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Post by Colton on Sept 30, 2015 4:12:04 GMT -5
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Post by firefly on Sept 30, 2015 5:32:58 GMT -5
1. Bob Dylan
2. Billy Corgan
3. Katy Perry
4. Madonna around her first two albums
5. Ashley Tisdale
6. Rihanna
Idk...I'll think of more.
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Post by H. on Sept 30, 2015 7:19:40 GMT -5
Taylor Swift
Ariana Grande
Miley Cyrus
Adam Levine
Dan Smith
Rihanna
Justin Bieber
Britney Spears
Nicki minaj
Iggy Azalea
Kesha
HM:
Bob Dylan
Will I Am
Little Wayne
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Post by Colton on Sept 30, 2015 7:22:31 GMT -5
Ariana Grande Bob Dylan Adam Levine Dan Smith Rihanna Justin Bieber Kesha
You're just...
ugh
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Post by H. on Sept 30, 2015 7:23:05 GMT -5
Ariana Grande Bob Dylan Adam Levine Dan Smith Rihanna Justin Bieber Kesha
You're just...
ugh
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Post by Ling-Ling on Sept 30, 2015 7:58:03 GMT -5
The first person that comes to mind when I think of terrible singers is Jessica Simpson. She is offensively bad.
Ashanti has one of the worst tones I've ever heard.
Christina Aguilera can't sing a lick anymore, all she does is growl through her performances
And Selena Gomez brings absolutely NOTHING to the table as a singer. She doesn't sound bad necessarily, she just sounds like nothing.
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Post by Dreams on Sept 30, 2015 9:00:17 GMT -5
I agree with the Bob Dylan mentions. I'll also add Tom Waits. Both have a few songs I enjoy, but their voices themselves are just  Miley Cyrus is another one whose voice I despise. It has such a grating raspiness to it I find it unbearable to listen to. Just a bad sound. Sam Smith's voice is also awful, IMO. His tone is bland/dull and makes me totally cringe. Kate Bush makes really interesting music (from what I've heard) but I cannot stand her voice at all. I only enjoy Christina Aguilera's voice when she doesn't belt. Then there are those whose voices technically suck like Katy Perry, Britney Spears, Jennifer Lopez, but I enjoy a bunch of their songs (well, except by Britney Spears), regardless of vocal ability. I almost forgot Michael Bublé. If you can even call what he does singing - that man talks, he doesn't sing. :| ETA: (I'll be editting this post as I think of more artists). Soul singer Kem has one of the worst voices I've ever heard. It's got such an eerie, uneasy quality to it... I don't know, it creeps me out. Ohhhh I can't believe she didn't immediately come to mind when I saw this thread: CASSIE!! That girl cannot sing for shit. She's THE poster child for non-singers. |
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Post by toomuchboy on Sept 30, 2015 9:56:13 GMT -5
Sam Smith's voice is also awful, IMO. His tone is bland/dull and makes me totally cringe. I agree. I'm not sure I'd put it in the 10 worst, but his voice is hard to listen to at least 40% of the time. At times he sounds like a character from The Muppets. Demi Lovato, lorde, and Alanis Morissette also wouldn't belong in the bottom since they have some ability, but I personally find their voices unbearable. Jennifer Lopez, Rihanna, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Britney, Madonna, Bob Dylan, the Beatles, Taylor Swift, Ashlee Simpson, and Raelynn all have voices I find difficult to listen to without cringing (JLO and Katy are particularly awful since most of their songs are unpleasant even if they could sing them well). I'd cite a bunch of country male singers if I could listen to them long enough to differentiate them. |
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Post by Vic on Sept 30, 2015 12:15:18 GMT -5
Anyone who needs autotune to "sing". That is 80% of today's music.
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Post by Devil Marlena Nylund on Sept 30, 2015 14:02:57 GMT -5
Anyone who needs autotune to "sing". That is 80% of today's music. It could be argued that most of these don't need auto tune, but rather it is something placed on their vocals by record companies that insist on having perfect sounding songs every time to meet impossible demands of music "buyers". |
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Post by mkarns on Sept 30, 2015 14:06:50 GMT -5
Surprised that nobody mentioned Kurt Cobain (unless being dead means he doesn't count). He wrote great songs, and mumbled, declaimed, shouted, and screamed them well, but singing? Uh, no.
Ironic thing about Nirvana: their drummer proved to be a much better singer than their lead vocalist was.
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Post by peacebone on Sept 30, 2015 14:26:12 GMT -5
How has no one mentioned Chad Kroeger yet?
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Post by Deleted on Sept 30, 2015 15:09:43 GMT -5
Making a top ten "worst" list is fairly easy when discussing vocals from a technical standpoint, but ranking them for anything else just gets messy. I loathe Jennifer Hudson's style, for example, but I'd never dare put her on the same list alongside people with no technical capability at all (I'm looking at you, Katy and Taylor). I look at Kurt Cobain the same way; he wasn't technically great, but he brought more than enough other aspects to the table for me to not include him alongside those who bring no vocal talent OR artistry to the table. 1. Taylor Swift 2. Katy Perry 3. Jessica/Ashley Simpson 4. Lana Del Rey 5. Adam Levine 6. Ryan Tedder 7. Beiber 8. Britney 9. JLo Anyone who lists Christina or Mariah is dead to me.  |
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Post by Zinc. on Sept 30, 2015 21:08:44 GMT -5
Ciara
Ashlee Simpson
Cassie
Jennifer Lopez
Katy Perry
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Post by matteeeb on Sept 30, 2015 22:01:09 GMT -5
Any rapper that has a number in his name,
also not a fan of Pitbull(I liked fun that's it)
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Post by leonagwen on Sept 30, 2015 23:26:11 GMT -5
Tiny Tim, Yoko Ono, Rebecca Black, Little Wayne,
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Post by Joe1240 on Sept 30, 2015 23:42:51 GMT -5
Pitbull
Ricky Martin
Jennifer Lopez
Reality Show singers-Jessica Sanchez,Melanie Amaro etc. All sing generic dance/pop.
Ne-Yo[went from R&B to dance/pop]
O-Zone
Baha Men
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Oct 1, 2015 0:42:19 GMT -5
Bob Dylan The first person that comes to mind when I think of terrible singers is Jessica Simpson. She is offensively bad. I liked a few of her singles, but her singing technique on some of the songs is terrible. I loved "I Wanna Love You Forever", but when she is screaming that bridge out, I am thinking, "Girl, how can you still talk after hurting your vocal chords like that?" Christina Aguilera can't sing a lick anymore, all she does is growl through her performances I like her, but I find her singing technique to be extremely problematic as well. The growling on a few notes is okay, but it doesn't work when she does it for the whole song and then the screaming like a banshee being poked with a knitting needle in the jungle. And don't get me started on that caterwauling she calls melisma and runs. She sings outside of her natural range most of the time and she just can't do it now. What about this? |
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Post by Landmarx on Oct 1, 2015 0:58:28 GMT -5
Pitbull Ricky Martin Jennifer Lopez Jessica Sanchez,Melanie Amaro Hmmm. |
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Post by firefly on Oct 1, 2015 5:18:13 GMT -5
Oh yeah, I forgot Taylor Swift. She can't sing at all and her tone/timbre is so unpleasant to my ears.
Jennifer Hudson and Christina Aguilera both have great voices, but their vocal techniques are very one-trick pony with a lot of screaming and not-so-well executed high notes.
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Oct 1, 2015 18:52:32 GMT -5
I almost forgot Michael Bublé. If you can even call what he does singing - that man talks, he doesn't sing. Wha'happened?  |
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 1, 2015 21:59:04 GMT -5
I almost forgot Michael Bublé. If you can even call what he does singing - that man talks, he doesn't sing. Wha'happened? I'm not here for somebody coming for the Canadian King Michael Bublé! |
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Post by Colton on Oct 2, 2015 4:28:49 GMT -5
how are they bad singers? none of them are |
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Post by H. on Oct 2, 2015 6:50:30 GMT -5
how are they bad singers? none of them are You have an opinion and I do too. |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 2, 2015 11:37:50 GMT -5
I'm not a Rap fan in the least, but putting rappers who can't sing beside singers seems like apples to oranges.
They're rappers, not vocalists. Big difference.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 3, 2015 20:22:24 GMT -5
Katy Perry, Jennifer Lopez
Christina Auiglerar
Taylor Swift, Rihanna
Madonna.
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Post by Disco🌶️📖 on Oct 3, 2015 21:38:24 GMT -5
Wha'happened? I'm not here for somebody coming for the Canadian King Michael Bublé! Same here. I like his voice. It's very Sinatra-esque which is awesome. And Michael is cute. I want Dreams to explain further the reasons. |
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Post by Dreams on Oct 4, 2015 5:17:35 GMT -5
Ohhh lol I didn't realize he had fans here!
He's boring me to death. Outside of a select few songs from his holiday album that I kinda enjoy (and his voice isn't really the reason why), he has that Frank Sinatra talk-singing thing going, except without the charm of Sinatra's voice. His slimy attitude bugs me as well, but that's irrelevant to the discussion at hand. I like Harry Connick, Jr. much better.
(OT: that video of Yoko Ono is hysterical! LMAO!)
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Post by Luckie Starchild on Oct 4, 2015 11:07:10 GMT -5
Ohhh lol I didn't realize he had fans here! He's boring me to death. Outside of a select few songs from his holiday album that I kinda enjoy (and his voice isn't really the reason why), he has that Frank Sinatra talk-singing thing going, except without the charm of Sinatra's voice. His slimy attitude bugs me as well, but that's irrelevant to the discussion at hand. I like Harry Connick, Jr. much better. What? :o Even with his lisp, Michael is way better than Harry! |
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Post by Linnethia Monique on Oct 4, 2015 11:18:47 GMT -5
Ohhh lol I didn't realize he had fans here! He's boring me to death. Outside of a select few songs from his holiday album that I kinda enjoy (and his voice isn't really the reason why), he has that Frank Sinatra talk-singing thing going, except without the charm of Sinatra's voice. His slimy attitude bugs me as well, but that's irrelevant to the discussion at hand. I like Harry Connick, Jr. much better. What? :o Even with his lisp, Michael is way better than Harry! and Hold On >>>> anything Harry "Boring Ass" Connick, Jr. has released. |
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