Worst Singer?

[dream_girl]

Ian Brown for me too.

But also - Lou Reed's pretty bad - and don't get me wrong - I like the VU and a lot of his solo stuff - but try listening to The Bells or anything he's done in the last ten years.

 

[futha]

ian brown must win this. absolutly horrible. liam gallagher isnt bad though! slide away is ace.

 

[pogofish]

Robert Smith from the Cure was about the worst I've ever seen live, by a very long shot.

 

[ChrisFilter]

Anthony Kiedis is fucking awful live. As is Tim Wheeler from Ash (I was young and I went with a girl, ok?).

Although neither should be any surprise.

 

[bluestreak]

Before I'd even opened this thread I thought - Ian Brown. Had the misfortune of hearing his out of tune voice when the stone Roses played Reading back in 199? ....

-6.

My first Reading festival. How I laughed.

Rage Against The Machine were good though.

 

[dream_girl]

-6.

My first Reading festival. How I laughed.

I was there - they were so bad they held a press conference the next day to announce they'd split.

 

[rekil]

I remember seeing The Stone Roses on Snub and thinking ooh nice guitar jiggery, decent band....then Brown comes in singing like a constipated zombie and doing his silly monkey moves. I've hated them ever since.

 

[Magic Sam]

Steve Harley, Jimmy Nail, Robson and Jerome?

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Nico. Tone-deaf, talent-free racist bitch.

 

[butchersapron]

Top notch cyclist though.

 

[danny la rouge]

Simply Mick Hucknell: he slides up to every note, then slides right past it. And does so in a way that is devoid of taste.

 

[fuzzy felt]

danny mcnamara from Embrace has a shockingly bad voice.

 

[skunkboy69]

Morrisey for me.Great lyricist but that voice.Jesus.It makes my skin crawl.

 

[killer b]

nico was ace. she sang like she was gargling.

 

[killer b]

danny mcnamara from Embrace has a shockingly bad voice.

shit, yeah - i'd forgotten about that cunt. every bit as bad as brown, but with worse songs.

good call.

 

[Belushi]

Ozzy Osbourne.

Mick Jagger.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Bob Geldof

 

[Belushi]

Caught Lily Allen on something the other week slaughtering Waterloo Sunset. What a fucking racket.

 

[littlebabyjesus]

Worse than Duran Duran's butchering of Perfect Day?

 

[subversplat]

William Shatner.


Florence Foster-Jenkins.

William Shatner is the don

I have his cover of Common People on my alarm clock playlist

 

[Belushi]

Worse than Duran Duran's butchering of Perfect Day?

Dont even mention their cover of 'White Lines'

 

[dream_girl]

Runners Up

Lilly Allen,
Jimmy Nail
Ginger Spice
James Blunt
Cilla Black
Ringo Starr
Keith Richards
Keith Moon
any boy band "singer"
Kylie Minogue
bloke out of Red Hot chilli Peppers
Boy George
Ozzy Osbourne
all the other Osbournes

 

[Pieface]

As is Tim Wheeler from Ash (I was young and I went with a girl, ok?).
.

Him. I saw them at Reading and they were the worst live band I have ever ever seen. He sounded like he was having enough trouble getting sufficient air in his lungs, never mind having any spare to sing with. Really weak.

Simply Mick Hucknell: he slides up to every note, then slides right past it. And does so in a way that is devoid of taste.

I've got a mental image of Mick on a skateboard, scooting past the top notes.

 

[Annierak]

Morrisey for me.Great lyricist but that voice.Jesus.It makes my skin crawl.

You are soooooo wrong. I also think Morrissey's voice has got even better with age.

Thom Yorke sounds shit live imo

 

[dodgepot]

Kylie Minogue

every time i hear a new recording of her live she seems to get more and more nasal. she's a good singer apart from that

 

[Pieface]

I was shocked when I heard her on that audience thing around christmas, Dodgey. She's freakishly nasal.

 

[Pieface]

Almost like a chipmunk

 

[dodgepot]

yeah, it seems to get worse with age :-/

btw, this is the first year in many years that i've not had a kylie calendar.

 

[dream_girl]

every time i hear a new recording of her live she seems to get more and more nasal. she's a good singer apart from that

I was shocked how bad she was on Jools Hollands Hootenany thing over christmas - last time I really noticed her voice was on Nick Cave's Burder Ballads album and she seemed quite good back then.

 

[Reno]

William Shatner is the don

I have his cover of Common People on my alarm clock playlist

Yes, Shatner is the man.

"Has Been" is a really great album, most of it was co-written by Ben Folds. I especially like Shatner's cranky old git duet with Henry Rollins.

I know she's hugely admired, but I find Joanna Newsom's mannered singing style so irritating for me it's like listening to fingernails on a blackboard. Apart from early Soft Cell I can't bear the sound of Marc Almond's voice.