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Reply #30 posted 05/21/07 5:25am

Anxiety

AnckSuNamun said:

sosgemini said:




falloff

You know people are gonna mention Bjork too. lol



i'd rather listen to bjork and yoko ono anyday over mariah carey and celine dion and their shrill, trite bullshit. nod
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Reply #31 posted 05/21/07 5:41am

monk76

Mick Jagger, George Clinton, Ja Rule (or rap), James Brown,Britney Spears, Rod Stewart too many to mention. Alot of their voices have made them famous though.


What are you smoking man? You´re joking right?

James Brown with Pavarotti live It´s a man´s world:

http://www.youtube.com/wa...CIyzNISw1Q
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Reply #32 posted 05/21/07 5:44am

wonder505

Janet Jackson.

She's got to be the most successful artists who can't sing.
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Reply #33 posted 05/21/07 5:48am

Harlepolis

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Reply #34 posted 05/21/07 5:50am

Anxiety

listening to nelly furtado sing live makes my ears go ouch.
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Reply #35 posted 05/21/07 5:57am

RipHer2Shreds

Anxiety said:

listening to nelly furtado sing live makes my ears go ouch.

I don't discriminate - live or recorded, Smelly Farturdo's vocals have that effect on me.
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Reply #36 posted 05/21/07 6:00am

SoulAlive

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eek no no no! lol
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Reply #37 posted 05/21/07 6:16am

Dewrede

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thedribbler said:

jimi hendrix was a terrible singer, great composer.



Dylan is a top singer!

mad nonsense mad
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Reply #38 posted 05/21/07 6:39am

Anxiety

RipHer2Shreds said:

Anxiety said:

listening to nelly furtado sing live makes my ears go ouch.

I don't discriminate - live or recorded, Smelly Farturdo's vocals have that effect on me.


she just sounds like generic-pop-girl-singer on studio recordings so i can take her or leave her. i just look at it as the producer being the real artist and the singer being a puppet, since the voices are cleansed, folded and manipulated past recognition anyway.

live, though...MAN...she sounds like a 5 year old throwing a tantrum when she tries to belt one out. disbelief
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Reply #39 posted 05/21/07 6:50am

RipHer2Shreds

Mostly to me, she sounds like she's pinching her nose shut when she sings.

That chick from The Divinyls sung like she had a head cold. "I touch buh-self, I touch buh-self!"
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Reply #40 posted 05/21/07 6:51am

JackieBlue

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I don’t hate her but never really got the appeal of Nelly Furtado. I'm Like A Bird was a nice song but when she sang it on one of the Divas Live shows I couldn’t understand how she was considered such a hot commodity let alone worthy of being on Divas. ill
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Reply #41 posted 05/21/07 7:19am

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thebanishedone said:

clapton didnt know to sing but now days he is great singer


I heartily disagree. Listening to Clapton try to sing the blues is like watching a porn actor try to do Shakespeare. He was good on the Unplugged album, but on his electric stuff, he leaves a LOT to be desired in terms of intensity and authority.
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Reply #42 posted 05/21/07 7:24am

Cheek

wonder505 said:

Janet Jackson.

She's got to be the most successful artists who can't sing.


That's Madonna! smile
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Reply #43 posted 05/21/07 7:29am

Dewrede

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Anxiety said:

listening to nelly furtado sing live makes my ears go ouch.


I like sme of her music
So what if she sings nasally ?
That doesn't make her a bad singer
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Reply #44 posted 05/21/07 7:57am

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theAudience said:

Harlepolis said:

omfg @ JB's mention.

After he settled on FUNK as his MO, everything became a rhythm instrument (horns, keys, guitar) even his voice.

But I don't have to tell you that. wink

tA

peace Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431


Good point!
Word.
"He's a musician's musician..."
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Reply #45 posted 05/21/07 10:02am

Abdul

Jenifer Lopez
Diana Ross
Janet Jackson
Madonna
Ciara
Fergie
Bob Dylan
Brittany Spears
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Reply #46 posted 05/21/07 11:47am

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Cheek said:

wonder505 said:

Janet Jackson.

She's got to be the most successful artists who can't sing.


That's Madonna! smile

nod
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Reply #47 posted 05/21/07 2:02pm

Dewrede

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nod
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Reply #48 posted 05/21/07 2:26pm

AnckSuNamun

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I'm shocked to see mentions of Diana Ross on here


A Diana Ross Barbie smile
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Reply #49 posted 05/21/07 2:44pm

sextonseven

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I love the Velvet Undergound, but I will have to say Lou Reed.
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Reply #50 posted 05/21/07 2:50pm

BT11

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Bob Dylan sounds beautiful on Blood On The Tracks.
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Reply #51 posted 05/21/07 3:40pm

NDRU

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Paul Abdul eek

John Coltrane "a love supreme, a love supreme, a love supreme.... smile

Badly Drawn Boy aka Damon Gaugh

I respect that Yoko is an artist and creative soul, and captured John's heart, but she's the worst singer I've ever heard
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Reply #52 posted 05/21/07 4:21pm

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Ashlee Simpson -- can't sing OR lip-synch worth a damn!

Mick Jagger -- at least he CAN shake his ass. lol also in the R&R HOF despite his flaws on vocals.

Denise "Vanity" Matthews -- lets be real Prince-fans, a girl band like Vanity 6 aren't famous for their vocals to begin with. It's their sexy bodies & The Funk that Prince gave them!

Ozzy Osbourne -- he's one of the heavy metal elders. And their vocals are NEVER great in the first place.

Janis Joplin -- What the hell did some of your people in the 1960's see/hear in THAT woman to begin with?!?

Akon -- Is he reggae/dancehall OR is he hip-hop/r&b?

New Kids On The Block (excluding Jordan Knight & Joey McIntyre) -- Joe, Donnie, and Jonathan weren't that great on backing vocals in general. New Edition were better, but try telling that to all of the now grown-up women that use to be those screaming little girls that worship the ground NKOTB piss on!



.....I'll post again if I think of anyone else.
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Reply #53 posted 05/21/07 4:22pm

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Cheek said:

wonder505 said:

Janet Jackson.

She's got to be the most successful artists who can't sing.


That's Madonna! smile


Exactly.
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Reply #54 posted 05/21/07 4:24pm

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SoulAlive said:

Harlepolis said:




eek no no no! lol


Florence Ballard was a way better vocalist than Diana.
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Reply #55 posted 05/21/07 4:33pm

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Harlepolis said:


Ooh, I'm tellin.
PRINCE: Always and Forever
MICHAEL JACKSON: Always and Forever
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Live Your Life How U Wanna Live It
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Reply #56 posted 05/21/07 6:06pm

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RipHer2Shreds said:

Mostly to me, she sounds like she's pinching her nose shut when she sings.

That chick from The Divinyls sung like she had a head cold. "I touch buh-self, I touch buh-self!"


I've hated Nelly ever since she came out, principally due to her insistence on singing with nasal cords. ill
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Reply #57 posted 05/21/07 6:09pm

CHIC0

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bob dylan
tom petty
neil young
mary j blige (half the time)
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LOVE
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Reply #58 posted 05/21/07 6:12pm

CHIC0

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TonyVanDam said:

Ashlee Simpson -- can't sing OR lip-synch worth a damn!

Janis Joplin -- What the hell did some of your people in the 1960's see/hear in THAT woman to begin with?!?

Akon -- Is he reggae/dancehall OR is he hip-hop/r&b?



nod

falloff @ Janis Joplin comment.

though i've a couple tracks where her voice comes through. but for the most part she was probably so fucked up that i can slightly excuse her drunken sailor vocals. confused
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Reply #59 posted 05/21/07 9:06pm

thedribbler

dylan and neil young have awesome voices




lou reed can also sing in his own way!
His melodies are wnderful. I really don't get it when people say he can't sing.

diana ross voice post production is ok but weak live
hendrix can't sing, no matter how loveable he might be

robbie williams is a miserable singer, and somewhere underneath all the humour, he really does take himself very seriously

Mariah carey hits the notes butusually makes me want to vomit, is that what singin' is all about?
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