half_eaten_arm
Well-Known Member
the singeer from the charletans
Worst Singer?
- Thread starter El Jefe
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Rollem
two kinds of wonderful
oh now this thread is just getting silly
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though i agree about kylie "chipmunk on helium" minogue
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
ok, nobody is willing to admit it:
Mark E Smith.
Mark E Smith.
hammerette
Bleurgh!
Richard Archer of Hard-Fi fame. Has to be worth a shout!
I agree that it's not all about singing. Some fantastic artists have emerged sounding like sandpaper but have something special.
I agree that it's not all about singing. Some fantastic artists have emerged sounding like sandpaper but have something special.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Nah, I'll dodge out of the way and he'll go flying down the staircase behind me.
Oh behave.
We actually covered him on page 1, but still - what rot. Yeh, he's no 'singer' but his voice is perfectly suited to the material. And it's no worse live than on record.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Exactly. He's just as bad on record as live. At least Ian Brown gets tuned up in the studio.
My god, you're right. No Xmas for John Quays would sound SO much better if only someone with a decent, blue-eyed soul voice sang it.
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Yes but he sounds nice. Ian brown can't hit a note live.
Quite. The trouble with Brown is that a lort of his stuff is written as if he CAN sing, so it makes it all the more painful. Smith's stuff sits well with his voice.
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
Tom Jones can handle most genres.
Tom Jones can handle most genres.
That tuneless bellowing fuckpig?
littlebabyjesus
one of Maxwell's demons
ATOMIC SUPLEX
Member Since: 1985 Post Count: 3
Oh fuck yeah, how could anyone like the tindersticks?! He was hopeless. Muh muh muhmuhmuhmm mhu muhm mhu
I like The Tindersticks. Ok Stuart Staples hasn't got the best voice in the world but it's pub singing at it's best
dream_girl
waiting for my ban
Noones mentioned that bloke out of the darkness yet. and what about Sal solo - the baldy bloke in classix nouveaux - his singing was verging on comedy
dream_girl
waiting for my ban
tony hadley 
Paul Russell
Psychogeographer
midge ure. couldn't fucking sing for toffee, and ruined a half decent band by joining them...
They were the first live band I ever saw! They were OK
The second or third live band I saw were The Teardrop Explodes, and that was probably the worst vocal performance I've witnessed/heard. Pretty flat. Maybe Julian had taken more drugs than usual.
I've seen videos of the Stone Roses live in their early days and Ian Brown was okay - not the world's greatest singer, but not awful either. Later live recordings are absolutely dreadful, though. It's such a disappointment. The drums, that wonderful bass line to 'I Wanna Be Adored,' the guitars building up ... and then Ian Brown comes in over the top, bawling like a pissed-up football fan singing on the way home from the pub, and ruins it all. I've seen him live too, back in 1999 or thereabouts. He was better than I expected, but that isn't saying much. 
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