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Old 15-03-2015, 18:11
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I have quite a few but I'd be interested to hear other members' nominations in this category. It can be a singer who you think is just plain bad OR a singer whose voice you just don't like for whatever reason. Or both.

New Order is my first suggestion.
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Old 15-03-2015, 18:52
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Sorry AC DC fans, like some of their tunes. Can't be doing with either singer. Past or present.
Rolling Stones, Dire Straits also. Can appreciate the musicianship but the voices either bore or grate on my ears.
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Old 15-03-2015, 19:14
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I could take Muse a lot more if Matt Bellamy didn't sing terrible lyrics in his... inimitable style.
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Old 15-03-2015, 20:07
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I don't like Bruce Dickinson's singing, but can listen to Iron Maidens playing and enjoy it.
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Old 15-03-2015, 20:09
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I could take Muse a lot more if Matt Bellamy didn't sing terrible lyrics in his... inimitable style.
The band which came to mind the moment I saw the thread title.
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Old 15-03-2015, 20:11
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Without a shadow of a doubt - Rush.
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Old 15-03-2015, 21:26
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Sorry AC DC fans, like some of their tunes. Can't be doing with either singer. Past or present.
Rolling Stones, Dire Straits also. Can appreciate the musicianship but the voices either bore or grate on my ears.
I'm not completely against Jagger but when you hear Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer or Tina Turner sing with him I often wonder how good The Stones would have been with one of those girls as lead?

I'm also a fan of The Stone Roses and Ian Brown is a great writer but not the greatest singer.
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Old 15-03-2015, 21:47
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I'm not completely against Jagger but when you hear Merry Clayton, Lisa Fischer or Tina Turner sing with him I often wonder how good The Stones would have been with one of those girls as lead?
Not very. Jagger is integral to the creative process and the chemistry of the band. Put someone else in there and everything would be completely different.
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Old 15-03-2015, 22:02
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Not very. Jagger is integral to the creative process and the chemistry of the band. Put someone else in there and everything would be completely different.
Of course he is, so is Keith and he doesn't sing as much. It's an opinion not a dictat. Yeah and it would be different that's the point!
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Old 15-03-2015, 22:32
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Rolling Stones without a doubt
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Old 15-03-2015, 22:48
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Liam Gallagher. I quite like a couple of oasis songs with Noel singing, but can't stand Liam's nasal whine
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Old 15-03-2015, 23:12
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The Shadows.
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Old 16-03-2015, 11:43
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I'd say Guns'n'roses.

I can't believe people are seriously saying the Stones!
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Old 16-03-2015, 13:07
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Liam Gallagher. I quite like a couple of oasis songs with Noel singing, but can't stand Liam's nasal whine
The reason Oasis worked was because of Liam's singing. Noel singing Live Forever or Shakermaker is unimaginable.
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Old 16-03-2015, 13:33
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The reason Oasis worked was because of Liam's singing. Noel singing Live Forever or Shakermaker is unimaginable.
i'd have to say Culture Club after that recent documentary!
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Old 16-03-2015, 14:11
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Guns and roses. Axl rose has a horrible voice.
And i know she isnt a band, but i cannot stand Ellie Goulding's voice. I have to turn her off if shes on the wireless
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Old 16-03-2015, 15:21
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The Stones without Jagger? Impossible.

His style, his writing, and his personality are vital to what they achieved.

It's like saying Blondie without Debbie Harry.
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Old 16-03-2015, 17:33
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Would have to say U2 & Bono, not so much for the singing. Just find his smugness and arrogance nauseating.
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Old 16-03-2015, 17:42
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The Stones without Jagger? Impossible.

His style, his writing, and his personality are vital to what they achieved.

It's like saying Blondie without Debbie Harry.
That's not really the point. I treated this as an envisaging exercise not a history rewrite. It's not going to happen but The Stones with Tina in front would have sounded even better. I like Jagger and The Stones, to me it's just using a bit of imagination.

Yeah and I sometimes imagine Blondie fronted by Agnetha.......
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Old 16-03-2015, 17:56
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Of course he is, so is Keith and he doesn't sing as much. It's an opinion not a dictat. Yeah and it would be different that's the point!
Yeah, and it's an opinion I disagree with, which is all I was saying. What's the issue?
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Old 16-03-2015, 21:42
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Without a shadow of a doubt - Rush.
Good call for me. Neil Peart is arguably the best drummer ever. Alex Lifeson great guitarist. I put up with Geddy Lee for the other two.

Ozzy Osbourne, awful singer but a character. Early Black Sabbath is great.
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Old 16-03-2015, 23:14
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The Smiths
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Old 17-03-2015, 00:22
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Would have to say U2 & Bono, not so much for the singing. Just find his smugness and arrogance nauseating.
I was thinking the same.

Of course there are a few bands with not great singers- Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, The Blockheads for example but they wouldnt be the same without them!
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Old 17-03-2015, 00:23
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And further to the post above, The Pogues.
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Old 17-03-2015, 01:54
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Cheating a bit because it's not the lead singer, but The Automatic ( remember Monster?) had this extremely annoying back-up singer with a voice only dogs should be able to hear, also adds nothing to the song.
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