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for example?

with the exception of Morrissey

He's borderline although I can't actually handle his voice nowadays.

I know he's not a great singer but to say he 'ojectively can't sing' is going a bit far. If he's included then you'd also have to have people like Malkmus, Bobby Gillespie , Ian Brown...the list could go on forever.

Bobby Gillespie can bang out a tune

Malkmus is definitely borderline

but I can't see any way that Tennant is a technically worse singer than Morrissey.

Ditto Leonard Cohen, who's now pretty much got the best voice on Earth.

but obviously the best ones can do both

Also Neil Young. Isaac Brock?

Tennant is definitely, technically a lot worse

It's not so pronounced on record though

compared to the examples in the OP, this is probably a tad harsh.

...though he freely admits at and he does have his moments. I love his voice all the same. Nick Cave wasn't that great until he learnt to sing amazingly some time around No More Shall We Part.

That Niki whatserface from Factory Floor

she REALLY can't sing

Repair is the dream of the broken thing.
Like a message broadcast on an overpass
All my favorite singers couldn't sing.

just likes doing impressions of mes/lou reed

Has reminded me that jimi Goodwin is a terrible singer.

The fella from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah having one of the worst voices I'd ever heard...

crap if he could sing.

But only in the range he chooses to sing in.

Seems to me Dylan can't be arsed with singing live.

on tempest he was still cracking out the tunes.

LOLZ

Singing that low has often rendered a lot of really great Ash songs dull to me. Which is a shame because he's written quite a few good songs over the years. Numbskull is the way he should sing more.

Part of the charm if you ask me :D

craig finn from the hold steady said he took singing lessons for 'heaven is whenever' or something. guess he's not really a singer though (see Jarvis Cocker)

Fucking hell

it's not that he can't sing. It's just that the particular timbre of his voice makes him sound like Mr Burns playing the kazoo.

It's something I'm okay with.

te more i like it

Definitely cannot sing at all is Darren Hayman.

new album. My review of it in two words: It's brilliant.

2 notes, maybe :) Didn't they call him "Johnny Two-Note" back in the day?

I can't work it out, is he tune-dead or not? It may be his accent and his drunkenness that makes him sound like he can't sing.

Yellow card!

watch any recent live clip. really strong voice & intonation

if the singer has sung a song that no one else has made famous, would it be recognisable if it were played back on a piano?

there are obviously flaws in this. shut up

as per my test below, the fact that you know what he's singing means he can sing, unlike mark e smith, whose vocals you couldnt transcribe at all

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dc1MBx6h9ZU

Turned from god-like to lung cancer-like

All the better for it though.

Vic Reeves pub singer these days

He's a pretty good singer now esp live.

def got a non singers singing voice. Still love it though.

Got stronger in recent years.

again, New Order wouldn't be the same without his voice, but he hardly packs an emotional punch like a certain ex-lead singer of his.

there's a difference between not being able to sing and having a bad voice, you fucking momos

on his solo records. but obvs has a fragile beauty to it.

for the first time in a few years last week. Still a great album, but man... does that guy struggle to stay in tune.

ANTHONY KIEDIS

compared to the general level of musicianship in his band: really, really poor

The fucker whines. He voice is terrible. One giant vowel outstretched like a cat with it's tail caught in something. The pretentious twat.

He's fucking dire. Almost inexcusable. Kinda ruins New Order for me, totally.

He doesn't have a great voice but still i like his songs, its a question of making the most with what you got i think

Technical proficiency, the ability to hit the exact right note at the correct time like a vocal game of Guitar Hero, and go oooh-ooh-oooh-ooh-oooh at the end like Mariah Carey or Christina Aguilera?

John Lydon, Yoko Ono - just saying

There are those who can't hold a note and those whos voice people don't like. The don't like can go on forever. I personally think Celine Dion is a horrible singer but I know she is technically very good. All that straining and overcooked emotion is awful. But those who can't hold a note too well. John Lydon and Lou Reed come to mind but love em both. Bob Dylan can hold a note but in his own unique way. X-factor has turned people into judges of singing technique and often they don't know what they're talking about.

could not put it better myself Shambolic. Most of what aspires to be good singing (X fac/the voice) is utter souless tosh. Give me Lydon,Dylan,Cohen,Reed & Young anyday.

Horrendous wailing - especially when she strives to sing powerfully and it makes her strain more and more and stray out of tune - it really makes for uncomfortable listening

On a side note, I always wondered how New Order would sound with a vocalist like Dave Gahan...

I would personally judge it on whether they touch you emotionally, which is hard to do when you're off key, but equally hard to do when your maaakingggg eveeeererryyyy woooooooord sooo loong and wooooooo-oooooh-oooooh-ooooohimshowingoffcheckoutmyvocalskillsyeah oooooh yeeeeah-ing

Fucking hell, that can get painful.

Ta.

at that MTV awards show still sends shivers down my spine, and not in a good way

But isn't that the whole point of what he does? I'd still rather listen to his voice for 4 hours than Adeleli Sandie J & The Machine.

Yoko Ono

god yeah

definitive

(though he's got better)

and especially his missus. However as he says...all my favourite singers couldn't sing.

Spiral Stairs on the other hand ...

Than can't sing. Although I'm sure he couldn't if he tried.

YOU'RE ALL CUNTS.

Sumner's frail voice is one of the things that makes New Order great - technically his voice is poor but it conveys more soul & emotion than a shouter like Gahan.

You should have heard him live!

Still love that band and that album though.

can't do what Celine Dion does. But Celine Dion can't do what David Gedge does either. There's no such thing as "bad" singing, there's just singing that you don't like, or which is inappropriate for the material being performed.

The solo Lou Reed can just piss off though.

for "You doo right" alone.

so her chin was touching her chest she'd probably sound quite like David Gedge

I can't tell whether he is actually singing or putting on a silly voice. The album is good though - I'd like them a lot more with a different singer.

THIS IS MY SINGING VOICE

NO IT'S NOT IRONY, IT'S NOT ROCKNROLL

WE'RE JUST TALKING

TO THE KIDS!

can't sing at all. But DOV would be an entirely different band if she could.

dunno if he can exactly sing, but he has a lot of range

el oh el

every live performance I've ever seen footage of he has really struggled with the vocal range, however limited, in basically every song. Awful singer.

I'm deeply suspicious of male singers with pretty voices

is it because they arouse you?

2 long years.

I'm over it now though so that's nice.

Julian Casablancas
Danny McNamara
Guy Elbowbloke

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trying to sing along to the radio.

but listen to Shannon Selberg! First he couldn't sing at all, then he learned to sing, then he came up with the most ridiculous speak singing shouting melody things
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VRd7sOZ8-U
just listen to the first bit of 'singing' there. I mean who else sings like that. Blu-BLEURGH! blu-BLERUGH! blu-BLEUGH! and it WORKS!

You are kidding, right?