a lot of leeway, since I am interested in how the songwriter wants the lyric presented. I wouldn't exactly buy an album of his version of Cole Porter's songbook!
Randy Newman would be another example. Some might find his voice annoying, but I want to hear his version of his excellent songs.
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I couldn't make it all the way through this. The drum machine was what made me hate it. Auto tune? I can't tell. I don't mind electronic instruments per se, but drum machines remove any sense of joy and humanity in a song.
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| Rebeca Black, singing "Friiiiiiiday, Friiiiiiiday". |
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Rebecca Black- She sounds as if Fran Drescher was being auto tuned.
Justin Bieber- He sounds like a little girl! Who likes to listen to a 17 year old boy that still sounds like a little girl? Not me!
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