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Good bands with poor vocalists

deep-blue [Edit] [Delete] 282 replies 14:52 February 26th, 2013

For example: Led Zeppelin is a good band, even if overrated. But many songs of them are almost ruined by the terrible voice of Plant. His screaming and moaning during many of their songs is ridiculous. Take 'Whole Lotta Love' for example: what the hell is supposed to be that fucking moaning? I find it embarrassing to listen to that song with someone in the same room.

Led Zeppelin is a good example of a band sabotaged by a poor vocalist. Plant = the weakest link. I like the instrumental part of Led Zeppelin's songs.

Many people hate U2 esp. because of Bono. But excuse me, Bono has a voice 100x better than Plant.

Any other examples?

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I don't think Bono's voice is the reason people hate Bono.

Steved | 26 Feb '13, 14:53 | X | ^ This | Reply

thesewoodenideas, urbanfox, badmanreturns, ThisTemporaryLife, Annoying_person, _TheBeautifulOnes_, Lambchops, incandenza_, 8stepstoperfection, WhiteLightWhiteCity, meths, and kowalski__ this'd this
- It's the words spoken by Bono's voice (vox) tbf...
  
  pentargo @Steved | 26 Feb '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Bono is the voice of reason
    
    XD
    
    deep-blue @pentargo | 27 Feb '13, 00:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I hate his voice
  
  And the things his says/sings with it.
  
  bornin69 @Steved | 5 Mar '13, 19:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
EXCUUUUUUSE ME!

thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

Icarus-Smicarus and codpieceface this'd this
Queen

how many times did they play on top of buckingham palace whilst the singer was alive?
I rest my case

Matt_was_taken | 26 Feb '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Different queen, mate.
  
  Steved @Matt_was_taken | 26 Feb '13, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - schoolboy error
    
    Matt_was_taken @Steved | 26 Feb '13, 14:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah but they hadn't written the british national anthem yet
  
  Icarus-Smicarus @Matt_was_taken | 26 Feb '13, 18:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Remember when Derek Bailey played on top of Buckingham Palace?
  
  mute-branches @Matt_was_taken | 26 Feb '13, 23:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - He left it in Ruins.
    
    DaddyorChips @mute-branches | 27 Feb '13, 14:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - :D
      
      Comaboy @DaddyorChips | 28 Feb '13, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
Wild Beasts

Antpocalypsenow | 26 Feb '13, 14:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nope
  
  Even if you find early Thorpe too much, he toned it down and was quite gorgeous on Smother. And there's always the Fleming songs.
  
  wonton @Antpocalypsenow | 26 Feb '13, 15:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - amazing vocalists the pair of em'
    
    yuggy @wonton | 26 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    funkycow, pichaelmarker, _TheBeautifulOnes_, waterwings, tphrthms, oh_gerardus_MERCATOR, Tiresias42, and LOLpop this'd this
I lol at thee

heartworms | 26 Feb '13, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips and SCROTUM this'd this
ahahahahahahahaaaaahhahahahahah

lol

soapy | 26 Feb '13, 14:58 | X | ^ This | Reply

thewarn, ethricdouble, stanstubbs, and AfraidOfOwls this'd this
- 17 x a
  14 x h
  2 x l
  1 x o
  
  Total: 34 characters
  
  deep-blue @soapy | 26 Feb '13, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :D
    
    tf?
    
    chickenbones @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - That's the best thing I've ever seen on this website.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 21:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    untrue and funkycow this'd this
  - :D
    
    untrue @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 23:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
- soapy
  
  You first posted "ahahahahahahahaaaaahhahahahahah"
  and below "lol"
  
  Do you think we're stupid and we don't understand that "ahahahahahahahaaaaahhahahahahah" means laughing ("lol")? Do you really think we need translation for "ahahahahahahahaaaaahhahahahahah"? Eh?
  
  deep-blue @soapy | 27 Feb '13, 13:31 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :'''D
    
    You are too much
    
    andyvine @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    oh_gerardus_MERCATOR this'd this
your example's shit.

However, I think I might like these new puritans, were it not for the vocalist.

thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 15:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
- your example's shit.
  
  Whatever. If you like Plant's voice, good to you.
  
  deep-blue @thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 15:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - many thanks
    
    thewarn @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 15:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    SCROTUM this'd this
    - GOOD TO YOU
      
      codpieceface @thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 23:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      thekidswhopoptoday this'd this
      - Somebody's grammar mistakes in a language that isn't their first
        
        not that funny
        
        wonton @codpieceface | 26 Feb '13, 23:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        pichaelmarker this'd this
        
        i respectfully disagree
        
        codpieceface @wonton | 26 Feb '13, 23:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Comaboy this'd this
- I like Hidden but the vocals are pretty poor.
  
  Hopefully they sort it out for the next one.
  
  Comaboy @thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 15:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  andyvine this'd this
  - Yeah, for some reason his voice reminds me of Daniel Radcliffe.
    
    And I have no idea why.
    
    Oissin_ @Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Haha I don't know where you got Daniel Radcliffe from
      
      I mean I've got used to them but
      
      over-enunciated suvvern accent+speech impedimentxinability to hit notes=ugh
      
      Comaboy @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Indeed. It's a shame as if it wasn't for that they'd be one of my favourite bands.
        
        I have no idea where I got Daniel Radcliffe from either...
        
        Oissin_ @Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I read somewhere he was planning on getting guest vocalists for the next one
    
    andyvine @Comaboy | 28 Feb '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I disagree.
    
    I think his vocals work really well with the music (on Hidden).
    
    LOLpop @Comaboy | 3 Mar '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
Radiohead

Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 15:01 | X | ^ This | Reply

Drummerdave this'd this
- Just like Muse, I still think they would be better with a better vocalist.
  
  deep-blue @Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 18:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Tbh I wish TY
  
  Would put a bit more effort in some times. E.g. Harry patch or *controversial* motion picture soundtrack.
  
  planet_of_sound @Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 20:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Motion Picture Soundtrack?
    
    His voice is PERFECT for that song.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @planet_of_sound | 26 Feb '13, 21:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I was just half-heartedly trolling
  
  I like Thom's vocals
  
  Comaboy @Comaboy | 26 Feb '13, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
A Silver Mt. Zion

STOP IT Efrim.

bruised_blood | 26 Feb '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

Puds, Comaboy, and thekidswhopoptoday this'd this
I really like Plant's voice

oojimaflop | 26 Feb '13, 15:04 | X | ^ This | Reply

Drummerdave this'd this
Ban request

couldbebrianmay | 26 Feb '13, 15:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I'll get over 50 replies!
  
  Yeaaaaaaaaaaaah!
  XD
  
  deep-blue @couldbebrianmay | 26 Feb '13, 15:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Ah, the memories
    
    wonton @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    deep-blue, Antelope, chickenbones, and furio this'd this
Hope Of The States

Stock answer for this question.

bokonon | 26 Feb '13, 15:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

Comaboy, funkycow, outspaced, and causticwindow this'd this
- i only heard lost riots
  
  but his voice was perfect for those songs
  
  soapy @bokonon | 26 Feb '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  thesewoodenideas, pichaelmarker, _TheBeautifulOnes_, Acquiescence, and jordannn this'd this
  - I think the opposite.
    
    I just can't tell what he was trying to achieve with the bad American sneer and terrible tuning, and it was much much worse for being thrown over thoughtful and well-produced music like an afterthought.
    
    bokonon @soapy | 26 Feb '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Noblet and funkycow this'd this
- all their instrumental stuff
  
  is so amazing too
  
  i got on with his voice eventually but man what a band behind it
  
  Noblet @bokonon | 26 Feb '13, 16:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Comaboy this'd this
Depends on definition of poor really

Quite a lot of indie band singers have shit voices, all weak and wobbly - Ian Brown springs to mind. But this is what makes them unique, the Stone Roses would be shite if they had some perfect X Factor singer who could hit and hold notes like noone's business.

steinbolt | 26 Feb '13, 15:16 | X | ^ This | Reply

funkycow this'd this
- "Depends on definition of poor really"
  Let's say annoying voices.
  
  deep-blue @steinbolt | 26 Feb '13, 15:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Depends on the definition of annoying really
    
    heartworms @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
Dirty Projectors

they're great but I can listen to a couple of songs before vocals start to grate. I have the same problem with Belle & Sebastian.

Code1982 | 26 Feb '13, 15:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good examples
  
  I tried to like Dirty Projectors' music. The vocals...
  
  deep-blue @Code1982 | 26 Feb '13, 15:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Definitely Dirty Projectors
    
    remittanceman @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 17:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
- you've got to be kidding?
  
  incredible vocal work in the Dirty Projectors
  
  politelydeclined @Code1982 | 26 Feb '13, 17:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Schadenfreude this'd this
  - See: Useful Chamber
    
    I feel like the only thing I have to contribute to this thread that hasn't already been said is my opinions on why people are crazy for their opinions.
    
    In any case, I think Longstreth and the girls have AMAZING voices. And Bitte Orca highlighted all of it.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @politelydeclined | 26 Feb '13, 21:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I have the opposite problem
  
  He's clearly a good singer but he *definitely* knows it and tries too hard. It gets annoying, I usually end up wishing he'd shut up and let the women sing.
  
  Comaboy @Code1982 | 26 Feb '13, 17:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ian from Fugazi

Guy's great though and is one of my favourite singers.

Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply

Severed799 this'd this
- nah
  
  gonad @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 15:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  heartworms, thewarn, waterwings, chadders, poptimusgrime, and Drummerdave this'd this
  - no I think this is kinda true
    
    Ian's got absolutely zero range which works for some of the angrier stuff or when he was in Minor Threat/Embrace but at times the music seems completely beyond his voice and all he does is a slightly annoying Bark.
    
    Picciotto's voice however is always up to the challenge whatever the band throw at him, this becomes more and more evident the later they went on
    
    Severed799 @gonad | 28 Feb '13, 18:25 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - The Evens
      
      The Evens, dude.
      
      his singing voice is quite pretty in a simplistic, humble way.
      
      incandenza_ @Severed799 | 3 Mar '13, 13:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
Belle & sebastian

would be a very valid answer. Even if one doesn't get put off by Stuart's voice, there is only so much you can take before it grates.

And I like B&S!

kostenurky | 26 Feb '13, 15:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Probably you get used by his voice
  
  Anything annoying repeated enough times become pleasant...
  
  True story.
  
  deep-blue @kostenurky | 26 Feb '13, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ian's voice suits most of their songs,

But on some of the slower ones like Birthday Pony and Shut The Door, I find it really grating.

Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 15:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This was supposed to be after my post about Fugazi
  
  Oissin_ @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 15:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Ian's voice is not technically brilliant
  
  But it sounds good enough.
  
  deep-blue @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Most of the time it does.
    
    But on some of their songs his voice doesn't really work.
    
    Oissin_ @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    Severed799 this'd this
- His bellowing is immense
  
  heartworms @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips this'd this
  - WE NEED AN IN-STRO-MEEENNNT
    
    DaddyorChips @heartworms | 26 Feb '13, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - HIS BELLOWING IS IM-MENSE
      
      (switched note for 'immense'. that's range!).
      
      incandenza_ @DaddyorChips | 3 Mar '13, 13:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I fucking love Shut the Door
  
  thewarn @Oissin_ | 26 Feb '13, 16:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ctrl-F Stone Roses

Ian Brown had the presence and charisma, and he's a great lyricist. But he's a decent singer at best - he has far more self-belief than talent or technique. The other three in the band are all geniuses at their instruments, though, so they probably make him look worse than he is.

hexagram | 26 Feb '13, 15:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I guess the title of this topic is too ambiguous
  
  By poor vocalists I meant more like annoying vocalists. Great instrumentals, annoying voices. Ian Brown's voice is definitely not annoying.
  
  deep-blue @hexagram | 26 Feb '13, 15:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It definitely is.
    
    Schadenfreude @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    DaddyorChips and justanothersheeldz this'd this
    - Nein.
      
      deep-blue @Schadenfreude | 26 Feb '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- a great lyricist?!
  
  calumlynn @hexagram | 26 Feb '13, 23:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Compared to John Squire he certainly is
    
    hexagram @calumlynn | 27 Feb '13, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    joeymahone this'd this
plant bad vocalist

ahahahaha this board

ethricdouble | 26 Feb '13, 15:52 | X | ^ This | Reply

Drummerdave, Noblet, hibster, outspaced, Stu_, and anal_schwarzenegger this'd this
- Freddie Mercury would laugh at Plant's vocal performances
  
  deep-blue @ethricdouble | 26 Feb '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  deep-blue this'd this
  - ehehehehe
    
    ethricdouble @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    funkycow and heartworms this'd this
Guns 'n' fucking Roses.

99% of the hatred I feel for this band can be chalked up to Axl Rose's voice.

joeymahone | 26 Feb '13, 15:55 | X | ^ This | Reply

untrue this'd this
- you're just jealous cos you can't sing
  
  sha-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-n-knees as good as him
  
  thewarn @joeymahone | 26 Feb '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  sadpunk, furio, and joeymahone this'd this
I always found Noel Gallagher's voice really annoying

wish he just left it all to Liam, and any songs that would have sounded shit with Liam singing he could have just saved for his solo stuff. It was an odd setup in a way, Liam just had to sit down or play a tambourine during a load of songs.

steinbolt | 26 Feb '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Liam's voice is clearly better than his brother's voice
  
  Still I don't find Noel Gallagher's voice to be annoying. For example, it fits very well on his collaborations with The Chemical Brothers: "Let Forever Be" & "Setting Sun".
  
  deep-blue @steinbolt | 26 Feb '13, 16:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Seriously? You honestly think that Liam Gallagher is good
    
    whilst thinking that Robert Plant is bad? I'm not sure if you could be MORE wrong. Liam Gallagher is one of the worst things about Oasis, and Oasis are horrendous.
    
    Schadenfreude @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    DaddyorChips, hibster, badmanreturns, and Drummerdave this'd this
    - Liam is better than Robert Plant, in my opinion. At least he doesn't moan like a he's having sex during recording...
      
      Different brains, different opinions.
      
      deep-blue @Schadenfreude | 26 Feb '13, 17:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Robert Plant probably was having sex during recording
        
        bozo @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 10:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        And he recorded that?
        
        deep-blue @bozo | 27 Feb '13, 11:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Admit it, you're a Led Zeppelin fan
      
      deep-blue @Schadenfreude | 26 Feb '13, 18:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - yeah Schadenfreude
        
        you big fucken Zeppo lol
        
        SCROTUM @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 00:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DaddyorChips this'd this
        
        We should call them "Zed Lepers"- MAD BANTS, yah?
        
        DaddyorChips @SCROTUM | 27 Feb '13, 10:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        SCROTUM this'd this
Belle and Sebastian

Sometimes his weedy voice works perfectly with the songs, other times you wish someone with a pair of lungs and/or balls would have a crack at it.

Royter-Hatfood | 26 Feb '13, 15:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Top notch trolling there.

funkycow | 26 Feb '13, 16:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bilge Pump

DaddyorChips | 26 Feb '13, 16:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
terrible example

Noblet | 26 Feb '13, 16:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
- So, you enjoy those vocals + moanings + screamings?
  
  I find them to be annoying. In my opinion. Your opinion could be different, of course.
  
  deep-blue @Noblet | 26 Feb '13, 16:16 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Plant's voice is a key part of Led Zeppelin's sound
    
    They wouldn't be the same band without it.
    
    I think the fact that you express such a strong preference for either vocal-less electronic music or impassive vocals (Ladytron, Depeche Mode, etc) suggests you have a problem with expressiveness or emotional deliver in music. I remember feeling that way as an awkward teenager.
    
    Put on some flamboyant clothing and try Wild Beasts. That'll sort you out.
    
    funkycow @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - "you express such a strong preference for either vocal-less electronic music or impassive vocals"
      
      Please, don't get me wrong. I listen also to music where the vocals are in foreground (Pink Floyd, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Kasabian, Goldfrapp, Massive Attack, Crystal Castles, Garbage, LCD Soundsystem, School of Seven Bells, The Kills, Metric, The Cure, The Knife, Robyn, Curve, Oasis, Blur, The Stone Roses, Lacuna Coil, Metallica, Deep Purple, Guano Apes, Arcade Fire, The Horrors etc). To be in foreground, these vocals must sound good to me. I'm pretentious when it comes to vocals.
      
      And the vocalists of these bands mentioned above are expressive and deliver emotion. The same could be said about Depeche Mode & Ladytron, despite appearing as emotionless on a quick listen. The emotion is just more hidden.
      
      deep-blue @funkycow | 26 Feb '13, 16:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - The Horrors
        
        Now there's a vocalist I don't like
        
        wonton @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 18:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Check this song
        
        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJQk0jDZx8o
        
        His voice fits very well the song. It's hard to not like this song. I'm serious.
        
        deep-blue @wonton | 26 Feb '13, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TBH I expected you to pick Kasabian
        
        Easy target. I don't care what others think about them.
        
        deep-blue @wonton | 26 Feb '13, 18:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I wouldn't like Kasabian any more if they had a really good vocalist
        
        wonton @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 23:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
Clearly: Muse

The band would be so much better with a better vocalist. The instrumental part of their songs is well done.

deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Don't actually disagree with this in the case of their early stuff.
  
  DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - In an alternate universe, Muse would find a good vocalist and Matt Bellamy would only play the guitar/synths.
    
    deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 26 Feb '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
- in a perfect world
  
  matt bellamy would've known to reign it in
  
  justanothersheeldz @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - *wouldn't exist
    
    DaddyorChips @justanothersheeldz | 26 Feb '13, 16:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    heartworms, hibster, and Icarus-Smicarus this'd this
    - i would love to agree...
      
      ...but unfortunately acts like MUSE must exist... my reasoning being that we need the diabolical in order for us to appreciate that which is not diabolical... hence MUSE and many like them fulfill that pivotal 'necessary evil' role. and in fairness to MUSE, they are very good in that role... oscar worthy, even.
      
      sunstroke_house @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 04:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Most of the Death/Extreme/Black Metal Bands

I can like some of the music but the vocal 'grunting' style or the full on screaming does my head in.

TheGrudge | 26 Feb '13, 16:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

film_maker this'd this
- I agree
  
  Too much screaming/grunting/growling = crap.
  
  deep-blue @TheGrudge | 26 Feb '13, 16:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Pipe down grandpa
  
  Comaboy @TheGrudge | 26 Feb '13, 17:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips, poptimusgrime, Drummerdave, ethricdouble, anal_schwarzenegger, incandenza_, and Puds this'd this
Two come to mind

Neutral Milk Hotel's vocalist is fairly horrendous but I think that's where the charm lies.
Also Win Butler struggles to sing with Arcade Fire, but then again, on tracks like Tunnels, that's the beauty of it, the cracked vocal.

tunewaffle | 26 Feb '13, 16:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Jeff Mangum IS Neutral Milk Hotel - his voice is key
  
  thesewoodenideas @tunewaffle | 26 Feb '13, 16:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Wooly31, Oissin_, didyousayhand, and incandenza_ this'd this
  - This is exactly true.
    
    I saw Mangum play last year. I thought it might be weird without the band, but it really wasn't. In fact, it made perfect sense, in a lot of ways. What I realized is that the only thing in that band that is truly, unquestionably necessary is Jeff. This is why everyone loves "Oh Comely", because it's probably the most stark song in their catalog.
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @thesewoodenideas | 27 Feb '13, 11:00 | X | ^ This | Reply
'Smashing Pumpkins

Bad voice, godly lyricist, totally bad shit crazy.

Ichor | 26 Feb '13, 16:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- godly lyricist?
  
  really?
  
  heartworms @Ichor | 26 Feb '13, 16:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips and kostenurky this'd this
  - Yeah love his work!
    
    Him, matt berninger and daryl palumbo have written some of my favourite lyrics.
    
    Ichor @heartworms | 26 Feb '13, 16:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I'm a big fan of some of his WORK,
      
      just always found his lyrics to be fairly weak/embarrassing
      
      heartworms @Ichor | 26 Feb '13, 16:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Yeh but isn't that half the fun with them
        
        Bullet with butterly wings etc.
        
        rainmaker @heartworms | 26 Feb '13, 22:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - It was the 90s, things were different then.
        
        To be honest though I was talking about songs like Where Boys Fear To Tread, Tonight Tonight...
        
        Ichor @heartworms | 27 Feb '13, 11:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rolo Tomassi

Their singer (the very cute Eva Spence) has a nice voice. But instead singing she mostly screams/growls like she saw the devil. Too bad, because I like the instrumental of their songs. I know that is supposed to be in their music genre, but still... I hope that they will move to a softer sound (less screaming) in the future.

deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Here we go!
  
  DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ethricdouble, lemonbrickcombo, poptimusgrime, and friday55 this'd this
- don't start this again
  
  thewarn @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Oissin_, ethricdouble, lemonbrickcombo, badmanreturns, rich-t, chickenbones, joeymahone, andyvine, and incandenza_ this'd this
  - I don't start anything. I point out obvious facts...
    
    deep-blue @thewarn | 26 Feb '13, 16:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Man up.
  
  Ichor @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ethricdouble this'd this
- Bit sexist
  
  heartworms @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 16:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ethricdouble and lemonbrickcombo this'd this
  - I don't find anything sexist in my message
    
    deep-blue @heartworms | 26 Feb '13, 17:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - maybe the fact you mentioned how cute the singer is despite it having absolutely nothing to do with anything?
      
      calumlynn @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 23:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      SarahIsPi and DaddyorChips this'd this
      - I described her
        
        Do you see words like hot, sexy, gorgeous, etc? Just a plain "very cute". Now, you're telling me that she's not cute? ;)
        
        deep-blue @calumlynn | 26 Feb '13, 23:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- The more Eva sings 'nicely', the less I like Rolo Tomassi
  
  "But instead singing she mostly screams/growls like she saw the devil"
  
  You seem to be under the misapprehension that this is somehow a bad thing.
  
  hairystavros @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 17:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - It's a bad thing because it's hard to listen/enjoy. It's annoying.
    
    Why would I listen to music that it's unpleasant to my brain? I don't want to prove anything, I just want to enjoy my music, not to make me want to throw the TV...
    
    deep-blue @hairystavros | 26 Feb '13, 18:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - dont listen to rolo tomassi
      
      a band who belong in that genre, its like moaning that cannibal corpse growl
      
      TheKennedyCurse @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 09:54 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - This is more of 'What If' scenario
        
        What If Rolo Tomassi were more like an alternative rock band (The Kills, Garbage, The Joy Formidable, Yeah Yeah Yeahs etc) with normal singing (with occasional screaming allowed)? They have potential.
        
        deep-blue @TheKennedyCurse | 27 Feb '13, 11:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Do you work for Geffen or something?
        
        DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 11:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Untogether this'd this
        
        But then they would be shit.
        
        Oissin_ @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 18:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- are girls not allowed to make harsh music?
  
  soapy @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 20:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  poptimusgrime this'd this
- Load of cock.
  
  Wooly31 @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 20:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Good music should have an element that your dad will hate
  
  Eva Spence's voice fits that perfectly.
  Besides, if she sang all the time, it would detract from the completely feral aspect of the music.
  Plus, it's well fun to scream along to.
  
  Murder @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 12:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
This thread can only end with some sort of hilarious fall out

Can't wait

wonton | 26 Feb '13, 16:27 | X | ^ This | Reply

JonBeat this'd this
- And if that will not happen, what are gonna do?
  
  You'll be very sad. No fun for you.
  
  XD
  
  deep-blue @wonton | 26 Feb '13, 18:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Discarded David Bowie lyrics...
    
    Wooly31 @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 19:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    spiritofjazz this'd this
Joanna Newsom

Royter-Hatfood | 26 Feb '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

xilia this'd this
- GET OUT!!
  
  didyousayhand @Royter-Hatfood | 28 Feb '13, 20:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
Whatchu talkin' bout, Willis?

lemonbrickcombo | 26 Feb '13, 16:32 | X | ^ This | Reply

Schadenfreude this'd this
Joy Division

Ian Curtis's voice is the only reason I don't like them. I should like them, but he stops me.

Raanraals | 26 Feb '13, 17:13 | X | ^ This | Reply
Alt-J

remittanceman | 26 Feb '13, 17:15 | X | ^ This | Reply

film_maker this'd this
- shit band shit vocals
  
  politelydeclined @remittanceman | 26 Feb '13, 17:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Comaboy, funkycow, ThisTemporaryLife, and georgiabeth this'd this
Isn't Morrissey the default answer to this thread?

sadpunk | 26 Feb '13, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah cause everyone knows The Smiths were shite anyway
  
  ;)
  
  lemonbrickcombo @sadpunk | 26 Feb '13, 17:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  shinymcshine this'd this
  - Fair point
    
    sadpunk @lemonbrickcombo | 26 Feb '13, 17:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
Camera Obscura

Can't listen to more than one and a half songs before her voice makes me want to kill myself. Or her.

Although they're probably not that good a band anyway. Mediocre with the odd decent single.

The_Cosh | 26 Feb '13, 18:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- This is a weird one - her voice is kinda underwhelming I suppose (especially live) but it doesn't really seem distinctive enough to be suicide-inducing.
  
  heliolithic @The_Cosh | 27 Feb '13, 00:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Get outta town
    
    Her voice is fucking gorgeous, especially on the last album. Listen to Away With Murder for example, an average song turned into a great one by her vocal performance.
    
    ThirstyDog @heliolithic | 27 Feb '13, 07:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - ^ great vocalist
      
      (on record)
      
      Royter-Hatfood @ThirstyDog | 27 Feb '13, 11:15 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - In retrospect, she's maybe not a poor vocalist. I just find her voice unbelievably grating. Others don't.
    
    The_Cosh @heliolithic | 27 Feb '13, 11:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
antony & the johnsons

Jordan_229_2 | 26 Feb '13, 18:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
- You don't like him
  
  I think he's wonderful. Sometimes I wish his band were as good as him tbh.
  
  wonton @Jordan_229_2 | 26 Feb '13, 22:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
- oh come on, man
  
  he's the whole point of the band. it's his voice plus accompaniment.
  
  incandenza_ @Jordan_229_2 | 3 Mar '13, 13:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  cosk this'd this
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah?

Almost so bad it's good.

kittensgotclaws | 26 Feb '13, 18:38 | X | ^ This | Reply
- yeah, it's good
  
  politelydeclined @kittensgotclaws | 26 Feb '13, 18:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Icarus-Smicarus and pichaelmarker this'd this
Ash

Didn't bother me that much all those years ago. Find it unlistenable now.

outspaced | 26 Feb '13, 19:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
- OOOOOOOOOH YEAH SHE WAS TAKIN ME OOOOOOOOVER
  
  politelydeclined @outspaced | 26 Feb '13, 19:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
Foo Fighters.

STOP SHOUTING!

fellover | 26 Feb '13, 19:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh baby baby baby baby baby baybeeeeeeeeeee, do you you likkkkkeee it......ooooooooaahhhhhhhhhhh baaaaaaaaaaybeeeeeeeee....ohhhhh ohhhhh ooooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh....

Yeah.

Wooly31 | 26 Feb '13, 19:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
I would like to remind you all of something the great poet David Berman once said:

All my favorite singers couldn't sing.

ThisTemporaryLife | 26 Feb '13, 21:50 | X | ^ This | Reply

oojimaflop and sunstroke_house this'd this
What in the name of fuck has happened to this board?

broon44 | 26 Feb '13, 22:28 | X | ^ This | Reply

Comaboy this'd this
- What in the name of board has happened to this fuck?
  
  deep-blue @broon44 | 26 Feb '13, 22:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - http://weknowmemes.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/and-not-a-single-fuck-was-given-that-day-guitar-war.jpg
    
    deep-blue @deep-blue | 26 Feb '13, 22:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
David Bowie

ethricdouble | 26 Feb '13, 23:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
sigur ros

Jordan_229_2 | 26 Feb '13, 23:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Again,
  
  nope
  
  wonton @Jordan_229_2 | 26 Feb '13, 23:51 | X | ^ This | Reply
Bloc Party??

cc981 | 26 Feb '13, 23:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
WU LYF

theonlyindiegolfer | 27 Feb '13, 01:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

_TheBeautifulOnes_ this'd this
- horrid band
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @theonlyindiegolfer | 27 Feb '13, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - they split
    
    deep-blue @_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 28 Feb '13, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Jam

Kick-ass rhythm section, then that prick Weller comes in honking all over it like a teenage Arthur Mullard.

ThirstyDog | 27 Feb '13, 08:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
great thread

_TheBeautifulOnes_ | 27 Feb '13, 08:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
Sleater Kinney: CORIN TUCKER !!!

I HATE that caterwauling of hers!! Seems to me Dead Kennedys had a horrible vocalist too, Pudding Somebody, don't remember, couldn't be bothered to listen. David Thomas of Pere Ubu. And as of about 2 years back, that Bjork guy gets on my nerves.

theintl | 27 Feb '13, 09:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Wow.
  
  All manner of wrong here.
  
  Jello Biafra has an absolutely incredible voice. David Thomas' voice suits Pere Ubu perfectly. Corin Tucker is great.
  
  thewarn @theintl | 27 Feb '13, 09:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Corin Tucker reined in her voice from The Hot Rock on
    
    She had a voice coach, I think. On the first song on The Hot Rock, she holds these clean notes for ages to show off how nice and non-screamy it is.
    
    Then she went mental again on The Woods. LaAaAaAaAaAand HO!
    
    hexagram @thewarn | 27 Feb '13, 09:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    JaguarPirate this'd this
  - wow can I borrow your psych notes to study for tomorrow's quiz?
    
    I guess I was right about Bjork tho, huh?
    
    theintl @thewarn | 2 Mar '13, 09:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- that bjork guy
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_ @theintl | 27 Feb '13, 09:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  Jordan_229_2 and andyvine this'd this
- i'm never coming back into this thread
  
  ethricdouble @theintl | 27 Feb '13, 10:06 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  pichaelmarker, DaddyorChips, JaguarPirate, and incandenza_ this'd this
- Pudding Somebody
  
  :')
  
  joeymahone @theintl | 27 Feb '13, 10:47 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  _TheBeautifulOnes_, ethricdouble, 8stepstoperfection, SCROTUM, DaddyorChips, incandenza_, and kilgore-trout this'd this
  - I'm dying here
    
    joeymahone @joeymahone | 27 Feb '13, 10:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
    
    lemonbrickcombo this'd this
  - And there it is
    
    My new checking into hotel pseudonym
    
    lemonbrickcombo @joeymahone | 28 Feb '13, 21:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
- holy fucking shit
  
  I can't stop laughing
  
  ThisTemporaryLife @theintl | 27 Feb '13, 11:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
- i'm not sure exactly why but i think this is the best post on DiS ever
  
  Jordan_229_2 @theintl | 1 Mar '13, 12:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  kilgore-trout this'd this
nick cave and the bad seeds

shrewbie | 27 Feb '13, 09:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
Garbage

chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 10:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Nah, shit band but Shirley's vocals can be pleasant.
  
  DaddyorChips @chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 11:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Oh wait, I see what you did there. Carry on.
    
    DaddyorChips @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 11:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - :'-D
    
    _TheBeautifulOnes_ @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 11:05 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - 'shit band'? Fuck! I don't expect anything good from you, mr. DaddyorChips. I don't think I have the will to prove you how wrong you are.
    
    Carry on.
    
    deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 11:21 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Are you for real? O.O
  
  Jesus! They have one of the best female vocalists ever (Shirley Manson). Are you deaf or you're trolling?
  
  This is the first time I see Garbage mentioned at "poor vocalists" category. I suggest you to listen again (at least their singles).
  
  Watch these videos (btw, I can give you tons of examples):
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LlfiBL0ED4
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkV7pw3prD0
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iv2SzUSgzXo (there's a bit where she sings while she's running! also Eric Avery plays bass)
  
  Poor vocalist, eh?
  
  deep-blue @chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 11:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - They have one of the best female vocalists ever
    
    chickenbones @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 11:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - Now we're talking...
      
      deep-blue @chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 11:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - *pssst* You seem a troll anyway.
      
      deep-blue @chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 11:34 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - hahaha
        
        andyvine @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 17:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
- imagine liking garbage
  
  ethricdouble @chickenbones | 27 Feb '13, 11:40 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  DaddyorChips, Comaboy, moker, and Puds this'd this
  - And...
    
    Continue your idea. What would happen next?
    
    deep-blue @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 11:43 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - An older music fan would take pity on you and play you some Curve.
      
      DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 11:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
      
      badgertastic this'd this
      - DaddyorChips, you're wrong again.
        
        I guess you didn't see my post on that NIN topic. I said that I like both bands a lot.
        
        That means I know all their discography from A to Z (incl. rare songs). You recommend me Curve and they're one of my favorite bands of all time...
        
        Why should you compare them? Why not listening to both? It's like you can't listen to Blur because you like Oasis. This kind of thinking is retarded.
        
        Plus their sound seems similar on a shallow level. Here's again the main differences between these bands:
        
        "Drums: the drums in Curve songs are much faster, powerful and repetitive. They seem more electronic and generated mostly by drum machines. Definitely influenced by industrial-rock bands like Front Line Assembly, KMFDM, NIN etc.
        Bass: the Curve's bass is very prominent and throbbing. The bass in Garbage's songs is less prominent.
        Guitars: very shoegaze-style, wall of sound, tons of effects for Curve (MBV-style). Garbage's guitars are much more clear and diverse in tone.
        Synths: Curve used different kind of electronic sounds than Garbage. Compare for example "Coming Up Roses" with "Milk". Curve definitely used more exotic sounds, while for Garbage is more piano-sounding.
        Voices: quite similar, but Shirley showed a wider range of emotions.
        
        Conclusion: Curve are more on the industrial, shoegaze, electronic-ambient side (yes, check their ballads), while Garbage more on the alternative rock, post grunge, pop, trip-hop side."
        
        The fight against ignorance and bad faith is tough...
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 11:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I, er...wow! Is THAT the time? Must dash.
        
        DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 12:18 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        andyvine this'd this
      - This is interesting
        
        "An older music fan would take pity on you..."
        
        Since when that older music fan must necessarily take pity on me because I like other band (the irony is that I like both bands)?
        
        Why that older music fan should like Curve and hate Garbage? Because Curve were more underground and Garbage more mainstream?
        
        Also since when the taste in music is 100% objective and beyond any doubt?
        
        What if that older music fan is wrong? What if that older music is biased?
        
        DaddyorChips, pal, you seem a hipster undercover. No offense.
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 12:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        ThisTemporaryLife this'd this
        
        I don't disagree with this, fair play.
        
        DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 12:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        OK. Let's settle this argument.
        
        For you Garbage are shit and for me they're great. Deal?
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 12:49 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DaddyorChips this'd this
  - just seems like 3 industry types making calculated pop music
    
    ethricdouble @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 13:04 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - You couldn't be more far from the truth
      
      Wrong on all levels:
      1. "just seems like 3 industry types". Yeah right. A band that is still going strong after almost 20 years is manufactured/fake. There's a documentary on their Absolute Garbage DVD; watch it and you'll see that they are a real band. With real problems.
      
      2. "making calculated pop music". Calculated? With what? iMac? XD
      
      3. "...pop music". They have some pop music elements but they're not pop. A lot of their music is more rock than the usual rock bands. Just listen again.
      
      You see, you're a typical hater that knows nothing about the band and yet you spill here your "expert" opinions. They SEEM to you "like 3 industry types making calculated pop music" but the truth is different. Don't be fooled by illusions... Cheers.
      
      deep-blue @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 13:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - REAL BAND, REAL PROBLEMS.
        
        DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 13:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Finally, something clicked on DaddyorChips' brain
        
        thank god
        
        XD
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 13:33 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        You, DaddyorChips must be a robot
        
        You have pre-recorded patterns and standard answers. True?
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 13:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I've been called a replicant a few times.
        
        DaddyorChips @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 13:39 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        You're straight from Blade Runner
        
        I will not tell anyone. *psssssst*
        
        deep-blue @DaddyorChips | 27 Feb '13, 13:42 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - not at all
        
        in fact owned and liked the first two albums
        but i'd be pretty embarrassed to still listen to them now
        
        ethricdouble @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Pretty embarrassed? Ha.
        
        Then go back and listen to your Merzbow collection. Or to non-calculated pop music. You're wasting your time on this sub-topic.
        
        deep-blue @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 13:41 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        just not great pop
        
        ethricdouble @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 13:48 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Whatever
        
        deep-blue @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 13:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I like how one of your go-to insults for anyone who disagrees with you
        
        is that they *gasp* LISTEN TO MERZBOW!!!
        
        Even if they've given no indication that they've even heard of him. And the fact that Merzbow literally doesn't have anything to do with thread.
        
        Comaboy @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 14:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        If you like how blah blah blah, then why complain?
        
        ;)
        
        deep-blue @Comaboy | 27 Feb '13, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I hate Merzbow btw. I use it as joker for pretentious unlistenable crap.
        
        deep-blue @Comaboy | 27 Feb '13, 14:10 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Merzbow is a revolutionary
        
        The last 25 years of noise music would like to have a word with you, I think
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        DaddyorChips this'd this
        
        thread can basically be renamed to
        
        i don't like people who shout or are noisy
        
        ethricdouble @ThisTemporaryLife | 27 Feb '13, 15:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        No.
        
        i don't like people who shout TOO MUCH or are VERY noisy (aka style over substance).
        
        deep-blue @ethricdouble | 27 Feb '13, 15:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        This is a Boredoms-free zone, then?
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 09:59 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        TOO MUCH
        
        VERY
        
        brilliant.
        
        lemonbrickcombo @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 10:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        You're my favourite
        
        Comaboy @deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 14:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        chickenbones and andyvine this'd this
      - Don't care about Garbage either way, but this was hilarious.
        
        Like arguing about favourite bands on the school playground.
        
        heliolithic @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 23:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Yeah. We're passioned about our favorite artists...
        
        deep-blue @heliolithic | 1 Mar '13, 00:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
Oh, and Doves whenever the drummer takes the mic

Jimi Goodwin doesn't exactly have the most velvety larynx to rule them all, but at least his vocals are warm and pleasant, with an almost soulful quality to his voice. It's the aural equivalent of a bear hug. Andy on the other hand... eugh. Shrilly, stringy, whiny and borderline obnoxious. Assuming Doves haven't split up by now - please stop letting him take lead vocals, even if it's just for a couple of tracks.

Acquiescence | 27 Feb '13, 13:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
Rush

deep-blue | 27 Feb '13, 12:46 | X | ^ This | Reply
- RIGHT
  
  maybe a duet lp with him & Corin Tucker
  
  theintl @deep-blue | 2 Mar '13, 09:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - Throw Brian Molko in there and you've got a winner
    
    hexagram @theintl | 5 Mar '13, 11:19 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Rural Alberta Advantage...

Terrific band sidetracked by some of the most nasal vocals this side of your man from JJ72. I can tolerate him, just about.

Acquiescence | 27 Feb '13, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
The fight against ignorance and bad faith is tough..

fiddygent | 27 Feb '13, 14:57 | X | ^ This | Reply
Depeche Mode when they let Martin Gore sing

His voice has the same effect on me as someone scraping their fingernails down a blackboard

ThirstyDog | 28 Feb '13, 10:20 | X | ^ This | Reply
- What about songs like Home?
  
  One of the best DM ballads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K65PQiFfsrU
  
  I don't think that his voice sounds "as someone scraping their fingernails down a blackboard".
  
  deep-blue @ThirstyDog | 28 Feb '13, 21:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - gotta agree
    
    home is so great
    
    ethricdouble @deep-blue | 28 Feb '13, 21:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Also
  
  Blue Dress http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YZrOZBDFiMg
  Judas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3phAqQeMMcc
  A Question of Lust http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hC8iFrnGoXI
  The Bottom Line http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7NXI5RCNw4
  The Sweetest Perfection http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_14UyytkcM
  Somebody http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05qcA4KPI0k
  
  All, wonderful songs. I don't find anything annoying with Martin Gore's voice. In fact, sometimes it sounds a lot like Dave Gahan's voice.
  
  deep-blue @ThirstyDog | 28 Feb '13, 22:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- it's not as bad as that for me but he's not very good at singing
  
  film_maker @ThirstyDog | 1 Mar '13, 13:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
Public Image Ltd

Johnny "Two Note" may give the band a LOT of character with that voice of his, but it sure makes it hard to listen to a whole album.

dcnuman | 28 Feb '13, 17:24 | X | ^ This | Reply
Please start more threads, deep-blue.

theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 17:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
- I prefer to start fewer
  
  that have a chance to get over 50 replies
  
  XD
  
  deep-blue @theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 17:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Looks like no one has mentioned Dino Jr yet, so them.

(I like them)

theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 17:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
- really?
  
  always thought Mascis had an angelic, dreamlike croon akin to a heroin chocolate christmas, whatever that might sound like (surely a good thing).
  
  sunstroke_house @theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 19:17 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - he's not great
    
    but he suits the music, so that's fine
    
    Severed799 @sunstroke_house | 28 Feb '13, 19:22 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - perhaps...
      
      ...not technically good, but yeah, his tone fits the sound like a warm glove (surely the most important thing).
      
      sunstroke_house @Severed799 | 28 Feb '13, 21:29 | X | ^ This | Reply
      - Totally. Its fine.
        
        I just meant technically good. We have enough technically good singers, though.
        
        theShipment @sunstroke_house | 28 Feb '13, 21:32 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        in response to that and going on from...
        
        ...'this temporary life' quoting David Berman, i would certainly agree.
        
        a heart has never been stolen by something 'definitively good' (or at least mine hasn't...). we can all admire something technically proficient, but can you love it? i know i can't.
        
        so yeah, enough technically good singers already!
        
        sunstroke_house @theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 22:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        I can definitely love them, and do!
        
        Character and depth can be found in both types of singers imo. Technically great whilst being unique in tone/timbre seems harder to come by but I love plenty of singers that do both.
        
        theShipment @sunstroke_house | 28 Feb '13, 22:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        totally agreed...
        
        ...but i suppose i mean that i can't love a singer just because they're technically excellent. i might love them, but it would probably be in spite of that fact, as opposed to because of it.
        
        sunstroke_house @theShipment | 28 Feb '13, 22:56 | X | ^ This | Reply
        
        Thanks for the shout
        
        That's kinda exactly my point. When I think about my FAVORITE singers, I think about singers who, by all rights, aren't very good. I think about Isaac Brock, and Jeff Mangum, and Bjork. Those three are yowly. Dave Longstreth comes to mind, who I have heard described as "a cat having an epileptic seizure."
        
        But that's what is so endearing and wonderful about them. Those people fit the music perfectly, to the point where, if replaced by someone who is TECHNICALLY great, it wouldn't sound right. I think Adele has a great voice, but I don't want her singing my Pavement songs. I want Malkmus singing them, because it makes sense.
        
        Technically good is all well and good, but it's not everything.
        
        This thread is excellent because a lot of it has involved examining the concept of what it is to be a good singer, in the context of a band.
        
        ThisTemporaryLife @sunstroke_house | 1 Mar '13, 10:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
hwat about the fall?!!

Der singer carnt even sing!!!11 Hes quiet fuinny though isn;t he!!

heartworms | 28 Feb '13, 17:57 | X | ^ This | Reply

DaddyorChips this'd this
- He can't really sing but indeed he's quite funny
  
  So, at least he's not annoying...
  
  Also Joe Strummer from The Clash wasn't a very good singer, but his voice was good enough for the kind of music his band performed. The same for Bernard Sumner from New Order.
  
  deep-blue @heartworms | 28 Feb '13, 18:03 | X | ^ This | Reply
d-b is just lapping up the replies now

prolly got his feet up on the desk, smoking a cigar

ethricdouble | 28 Feb '13, 18:07 | X | ^ This | Reply
- ...and laughing XD
  
  Maybe I should post less...
  
  deep-blue @ethricdouble | 28 Feb '13, 18:12 | X | ^ This | Reply
- :D
  
  LOLpop @ethricdouble | 3 Mar '13, 14:14 | X | ^ This | Reply
Michael Jackson

Marvin Gaye
Michael Bolton

scomatsho | 28 Feb '13, 18:50 | X | ^ This | Reply
- and Meredith Monk
  
  scomatsho @scomatsho | 28 Feb '13, 19:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ride

Early Ride, anyway.
Everything was poor after about '92.

friday55 | 28 Feb '13, 21:26 | X | ^ This | Reply
I'm locking this shit down

------------------- S E C U R I T Y B A R R I E R D O N O T C R O S S -----------------------

lemonbrickcombo | 28 Feb '13, 23:11 | X | ^ This | Reply
- BOOOOOOOOOOOOOM!
  
  Freeze!
  
  deep-blue @lemonbrickcombo | 28 Feb '13, 23:44 | X | ^ This | Reply
Ash

TheComedian | 1 Mar '13, 12:55 | X | ^ This | Reply
- Get the fuck out.
  
  Wheeler's early Ash voice is brilliant.
  
  wilykit @TheComedian | 1 Mar '13, 13:28 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - I'd say the Wheeler's latter Ash voice is brilliant
    
    Just one example, "Return of White Rabbit": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2dm2q2MIHnY
    
    My favorite Ash song, by the way.
    
    deep-blue @wilykit | 1 Mar '13, 13:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
    - I really like the newer Ash stuff
      
      but his voice has clearly been auto-tuned to buggery on a lot of those songs
      
      SurfsUp @deep-blue | 4 Mar '13, 14:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
- His voice is a lot stronger now than it was
  
  (especially live) but I never thought the early stuff sounded bad.
  
  NickDS @TheComedian | 3 Mar '13, 15:02 | X | ^ This | Reply
idlewild

Jordan_229_2 | 1 Mar '13, 13:35 | X | ^ This | Reply
- No way
  
  thesewoodenideas @Jordan_229_2 | 4 Mar '13, 11:08 | X | ^ This | Reply
  
  ethricdouble this'd this
- that's ridiculous...
  
  TimmyL @Jordan_229_2 | 5 Mar '13, 11:53 | X | ^ This | Reply
Saint Etienne

Really pains me to say it as they're one of my favourite bands, but Sarah Cracknell could only hit about half the notes when I saw them last Christmas.

Still an incredibly fun gig though. And it doesn't affect their albums, unlike the bloke from Hope of the States...

beeswing | 4 Mar '13, 10:30 | X | ^ This | Reply
"all my favourite singers couldn't sing"

vivmichiesrightfoot | 4 Mar '13, 11:01 | X | ^ This | Reply
Placebo

Brian Molko isn't a bad singer exactly: it's the pitch and tone. Every You Every Me is a great tune, but I really don't like the 'every meeee' bits in it, which is like every other line. But then, the fact he isn't a power singer means the band had to work around it and write better songs in order to rock - Pure Morning, Scared of Girls etc.

I'm basing this entirely off their first three albums, by the way - he could sound like Barry White now for all I know.

hexagram | 5 Mar '13, 11:23 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deerhoof

:(

tifaspiano | 5 Mar '13, 19:09 | X | ^ This | Reply
The bloke from Envy

Brilliant band, but the guy's screaming does my head in after a while. Obviously it's very emotive an' that, but it still sounds a bit shit.

Puds | 5 Mar '13, 19:27 | X | ^ This | Reply
Deerhunter

That dude can't sing properly. I'd say his voice is quite annoying.

deep-blue | 5 Mar '13, 19:45 | X | ^ This | Reply
the horrors

faris badwan otherwise known as the foghorn - how can people enjoy that noise?
radiohead - everything post kid a. his voice makes everything a pile of ear hurting shrill crap

jessepinkmanslungs | 5 Mar '13, 20:58 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Pastels

kilgore-trout | 5 Mar '13, 21:36 | X | ^ This | Reply
- actually theyre not that good
  
  kilgore-trout @kilgore-trout | 5 Mar '13, 21:37 | X | ^ This | Reply
  - FALSE
    
    ThisTemporaryLife @kilgore-trout | 5 Mar '13, 22:52 | X | ^ This | Reply
The Rolling Stones

The Cure
Hot Chip

cosk | 5 Mar '13, 21:59 | X | ^ This | Reply

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