OT: Popular vocalist you dislike (for any reason)

[SandrasGuy]

Whitney Houston agreed. doesn’t so much sing as yell.
bob Dylan...yuck.
any of the singers since the 90s who sound like they’re grunting on the toilet...a la nickelback.

 

[Blueconn]

Ethel Merman. A voice that could kill trees and make animals start hibernating. As a kid, it seemed like she was on Ed Sullivan every other week...along with Ed’s other geezer faves like Sophie Tucker and Jimmy Durante

 

[donalddoowop]

Otis Redding? This man is one of the smoothest, most soulful voices ever. Too soon departed.

To me he was not smooth. He made some smooth songs wild. Listen to the difference between his version of "Try A Little Tenderness" and the Aretha Franklin version. You will see what smooth is from Aretha on that song. I did not like that "got ta got ta got ta kind of style. Smooth to me is the lead singers of the Flamingos, Spaniels, Heart Beats, and the second version of the Five Satins, among others. Mathis, Sinatra, Como and Cole personify smooth. JMO.

 

[Bigboote]

Geez, there are so many. But a few jump right to the front:

Celine Dion -- on so many levels.
Christopher Cross, the guy who sings for REO Speedwagon, and the guy who sings for Cheap Trick. Don't like their music, don't like their songs, don't like their voices.
Geddy Lee -- I actually have a great deal of respect for Rush, I want to like them, but my reaction to his voice is at the most base level, I can't get past it.

 

[JonathanXIV]

To me he was not smooth. He made some smooth songs wild. Listen to the difference between his version of "Try A Little Tenderness" and the Aretha Franklin version. You will see what smooth is from Aretha on that song. I did not like that "got ta got ta got ta kind of style. Smooth to me is the lead singers of the Flamingos, Spaniels, Heart Beats, and the second version of the Five Satins, among others. Mathis, Sinatra, Como and Cole personify smooth. JMO.

Not smooth. Soulful. And a legend.

 

[VA Huskie]

Michael Bolton

 

[bbfanLA]

The Dolly version is SO much better.

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Bobby Brown,

R Kelly

 

[Adesmar123]

The Dolly version is SO much better.

Yeah, those two great points on Dolly's version.

 

[bbfanLA]

Geez, there are so many. But a few jump right to the front:

Celine Dion -- on so many levels.
Christopher Cross, the guy who sings for REO Speedwagon, and the guy who sings for Cheap Trick. Don't like their music, don't like their songs, don't like their voices.
Geddy Lee -- I actually have a great deal of respect for Rush, I want to like them, but my reaction to his voice is at the most base level, I can't get past it.

Celine Dion makes me want to stab my brain.

 

[Mdoggie]

Celine Dion makes me want to stab my brain.

Smokey makes me wanna set myself on fire!!

 

[Mdoggie]

Bobby Brown,

R Kelly

I have to agree!!! Especially R Kelly!

 

[Steelerone]

Pat Boone for what he did to this song.

I think every song that Pat Boone ever sang was stolen from Little Richard or Fats Domino. His photo should be next to the word "phony" in the dictionary.

 

[Steelerone]

Billy Ray Cyrus. Every time I heard his "Achy Breaky Heart it was like metal nails going across a chalk board. Then, to top it off, he's responsible for giving the world Milay Cyrus.

 

[Kaizen]

Kayne West ... no doubt, he looks so dirty

 

[TerpWomenFan]

Kayne West ... no doubt, he looks so dirty

I guess he count. Rap is a form of vocalist I guess.

Dr. Dre.

 

[Steelerone]

Wow. When I looked at the description of the post I expected to see a group of second rate vocalists. Sort of surprised to see some of the names like Smokey, Otis, Sinatra and Elvis. Goes to show, some peoples junk are other peoples treasuers and visa versa. Aside from "Memories Are Made Of This" I never really cared for Dean Martin. When he sang "That's Amore" I sort of wished someone would throw a Pizza Pie in his eye.

 

[Mdoggie]

Some of these comments are hilarious! You people are gooooood! Lol

 

[Mdoggie]

Kayne West ... no doubt, he looks so dirty

He is batsh!? Crazy

 

[donalddoowop]

Not smooth. Soulful. And a legend.

I agree with soulful and a legend. Just not my kind of singer.

 

[donalddoowop]

Celine Dion makes me want to stab my brain.

Sometimes she is okay to listen to but very hard to watch. She acts as if she is God's gift to singing.

 

[chrissaran]

Beyonce'. I just don't get it. Didn't like her with Destiny's Child, and I don't like her solo. I'll take Rihanna any day.

 

[rvwsleep]

Smokey makes me wanna set myself on fire!!

I prefer to remember the Smokey of an earlier era.

 

[cullaville]

Melane - Roller Skate song is dreadful