Top Ten Most Annoying Singers

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edited April 2008 in Other Music
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The Ten Most Annoying Singers

It's stunning to learn that others don't share our tastes. Then again, how did an entire generation embrace faux wood paneling, shag carpets and putting thick plastic on their furniture? Well, someone thought it was a great idea!

Hey, I like Bob Dylan's voice and kept him off this list because I could! Instead, I found the ten singers most likely to make you drive off the road.

Now that's a terrible fate. Not only are you stranded in some ditch, but you're stuck listening to one of these ten singers, who it would seem are singing that way just to mock you. Oh, the injustice.

10) Celine Dion: I know there are millions of people who would beg to disagree, but let's get real, people. She sings 15 notes where one would suffice and turns every song into an anthem for self-empowerment. It's like getting an hour of Oprah condensed into four minutes. She sings. It's time to start the lawnmower.

9) John Mayer: Young people are impressionable. I'm not sure where John Mayer learned his vocal craft. I hesitate to call it singing. It's more like whimpering. And for some reason, this has become a trend not stopping anytime soon. As you'll sadly learn as we go further down this list.

8) Conor Oberst: As the wunderkind who leads Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst was given a certain amount of leeway since he was a young teen when he started out and his precious singing--so sensitive and intimate you could hear the post-nasal drip--was mistaken as precocious. Well, he's in his 20s now and he still sounds like he's swimming back to the womb for protection from this hard, harsh world. Come on buddy, stand up straight and stop trying to imitate the Cure's Robert Smith. He got there first. And even he must know he sounds a little silly.

7) Lily Allen: Contrary to this column, I want to like fresh, young talent. I want to hear singers bring true commitment to their material. The first time I heard Lily Allen I thought it was quaint. Then it seemed every young female singer was determined to sing just like her, as if they're running out of air in their lungs and have to get back to the respirator before the next verse begins. Sure, she's bouncy and spunky. But if I might quote what Lou Grant once told Mary Tyler Moore: I HATE SPUNK.

6) Devendra Banhart / Tiny Tim: I'm not convinced they're not the same person. Tiny Tim was a novelty item singing with that stupid ukulele something about tiptoeing through the tulips. Anyone with any half sense would know it was novelty item that shouldn't be used as the basis for an entire recording career. And for thirty years, it wasn't, until freaky-folk dude Devendra Banhart showed up and started warbling in that unlistenable, untrained vibrato the kind of nonsensical lyrics that didn't sound all that great back when people were taking the kinds of drugs you're supposed to be on in order to enjoy it.

5) James Blunt: All this talk in the media about whether or not waterboarding is torture is moot. Forcing anyone to listen to "Beautiful" on repeat constitutes torture. You want my darkest, deepest secrets? This guy's quivering voice gets you my social security number, my mother's maiden name, my personal PIN and any random government secrets I'm currently harboring.

4) Frankie Valli: Frankie Valli was a hero to some back in his day. I grant you this. He was consistent! He consistently sang in a voice designed to send dogs running for cover and perfect for breaking glass. "Rag Doll, " "Sherry," "Dawn," "Big Girls Don't Cry," the list is enormous. He very well could be tried as a war criminal. Who would object? Seriously? Who?

3) Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins): Yes, despite all his rage he's still just a rat in a cage. Unfortunately, that cage came with a microphone for him to transmit his Smashing Pumpkins hits to a helpless, hapless world at large. While Billy could orchestrate grand walls of guitar and write albums of endless tuneage, he insisted on singing it himself. Except this is not singing in any conventional sense, but rather the sound of a petulant, whiny child. This is what happens when parents don't tell their kids to shut up often enough. Children need to know you don't like them.

2) Scott Stapp (Creed): We could probably start laying the blame on Bono, Eddie Vedder, Jim Morrison and that guy from Blood, Sweat and Tears, but in the end it's Scott Stapp who epitomizes that macho bellow that sounds like a man who's gone overboard at the All-You-Can-Eat Buffet and has just received spiritual orders to let everyone know they're going to hell if they don't save themselves somehow. His spiritual torment becomes your problem. Thanks, pal.

1) Michael Bolton: OK, this was easy. C'mon, you knew Mr. Bolton would top the list. Who else can take a love song and turn it into a hernia? When a man loves a woman he doesn't do so by screaming in her ear--so why should it be acceptable for a man to sing a sensitive love song as if he's directing traffic for the hearing impaired? R&B classics deserve their place in musical history and should be protected from this man's desecration of all that is holy. It's only right. Let's make it a law.
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    they forgot to add corin (however u spell it) tucker to that list.
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  • normnorm I'm always home. I'm uncool. Posts: 31,147
    that twat from oasis isn't number one?!?!
  • PissBottleManPissBottleMan Union City, TN Posts: 4,154
    SENROCK! wrote:
    they forgot to add corin (however u spell it) tucker to that list.

    Ouch!

    ;)

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  • ha... I just posted this in the other music section. I would have had Celine Dion a lot higher.
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    10) Celine Dion: I know there are millions of people who would beg to disagree, but let's get real, people. She sings 15 notes where one would suffice and turns every song into an anthem for self-empowerment. It's like getting an hour of Oprah condensed into four minutes. She sings. It's time to start the lawnmower.



    Hmmmmm wonder if there are any of her fans on the board? A fan so much that he or she would sing one of her songs late one nite in a bar in LA? lol
  • DissidentmanDissidentman Posts: 15,378
    I would have Geddy Lee by a landslide...
  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    Ouch!

    ;)

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    PBM!!!! i NEVER see you here anymore. im gladd this post brought u to visit!!! :D
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    How come Celine Dion isn't number 1?? And why isn't Mariah Carey on that list? :confused:
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  • given2fly10given2fly10 Posts: 485
    cant believe meatloaf isnt on this list
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  • Given to...Given to... Wyoming Posts: 4,973
    10) Celine Dion: I know there are millions of people who would beg to disagree, but let's get real, people. She sings 15 notes where one would suffice and turns every song into an anthem for self-empowerment. It's like getting an hour of Oprah condensed into four minutes. She sings. It's time to start the lawnmower.



    Hmmmmm wonder if there are any of her fans on the board? A fan so much that he or she would sing one of her songs late one nite in a bar in LA? lol


    There has got to be a good story behind that... or the blackmail money hasnt been sent yet.
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    How come Celine Dion isn't number 1?? And why isn't Mariah Carey on that list? :confused:
    cuz mariah actually has a GOOD voice! she may be skanky but shes got some lungs.
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    This should probably be in 'other music', but my vote goes to a tie between Huey Lewis and Steve Miller. They sing horribly. I would rather stick a pencil through my brain then hear either of them.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    SENROCK! wrote:
    cuz mariah actually has a GOOD voice! she may be skanky but shes got some lungs.

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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,219
    Missing from the list:
    Jessica Simpson - Rivals Celine Dion as the worst over-singing in the world.
    Ashley Simpson - No wait... she doesn't actually sing.
    Barry Manilow - His singing is capable of peeling paint off of a car.
    Mariah Carey - She needs to hang up her singing career and do what she was meant to do... porn.
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  • AmentsChickAmentsChick Posts: 6,969
    Cosmo wrote:
    .
    Mariah Carey - She needs to hang up her singing career and do what she was meant to do... porn.

    See!! He thinks so too!
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  • patrickredeyespatrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    jaamfaan wrote:
    There has got to be a good story behind that... or the blackmail money hasnt been sent yet.

    It's public footage that's all I'm saying. Free for anyone to view. Anything can be found if you look enough for it. lol :)
  • thunderDANthunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Chris Martin


    although, I like some Coldplay songs from the first 2 albums...X&Y was about the most affected album ever created. Chris Martin sounded like a overhyped douche that was scared to fall back down to where his band belongs.
  • ii44ii44 Posts: 430
    SENROCK! wrote:
    they forgot to add corin (however u spell it) tucker to that list.

    bullshit
  • Rush singer
    Bryan Adams
    Nickleback guy
    Steve Miller

    And Billy Corgan shouldn't be on the list, his voice is perfect for that band.
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  • See!! He thinks so too!

    nah, she sings like a bird. Not very many here will like her style of music, but she is as vocally talented as it gets, and manages to not be annoying like Celine Dion. She can't help it that she's hot.
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  • Blind MelonBlind Melon Posts: 911
    And Billy Corgan shouldn't be on the list, his voice was perfect for that band.

    Now his voice just sounds like he's talking in a really scraggly voice... ionno, I don't really like it, it seems changed, somehow..
    If I could, think I would give in.
  • tybirdtybird Posts: 17,388
    SENROCK! wrote:
    they forgot to add corin (however u spell it) tucker to that list.
    Boooo Hiss!!! Booooo!!! Corin Rules!!!!
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  • CosmoCosmo Posts: 12,219
    nah, she sings like a bird. Not very many here will like her style of music, but she is as vocally talented as it gets, and manages to not be annoying like Celine Dion. She can't help it that she's hot.
    ...
    That voice is annoying... extremely annoying. Especially when she goes into those 'Can Only be Heard by Dogs' ranges.
    ...
    And it's not just the style... I will admit that Christine Aguilara has a great voice... she just uses it to sing crappy songs.
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  • Stevie Nicks should be on there.

    ugh.

    whoever told her she could sing was clearly trying to get in her pants. it sounds like a cow dying.

    Fred Durst too.

    Geddy Lee for sure.
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  • WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,380
    cant believe meatloaf isnt on this list

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  • Cosmo wrote:
    ...
    That voice is annoying... extremely annoying. Especially when she goes into those 'Can Only be Heard by Dogs' ranges.
    ...
    And it's not just the style... I will admit that Christine Aguilara has a great voice... she just uses it to sing crappy songs.

    Just turn it down. The song sucks. The video is kinda humerous.

    http://youtube.com/watch?v=CzxR8OH-fDQ
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  • Stevie Nicks should be on there.

    ugh.

    whoever told her she could sing was clearly trying to get in her pants. it sounds like a cow dying.

    Fred Durst too.

    Geddy Lee for sure.

    Agree on Fred Durst and Geddy Lee, of course. But Stevie Nicks has a great voice, very unique. Sometimes her lyrics are retarded, but I really appreciate her voice.
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  • PaukPauk Posts: 1,084
    nfanel wrote:
    8) Conor Oberst: As the wunderkind who leads Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst was given a certain amount of leeway since he was a young teen when he started out and his precious singing--so sensitive and intimate you could hear the post-nasal drip--was mistaken as precocious. Well, he's in his 20s now and he still sounds like he's swimming back to the womb for protection from this hard, harsh world. Come on buddy, stand up straight and stop trying to imitate the Cure's Robert Smith. He got there first. And even he must know he sounds a little silly.
    WAY harsh. I like Conor's voice, it suits the music. The thing I love about folk music is it doesn't matter how great the voice is, it's important that the songwriter sings the song how they want it sung. Conor Obert, Elliott Smith, Neil Young etc. etc. may not have technically perfect voices but that's not the point!

    Another thing I don't understand... Everyone complains about british people singing with American accents, then the moment artists sing with their own accent people accuse them of putting on mockney! Hypocracy!
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  • elmerelmer Posts: 1,683
    Corin Tucker
    Bob Dylan
    Macy Gray
    Rufus Wainwright
    Noddy Holder
    Kate Nash
    Lily Allen
    ...........and all the slags who sing wit dat cockney intonation and like that jamaican patois, y'get me like!
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    elmer wrote:
    Kate Nash
    But she's purty...


    and your Dylan comment well... common complaint but I love his voice personally.
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