Page 4 of 10

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 3:57pm
by Kory
Neil Young
Dave Thomas
Corgan
Mark E. Smith
Dylan on his Xmas album

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:00pm
by Heston
Thom Yorke.

Inhabits some excruciating hinterland in between normal musical notes.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:03pm
by eumaas
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:00pm
Thom Yorke.

Inhabits some excruciating hinterland in between normal musical notes.
I will sign on for this criticism of Yorke's unintentional microtonality.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:03pm
by eumaas
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:00pm
Thom Yorke.

Inhabits some excruciating hinterland in between normal musical notes.
I will sign on for this criticism of Yorke's unintentional microtonality.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:03pm
by matedog
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:53pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:41pm
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:34pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:27pm
Whitney was never that bad
The "me" in "I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me" has about 8 notes in one second.
I'm only hearing one note in "me." :huh:
1 min 59

That's way more subtle than your typical Aguilera riffing. Also, that song is amazing and her voice is amazing.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:06pm
by Heston
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:03pm
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:53pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:41pm
Heston wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:34pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:27pm
Whitney was never that bad
The "me" in "I Wanna Dance With Somebody Who Loves Me" has about 8 notes in one second.
I'm only hearing one note in "me." :huh:
1 min 59

That's way more subtle than your typical Aguilera riffing. Also, that song is amazing and her voice is amazing.
It is a good pop song.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:08pm
by matedog
Just listen to the god awful riffing at 3:08

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:11pm
by Dr. Medulla
That stuff seems like the vocal equivalent of metal soloing (guitar or drum). It's a demonstration of talent and technique, but how often is it good for the song?

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:13pm
by eumaas
Here among old fogeys I can admit that I do not understand why people go nuts for Queen Bey.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:18pm
by 101Walterton
eumaas wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:13pm
Here among old fogeys I can admit that I do not understand why people go nuts for Queen Bey.
Most of the music is dire but she’s got balls!!!

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:21pm
by JennyB
eumaas wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:13pm
Here among old fogeys I can admit that I do not understand why people go nuts for Queen Bey.
Agreed. She's fine.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:23pm
by Wolter
JennyB wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:21pm
eumaas wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:13pm
Here among old fogeys I can admit that I do not understand why people go nuts for Queen Bey.
Agreed. She's fine.
I’m just old enough to have no need to put up a poptimist front.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:24pm
by matedog
eumaas wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 4:13pm
Here among old fogeys I can admit that I do not understand why people go nuts for Queen Bey.
I don't think her voice is particularly great and I don't think her music is as interesting as Rihanna's, generally. Her persona is great and she knows how to package her product. I enjoyed a lot of the Lemonade album too.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:25pm
by matedog
I think Madonna is similar as someone who was a huge cultural icon and when you look back at her songs there are just a handful that are good relative to a lot of other artists.

Re: Awful Voices Thread

Posted: 26 Oct 2017, 4:29pm
by 101Walterton
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:53pm
101Walterton wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:51pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:45pm
101Walterton wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:40pm
matedog wrote:
26 Oct 2017, 3:29pm

There's a weird appeal to Jagger's voice for me. However, Keith's lead vocals have always been god damn atrocious to me. How is "Happy" considered a good song by anyone? Yet it's apparently worthy of all of their best of comps. Any lead of his is an automatic skip for me. "You Got the Silver", ugh.
Interested to know what you think of Guiding Light - Television?
Never heard it before. Vocals are okay, not particularly good.
But the song is still perfect!
So? Rudie Can't Fail is still probably in my top 5 favorite songs of all time.
The fact that a less than perfect vocal makes a song great in itself makes the vocal perfect.
Ian Curtis is another example of this.