Who are your worst vocalists?
 

I don't like being restricted or restricting,so name as many as you like.

Bono Vox
Eddie Vedder
Robbie Williams
Paul McCartney
Phil Collins
Peter Gabriel
Eric Clapton
Dave Vanian(The Damned)
Chris Martin
Bjork
Joanna Newson
Tori Amos
Bob Dylan(even though i like a few of his songs,that voice is just too much)
Gary Numan
Midge Ure

Tom Waits
David Gilmour
Jim Morrison
Tina Turner
Alison Moyet
Martin Rossiter(Gene)
Most Hardcore/Sportz Metal singers are shite
Marylin Manson
Frank Sinatra
Celine Dion

dave vanian is awesome.

tori amos
guy from offspring
johnny rotten
cher

eddie vedder is a total twat.
axl rose is no fuckin picnic either.
frank black wrecks me head

axl sucks. frank black is amazing

i hate the Pixies, they bore me beyond belief.

i love bjorks voice!

the voices i cant stand-
eminem
robbie williams
joni mitchell
stephan gately
johnny borell
mick hucknall

meatloaf!

Out of Sonic Youth,the worst is Kim Gordon.I've never been terribly fond of her as a vocalist.

definately jimbrim, meatloaf is god awfull

all the hair metal vocalists

Mick Jones

Bono is top of my list too
Dude from Candlemass
Robert Plant (although I like some Led Zep)
Morrissey
The singer of the Artic Monkeys

Oh yes!Robert Plant!!!!!!

i havent either to be honest, fortunatly shes always backed up by good music.

bono
sinead o'connor
celine dion

bono sucks dick

i don't get it : in this thread we're supposed to list BAAAD singers or singers who sing bad songs?

i mean,even allison moyet is good when she sings for tricky, and sinead is great when singing prince's song or on massive attack tracks...buuuh.dunno.

freddy mercury. i just dont see why everyone is declaring him the best vocalist

Exactly.Never liked his voice and even less his music.

Voices.

uh,then:
ashley simpson (ha!)
50 cent

13 of the worst for mua.

Celine Dion (Wicked witch from the east)
Meatloaf (Sweat ball)
Neville Holder (Die Slade Die!)
Justin Hawkins (The Darkness cunt)
Puff Diddy (DESTROY!)
Brittney Spears (Shove that thong up your...)
Jim Diamond (Ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay ay... la... av... poo)
Milli Vanilli (Fake dreads)
Micheal Bolton (Wanker)
Shakira (Shakes that ass, 'cause it's all she's got)
David Hasselhoff (Jesus! He can't be considered a singer)
Paris Hilton (Chop her up into little pieces!)
Jessica & Ashlee Simpson (Firing squad! Ready!.. Aim!..)

i don't know if william shatner deserves to be mentioned in this thread or in the "best vocalists" one....

Isaac Brock
Joanna Newsom
Bjork
Eddie Vedder
Tom Waits
Jeff Magnum
Tori Amos
Corin Tucker
Wesley Willis


Too early to think further, but there are many many more.

i don't have worst vocalist, i only kidnap good ones.

shakira by a long long way.

I'm gonna dig into indie territory:

the singer from Bright Eyes
the singer from Decembrists
the singer from Unicorns
the singer from Stars
Kevin Drew from Broken Social Scene is no genius either.
oh what a dump.

I used to hate Efrim Menuck's voice (ASMZ), but it has grown on me over time (especially since I've seen them live)

You don't like Diamonds????

Damn.

For me, it's got to be the following:
Guy from Billy Talent
Guy from Coheed and Cambria
Thurston

You're all cunts. All of you. Shakira is fucking awesome. Steve 'cunt' Malkmouse. He needs some death. Fucking Bjork as well? Who the fuck do you people think you are? You're fucking wrong. All of you. Charlie Landsborough. I can't be standing him. Daniel O'Donnell. I won't be hearing him no more, thanks. But fucking Bjork? What are you all, badgays? Twats. Twats, the lot of yous. [Not you Porky]

For fuck's sake. It's a fucking awesome song. We all hate her and want her to die. I think we should all admit it's a fucking awesome song though. Come on. We can go through the pain and embarassment together.

Guy from Coheed and Cambria? LOL! Whatever you think of the music the guy has a pretty amazing voice. A lot of you are naming singers that sing music you don't like, not singers with bad voices. I can't stand Celine Dion's music but I wouldn't say shes a bad singer. Thats the sad thing about 'Pop' music - very talented singers making very boring music.

Singers I dont like: Chris Martin, Jamilia, Roger Waters (the guy is a genius but he can't sing to save his life), Roger Doltery, Robert Plant, Brian Wilson (circa 2000 +), Tom Jones (with a passion), The guy from Keane, The guy from the Arctic Monkeys, Ringo Starr, Bob Dylan (again based on voice not music), Cat Stevens etc

His voice is fucking atrocious. It brings me no sense of joy at all. Fucking moron that twat is.

Agreed.

Bjork is mighty talented, but I simply cannot stand the sound and timbre of her voice. It makes me twitchy and irritable. It makes me want to hurt myself.
Joanna Newsom - same deal.

Talented and listenable are very different.

Fair points. I'm surprised that someone who can suffer Diamanda can't suffer Bjork however. Still, my point remains. Cunts to a man, all of you.

Diamanda is meant to be painful.
Bjork causes involuntary pain.

I'm not so sure about that. You've heard Kukl?

Kukl was by far the best stuff she was ever involved in. Then again, I liked the music portion of that a lot more than I like Bjork's music as well.

I used to hate Bjork. Quite passionately. It's always a lady that changes your mind about these things, no? I have a thing for 'acquired tastes'.

Celine Dion, for so many reasons. 'The hot dogs go on'? What the fuck is this tiresome poptart talking about?