they can't really sing

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  • univrsoull
    univrsoull Posts: 2
    A great quote i once read...that for me, illustrates perfectly, the appeal of such singers, like Neil Young, while maybe not being great, technically speaking...but sing with such emotion and passion, that you can almost see and feel exactly what lies beneath and within....
    "Neil Young is one of the few songwriters in the world who can approximate the sound of a heart breaking with his voice."
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,016
    dylans the man but his voice sucks now.

    most would say it sucked always- but not me.
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  • wavin_goodbye
    wavin_goodbye Posts: 135
    StoneG82 wrote:
    tom waits.

    depends what record(s) your talking about.. for tom waits, i would say it's more a matter of having overly abused vocal chords, and even going for a certain vocal quality.
  • A Surprise Left
    A Surprise Left Posts: 743
    A singer who doesn't have that technical quality but has great emotion can be very effective. But if a singer has both qualities then they are going to be better. Take Jeff Buckley's or K.D Lang's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallujuah as proof.
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  • pj_zombie
    pj_zombie Posts: 272
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    A singer who doesn't have that technical quality but has great emotion can be very effective. But if a singer has both qualities then they are going to be better. Take Jeff Buckley's or K.D Lang's cover of Leonard Cohen's Hallujuah as proof.

    Yeah, I always look for passion first and if that's lacking I usually move on. However, when a vocalist has both qualities they are top of the list. Naturally I throw Eddie Vedder, Robert Plant, and Brent Smith in that category.
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  • tonadax
    tonadax Posts: 594
    hey this is not american idol or a pop-baladist thread, it´s rock, and i prefer the music and passion than vocals....... joey ramone cant sing and i like their music..... bruce dickinson can reach high notes but i hate his voice....
  • A Surprise Left
    A Surprise Left Posts: 743
    tonadax wrote:
    hey this is not american idol or a pop-baladist thread, it´s rock, and i prefer the music and passion than vocals....... joey ramone cant sing and i like their music..... bruce dickinson can reach high notes but i hate his voice....

    i agree but its better if they can really sing as well....one of the reasons led zep is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) is because of plant's vocals. i love listening to some of the singers like dickinson and tate but each to his own.
    The wind is blowing cold
    Have we lost our way tonight?
    Have we lost our hope to sorrow?

    Feels like were all alone
    Running further from what’s right
    And there are no more heroes to follow

    So what are we becoming?
    Where did we go wrong?
  • brhf9
    brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    i agree but its better if they can really sing as well....one of the reasons led zep is one of the greatest (if not the greatest) is because of plant's vocals. i love listening to some of the singers like dickinson and tate but each to his own.

    it's funny you say that because one of the reasons i'm not much into Led Zeppelin is mr. Plant voice.
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  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    brhf9 wrote:
    it's funny you say that because one of the reasons i'm not much into Led Zeppelin is mr. Plant voice.

    I can't listen to them at all because of his voice - like nails on a chalkboard...they might have been tolerable if they only released instrumentals
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  • chrisopalooza
    chrisopalooza Posts: 347
    A Surprise Left wrote:
    ibilly is a great songwriter and guitarist but as a singer, well he wouldn't get past the 1st round of idol.

    uh, i think i'd rather stay home and light my ass hairs on fire than worry about whether i was going to get past the first round in american idol.
  • chrisopalooza
    chrisopalooza Posts: 347
    brhf9 wrote:
    mr. anthony 'i can't sing in key' kieds...

    hahaha, i wouldn't even call it singing. i have NEVER seen/heard that guy hit the right notes live. it's awful. good call!

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