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| Bob Dylan.
Strangely enough, guys who kinda sound like him don't bother me at all - Tom Petty, Mark Knopfler. Go figure.
John Prine or anyone who sounds like him. Chris Smithers comes to mind. I knew a lot of guys who sounded like this when I played the Village in the late sixties - early seventies. Most of them got no traction. The ones who did . . . well, I don't get it.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Any one of them wearing eye liner or a Wrestling mask... |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Those two guys from the 80's. You know, the one with the high scratchy voice who sang for several bands (AC/DC, Guns and Roses, etc.) and the other guy with the high smooth voice who sang for all of the other bands (Journey, Boston, etc.) |
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Location: SoCal | My wife hates John Fogerty. For me it's Dylan. Writes great, sings crappy.
Kris Kristopherson also drives me nuts. At least he acknowledges it and says that anybody who sings his songs sings them better than him.
Jimmy Webb. Also not a great singer (love, absolutely love his songs). John Prine, same.
But in their defense, there's something really special about a writer of great songs doing their own material (Dylan and Fogerty not withstanding)... |
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Location: Michigan | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Those two guys from the 80's. You know, the one with the high scratchy voice who sang for several bands (AC/DC, Guns and Roses, etc.) and the other guy with the high smooth voice who sang for all of the other bands (Journey, Boston, etc.) Ditto that, my feelings exactly. |
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| Originally posted by moody, p.i.:
But in their defense, there's something really special about a writer of great songs doing their own material Burt Bacharach wrote some excellent songs but did you ever hear him sing them? I did. You don't want to. Same with those other guys. |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Most of the above, and...(crawling into the suit of armor and raising the shield)...Willie Nelson, along with other ultra-nasal voices. (That was why it took me so long to play bluegrass with Jack...country twang was definitely an acquired taste for me, and I still don't enjoy it as much as he did.)
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Larry Gatlin's singing is like fingernails on a chalk board to me.  |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by Handmadeguitars:
For me it's Aaron Neville hands down Okay, I know it's not normally kosher to call out a new member. BUT if I ever figger out where Oakhurst is........
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Voice of a frickin' Ayngel is Aaron Neville!
Now Baby Gramps makes even Dylan sound like a singer! |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | Originally posted by CanterburyStrings:
Those two guys from the 80's. You know, the one with the high scratchy voice who sang for several bands (AC/DC, Guns and Roses, etc.) and the other guy with the high smooth voice who sang for all of the other bands (Journey, Boston, etc.) Let me add one more to that list: the guy that tried his best to sound like Satan who sang for all those heavy metal bands (Metallica, Judas Priest, etc). |
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Location: New Hampshire, USA | And I'll probably get lambasted for this, but I can only take one or two songs sung by Robert Plant and I have to turn it off. His voice goes right up my spine. |
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Location: Brisbane Australia | Tiny Tim!!!
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Location: Madison, Wisconsin | Aaron Neville gets my vote. I could never understand what Linda Ronstadt heard in him. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | I'd have to vote for MYSELF. I love to sing but when I hear myself recorded I just cringe ...
As far as "professional" singers I give credit to anyone who puts it out there. Whether I like or dislike him is just personal preference. There are plenty of singers I dislike, some due to the music/genre rather than the singer himself. On the popular front I'd have to say NEIL YOUNG is an immediate station changer for me.
But on the positive side, I always thought TOM JONES had an incredible voice. Like or dislike the music, that dude has some pipes. |
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Location: SoCal | +1 on all of Toby's comments.
We saw Tom Jones at the fair last year. Outstanding concert. Saw Huey Lewis this year. Same comment.... |
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Location: Flahdaw | Does anyone else think the dude from Rascal Flatts sounds like Mickey Mouse on helium? |
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Location: chicago | I HATE MICHEAL McDONALD!!!! YA MO BE THERE?? |
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Location: Campbell River, British Columbia | Originally posted by willard:
I could never understand what Linda Ronstadt heard in him. Linda Ronstadt! |
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Location: Nashville TN. | Originally posted by alpep:
jewel Jewel a guy?? |
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Location: Hot Springs, S.D. | Fillhixx, I agree whole-heartedly. She doesn't sing, she yells. Remember when she took voice lessons and released that album with Nelson Riddle? She had a hit off of that album where she actually SANG, but then she ruined it by yelling the last line. :rolleyes: |
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| Originally posted by willard:
Aaron Neville gets my vote. I could never understand what Linda Ronstadt heard in him. Ditto. Quite ordinary until he hits that vibrato with too much intensity. Then it's time to hit the button for another station. |
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Location: Ohio | Me AND Neil Diamond.
Great writer but.................. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I have thought about this for a coupla minutes...
Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Joe Cocker, 'That-Guy-That-Tries-To-Sound-Like-Satan'...
Those are all good choices.
But I listen to the first four, and don't listen to 'That Guy'.
I find this question hard to answer cuz the folks who annoy me I don't listen to.
On today's radio there are a few annoying folks, but I don't listen long enough to catch there names.
Plus, I really cannot and should not sing. So I cannot really throw stones. |
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Location: Location Location Location | Dan Fogelberg. I always thought his songs sounded the same, and he sang them all the same. Never cared for his voice.
Re: Dylan. I liked him until he found, and then I guess, subsequently lost, Jesus. To hear him sing now is painful. I always thought he had great phrasing, now all songs are rushed, and done poorly. A song I love, 'Watching The River Flow' is almost unrecognizable. C'est la vie. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Oh! Add to this list Randy Newman.
(He just came on NPR for one song, so I didn't have to change the station) |
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Location: SoCal | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Oh! Add to this list Randy Newman.
(He just came on NPR for one song, so I didn't have to change the station) He's so bad that he's actually kinda good (and he writes great stuff).... |
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Male Vocalists I Really Don't Care For - YMMV