Great Music - Shit Vocals.

[savoloysam]

Bush - Brilliant grungey guitars all over the place on the first album. Then they had some pretentious duffus with terrible inane ramblings ruining what could have been a classic album.

Foals - What a great bunch of musicians. Really talented with an excellent progressive blend of styles but the lyrics? What the fuckity fuck fuck fuck I just cant do more than one song before losing my paitience.

As usual over to the urbz to disect

 

[SpookyFrank]

Primal Scream.

And Bobby Gillespie sounds even worse live.

 

[maomao]

Neil Young

Lou Reed

 

[Steel Icarus]

New Order are among my very favourite artists but Bernard just cannot sing.

 

[Zapp Brannigan]

Bob Dylan

 

[Skinny Ethel]

Charlie Drake

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Lou Reed

His vocals often elevated some quite dull MOR music. Not always though. I can't think of an instance where his vocals ruined something.
That cover of Soul Man (for the movie of the same name) would have been excellent if it was just Lou Reed singing. Sam Moore was technically a far more talented vocalist, but his sections are just boring. Like wallpaper. Lou Reed makes a very dull song sound cool.

Mark E Smith too.

 

[Knotted]

I hate Frank Zappa's singing.

 

[hitmouse]

Galaxie 500?

 

[pinkmonkey]

Thread should be called, 'anyone know a girl?' It does sound as if the producers cousin, girlfriend, cleaner gets roped in despite their lack of warbling skills and reluctance.
I'm voting for T'Pau, Total Eclipse of the Heart, the slightly off key auto-tuned vocals set my teeth on edge.

 

[Steel Icarus]

I still don't know how Say hello wave goodbye was released in that state; it's a fab song but at least sing it until you get the "see" in the chorus right - the first is terrible, the second laughable.

 

[Knotted]

A Love Supreme
A Love Supreme
...

Non of them were singers tbf.

 

[PTK]

Is it the lyrics or the singing that is being questioned on this thread?

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Galaxie 500?

I only like that one song, and if he could hit the notes correctly on the "ahhhh" bit it would be rubbish.

 

[Knotted]

Madonna. It's the tunes carrying it not her voice.

 

[Bus Honeygun]

Laurence from Felt's terrible Brummie-Bloke-Doing-Lou-Reed.

As a child of the post-punk, I don't really care if singers are good in the conventional sense, but it's absolute cringe when they're trying to sing 'proper' and clearly aren't that good.

I don't really like St Etienne, but it did occur to me the other day that Sarah Cracknell isn't that good a singer. Probably there for her blond hair and preparedness to go along with whatever that creep Bob Stanley said more than anything.

 

[Sasaferrato]

Another vote for one of my all time favourite musicians, Bob Dylan.

He actually can sing, but usually chooses not to.

 

[Red About Town]

I would love to be a Bob Dylan fan. His lyrics and song writing skills are phenomenal but the voice just doesn't do it for me at all.

 

[gentlegreen]

Boston.

 

[savoloysam]

Is it the lyrics or the singing that is being questioned on this thread?

Either or both.

 

[Knotted]

Love bad vocals. This is my favourite.

 

[stavros]

Mark E Smith too.

Aren't his vocals part of what separates The Fall from their peers?

 

[Lorca]

Current 93 - some interesting ideas musically but David Tibet just can't sing to save his life and I suspect his ego precludes him from getting someone decent in.

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

Aren't his vocals part of what separates The Fall from their peers?

Yes. . . And Lou Reed too.

 

[twistedAM]

I often wondered why Bryan Adams and/or the producer chose Mel C to ruin an otherwise rather great pop song.

 

[Smokeandsteam]

The Stone Roses. Until the second album when the music was shit as well.