Least passionate singer?

[Benfea]

Aw, what the heck. Seein' as we have a thread on "most passionate singer," I thought it would be fun to do the obvious opposite in all seriousness instead of the usual tongue in cheek.

There's a style of singing that I actually like, and it's certainly the opposite of passionate. It's as if the vocalist is too tired or too bored to be bothered with screaming, howling or wailing. You know, like the vocals on Voivod's cover of the Batman theme song.

So name some that you actually like. I'll start it off: Beck.

[swag]

1. Perry Como

[Benfea]

9. Heh. ;) -nt

[peekaloo]

13. tee hee SCTV once did a hilarious skit entitled "Perry Como is still

alive". It featured all his hits.

[swag]

14. Rick Moranis as Perry Como?

I think I remember that.

[peekaloo]

15. yep.

a singing corpse.

[terrya]

16. I agree with you

Perry Como gave new meaning to the word "relaxed"

[Droopy]

2. That dude from radiohead

[Benfea]

10. Good answer -nt

[KitchenWitch]

3. Kevin Cronin of REO Dumptruck

[Oeditpus Rex]

7. ...

"Ridin' the Dirt Out."

[WritingIsMyReligion]

30. OMG

HAHA!

[Radical Activist]

32. You are banned from Central Illinois!!!

[Benfea]

33. Who cares what the provinces think?

*dons asbestos suit*

[XemaSab]

4. Spice Girls

I don't actually like them, BTW, that was just who came to mind.

[Benfea]

11. Bad, yes, dispassionate, no.

Try another answer.

[enigmatic]

5. Lou Reed

And he's always beem one of my favorite "singers"..

[ghostsofgiants]

6. That I actually like? Hmm...

Maybe Paul Banks of Interpol.

[Alexodin]

8. Mike Douglas

hands down the least passionate singer of all time. His completely uninspired rendition of You Are My Sunshine couldn't hold a candle to The Doors.

[last_texas_dem]

12. The lead singer of Cake

Well, if his vocals count as singing; they're probably more like talking.

[Ava]

19. he has more songs when he sings.

i love cake! don't talk bad about them!

no really, he has some slower songs where he actually sings. all of their up-beat songs are the ones that get played though.

[last_texas_dem]

22. It's not that I don't like them

I've just always thought, at least based on what I've heard by them, that he always sounded very uninterested in what he was singing. I just thought of that as being part of the group's style. I actually like several songs by Cake.

[BigMcLargehuge]

21. Awww cmon, Italian Leather Sofa is great

She doesn't care
whether or not he's a good man
she doesn't care as long as she's still got her friends...

[skygazer]

17. Wilson Phillips

I realize that's a group, not an individual singer but all their songs sound like elevator music to me, just emotionless, atonal droning.

[Ava]

18. i can't stand passionate singers that suck

for example, that guy from "creed." i always hated that group but especially him. he would get all into himself during the song with these weird looks on his face - which wouldn't be so bad if he could carry a tune!

[no name no slogan]

20. Eddie Vedder

that faux-warbly "soulful" voice is so contrived and annoying. I've rather listen to the cat-going-through-a-meatgrinder whine of Billy Corgan than hear Eddie butcher another fake-hard-rock "masterpiece".

[mvd]

28. Not contrived or annoying to me

Very cool voice - much better than the emo wailers that are around today.

[blondeatlast]

23. Mariah Carey

[Benfea]

34. Bad != dispassionate.

Besides, we're looking for dispassionate singers that you actually like.

[mvd]

35. Mariah's decent

Not passionless IMO, but not Whitney either. Never been a fan of Mariah's voice.

[begin_within]

24. Carrie Underwood

[DS1]

25. Me

I win

[Tom_Foolery]

26. Leon Redbone. n/t

[Aristus]

27. Margo Timmons of the Cowboy Junkies.

Beautiful lady and a group with some cool songs, but man! she just can-NOT put any oomph into her singing. I usually fall asleep listening to them.

OTOH, their album, The Caution Horses, is one of the best f*ck albums of all time!

[mvd]

29. Since the topic is about ones I like

Avril Lavigne (kind of a not a care voice that's quite effective)

Lead singer of The Strokes

On edit: and Liz Phair! Her flat voice doesn't sound disinterested.

One I don't like would be the lead singer of the Arctic Monkeys.

[Orsino]

31. Aschcroft.

"Let the Eagle Soar"