Einsturzende Neubauten.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:54 (seven years ago) link
With HEALTH I took the vocals to be an exercise in contrast with the backing, much like early Cranes. The overall effect reminds me of some more propulsive Wire tracks with Colin Newman at the vocals.
― Abandon hype all ye who enter here (Sanpaku), Tuesday, 19 July 2016 21:55 (seven years ago) link
I can't think of a single example of this
― imago, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 22:30 (seven years ago) link
I guess RHCP are a bad band made fucking unforgivably abominable by their vocalist
― imago, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 22:31 (seven years ago) link
I definitely get this a bit but I don't think I've had it that badly since late '90s/early '00s where there was a load of great electronic acts with awful vocals (I'm not talking about "indie-friendly electrodribble", this was a bit before that, and tbh I didn't hate all of that stuff).
― emil.y, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 23:06 (seven years ago) link
(Although actually now I'm thinking about it I think it really depended on yr definition, there was a lot of that stuff that I did abhor.)
― emil.y, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 23:07 (seven years ago) link
A.R. Kane - the vocals are so poor, I found the records unendurable.
― Vast Halo, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 23:32 (seven years ago) link
everything go crazy now
― brimstead, Tuesday, 19 July 2016 23:34 (seven years ago) link
RHCP could be good if it wasn't for Kiedis. The guy is an absolute fucking nightmare. (Though, in counter to the quote that's always brought up as a joke at RHCP's expense, Nick Cave is a fucking awful singer, too, and I'd probably like the Bad Seeds a lot more if, say, Blixa had been the vocalist.)
― Don Van Gorp, midwest regional VP, marketing (誤訳侮辱), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 01:25 (seven years ago) link
http://imgur.com/a/wLInt
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 01:48 (seven years ago) link
― skateboard of education (rip van wanko), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 01:49 (seven years ago) link
Beastie Boys
― Hideous Lump, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 02:52 (seven years ago) link
I wouldn't say I can totally get behind their musical direction, but Gentle Giant.
― 24 Hour Sex Ban Man (Tom D.), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 08:59 (seven years ago) link
rappers are kind of an outlier in that their vocal style and delivery are linked, though?
Wait what?
― Matt DC, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 09:07 (seven years ago) link
not sure where I was going with that, please disregard
― mh, Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:15 (seven years ago) link
It's probably not just his vocal style, but I realised the other day that the Chili Peppers would be a whole lot less punchable if they'd replaced Anthony Kiedis with someone who wasn't an extraordinarily untalented dickhead
― TARANTINO! (dog latin), Wednesday, 20 July 2016 14:45 (seven years ago) link
New Order
― MarkoP, Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:04 (seven years ago) link
saw them live recently, that guy's a poor singer
decent on record tho
― niels, Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:34 (seven years ago) link
i used to have this 80's new order live boot where he was just hilariously bad. it was funny. the vocals on the boot were way up front. sounded like the post-punk linda mccartney.
― scott seward, Saturday, 23 July 2016 15:50 (seven years ago) link
Talk Talk
― Iago Galdston, Tuesday, July 19, 2016
― The burrito of ennui (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 23 July 2016 16:11 (seven years ago) link
i like bobbie watson of comus, but boy she really wanders off pitch a lot.
― big rave warrior (rushomancy), Saturday, 23 July 2016 16:13 (seven years ago) link
the falsetto Whitney's lead vocalist does is for some reason v off putting to me
― niels, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 08:19 (seven years ago) link
NeurosisBad ReligionDeerhoof
― Lennon, Elvis, Hendrix etc (dog latin), Tuesday, 13 December 2016 09:18 (seven years ago) link
Hood
― MaresNest, Tuesday, 13 December 2016 10:28 (seven years ago) link
Gonjasufi
― chap, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 14:34 (six years ago) link
Nick Cave
― Shat Parp (dog latin), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 14:58 (six years ago) link
Most good metal bands.
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― meekseeks mill (voodoo chili), Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:02 (six years ago) link
My son keeps singing me songs which I like, then he tells me its by the Pumpkins and I recoil. Truth is I would like them if it weren't for that voice, which is odd, because I like quite a lot of singers my sons find unbearable: MES in particular.
― Dr X O'Skeleton, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:12 (six years ago) link
Durutti Column
― Wimmels, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:15 (six years ago) link
Yeah Billy Corgan is one of that strain of very talented rock musicians whoc should let go of a bit of ego and concentrate on writing and playing for better singers.
― chap, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:29 (six years ago) link
Like imagine if Siamese Dream had been sung by, I dunno, Layne Staley.
― chap, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 15:30 (six years ago) link
Joanna Newsom, hands down.
― pomenitul, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 16:02 (six years ago) link
As much as I love Sun Kil Moon (before Mark went off the deep end around 2014), I can't ever seem to get over the fact that his voice makes him sound he's singing with a mouthful of food.
And Tobin Sprout's vocals don't put me off but I'm constantly amazed at how different he sounds when singing vs. talking. It's not that he just sounds like he's in a different register but instead like an entirely different person.
― Evan, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 16:21 (six years ago) link
― Wimmels, Tuesday, May 16, 2017 8:15 AM (one hour ago)
fp
― Austin, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:00 (six years ago) link
television
― marcos, Tuesday, 16 May 2017 17:05 (six years ago) link
Bent Knee.
They are probably awesome and of course she's a perfectly fine singer but I can never make it through a whole song for some reason.
― Noel Emits, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:10 (six years ago) link
From Autumn to Ashes
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 20 June 2017 20:50 (six years ago) link
NOFX
Possibly Arcade Fire with their emo-ramanah crooning
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 22:56 (six years ago) link
better be honest. Nick Cave, Tom Waits
― PaulTMA, Tuesday, 20 June 2017 22:58 (six years ago) link
JUTE FUCKING GYTE
― the baby grew up to be a secessful kid (unregistered), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 03:05 (six years ago) link
I listened to Pandora when it first started out, and the dealbreaker was Scout Niblett. Almost every "station" I created, they would feed me Scout Niblett.
I think just about everything else I can think of where I'm put off by the vocals, the music doesn't much do it for me either.
Oh, except for this televised concert recording of Chess: The Musical (not the original cast) where the woman singing the part of Florence was just really awful, probably some scientific similarities to Scout Niblett idk.
― sarahell, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 03:20 (six years ago) link
Bruno Mars
― billstevejim, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 03:39 (six years ago) link
uh
― Charles "Butt" Stanton (Neanderthal), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 06:33 (six years ago) link
Early Smashing Pumpkins. Could get into the psychy rock stuff but that voice, yuck.
― Stevolende, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 09:44 (six years ago) link
― PaulTMA,
+ 1
― mark e, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 10:14 (six years ago) link
This would be awful!
― korla pundit (crüt), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:17 (six years ago) link
Yeah, that would be awful. Corgan's voice is unorthodox but blends in well with the music on Gish and Siamese Dream... you can kinda tell on those early records that Corgan himself was dissatisfied with his voice, because the focus is pretty much on what the guitars and drums are doing rather than what the voice is doing. It was Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness where Corgan started to have more confidence in his voice, some might say wrongly.
― The Anti-Climax Blues Band (Turrican), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:32 (six years ago) link
If vocals are important enough in the arrangement to be a potential dealbreaker, I usually don't make a distinction between "style of vocals" and "musical direction".
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:41 (six years ago) link
corgan is a hall of fame unlistenable singer for me. up there with jack white on top of kill myself mountain.
this happened to me when i tried to listen to belle and sebastian a week ago. i love twee and i love world-building aesthetics and i love the field mice and monochrome set and smiths and donovan and nick drake and i like their art design and i even like the music and i couldn't make it through an entire song. every blue moon i try to listen to them. his voice is SO in your ear. and i don't want that worm in my ear.
― scott seward, Wednesday, 21 June 2017 12:54 (six years ago) link