Are there any singers whose voice you intensely dislike ?
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glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
Will Young.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
- Location
- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Billy Bragg.
No problems with the person himself, although I don't agree with everything he stands for, but just wish he wouldn't try to sing.
No problems with the person himself, although I don't agree with everything he stands for, but just wish he wouldn't try to sing.
Ian H
Ancient randonneur
I realise there are people who like their Dylan 'prettified'.
glasgowcyclist
Charming but somewhat feckless
- Location
- Scotland
That would be like throwing glitter on a turd.
Seevio
Guru
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- South Glos
It's hard to think of any voices that I can't stand. Mostly it's the way they sing that's the problem. That said, I would not die regretful if I never heard Heather Small, James Blunt or Billy Bragg ever again.
One evening years ago, I was in the Spice Of Life club place (what was it called??) on Cambridge Circus, London for an open mic jazz evening. We chatted and drank as various turns did their bit when..... all STOP!!..
... a powerhouse of a voice filled the place, shook the clichéd rafters, demanded we put down our pints, watch and listen. Cripes, I'll never forgot that moment. It was she. An incredibly strong set of pipes that lady has whether one likes the output or no.
AndyRM
XOXO
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- North Shields
Thought of another - Trent Reznor. Which is weird, because I really like NIN and his other stuff, but sometimes his voice just doesn't fit and irritates the life out of me. Especially with some of his more recent stuff where he just sounds really whiny.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
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- Selly Oak, Birmingham
After watching Pilgrimage (BBC 2 series of occasional programs) with Heather Small on it (yes, she is a bit of a Diva), I listened again to some M People songs. There is a tendency for producers (IMHO) to add too much to a song, particularly where there is a great voice. M People seemed like a classic case of this. Here was someone with a really fine Gospel voice, but which was partially hidden by the track. Listening again - absolutely perfect voice with no straining at all for the upper register.
The best example of stripping back a song was the cover of Tears For Fears, Mad World. When TfF did it, it was a great song, but the cover for the Donny Darko film took away all the unnecessary instrumentals, and let the words and voice shine through. One of the covers that is light years better than an admittedly very good original.
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AndyRM
XOXO
- Location
- North Shields
Gary Jules for that one. Although it did, in my head at least, start the irritating trend of stripped back covers being used for Christmas adverts. Sometimes they work, sometimes they're just irritatingly twee.
BrumJim
Forum Stalwart (won't take the hint and leave...)
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- Selly Oak, Birmingham
Indeed. Stripping back really exposes the voice. Suzanne Vega, excellent. Gary Jules, spot on. But if you don't have it, you are utterly exposed.
LCpl Boiled Egg
Three word soundbite
Cilla Black. Just listened to one of hers on Guy Harvey's show. A good song by Burt Bacharach but she managed to spoil it.
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
she's ok in her soft voice, but full volume... YIKES! eg. the first few lines of Alfie, it sounds lovely.
Have mentioned Elton (bloody) John yet? I endured three from him and his goat yodelling at work this morning.
Beebo
Firm and Fruity
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- Hexleybeef
SURPRISE SURPRISE!!!!
