Topic: Vocalists that annoy you... (Read 34755 times)

dessa · « **on:** 09 Oct 2005, 04:53 »

what band vocalists annoy you.
for me it has to be the vocalist from "Clap your hands say yeah" and the vocals on dreamtheatre albums since falling into infinity have been annoying too.

normz · « **Reply #1 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 04:56 »

im going to get hurt for this one but billy corgan .... jeez he's such a whiny little bitch

Leonidas · « **Reply #2 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 05:20 »

There are two in particular.

The first is Liam Gallacher. Never has there been such an arrogant and obnoxious waste of space as this man. What's more, his arrogance and all his money is based on having no talent whatsoever!

The second is Ricky Wilson, lead singer with the Kaiser Chiefs. I read him described in Arena magazine as like that of an annoying public-school turd, compensating for a life of sexual bullying at the hands of "the bigger boys" by projecting a desperate mix of theatrically and forced self-confidence.

I concur.

Inlander · « **Reply #3 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 05:23 »

Oh good god yes does Billy Corgan drive me mad.

Also, Morissey. And Kasey Chambers - perhaps she is a great songwriter as everybody says, but her voice is so girly and annoying! Finally, one for the Aussies: the bloke from Died Pretty. It's not so much that his voice was bad, per se, it's just that it was kind of toneless. There was nothing interesting about it.

For the record, I like the guy from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah's voice, although I know it's not for everybody. Instead of trying to make out what he's singing, try treating the vocals as just another one of the band's instruments. I find it works pretty well that way.

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #4 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 06:26 »

I like the singer from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah also.

Hm. Singers that annoy me. Voice wise, Axl Rose is number one. That guy from AC/DC is pretty annoying too.

Just being an annoying prick wise... yeah, Axl Rose.

Mikendher · « **Reply #5 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:17 »

The guy from the Decemberists. They make SUCH good music, but he's got such an annoying whine (or whatever you call it).

Thrillho · « **Reply #6 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:22 »

Axl Rose. Arrogant fuckhead. Made some great records though.

normz · « **Reply #7 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:24 »

actually the guy from hot hot heat has an annoying voice sometimes (dont get me wrong tho i still adore hot hot heat) i think im just against whiny bitches dammit

KharBevNor · « **Reply #8 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:27 »

Thom Yorke
Chris Barnes
Ville Valo

*end*

normz · « **Reply #9 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:32 »

awww poor ville valo ..... sure you may be totally conceited but your voice is ok (if slightly over rated) and you have a hot tattoo *sigh* i still love you ville

Thrillho · « **Reply #10 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:34 »

normz · « **Reply #11 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:47 »

yeah he's a real charmer the way he smokes and has his hand down his crotch and all

marry me ville (no not really)

fenmere · « **Reply #12 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 07:53 »

Jimmy Buffet.

Cpt.Fantastic · « **Reply #13 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 08:46 »

Here's what I did to Carl(Fabio)'s HIM (Ville Valo) poster:

TrueNeutral · « **Reply #14 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 08:57 »

Oh, and lets not get Varg Vikernes. Nazi bastard.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #15 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 08:59 »

I would forgive Varg if he'd never cut his beard.

Se7en · « **Reply #16 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 10:23 »

I cant stand whoever does the vocals in modest mouses lonesome crowded west album. Whoever the hell it is, they cant sing, and have the most godawful screeching drawl that makes them sound like a cat being slowly torn to peices. Hopelessly overrated band.

sp2 · « **Reply #17 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 10:27 »

Geddy Lee

Also, that dude from Coheed and Cambria needs an asskicking, too.

tania · « **Reply #18 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 10:32 »

Conor Oberst.

Praeserpium Machinarum · « **Reply #19 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 10:34 »

I am surprised, he doesn't look much like a psycho, many norwegians look that way...wait... NORWAY IS A COUNTRY INHABITED ENTIRELY BY PSYCHOS!!!

I might be overreacting though

JLM · « **Reply #20 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 10:51 »

Vocalists that really bother me:
Pete Steele
Régine Chassagne
Isaac Brock
Perry Farrell
Shawn Christensen when he purposely goes off key.

More than anyone else, though, the most annoying vocalist I've heard has to be Idiot Pilot's Michael Harris.

practicality · « **Reply #21 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 11:00 »

The singer(s) from Blonde Redhead. I always start off liking their music until they start singing.

sp2 · « **Reply #22 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 11:08 »

Quote from: practicality

The singer(s) from Blonde Redhead. I always start off liking their music until they start singing.

This is actually wrong. But, thanks for playing, anyways.

La Creme · « **Reply #23 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 11:21 »

@ephemere: YES! Conor Oberst needs to be gutted.

Also, definately the guy from Hot Hot Heat.

And even though Radiohead are pretty damn decent, Thom Yorke, shut up.

Schmendrick · « **Reply #24 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 11:39 »

billy talent's singer.... whiny no good .... anyways you get the point

sp2 · « **Reply #25 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 12:13 »

Oh shit yeah. The guy from Hot Hot Heat needs a kick to the trachea.

Also, Conrad Keely can grate on the nerves after about 20 listenings. This is why the most recent Trail of Dead album was less good....they didn't drown out his vocals with noise as much.

Rust · « **Reply #26 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 13:17 »

ephemere beat me to it.

shrimp · « **Reply #27 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 13:24 »

Adam whats'his'face from Counting Crows. I just DONT like his damn voice.

What's-her-face from Arch Enemy just cause ITS WRONG for a lady to sing like that!

Luckily for me, i can avoid both of those by handing *him* his earphones and motioning at the telly.

Signum_Tenebrae · « **Reply #28 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 14:06 »

hey just cause varg hates a jew here and there doesn't make him a bad vocalist.

I think his vocals set the bar for the inhuman-torture-screams style stuff.

ImRonBurgundy? · « **Reply #29 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 14:14 »

the guys from:

The Mars Volta
New Found Glory
My Chemical Romance
Coheed & Cambria

it's a good thing i don't actually listen to those bands.

KharBevNor · « **Reply #30 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 14:55 »

Quote from: Signum_Tenebrae

hey just cause varg hates a jew here and there doesn't make him a bad vocalist.

Vargs vocals are actually pretty damn good. It's easy to see why people criticise him though, although I did think this was about vocals.

Oh, and you want a correlation between reputation and physical appearance?

HITLER YOUTH VARG, GO!

Soidanae · « **Reply #31 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 17:27 »

Dave Matthew(s) (is there an s there? Or is that just because of Dave Matthew's Band) He sounds so utterly whiny all the time. And the falsetto is deadly.

Also: Clean male vocals and the female singer on Sirenia's "An Elixir for Existence". Ugh. Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.

Garcin · « **Reply #32 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 19:31 »

I'd like to second dislike for Dave Matthews' voice. I think it might be set at the resonance frequency of my molars or something.

I like Eric Ounsworth's voice (the vocalist for Clap Your Hands Say Yeah). Sounds like a really sincere drawl; equal parts intense and stoned. Excellent.

I probably dislike Bjork the most, voice-wise. There were parts of Vespertine where I started to hit myself in the arm for a distraction. I wanted to get through the entire CD so that I could bash Bjork in an informed manner, should the need arise, but I don't think I ever made it. I know that to some people her voice is nectar and ambrosia, but to me it makes nails on chalkboard sound like Sufjan Stevens.

(Obviously since I'm ok with both Sufjan, and with singer/pixies like Feist, I'm anticipating a tad of disagreement with other forumers, but hey, that's cool -- everyone's right!)

EDIT: Grammar.

Rizzo · « **Reply #33 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 19:49 »

I'm go isolate myself here but I HATE Bob Dylan. He can't bloody sing...
Give up and die already Bob.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #34 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 20:37 »

Dylan can't sing, but he's such a great songwriter it doesn't matter.

I second the guy from Hot Hot Heat, Thom Yorke, Axl Rose, and Brandon Flowers (if he's the guy from the Killers, which I think he is). James LaBrie is marginal.

And I like Geddy Lee, though I will admit it took a long time for me to adjust to his style. Plus, he's a great bassist.

Inlander · « **Reply #35 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 20:41 »

Bob Dylan can't sing, can't play guitar, can't play harmonica, and his songwriting is wildly over-rated. If I ever have to listen to "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its awful, convoluted metaphors again then I won't be responsible for my actions.

MondaysCadence · « **Reply #36 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 20:43 »

Bob Dylan
Ricky Martin
Jordan Pundik (the new found glory guy)

The lead singer of Trapt... I don't know his name, but he can't controll his voice in concert and it's HORRIBLE.

The Hoobastank guy

Axl Rose
The guy from Staind
The guy from Modest Mouse
Amy Lee

I can't think of anymore that I hate right now but I KNOW there's more.

Storm Rider · « **Reply #37 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 20:51 »

Quote from: Inlander

Bob Dylan can't sing, can't play guitar, can't play harmonica, and his songwriting is wildly over-rated. If I ever have to listen to "Mr. Tambourine Man" and its awful, convoluted metaphors again then I won't be responsible for my actions.

Making Mr. Tambourine Man the example of his songwriting is like making I Want to Hold Your Hand the example for the Beatles. It isn't in any way indicative of the rest of their work.

Inlander · « **Reply #38 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:01 »

There are songs of his I don't mind (such as "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - that lyric "I ain't saying you treated me unkind/You coulda done better but I don't mind/You just kinda wasted my precious time" is one of the best kiss-offs in popular music), but I find the vast majority of them to be very over-written. "Mr. Tambourine Man" is merely the worst example of this.

Also, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is highly indicative of the period during the Beatles' career from which it comes; namely, the early-sixties pop-band period.

rive gauche · « **Reply #39 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:03 »

Quote from: Moiche

I probably dislike Bjork the most, voice-wise. There were parts of Vespertine where I started to hit myself in the arm for a distraction. I wanted to get through the entire CD so that I could bash Bjork in an informed manner, should the need arise, but I don't think I ever made it. I know that to some people her voice is nectar and ambrosia, but to me it makes nails on chalkboard sound like Sufjan Stevens.

clearly, you know nothing about singing.

Inlander · « **Reply #40 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:06 »

rive gauche, perhaps you've never heard the saying "there's no such thing as an incorrect opinion"?

Storm Rider · « **Reply #41 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:08 »

Quote from: Inlander

There are songs of his I don't mind (such as "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" - that lyric "I ain't saying you treated me unkind/You coulda done better but I don't mind/You just kinda wasted my precious time" is one of the best kiss-offs in popular music), but I find the vast majority of them to be very over-written. "Mr. Tambourine Man" is merely the worst example of this.

Also, "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" is highly indicative of the period during the Beatles' career from which it comes; namely, the early-sixties pop-band period.

Sure, but that was before Lennon and McCartney matured into two of the best songwriters in the era.

tania · « **Reply #42 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:20 »

To be fair, I do listen to some Bright Eyes, and I don't actually *hate* Conor Oberst per se.. but like the title said, we're supposed to list vocalists that annoy us, not vocalists we'd be happy to see tortured and killed (although I guess they aren't really ruled out either.)

I do think Conor is musically talented.. it's just the fact that he sounds like an old man and looks like myspace that bothers me to no end.

Need I say more?

dessa · « **Reply #43 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:21 »

another one i nearly forgot, the vocalist from the vines...
@ ephemere, your photo doesn't work...

tania · « **Reply #44 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:25 »

Quote from: Schmendrick

billy talent's singer.... whiny no good .... anyways you get the point

Oh man, yeah! I forgot about Billy Talent. His voice alone makes me think of a crazy homeless man banging on garbage can lids.

@ dessa: Sorry about that, the photo should be fixed now.

Garcin · « **Reply #45 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 21:58 »

Quote from: rive gauche

clearly, you know nothing about singing.

The throbbing quality Bjork imparts to many of the tracks in Vespertine is called "vibrato". Classical vocalists tend to use it as a crutch, and it's incredibly controversial. Importing into pop is bound to turn off some people who are looking for something more spontaneous and less pretentious.

Also . . . "Cocoon" dude. . . breath away from the fucking mic.

But hey, they're plenty of things to love there too, so I forgive your ad hominem.

Maui · « **Reply #46 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 22:20 »

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The singer(s) from Blonde Redhead. I always start off liking their music until they start singing.

My thoughts EXACTLY! Get out of my head!

practicality · « **Reply #47 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 22:24 »

We Rachels think alike.

Maui · « **Reply #48 on:** 09 Oct 2005, 22:31 »

Is your name Rachel?! OOhhhh nifty!

Luke · « **Reply #49 on:** 10 Oct 2005, 00:00 »

The guy that does the higher vocals for Blink 182 needs to join the Non-Annoying Singing 101 class that we're going to send Jordan Pundik to as well. ...throw in about 80% of the people from the Warped Tour, while we're at it.

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Author Topic: Vocalists that annoy you... (Read 34755 times)

dessa

normz

TrueNeutral

Mikendher

normz

normz

normz

fenmere

Cpt.Fantastic

TrueNeutral

Se7en

sp2

Praeserpium Machinarum

practicality

sp2

La Creme

Schmendrick

sp2

Rust

shrimp

Signum_Tenebrae

Garcin

MondaysCadence

rive gauche

dessa

Garcin

Maui

practicality

Maui

Luke