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| 577.1 | | PEAKS::YANDELL | Don't blame me, I'm new here | Mon Dec 20 1993 17:18 | 1 |
| any country singer, especially that achy breaky cyrus
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| 577.2 | | CSC32::B_KNOX | Rock'n'Roll Refugee | Mon Dec 20 1993 17:21 | 7 |
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No contest....
Madonna! Gack!!
/BK
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| 577.3 | | GOOROO::DCLARK | I AM IRON MAN | Mon Dec 20 1993 17:30 | 5 |
| the guy who sings for Rush
the guy who sings for Dream Theater
post-motorcycle-accident Bob Dylan
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| 577.4 | what was it all about? | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | what about now? | Mon Dec 20 1993 17:46 | 7 |
| Frank Sinatra
Lorna
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| 577.5 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | what about now? | Mon Dec 20 1993 17:47 | 2 |
| or Liza Minnelli belting out god-knows-what
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| 577.6 | My fingernails on the old blackboard choices | AIMHI::KERR | Livin Life By The Drop | Mon Dec 20 1993 18:24 | 11 |
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Good topic. There are lots of people whose music drives me nuts, but
not necessarily their voices. So, seperating voice from music, here's
the top three that make me wish I had been born deaf:
- Buck Owens
- David Lee Roth
- Tom Waits
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| 577.7 | | MANTHN::EDD | Busted, down in New Orleans... | Mon Dec 20 1993 18:57 | 13 |
| MICHAEL BOLTON!
Axl Rose
Michael Bolton
Bob Dylan
Neil Young
Dolly Parton
Michael Bolton.
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| 577.8 | ...I change stations every time... | MSE1::MULLER | | Mon Dec 20 1993 18:59 | 4 |
| Tom Petty - especially his newer "work" which *to me* is both whiny & lame. I
liked him much more in the late 70s - early 80s.
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| 577.9 | a couple more | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | what about now? | Mon Dec 20 1993 19:15 | 8 |
| Frank Black (former lead singer of The Pixies)
Kurt Cobain
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| 577.10 | Just one for me | CADSYS::LARRICK | | Mon Dec 20 1993 19:23 | 3 |
| Bruce Springsteen. Give that man a suppository.
-Doug
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| 577.11 | Neil Young and Yoko Ono | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Down on that shreddin' flo' | Mon Dec 20 1993 19:32 | 51 |
| Neil Young
Yoko Ono
Cat Stevens specifically on "Oh Very Young"
Neil Young (again)
Yoko Ono (now and forever)
Most of what Cyndi Lauper does (although "Time after Time" demonstrates
that when she doesn't try to sing "Mezzo Bimbo" she has a lovely
voice).
Geddy Lee - even though "some of my best friends are Rush fans"
Have I already mentioned Neil Young and Yoko Ono?
This new Icelandic chick "Bjork" (or something like that)
Kate Bush - "Yah Yah Babooshka" ???? - gimme a break
Neil Young and Yoko Ono (let's hope they never conspire against
the mirrors, windows and dogs of the world to do a duet).
and last but not least: Linda McCartney
The singer in our band brought a tape of her singing to rehearsal
the other night that was hilarious. Apparently Paul complained
that the sound guys were making her sound bad and basically
taking her out of the mix.
Story goes that the soundman, attempting to make a point to Paul,
took a multi-track live master tape they had made out, and did
a special mix eliminating all vocals but Lindas.
My friends, this lady REALLY can NOT sing! She was so far off
key it was simultaneously pathetic and hilarious.
I heard the soundman who did this got fired, either for doing it
or for giving it to a radio station who ended up littering the
airwaves with it.
But if you ask me, there's no question that the soundman was right.
IMHO,
db
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| 577.12 | | TPSYS::CLARK | Can you picture what will be? | Mon Dec 20 1993 21:30 | 5 |
| Lead singer for the Violent Femmes, though I'm not 100% sure it's
entirely his voice that makes me retch so much as the total sonic output
of that nauseating band. The opposite effect would be Neil Young, whose
music I like so much that I can tolerate his voice, which I admit isn't
the greatest.
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| 577.13 | But then again I really like Robert Wyatt | KOLFAX::WIEGLEB | Thai Truck-Driving Hero | Mon Dec 20 1993 23:13 | 8 |
| The vocalist(s) for "Gene Loves Jezebel" - truly wretched. Made me
stop listening to "alternative" radio for a while. One of the few
groups whose vocals make me turn off the radio immediately.
RE: .0 - "Hurricane" Norman Smith. Aside from bad vocals, he is known for
producing a number of Pink Floyd's early records.
- Dave
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| 577.14 | singing = screeching ? | NEMAIL::CARROLLJ | aka Dr. Emilio Lazardo | Tue Dec 21 1993 09:32 | 19 |
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Another vote for Neil Young
Another vote, no . . *two* votes for Yoko 'Screech' Ono
A *big* vote for the woman from 4 Non-Blondes
And, as much as I like his work, Joe Jackson sounded awfully whiny on
his last couple of albums
Another vote for Bob Dylan
Some of Michael Jackson's songs off Thriller want to make me retch from
the sound of his voice only - most notably "P.Y.T." Blaaargh!
But then again, I love the Violent Femmes singer's voice . . . .
- Jim
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| 577.15 | | MANTHN::EDD | Busted, down in New Orleans... | Tue Dec 21 1993 10:50 | 6 |
| I heard the perfect description of Michael Bolton's voice this
weekend...
"He sounds like he's trying to pass a loaf of Italian bread..."
Edd
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| 577.16 | | RAYNAL::BARKER | Nothing is true...Everything is permitted | Tue Dec 21 1993 11:35 | 7 |
| Mick Jagger
Kris Kristofferson
but mostly,
Michael Bolton (is the anti-christ)
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| 577.17 | my bottom 3 | WBC::DEADY | everything's fine... just fine... | Tue Dec 21 1993 11:54 | 3 |
| Michael Bolton
Patti Scafillia (sp. Bruce Springsteen's wife)
Maria Carey
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| 577.18 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | what about now? | Tue Dec 21 1993 12:58 | 17 |
| Janet Jackson
Madonna
Maria Carey
Paula Abdul
Gloria Estefan
...I'm sure part of it is how much I hate the crappy material they
choose to do.
Re: Yoko Ono and Linda McCartney - they managed to marry 2 of the
most desirable men in the world - I have to admire them for
that even if they can't sing! :-)
Lorna
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| 577.19 | | ELIS::SCHUURMANS | Part Of The Heritage | Tue Dec 21 1993 13:44 | 10 |
| 577.20 | over-rated lace | MAYES::OSTIGUY | | Tue Dec 21 1993 15:51 | 4 |
| NIX Stevie Nicks
she sounded fine on Buckingham/Nicks and her first 2 albums with
Fleetwood Mac, but after that AAAHHHH GAG
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| 577.21 | Unfair | NACAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Tue Dec 21 1993 17:22 | 14 |
| re: Linda
The tale of the tape "proving" that she cannot sing has been told over
and over again. I saw the McCartney tour at the Worcester Centrum
several years ago and Linda was quite audible and did a very nice job
on the vocals. I think the tape can be very easily explained by a poor
monitor mix as any of us who do vocals with a live band can attest.
I'd sure hate to have somebody sifting through to find my bad moments
(few though they are :^) ). I think that story is very unfair and any
radio station that had the tastelessness to play the tape is beneath
contempt.
What _really_ makes me run screaming, though, is the voice of the lead
singer for Pearl Jam.
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| 577.22 | | THEBAY::CHABANED | Spasticus Dyslexicus | Tue Dec 21 1993 18:01 | 7 |
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Richard Butler of the Psychedelic Furs.
Even though some of the Furs tunes are amoung my favorites.
-Ed
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| 577.23 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Tue Dec 21 1993 18:11 | 9 |
| re .21, I think you have me confused with somebody else! :-)
I'm not the one who brought up the Linda McCartney tape, although
I have heard mention of it before. (In general, I like Linda, though,
because she took a lot of great photographs of rock stars in the '60's.
On Page 39 of her book of rock photos from the '60's, is a wonderful
picture of Neil Young - whose voice I *love*!) :-)
Lorna
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| 577.24 | Even Yoko had her moments, I thought... | RNDHSE::WALL | Show me, don't tell me | Tue Dec 21 1993 18:24 | 16 |
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Jeez, I can't think of anyone whose work I've found universally
unlistenable. Kate Bush comes pretty close, although I actually came
close to liking "A Deal With God." (that is Kate Bush, isn't it? I
might have the wrong title).
I'm a lot more likely to find lyrical content more annoying than a
singer's voice, or people who think that dissonance is automatically
artistic and hence musical. For example, I'm the only person I know
who thinks Sinead O'Connor's second album was worth buying and her
first album was not. Too much abuse of voice on the first one -- were
those shrieks necessary?
DFW
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| 577.25 | | MANTHN::EDD | Busted, down in New Orleans... | Tue Dec 21 1993 18:34 | 5 |
| >...might have the wrong title.
"Running Up That Hill"
Edd
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| 577.26 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Tue Dec 21 1993 18:54 | 7 |
| It's more often the type of music, or the music, that will make me
dislike a song, than it is just a case of hating a particular singer's
voice. For example, I think Eddie Vedder has a good voice, but I just
don't like the music he does with Pearl Jam.
Lorna
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| 577.27 | | NACAD::HERTZBERG | History: Love it or Leave it! | Tue Dec 21 1993 19:55 | 8 |
| >> re .21, I think you have me confused with somebody else! :-)
>> I'm not the one who brought up the Linda McCartney tape...
I know. When I said "re: Linda" I meant "re: the topic about the Linda
tape," which was .11. I can see (by squinting) that your name isn't
Linda.
Marc
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| 577.28 | Give me a squeeky door hinge..... | SWAM2::WAGNER_DA | I want Santa's bad girl list! | Wed Dec 22 1993 09:25 | 28 |
| <<< Note 577.4 by VAXWRK::STHILAIRE "what about now?" >>>
}}Frank Sinatra
I would agree with you on this, Lorna, except Frank Not-So-Hotra
doesn't sing. He talks. I've even seen some of his early films that
somebody jokingly titled musicals and he talked all of his songs.
OTHERS ON MY LIST:
Mick Jaggar with the Rolling Stones.
Mick Jaggar with anyone else.
Mick Jaggar by himself.
Mick Jaggar tied to a tree in the back yard with peanut butter spread
all over his body and wild rabid squirrels nibbling at him! (Of
course, I can't tell the difference!)
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty
Tom Petty doing his impression of Bob Dylan
And, help me out here cause I forget his name, that guy that sang for
AC/DC.
-=Dave=-
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| 577.29 | bash bash bash | NEMAIL::CARROLLJ | aka Dr. Emilio Lazardo | Wed Dec 22 1993 11:24 | 7 |
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Oh, and *another* one :-) . . .
Axl Rose. Makes my skin crawl ( or is that the point? )
- Jim
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| 577.31 | They all can't be that bad! | INDEV1::SMITH | I need two of everything... | Wed Dec 22 1993 12:59 | 7 |
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I think it would be easier to have a NOTE for people to give
opinions on who they *can* and *do* listen too. It would be
much shorter! I can't believe most of the names being bashed
here... and in the 'regular' bashing note.
Smitty
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| 577.32 | | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Wed Dec 22 1993 13:08 | 5 |
| re .31, I know! I *love* Neil Young, Tom Petty, Bruce Springsteen,
and Stevie Nicks voices.
Lorna
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| 577.33 | i love mick | VAXWRK::STHILAIRE | Food, Shelter & Diamonds | Wed Dec 22 1993 13:09 | 4 |
| Also, Mick Jagger! I love his voice.
Lorna
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| 577.34 | | TECRUS::ROST | If you don't C#, you might Bb | Wed Dec 22 1993 13:58 | 21 |
| My no-nos:
Luciano Pavarotti Nat King Cole Bill Monroe
Johnny Most Aretha Franklin Larry Storch
Mrs. Miller Emmylou Harris Dean Martin
Aaron Tippin Dickie Peterson Brian Markey
Julie Andrews Ginger Baker Mary Martin
Cathy Berberian Johnny Hartman Mary Hopkin
Jim Osterberg Betty Carter Mary Wells
Beverly Sills Msitslav Rostropovich John Martyn
Tony Bennett Justin Hayward Rolf Harris
Dave Blickstein Sandy Denny Cher
Joe Cocker Ella Fitzgerald John Chancellor
Marcel Marceau Smokey Robinson Ian Gillan
Paul McCartney Smokey Stover Woody Allen
Nusrat Ali Khan Betty Jo Bioloski Steve Allen
Mario Lanza Nicolo Pagannini Bobby McFerrin
These are all I could think of off the top of my head...
Chester Burnett
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| 577.35 | | BUSY::SLABOUNTY | Being weird isn't enough | Wed Dec 22 1993 14:01 | 9 |
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RE: Brian
Is there anyone you like?
8^)
GTI
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| 577.36 | I know I do... | INDEV1::SMITH | I need two of everything... | Wed Dec 22 1993 15:24 | 5 |
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Looks like a lot of folks need a new stereo system, then maybe
you would like what you hear... :^)
Smitty
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| 577.37 | | NWD002::TUTAK_PE | Rickenbackerhacker | Wed Dec 22 1993 17:07 | 8 |
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re: .34
Brian, I'm surprised. Sandy Denny ? I know--you meant Sandy *Duncan*,
right ? Or was it Sandy Becker ?
Peter
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| 577.38 | Dear Mom, Look! | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Down on that shreddin' flo' | Wed Dec 22 1993 18:46 | 9 |
| Noticed thta Brian Markey and I were in that list.
Can only say that I'm honored to be on a list that includes Paul
McCartney, Beverly Sills, Ella, Sandy Denny, Tony Bennett, etc.
Brian, do I have your permission to forward that list to people
I'm trying to impress?
db
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| 577.39 | | LEDS::BURATI | boss burato | Wed Dec 22 1993 19:54 | 2 |
| Aye, a strange list that would have Ginger Baker's and Betty Carter's
names separated by only a few pixels. I would only add Lorne Greene.
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| 577.40 | | KOLFAX::WIEGLEB | Thai Truck-Driving Hero | Wed Dec 22 1993 22:51 | 8 |
| RE: Brian
Betty Jo Bioloski!?!? You can't be serious! Surely, you must mean
Susan Underhill, or mebbe Audrey Farber? ;^)
Then it hit me...
- Dave
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| 577.41 | a few more . . . | NEMAIL::CARROLLJ | aka Dr. Emilio Lazardo | Thu Dec 23 1993 11:02 | 8 |
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William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy
She's gorgeous, true, but did anyone hear Cindy Crawford try to sing on
the 'Charlie' commercial with Little Richard? Oh *man* . . .
- JIm
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| 577.42 | You're right, we *can't* talk here! | TAMRC::LAURENT | Hal Laurent @ COP | Thu Dec 23 1993 13:38 | 12 |
| re: .40
> Betty Jo Bioloski!?!? You can't be serious! Surely, you must mean
> Susan Underhill, or mebbe Audrey Farber? ;^)
Oh, you mean Nancy!
> Then it hit me...
...like the cold kiss at the end of a wet fist.
-Hal
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| 577.43 | I know that tune... | DREGS::BLICKSTEIN | Down on that shreddin' flo' | Thu Dec 23 1993 14:30 | 5 |
| >...like the cold kiss at the end of a wet fist.
It was "pig night" at the old...
db
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| 577.44 | "...what's all this brouhaha....??" | STRATA::PHILLIPS | Music of the spheres. | Thu Dec 23 1993 17:49 | 4 |
| ...at the old Monte Ponty Sigma House....we had escaped from the crowd
and stood trembling under the dwarf maples.... ;)
ep
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