who is the worst vocalist to have "made it"

[Riley Blue]

Leonard Cohen obvs.

[anonymous-user]

Muzzer79 said:

Brian Johnson

Liam Gallagher

Oh my god. Brian Johnson is awful. It is very obvious he can't sing a note and is just 'putting on' what he thinks is a heavy metal voice. If he was a comedian singing like that to take the piss out of rock music, you would think he was hilarious.

Also on the subject of rock, Rob Halford the singer for Judas Priest is terrible, and Gene Simmons of Kiss should have stopped singing 20 years ago.

Also horrendous:
Bob Dylan
Yoko Ono
Will.i.am
Chris Martin

[mrtwisty]

How can no-one have mentioned Shaun Ryder yet?

[GAjon]

Got to be that Paul Young, can’t sing a note live to save his life.

[crofty1984]

Lord Marylebone said:

Oh my god. Brian Johnson is awful. It is very obvious he can't sing a note and is just 'putting on' what he thinks is a heavy metal voice. If he was a comedian singing like that to take the piss out of rock music, you would think he was hilarious.

Have this, for your ears to enjoy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PB7GWSQI-Nc

[vixen1700]

Lord Marylebone said:

Yoko Ono

First time a mate of mine played me some Yoko Ono album he liked, I thought it was some kind of comedy record piss-take.

What a racket.

[pequod]

mrtwisty said:

How can no-one have mentioned Shaun Ryder yet?

We were waiting for you to add him to the list!

[pequod]

vixen1700 said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Yoko Ono

First time a mate of mine played me some Yoko Ono album he liked, I thought it was some kind of comedy record piss-take.

What a racket.

I think you may have identified the worst 'singer' in western pop music in the C20th.

I now appreciate that she may be singing in some Japanese tongue, but may be wrong? Whatever, 'twas horrid!

[Johnnytheboy]

James Hetfield.

[irocfan]

And Bjork <shudder>

[AlexC1981]

They can sing, but there is something about the tone of James Arthur and Jessie J's voices that really grates.

Sometimes singers try to put so much emotion into their performance that they forget they are supposed to be producing a pleasant sound.

[lockhart flawse]

Geldof. Actually I think he can sing a bit and he was a good frontman but he's just got a horrible voice.

Ozzy. Cant sing.

[smn159]

All good nominations so far, but I'm going to go with Bernard Sumner

[Gecko1978]

So said:

Florence Welch.

She either can't sing, or she sings in such a clever way that it's beyond my understanding. I think it's the former.

I actually think she has a great voice the lyrics are all over the shop but I like it.

Can't sing...H from steps lol, Ozzy Osborne and indeed Kelly, Ice T (does he count), lady Gaga (seems more of a parody), Stomzy.

[mikees]

smn159 said:

All good nominations so far, but I'm going to go with Bernard Sumner

I think you could add Ian Curtis and hooky for the set. And I say that as a NO and JD mega fan.

[vetrof]

pequod said:

vixen1700 said:

Lord Marylebone said:

Yoko Ono

First time a mate of mine played me some Yoko Ono album he liked, I thought it was some kind of comedy record piss-take.

What a racket.

I think you may have identified the worst 'singer' in western pop music in the C20th.

I now appreciate that she may be singing in some Japanese tongue, but may be wrong? Whatever, 'twas horrid!

Chuck certainly agrees. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgZiPO9V_aQ

[anonymous-user]

Enrique Inglesias

[Johnnytheboy]

lockhart flawse said:

Ozzy. Cant sing.

Agree, but somehow Sabbath wouldn't have worked so well with a more traditionally 'good' vocalist.

[AC43]

Morrissey runs every song he sings on.

[lemansky]

AC43 said:

Morrissey runs every song he sings on.

Explains why his voice is all over the place.