Rock Singers I Can't Stand Listening To
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Published 2023-02-03
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All Comments (21)
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I was just about to drink my coffee when you said Axl Rose's voice sounded like he was buggering a cat. I narrowly missed having drank my coffee and laughing out loud at the same time. The comment was spot on.
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Ian Anderson's voice issues break my heart. He was such a great vocalist back in the day.
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Interesting you didn't mention Brian Johnson of AC/DC. I find he kinda sounds like Donald Duck on cocaine, and I have a similar issue with Axl Rose. Also a very distinctive voice woulbe be Billy Corgan from Smashing Pumpkins. Great songwriter, and not a bad singer, but I can't listen to more than one album at a time.
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Joe Cocker is my favorite quirky voice. Stevie Nicks I really could not stand even from the beginning.
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I am pleased you said Axl Rose. Grates my nerves since day one
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Axl Rose buggering a cat. GOLD !
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Sidebar: Paul Rodgers is the only notable hard rock singer of his era who kept his pipes intact after age 55 or so.
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Bruce Springsteen is a graduate student from the Bob Dylan school of singing.
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One singer I love, whose primarily known for his guirar, is Joe Walsh.
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Compared to Yoko Ono, cat buggering is the sweetest music.
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Chris Martin is nails on the chalkboard.
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I was surprised Geddy Lee wasn’t on the first half.
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I don't mind Michael Stipe's voice at all. And I do enjoy the mumbling early era. Later in the IRS years I think 'Fall On Me' really showed a powerful vocal performance from Stipe. I always enjoy the backing vocals of Mills and Berry.
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"like buggering a cat." Never gonna unhear that.
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Frank Zappa - Flakes, the Adrian Belew Bob Dylan impersonation was spot on.
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You forgot Jim "Dandy" Mangrum from Black Oak Arkansas. One critic called his voice "screeching from the gutters of Hell." I love it.
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I could listen to this guy’s article and intelligent comments every day… and great content
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I love Rush's music dearly, but I've heard somebody describe Geddy Lee's voice in the early years of the band as a "mosquito-like whine." I don't mind it, but I can understand why some people might dislike it. :)
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Dylan’s voice in context can be superb. Would not want to hear anyone like Adele for example singing the magnificent Man In The Long Black Coat
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Two artists I’ve loved for years who don’t have the greatest vocals are Elvis Costello and Donald Fagen. Costello is a top shelf songwriter but in the Dylan mode as a vocalist. However, his voice was perfectly suited to the angry young man persona in his new wave period; in the 90s, he collaborated with Burt Bacharach and proved his vocals were certainly unsuited for songs written for Dionne Warwick and the like. And Donald Fagen was perfectly suited for the idiosyncratic songs of Steely Dan (and his solo career). A quirky vocal style but I love it on those classic Dan albums.
