FabSwingers.com forum: Singers who can't sing

By *bi Haive OP Man
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over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

It's obvious these days when someone uses auto-tune and software to correct a dodgy voice.

But there's been plenty of big name acts over the years that when you listen back now really couldn't carry a note. Some are actually painful to listen to.

Just listening to 'Wonderwall' and fuck me Liam Gallgher was shit.

Any other notable gems you can think of?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Miili Vanilli - literally

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Jess Glyn

Monotone, droning, nasal sounding racket.

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By *ellhungvweMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

My daughter when she is in the shower. God it is awful. I have put a sign up to remind her I have neighbours when she stays over.

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

Katy Perry...just grating

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Katy Perry...just grating"

Good shout.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Miili Vanilli - literally

You know it's true.

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By *izzy RascallMan
over a year ago

Cardiff

Mike Skinner - The Streets

Coldplay (can't be right though due to success, but then so we're Oasis)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Katy Perry...just eat"

I hear you.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Miili Vanilli - literally

You know it's true."

I love you

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By *aizyWoman
over a year ago

west midlands

"Katy Perry...just grating"

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By *ervice2000Man
over a year ago

derby

Paul young voice gone now

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

4 out of 5 Spice Girls.

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By *llaandGCouple
over a year ago

London

Ian Dury. And still a damn sight better than most.

Honorary mention to Jason Williamson from the Sleaford Mods.

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Bob Dylan.

Brilliant lyricist but…..

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

"4 out of 5 Spice Girls."

Which 1 do you think can actually sing really curious about your answer

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

Any boy band and your Scottish dude Lewis capaldi

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"4 out of 5 Spice Girls.

Which 1 do you think can actually sing really curious about your answer "

Sporty could hold a note and had a short solo career. The rest were awful.

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By *entlemanrogueMan
over a year ago

Motherwell

"Bob Dylan.

Brilliant lyricist but….."

i was gonna say, Bib.

truth is though few can cover one of his songs and get a pass from me.

Hendrix, adelle, axle rose... did i miss any?

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By *reyToTheFairiesWoman
over a year ago

Carlisle usually

And deep in my heart

I dooooo belieeeeeve

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tom Grennan.

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

"Just listening to 'Wonderwall' and fuck me Liam Gallgher was shit."

Obviously, it's all subjective, but I think Liam has an incredible voice!

My favourite artist of all time is Bob Dylan. Now that's someone who cannot sing!

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By *eard and BoobsCouple
over a year ago

Portstewart

"4 out of 5 Spice Girls.

Which 1 do you think can actually sing really curious about your answer

Sporty could hold a note and had a short solo career. The rest were awful."

Honesty I never really listened to them was too busy being a teenage boy drooling over baby spice while boo fancied geri

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"4 out of 5 Spice Girls.

Which 1 do you think can actually sing really curious about your answer

Sporty could hold a note and had a short solo career. The rest were awful.

Honesty I never really listened to them was too busy being a teenage boy drooling over baby spice while boo fancied geri"

I’m not picky. I’ll take all of them

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By *penbicoupleCouple
over a year ago

Northampton

"Bob Dylan.

Brilliant lyricist but…..

i was gonna say, Bib.

truth is though few can cover one of his songs and get a pass from me.

Hendrix, adelle, axle rose... did i miss any?"

It's fair to say you probably missed LOADS!

I heard a stat once, that I cannot fully remember now. It was along the lines that Dylan has never achieved the chart success that those who cover him have.

I rest happy safe in the knowledge that I routinely hear an amazing artist and can immediatley tell that Bob was an influence. I'm not sure many could top him in that chart.

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By *icecouple561Couple
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over a year ago

East Sussex

Rod Stewart in the last few years.

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

"Katy Perry...just grating

Good shout. "

Thats all she does...shout

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

"Katy Perry...just eat

I hear you."

Now thats all i can hear in my head, along with the other voices

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

Rod Stewart

Billy Joel

That blonde guy with the big nose

Suggs

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

Sam Smith

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By *TG3Man
over a year ago

Dorchester

"Sam Smith "
lol harsh

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By *amierebelMan
over a year ago

My own little world

Think most do, can be dire when you hear some of the singers lives having said that found Mike skinner (the streets) to sound better live than recorded stuff.

Bad wolves though that's one example of dire sounding when live tenacious d to

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

"Sam Smith lol harsh "

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By *heltenhamBiGuyMan
over a year ago

Cheltenham

Lily Allen

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By *ottom charlieMan
over a year ago

washington

"It's obvious these days when someone uses auto-tune and software to correct a dodgy voice.

But there's been plenty of big name acts over the years that when you listen back now really couldn't carry a note. Some are actually painful to listen to.

Just listening to 'Wonderwall' and fuck me Liam Gallgher was shit.

Any other notable gems you can think of?

A"
LILY ALLEN she mumbles and talks her way through every tune she murders...

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

Katy Perry

Madonna

Kylie

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"It's obvious these days when someone uses auto-tune and software to correct a dodgy voice.

But there's been plenty of big name acts over the years that when you listen back now really couldn't carry a note. Some are actually painful to listen to.

Just listening to 'Wonderwall' and fuck me Liam Gallgher was shit.

Any other notable gems you can think of?

A LILY ALLEN she mumbles and talks her way through every tune she murders...

Heathen

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By *inger_SnapWoman
over a year ago

Hampshire/Dorset

"Tom Grennan."

He's amazing!! Going to see him in March.

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By *KG12Couple
over a year ago

Burnley

Robbie Williams. Great entertainer, and I do sing a long to his songs, but he hasn't got the greatest of voices

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By *ubforspanksMan
over a year ago

Sefton

Dexy midnight runners Kevin Rowland could never understand what he was singing but a catchy tune all the same

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Tom Grennan.

He's amazing!! Going to see him in March."

He did a live performance at a boxing event and he was awful. Out of time and somehow managed to murder his own songs. I didn’t actually mind him until then.

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By *hePerkyPumpkinTV/TS
over a year ago

Bristol

"And deep in my heart

I dooooo belieeeeeve"

We're not gonna make it

No no

We're not gonna make it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Tina Turner , sounds like a cat going through a mangle !!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Any of The Beatles

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By *wisted999Man
over a year ago

North Bucks

"Any of The Beatles "

Preach!!!!!

Careful though their fans are crazy when you critique them

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Ian Brown.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any of The Beatles

Preach!!!!!

Careful though their fans are crazy when you critique them

I can take it , probably Liverpool fans ?

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

Elvis Costello sounds like he's suffered extreme brain injury at some point that severely impacted his speech centre- utter bollocks!

Pretty much any rapper- its just chatting shit over a drum beat or some music you stole off a proper musician.

Saw Paul McCartney live a few years ago- all the wrong notes and most of them in the wrong order too

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By *enrietteandSamCouple
over a year ago

Staffordshire

"Dexy midnight runners Kevin Rowland could never understand what he was singing but a catchy tune all the same "

I think it goes something like -

come on Eileen oh I swear we cook beans

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By *ed-monkeyCouple
over a year ago

Hailsham

"Katy Perry...just grating

Good shout. "

More like a painful wail

Oh wait, the suggestion rather than her singing?

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

George Ezra , please just stop. PLEEEEEEEEEZE

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Florence Welch

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Elvis Costello sounds like he's suffered extreme brain injury at some point that severely impacted his speech centre- utter bollocks!

Pretty much any rapper- its just chatting shit over a drum beat or some music you stole off a proper musician.

Saw Paul McCartney live a few years ago- all the wrong notes and most of them in the wrong order too"

It’s an age thing , it happens

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Elvis Costello sounds like he's suffered extreme brain injury at some point that severely impacted his speech centre- utter bollocks!

Pretty much any rapper- its just chatting shit over a drum beat or some music you stole off a proper musician.

Saw Paul McCartney live a few years ago- all the wrong notes and most of them in the wrong order too

It’s an age thing , it happens

Saw Tom Jones a couple of years ago- belted them out like a 20 year old

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By *ormorantMan
over a year ago

Lincolnshire

Frank Sinatra talker not singer and Chris Martin is fucking awful…

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By *ensuallover1000Man
over a year ago

Somewhere In The Ether…

Mark Owen from Take That.

Curiously though, both my personal favourite songs by the group are sung by Mark…

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By *omersetsmithyMan
over a year ago

Horfield

Don't ask me to sing or Dance

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Neil Young

Bob Dylan...I know, but it worked

And it always divides but Coldplay...just feels like he's trying too hard

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Elvis Costello sounds like he's suffered extreme brain injury at some point that severely impacted his speech centre- utter bollocks!

Pretty much any rapper- its just chatting shit over a drum beat or some music you stole off a proper musician.

Saw Paul McCartney live a few years ago- all the wrong notes and most of them in the wrong order too

It’s an age thing , it happens

Saw Tom Jones a couple of years ago- belted them out like a 20 year old"

That lovely strong male Welsh singing voice

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Sam Smith. Sounds like a cat being strung by the neck

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Sam Smith. Sounds like a cat being strung by the neck"

Agree & worse Janes Bond song ( Mrs)

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By *ichaelangelaCouple
over a year ago

notts

David Bowie

always sounds like he's searching for the correct note

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robbie Williams but he's a great entertainer

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
over a year ago

Darlington

Rihanna for me, nasally....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Cheryl Cole/Ty/Whatever she goes by these days

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By *entleman JayMan
over a year ago

Wakefield

Heather Small. Bordering on good and terrible.

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By *bi Haive OP Man
Forum Mod
over a year ago

Cheeseville, Somerset

A few surprises here!

Sam Smith? I really like his voice and his duet with John Legend on 'Lay Me Down'gives me goose pimples.

And Rihanna will always have a special soft spot in my nutsack.......

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Heather Small. Bordering on good and terrible. "

Wash you mouth out young man

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By *dward_TeagueMan
over a year ago

wolverhampton

Tom Waits, makes my ears bleed

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By *he English OneMan
over a year ago

west

Fergie from the Black Eyed Peas

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By *reat me rightWoman
over a year ago

Rotherham

Paul McCartney

Rod Stewart

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By *weetiepie99Woman
over a year ago

cardiff

"Elvis Costello sounds like he's suffered extreme brain injury at some point that severely impacted his speech centre- utter bollocks!

Pretty much any rapper- its just chatting shit over a drum beat or some music you stole off a proper musician.

Saw Paul McCartney live a few years ago- all the wrong notes and most of them in the wrong order too

It’s an age thing , it happens

Saw Tom Jones a couple of years ago- belted them out like a 20 year old"

Well what do you expect, he is Welsh, you should hear me in tge shower in the morning...the next Shirley Bassey

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By *elix SightedMan
over a year ago

Cloud 8

I really like The Disturbed’s cover of Sound of Silence. Thought the singer had a great voice, until I heard it live….

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By *ad NannaWoman
over a year ago

East London

Leonard Cohen.

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By *.L.0460.Woman
over a year ago

Bognor Regis

Heather Small! God, that woman's voice is like fingernails down a chalk board to me

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By *iscean_dreamMan
over a year ago

Llanelli

"It's obvious these days when someone uses auto-tune and software to correct a dodgy voice.

But there's been plenty of big name acts over the years that when you listen back now really couldn't carry a note. Some are actually painful to listen to.

Just listening to 'Wonderwall' and fuck me Liam Gallgher was shit.

Any other notable gems you can think of?

His voice is like a d*unk guy on his way home in the early hours of the morning, he's even worse now than he was in oasis

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By *rAitchMan
over a year ago

Diagonally Parked in a Parallel Universe

Me, when on stage in my band. Luckily, they only let me sing lead vocal on 1 song. Even autotune couldn't fix me haha.

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By *ocktoplaywithMan
over a year ago

Derby

"Sam Smith. Sounds like a cat being strung by the neck"

Totally agree

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

Sitting on the table

Some people are just naming singers they don't like, as opposed to people who literally can't sing.

Suggestions of Rihanna and Robbie Williams are mental.

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By *agneto.Man
over a year ago

Bham

Robbie Williams

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By *elvet RopeMan
over a year ago

by the big field

"Heather Small. Bordering on good and terrible. "

Sounds like Vic Reeves pub singer impression

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By *rHotNottsMan
over a year ago

Dubai & Nottingham

"Ian Dury. And still a damn sight better than most.

Honorary mention to Jason Williamson from the Sleaford Mods.

I disagree, he barely sings but when he does it’s in tune - listen to the chorus of Face to Faces, particularly the word ‘Alive’

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By *irty-pairCouple
over a year ago

Essex

Good shout. I think he sounds like a bad pub singer.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Lou Reed couldn't f***ing sing either

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Any boy band and your Scottish dude Lewis capaldi "

So glad you said him, can’t stand him, not even talking

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Im surprised no ones mentioned elton john..he's been shite for years now

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By *iscreet-is-paramountMan
over a year ago

travel around a lot.

I'm gonna say 95% of all.of them since 2005........ ya know I'm not wrong. Fuck me the music is boring now.....

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By *r SteelhammerMan
over a year ago

belfast

Myself I like to pretend I can sing but ruin 90% of songs

damn you balls why did you drop so low

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By *odgerMooreMan
over a year ago

Nowhere

Paloma Faith - lovely eccentric loon of a woman. Vocals not on point for a while now.

Cher…. Mark Knopfler ( but that’s just his style) Ian Gillan ( Deep Purple) Jon Bon Jovi .. he was shocking recently.

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By *929Man
over a year ago

bedlington

Rhianna - same horrible whiney annoying fucking voice on every song

Sam smith - basically same as above

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Rhianna - same horrible whiney annoying fucking voice on every song

Sam smith - basically same as above "

Sam smith needs a punch to the throat. Whining bitch lol

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By *ilffadMan
over a year ago

swansea

Paloma Faith, bloody awful. And Sam Smith. Amy Winehouse wasn't too clever either

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By *enny PR9TV/TS
over a year ago

Southport

Anyone that sings like a demented Kazoo, you know the ones, they alternates between 20 notes when one will do.

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By *ansexualPandaMan
over a year ago

cumallover

I don't know. I prefer a real human voice to something that's been autotuned (as 99 % of music is these days, regardless of genre). Mark Knopfler was hardly a great singer but it worked for his music. Heck, David Bowie was hardly an amazing vocalist but I love his music and his voice.

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By *929Man
over a year ago

bedlington

"Rhianna - same horrible whiney annoying fucking voice on every song

Sam smith - basically same as above

Sam smith needs a punch to the throat. Whining bitch lol"

Haha definitely mate

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By *lderflower_AppleWoman
over a year ago

Basingstoke

Controversial, but...

Chris Martin

Robbie Williams

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Robbie Williams

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By *hGlobbitsMan
over a year ago

Liverpool

Ozzy. He's an icon. He was brilliant in his day. But he was always, always a terrible singer

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By *iddlesticksMan
over a year ago

My nan’s spare room.

Me.

Oh, I thought you said swingers that can’t swing.

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By *inger_the_NinjaMan
over a year ago

Frome

I always prefer singers who don't have knockout voices. Give me Ian Curtis over Adele any day.

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By *glyBettyTV/TS
over a year ago

Sitting on the table

I actually like auto tune vocals in some musical genres.

It's used like an instrument. Not much different to when stevie wonder was singing with that vocal warping tube in his mouth 40 years ago. Nowadays it's just done purely with software.

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By *eavenNhellCouple
over a year ago

carrbrook stalybridge

"Im surprised no ones mentioned elton john..he's been shite for years now"
or macca hes been crap for years

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By *ixiePoisonWoman
over a year ago

Darlington

Britney Spears is awful "live" too....

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Bob Dylan great song writer but can’t sing

Jimi Hendrix great guitarist but can’t sing

James Arthur just no

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By *ickeyblueeyes7Man
over a year ago

newport

Forgot to mention Nick Cave my god he is dire

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By *2000ManMan
over a year ago

Worthing

Not a fan of Axl Rose. Voice grates after a while.

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