singing voice that just absolutely gets on your f***ing nerves

[Skittles]

for me it would have to be Natalie Merchant - that tinny, shaky voice just makes my skin crawl. I've left stores because I couldn't take her piped-in voice.

[ReadTomPaine]

1. Sadly... Bob Dylan. I listen to him anyway, however.

I also don't care for Sammy Hagar. I don't listen to him, though.

[Mutley]

2. My own.

I'm no American Idol material, that's for sure. But I sing anyway. :evilgrin:

[REP]

3. I Was Going To Name Natalie Merchant!

But I'm too tired to kick your ass.

Her vocal placement is painful to listen to - I can't imagine actually vocalizing that way. Actually, I can and that's why it's so painful.

[Skittles]

4. for the life of me people buy entire albums of her singing?

OMG if you ever want to torment Skittles, lock me in a freaking closet and play one of her CDs. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA.

[REP]

5. My Ex was Into Her

The one I contemplated killing in his sleep. I think he liked her because someone told him it was cool to like her. Or something.

[Skittles]

8. she literally makes my skin crawl, REP

I am serious

[kitten29]

162. wow

"My Ex was Into Her"


The one I contemplated killing in his sleep.


that's pretty creepy !!!! :scared: :hide:

[Elidor]

12. So true

She is annoying as all hell. But her success is no big surprise in a country that made Ozzy Osbourne a rich man.

[titoresque]

65. Nooooooo not Natalie...wow

I think she's great. Please don't be mean to me because of it :)

[chaska]

84. She's great! Very distinctive.

[donheld]

101. I love Natalie

Anyone doesn't like it can kiss my ....

[Elidor]

147. I wouldn't be mean over something silly like singers

I don't get mean until politics enters the equation.

[spooky3]

46. there is no emotion in her voice--every song sounds alike

whether she's singing about getting dumped or flowers coming up in the spring

[philosophie_en_rose]

108. No emotion in her voice?

I beg to differ. Especially on her album "Ophelia."

[henslee]

89. She sort of bugs me too but I like her on the Wilco/Mermaid Ave. LP

[mr blur]

6. I like Natalie Merchant,

For me it would be a tie between Bono and Freddy Mercury :puke:

[Skittles]

9. OMG

you crazy

[GCP]

16. Wow - Freddie had one of the best voices EVER

How can you say that???

[alarcojon]

21. Freddie was immensely talented

I guess there's no accounting for taste!

[MrScorpio]

26. Dissing Freddie is just not right

Freddie was the bomb

[mr blur]

50. Way back in 1977,

I had the misfortune to be working at 5 days of Queen concerts in London. I had to sit through this excruciating noise every night. I've never seen such a self-centred, delusional narcissistic prat in my life. Most memorable moment was when one wall of the the on-stage changing room which had been erected so that old Freddie could change costumes mid-set collapsed, revealing the man himself struggling into a corset.

The audience, naturally hailed the man as some kind of deity, which I've never been able to understand but I realise I'm in a smallish minority with this one.

[Zomby Woof]

73. You are not alone

I consider the deification of that yodeling twit to be one of the great mysteries of rock.

Your description is spot on. Delusional, self-centered, and narcissistic!

I think WE are the ones with the taste AND good judgment. :thumbsup:

[kitten29]

163. agree

nailed it... so I am not alone... :thumbsup:
thank you lord...

[jpgray]

76. You prefer the angelic tones of Tom Verlaine?

:P

Just kidding, it's all taste, isn't it? But I'd say Mercury had an objectively good voice--very strong and clear and able to hit a solid range.

[DS1]

99. Billy Corgan, and anyone who does that American Idol 'running the rails'

or whatever the fuck that shit's called.

Oh wow wow wow wow wowoooaoaooaoaoaoaoaoa

*BLAM*

[Orsino]

130. Natalie's okay.

Pleasant enough, though I imagine her voice would eventually get on my nerves what with its three-note range and all.

[In_The_Wind]

7. Dolly Parton

[Blue-Jay]

67. seconded.

She's truly a wonderful lady, but I don't care for her warbley singing voice.

[newsguyatl]

105. dolly rocks!

[Blue-Jay]

106. Your endorsement has changed my mind.

Thank god for you.

[newsguyatl]

112. ...

[Blue-Jay]

115. Awww... Aren't you precious?

coochie coochie coo.

[newsguyatl]

117. strike a pose blue-jay

[Blue-Jay]

120. OK. You lost me there.

It's a pic of Wes Clark looking kinda like Count Dracula.... I'm assuming that it's an insult of some sort (considering the source), but it's way over my head.

Am I supposed to be a Wes Clark impersonator or something?

[newsguyatl]

121. u ever noticed

blue jay rhymes with toupee





i'm just sayin...

[Blue-Jay]

123. It also rhymes with étouffée.

That's some yummy stuff, don't ya think?

[philosophie_en_rose]

109. Her older music is fabulous.

And I don't like country music very much at all.

[KG]

10. phil collins

i live in a 'no phil collins' world.

[Qanisqineq]

13. lucky!

I can tolerate Phil Collins for a little while but my husband has everything ever done by him. And any movie he has done the soundtrack for... and videos of his concerts... Help! It's too much!

[Neshanic]

27. Another for Phil Collins. Stop...just stop.

[njdemocrat106]

151. Anyone who replies Phil Collins ain't no friend of mine

Phil rocks.

[Rising Phoenix]

11. that guy from hubbastank or whatever there name is grrrrrr

[ghostsofgiants]

47. If you call that singing

[Turn CO Blue]

14. Michael Bolton

Also:
guy from Air Supply
Bryan Adams

[Coventina]

34. 'nuther vote for Michael Bolton

I also hate those put-on accents in "Country" music.

:puke:

[ET Awful]

93. Michael Bolton is a no-talent ass clown

So sayeth Office Space :)

[WCGreen]

15. Al these fucking "Divas" who think running a scale every time

they breath shows how fucking musically talented they are....

Beyounce, Maria Carey, Christina Agullera....

All of them grate me life a hard chunk or Parmesan to steel...

[GCP]

17. Yeah - what you said

:D

[blondeatlast]

25. I was going to say Mariah Carey--and let's not forget their goddess,

(ugh) Whitney (barf) Houston. :scared:

[Left Is Write]

69. I agree. I had all that note-hopping. It drives me apeshit.

[yellowdogintexas]

75. that so gets on my nerves too.

They should take a tip from the two ULTIMATE Divas:

Barbra Striesand and Cher, neither of whom do that

They just sing dammit.

Like Julie Andrews, too. The most perfectly pure voice and none of that attention grabbing scaling around and whooping through the song.

Whitney Houston just RUINED Dolly Parton's beautiful "I Will Always Love You"...

[WCGreen]

146. None of them no how to sing....

Warbling, that's what it is, warbling...

[Blue_Tires]

148. another vote for Carey

[mac56]

18. I love Natalie Merchant.

For me it's Mariah Carey. Her upper octave range reminds me of a dental drill.

[WCGreen]

37. Come on the Piss stain......

I thought it was so cute the way she sang Peace Train....

[Magrittes Pipe]

19. John Waite

When I seeeeeee yooooou smile...!

:puke:

[peekaloo]

23. he always looks so pissed off. I love his new Jennifer Anniston hairdo.

:scared:

[Left Is Write]

71. I love him with the Babys. Solo, not so much.

[Lethe]

20. Dave Matthews

i cant stand his singing

[samplegirl]

24. macy gray

really dont care for her voice

[aePrime]

54. Definitely Macy Gray

Oh, I can't stand it.

I always tell my wife it's like a cartoon character singing.

[Left Is Write]

70. Yep, yep, Dave Matthews and Macy Gray here too.

[AbbeyRoad]

149. Yes. Both Dave Matthews and John Mayer

They both sing in that kind of whispery, throaty way which seems very contrived. Dave Matthews has the advantage between the two of the them, because I at least heard him doing it first. I'd be interested in hearing how they sound without the affectation.

[alarcojon]

22. Can't leave out Yoko Ono. n/t

[Dees]

28. Toby "I can't carry a tune" Keith

He's normally a half tone flat on everything he sings. You would think a producer would Pro Tools his voice to key.

[terrya]

29. Bjork

I want to cut off my ears whenever I hear her voice. Her singing should be used as a form of torture.

[ET Awful]

92. I thought she said singing voice . . . since when does Bjork sing?

She just kind of wails despondently doesn't she? :evilgrin:

[nickgutierrez]

30. Jewel

:grr:

[peekaloo]

31. I rather like her voice but her school marm persona is irritating.

[Lubernaut]

32. Gwen Stephani

Natalie Merchant is icky as well...

[skygazer]

33. All of the Bee Gees

I just can't take seriously a man whose voice is three octaves higher than mine.

Dave Matthews - what do people see in that guy? His voice is whiny and unpleasant, all his songs sound the same and his ideas have all been done better by other people.

Celine Dion/Whitney Houston - both of them. Maybe it's not their voices so much as their style of singing. They always sound like they're yodeling to me. Just hold the note, dammit! and quit with the up and down fancy shit. It does NOT impress me.

[anarch]

35. whoever it is that is singing "Christian rock" songs, in Spanish,

in the park outside my building right now. Stop singing and go away, please! I can barely hear my damn tv!

[anarch]

38. OMFG it's getting louder and worse...

I'm going to go look up the justifiable homicide laws for dc....

[anarch]

39. Update: they also have the "Least-Tuned Guitar in the World"

and a PA that is, ummmm, a bit overpowered given the venue. I mean, it's a tiny little park for crying out loud!

And for some stupid reason, I'm not allowed by law to kill them. :(

[johnnie]

36. Two that I can't listen to

Robert Plant and Stevie Nicks.

[Parrcrow]

40. I know she's a good liberal but...

It always sounds to me as though Barbra Steisand is yelling through her nose.

:banghead:

[mvd]

41. Yoko Ono (sorry Yoko fans,)

Michael Bolton, Lauryn Hill, Kathie Lee Gifford, lead singer of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, some of the corporate rockers trying to sound like Cobain (like Nickelback singer,) Bjork, etc. To the fans, to each his own, just like it is with the ones I disagree with here.

BTW, Natalie doesn't bother me. I love her 10,000 Maniacs stuff. And I like her solo work more than I used to.

[AtomicKitten]

61. Yoko Ono has fans?

[mvd]

78. LOL - but yep, I've seen them on DU

:hi:

[BlueJazz]

133. She sings like I Fuck. (With no system at all)

[sakabatou]

171. Thank gods there is a good Yoko...

Kanno that is. :D

[jus_the_facts]

42. Neil Young...Garth Brooks....well most all country music twang.....

*shudder* x(

[u4ic]

74. Yes, I'll agree with Neil -

and all those nasally country singers...:puke:

[jus_the_facts]

168. Yes...like fingernails on a chalkboard....

:yoiks:

[Tallison]

164. I'll third Neil Young here

Great songwriter, but his voice is always a dealbreaker. He. Makes. Me. Cringe. Every. Time.

[jus_the_facts]

167. Hey...we can finally agree on something....

:D

[Tallison]

172. And it's probably not the only thing

this being a progressive website and all

:hi:

[nytemare]

43. Bob Dylan.

Someone give him an antihistamine, would you?

Great songwriter...I couldn't get past the voice, though.

Other than that, I would say Maria Carey.

[blondeatlast]

44. Whitney. Goddamn. Houston.

The source of all that has gone wrong with the female voice.

May her hell be a monstrous "Divas" spectacular pitching her against her evil spawn like Mariah, Alicia Keyes, Beyonce, and the unnamed others. The one who can most sound like Karen Carpenter, who could put 10 times the emotion in 1/10th the pitch, gets a ticket out of hell.

Grr. Fucking. Grr. :mad:

[Kat45]

45. Geddy Lee.

'Nuff said.

[grannylib]

125. YES, him too.. and what a shame, fabulous band, Rush, seen 'em

in concert and they are outstanding musicians, but Geddy's voice is atrocious.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

135. Rush has interesting music - but the singing voice of Geddy Lee

is like nails on a blackboard to me. It's a kind of geeky high-pitched nasal inflection with rounded hyper-diphthonged vowels that I can't stand. Too bad, otherwise I would have liked to get to know their music a lot better because they have talent.

I have about the same reaction to the singing voice of the lead singer in Sytx, at least the one who sang that tune that goes "Babe I'm leavin', I must be on my way", etc. I don't know what the guy's name is, but when I hear the way he sings "babe I love youuuuuuuuuwwwwwwwww" with the rounded lips it makes me lose my dinner.

[OzarkDem]

170. Yep

He sounds like he's been castrated. And he always sounds the same.

No offense to him as a person, I'm sure he's a nice guy.

[greblc]

48. Hillary Duff...Who let her out of the Mickey Mouse Club?

[nini]

49. delete

This is ZW posting under nini... brb!

[Zomby Woof]

51. Starting with Steve Miller...

Whiter than white. And the music sucks enough to add to his grating white voice.

That sneering loser from Midnight Oil... sounds like he is taking a huge dump while he is sneering.

Morrissey... whining piece of shit! Maybe if he ate a steak once in a while - naw, that wouldn't help his terminal loser wimpiness either.

Freddie Mercury. He was one of the most pretentious hacks to ever fool people into buying albums in history. Operatic my ass. And fuck him for playing Sun City in defiance of the apartheid boycott. Racist and greedy - maybe he and Ted Nugent should have done an album together.

Billy Corgan. I really hate whiny white guys.

[Ikonoklast]

95. That "sneering loser" from Midnight Oil

is Peter Garrett, who was elected to the Australian Parliament as a Labor MP and dedicated liberal. He is in the forefront of Aboriginal causes in his homeland, and fights for social justice and minority rights.

We should be lucky to have such "sneering losers" in OUR government.

You don't have to like his singing style, but name-calling is sooo lame.

[Zomby Woof]

107. He still sucks

His politics do not redeem his utter worthlessness as a singer.

And name-calling may be lame, but lame singers only deserve lame names. :patriot:

[Ikonoklast]

114. I am sure that he cries himself to sleep

knowing that your opinion of him is so low. Strictly an opinion, and not quantifiable by any means of measurement.







So there, booger face.:silly:

[Parche]

52. voices

Rob Thomas

Vanessa Carlton

[LaraMN]

53. Carole King.

Nobody beat me, but I used to hear her on Sesame Street and for some reason I thought she was a man.

[Guava Jelly]

I love carol king

So far a way is a beautiful song
and tapestry was a great album.

but this is a democracy.
I think kate bushs voice sucks

[SoCalDem]

55. Mariah Carey..and ALL the yodeling vibrato octave scalers

That they CAN make all those sounds, migth be impressive..but I want to PUKE every time they do it..

Just sing the damn song, and cool it with the vocal gymnastics:puke:

[Darth_Kitten]

56. Whitney Houston

:hide:

And any gal singer who sings in some kind of cutsey whootsey voice. :scared:

[nytemare]

63. I liked her in the 80's and early 90's, up to maybe 93 or so.

I think after "I will always love you" I got sick of hearing it all the damned time. Plus, she looks like she is trying to give a blowjob when she sings, too much exaggerated lip movement.

[Floogeldy]

139. ECHO echo echo . . .

:)

[Tafiti]

57. Any pop-country singer.

Makes my ears bleed.

[ghostsofgiants]

58. Anyone in the neo-grunge heirarchy...

People who try to sound like Eddie Vedder (please note that Eddie is not included in this list), but are not themselves Eddie Vedder (Scott Stapp from Creed).

And the people who try to sound like Scott Stapp (Chad Kroeger from Nickelback).

And the people who try to sound like Chad Kroeger (the jagoffs from Theory of a Deadman, Default, etc.)

[sasquatch]

59. *waiting for someone to mention Lemmy*

:grr:

[Vektor]

87. Hahahahah! Lemmy!

I like the Cocoa Puffs on his face.

[henslee]

91. Lemme once said Little Richard is the beset RR vocalist ever.

[AntiCoup2K4]

60. Barbara Streisand

Yes I know she's on our side politically, but her voice has always made me cringe. :scared:

Celine Dion and Michael "Screech" Bolton - runner-ups.

And the disco era "we sing like our nuts got caught in a mousetrap" Bee Gees.

So needless to say, seeing the "sequel" to the Streisand/Gibb "Guilty" album at Costco the other day made me vomit :puke: and I haven't even heard a single note from the horrid piece of hell-spawned digital plastic.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

62. Tom Waite. He writes pretty good but ...........

[Arugula Latte]

79. Yeah, I can't take much of him, either.

I know he's supposed to be a god to "cool" hipsters but I just can't deal with so much gravel.

[Arugula Latte]

80. The lead singer from Styx... He Sucx !! nt

[Arugula Latte]

81. Oh, and Steve Perry from Journey is horrible as well. nt

[Crazy Guggenheim]

83. Steve Perry is so-so. However, the musicians in Journey are very

good, as far as their "technical skills". That is regardless of the music I think they are good at playing their instruments. Well you know what I mean ..........

[spacelady]

64. Rod Stewart n/t

[Left Is Write]

72. I like Rod Stewart on his old stuff, but I HATE hearing him doing...

those "American Songbook" songs. He is no Frank Sinatra, Bobby Darin, or Dean Martin. Give it up, Rod!

[Celeborn Skywalker]

66. The guy that sings for Rage Against the Machine

I like their message but can't stand that guy's voice.

[Left Is Write]

68. Geddy Lee.

And I'll agree with Natalie Merchant. Hearing her voice singing "Because The Night" is wrong, wrong, wrong.

[jpgray]

77. Brian Eno

It's like my old geometry teacher Mr. Algoe at karaoke night or something--too cold and lifeless and over-processed. I thought his vox damaged a still great album on Remain in Light.

[Telly Savalas]

82. You can't really call what he does singing

but that guy from Aerosmith drives me nuts.

[TallahasseeGrannie]

85. Really early Michael Jackson

like "Be There."

[Vektor]

86. AUUGGHHH!!!! FUCKING BJORK!!

It's like having the skin massaged off the back of your skull with a belt sander.

WORST. SOUND. EVER.

[henslee]

88. Macy Gray, the Smashmouth guy,Jewel... though I used to not mind her.

[ET Awful]

90. That chick from Aqua . . . you know, the group that did that piece of shit

"song" "Barbie Girl". . . . Makes me wanna shove ice picks through my ear drums.

[arwalden]

94. Michael Bolton, Neil Diamond, Joe Cocker, Lee Greenwood, Rod Stewart

[Seabiscuit]

96. The Chipmunks

Especially during Christmas shopping season.

[Seabiscuit]

97. "JD" from "Rockstar: INXS"

Worst voice.

Ever.

[Inspired]

134. No Way

JD's hot from his vocal cords to his size 14's. Marty Casey from Rockstar:INXS - screaching anemic that he is - now that voice does nothing for me.

[Seabiscuit]

136. Let me guess:

1. You're female.

2. You're under 25.

That's JD's demographic.

[Inspired]

155. Yes/No

I am female. But I'm a far cry from 25. Most of the younger women I know who watched Rockstar/INXS liked MiG or Jordis. A lot of friends in my age group liked Marty.

JD has a huge demographic of women in their 30's, 40's...and up. It is hard to explain, especially to someone who doesn't think he's deserving, why. I've been saying it is because he is vulnerable. That strikes a chord in some of us older fans. It is also because we are of the age group that really remembers the INXS from the late 70's and 80's.

Now on to the talent part.

You didn't say who you thought should have won, but from your comment on JD having the worst singing voice ever, I can tell that you favored someone else to win the competition. Just because you didn't want JD to win doesn't mean his voice is bad...you just didn't want him to win.

Rockstar/INXS wasn't about finding the singer with the best vocal talent. It was about finding the person who was the best fit for INXS. I knew after California Dreaming that it was going to be JD. It was sealed after the first songwriting clinic. The final performance with INXS showed that he was a better fit. Even INXS said that you can't take your eyes off of him when he performs. You always want to see what he does next. That is exactly what you want in a front man for a band.

JD haters say that they needed to find someone to move them into the new century. That is not necessarily what INXS wanted. They wanted someone who could develop THEIR style...their established style. They also wanted someone who could sing their back catalog because they consider themselves a touring band. Everyone wants to hear the back catalog. JD performed INXS songs better.

If they wanted to choose someone who could move them in a more alternative style, they would have chosen Marty. If they wanted someone to move them into a more theatrical style, they would have chosen MiG. Neither is their style. I trust their judgement on what's right for their band.

[OneGrassRoot]

156. So funny!!!

I think JD has a GREAT voice....though I admit he is delightful eye candy....:) I'm 42.

My 12-year-old daughter loved Mig and slammed JD's voice the whole time. I thought Mig was great, too; I simply felt JD was a better fit.

However, in the end, she admitted she simply didn't care for his voice, it wasn't that she felt he couldn't sing well. Just a style preference.

She even started to come over to the dark side and agree that he's a hottie....:)

[Inspired]

158. Thanks for the validation...

so much controversy over a silly TV show. I could go on and on about why I think JD was perfect. I like his voice and I think he is eye candy, too. I will buy the new INXS cd and I can't wait to hear Pretty Vegas on the radio. He is definitely not teeny bopper material. My teenage daughter liked MiG, too.

(Shhh...don't tell my husband but I am part of a new sisterhood who seems to be fixated on his shoe size. I guess what 'they' say is true and is evident in some of the footage of the show. Watch the Mystified video and you will see that JD lied when he said "I don't have a gun" during Come As You Are!!)

He is just perfect for this band. Those who don't think so should remember that this was all about who INXS wanted. That is why they had the final say....and also because phone voting is so easily manipulated and not necessarily indicative of what the public is thinking. Remember Reuben Studdard! They wanted JD and I couldn't be happier with the decision.

[OneGrassRoot]

159. Oh, damn...............

I never got past the face and upper body.......gonna find that video now.......:woohoo: :popcorn:

Thanks!

[DawgHouse]

98. Reba makes my ears bleed. NT

[giant_robot]

100. Randy Newman

Consistently annoying on every song. Actually, I'm not sure if they're really different songs or just the one same song with different lyrics.

[Gregorian]

102. amanda de galas (spelling?)

And I thought I had iron ears.

[Flying Dream Blues]

103. Neil Young. Sorry, he's a great American and all, but

his voice makes me want to slit my wrists...so depressing.

[Ikonoklast]

118. You mean "Great NORTH American"?

Try Canadian. But we'll take him. Listen to the message behind the voice, the stories are the genius.

[Flying Dream Blues]

119. ooops, I forgot he was a Canadian! And I agree about the

stories, they are great. But his voice...ay yi yi. Can't do it.

[Tallison]

165. Can't do him either

What a shame he doesn't just write and outsource his songs' performance.

[CatWoman]

104. this girl

[Tatiana]

132. Awwwwww, I always thought she was "nice-ty!"

Not. Ughhhh, her talking voice is even worse!!!!!!!!!

[Graf Orlok]

110. Justin Timberlake.

And every other god-awful voices listed above.

[philosophie_en_rose]

111. Beyonce, Beyonce, Beyonce

Did I forget to mention Beyonce?

Her voice is mediocre at best, and it sure isn't helped by her seizure-like movements stolen from Showgirls. Warbling American idol-like crap.

I think the other two in Destiny's Child were tolerable though.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

113. I hate to say it but, Willie Nelson .......

OMG, let the flame war begin.

[Guava Jelly]

116. lead singer from live

god he sux
and ted nugent blows poneys also

[Akoto]

122. Not so much a voice, as a particular style ...

The ones that really annoy me are those who drag out the last word in a song for five minutes. Such as:

"... and the home, of the braaaaaaaaaaaavvveeeEEeeooohh!"

:evilgrin:

[grannylib]

124. Delores O'Riordan and Alanis Morissette - love Alanis' music, but the

horribly artificial way she pronounces things when she sings drives me NUTS. It's very grating.

[proud patriot]

126. Axel Rose of guns n roses

:thumbsdown:

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

127. Whoever it is who sings those Boston Market commercials

"Eat steak, eat steak,
Eat a big ole steer, etc., barf"

[lumberingbear]

128. Aaron Neville

His voice always sounds plastic to me.

[kwassa]

137. Aaron Neville has one of the most interesting voices around.

[Orsino]

129. Billy Corgan

The Pumpkins were a very good band, and I think they would have been great with a real singer. Perhaps it's just and acquired taste, but I never found any nuance beyond a general whining sound.

[Rob H.]

150. To me Corgan sounds like he's passing a kidney stone when he sings

I've never understood why Smashing Pumpkins was so popular--and a CD title like Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness? C'mon. It's both mind-bogglingly pretentious and incredibly idiotic-sounding at the same time. I hated them already by that point, and that didn't help.

Whitney Houston is my all-time most-hated, though. Apparently no one ever told her that yelling and singing are supposed to be two distinctly different things.

[WCGreen]

160. All the bad things about the Cure and then Corgan on top of it...

[baldguy]

131. Cybill Shepherd

voice like a cat being skinned.

(but I like Natalie Merchant)

[kwassa]

138. Roger Daltry of the Who has no voice to speak of

And I like Natalie Merchant, too. So there!

The great failing point of the Who is Daltry's inadequacy as a singer.

[njdemocrat106]

152. I like the Who...

but I think Townshend's voice is better suited to the songs. After all, he wrote most of them. (And I hate to nitpick, but it's spelt Daltrey. He's got to have the most misspelt name in rock music next to Jimmy Buffett.)

[marigold20]

140. Whitney Houston

That awful screaming....

[La Lioness Priyanka]

141. britney spears

[Crazy Guggenheim]

144. She *has to* lipsync in her concerts. However, I think her dancing's

pretty good.

[Hand]

142. Whoever that screaming asshole with ACDC was... nt

[Crazy Guggenheim]

143. I think the first one was Bon Scott and the second one's last name

was Johnson. He wasn't a very good "screamer".

[Hand]

145. Whichever of them did that idiotic POS "Thunderstruck"...

Every so often I'd run across the video whilst channel surfing... :puke:

[njdemocrat106]

153. The guy from Metallica

The most overrated band in the universe. I'll second the votes for Bjork as well.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

154. James Hetfield?

[OneGrassRoot]

157. Anyone who goes nasal.........

such as Celine Dion and Jewel. Their voices are fine 80% of the time, but they get into this zone in some songs where they go completely nasal and it sounds like a frog and drives me crazy!!!!

:banghead:

[gollygee]

161. REO Speedwagon

whoever sings for them. AWFUL

[Tikki]

166. That Edie Bickell...Brickle...

....Edie Brickell & New Bohemians...

That singer married to Paul Simon....





Tikki

[LosinIt]

169. Johny Mathis - Sounds like he's sitting on the washer in spin cycle

I lived in an apartment in the olden days and had a neighbor that used to play that shit every frigging Saturday morning, really early. So my roommates and I would get up and nurse our hangovers with some really loud Southern Rock or something equally obnoxious with the speakers turned against their wall.