Most irritating vocalist

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-05-03 02:22am

Whose voice bothers you the most? I'm not talking about the style of music; I'm talking about the way a vocalist uses his or her voice. So if you hate country, or hair metal, that's not what I'm talking about and you shouldn't just rattle off names of singers in genres you dislike. I'm talking about vocalists who use their voice in such a manner that it drives you crazy.

My vote goes to Peabo Bryson. It's not bad enough that he sounds like he just got kicked in the nuts, but his voice wavers in and out as if someone is rapid-cycling the volume control from 1 to 10 every second.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-05-03 02:26am

Missy Higgins. Annoying Aussie singer. No matter what fucking word she says, it sounds like there's 20 more letter "a"'s in there than there should be.

It's "sleep", you emo bitch, not "slaaaaaaaaaaaeeeeaaaappppp."

Brother-Captain Gaius · Post by **Brother-Captain Gaius** » 2006-05-03 02:29am

Bob. Dylan.

Nothing more need be said.

Tsyroc · Post by **Tsyroc** » 2006-05-03 02:36am

Brother-Captain Gaius wrote:Bob. Dylan.

Nothing more need be said.

Good call.

I do think he's gotten better than he was but he still sucks.

How can someone write so many good songs and have no frickin' clue how to sing them without making them sound like crap?

Zadius · Post by **Zadius** » 2006-05-03 04:47am

Macy Gray. It's the raspy voice that just makes my spine crawl.

Rye · Post by **Rye** » 2006-05-03 08:22am

Macy Gray grinds my tits, too, she sounds like King Louie from the jungle book only with less variability and more smoking.

The Bee Gees and Wheatus fucking infuriate me, men just aren't meant to sound like that. "I'm just a teenage dirtbag baby, got two tickets to iron maiden baby." ARGHHHHHHHHH!

Post by **Edi** » 2006-05-03 08:29am

Pink. Haven't heard any songs from her except Stupid Girls, and that's two songs too many. I always start looking for fire axes or other implements of destruction when I hear that song, her vocie is so annoying. And much the same goes for Ninja Sarasalo's song Fashion.

Edi

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2006-05-03 11:32am

Dylan is an acquired taste, if anything. He's not an artist that lends himself easily to extended listening. There's a reason he's known more as a lyricist than a musician.

I have a few:

Scott Stapp
James Hetfield
Robert Plant on Battle of Evermore (do your worst, fuckers)
John Fogerty (honestly, I find the guy's voice so irritating I can't listen to Creedence songs)

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-05-03 11:43am

James Blunt. That fucking un-song of his drives me batty. The fact that everyone and their second niece plays it constantly doesn't help, either.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2006-05-03 12:26pm

The whiney little 'tard that sings for Blink 182. It'd stomp on his genetalia to make him shut up, but it sounds like he already cut them off.

NeoGoomba · Post by **NeoGoomba** » 2006-05-03 01:34pm

Sammy Hagar.

*shudders*

General Zod · Post by **General Zod** » 2006-05-03 03:13pm

Whoever the name of that bitch is that sings in Aqua. I simply cannot stand her voice, for various reasons I can't pinpoint on any single specific thing.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2006-05-03 03:27pm

Fallout Boy's Patrick Stump
Red Hot Chili Pepper's Anthony Kiedis
System of a Down's Daron Malakian. When I hear his voice I want to cut my throat. I fucking hate his voice.
The two fuckers from Linkin Park.

Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi · Post by **Asst. Asst. Lt. Cmdr. Smi** » 2006-05-03 03:47pm

I'll have to second Fallout Boy's Patrick Stump, although there are far worse examples of the "Tom Verlaine getting kicked in the balls" sound too many damn emo vocalists have.

Vendetta · Post by **Vendetta** » 2006-05-03 04:01pm

Thingy from Coldplay, and the other thingy from Travis.

And anyone else whose entire act is coming on stage and whining like a thirteen year old who just got his TV taken away.

aerius · Post by **aerius** » 2006-05-03 04:14pm

Mariah Carey. The vocal equivalent of senseless guitar wanking. Using 50 notes to sing what should be a one syllable word gets stupid pretty fast. Even worse is that a whole bunch of aspiring singers thought it was cool and started imitating her.

JLTucker · Post by **JLTucker** » 2006-05-03 04:28pm

aerius wrote:Mariah Carey. The vocal equivalent of senseless guitar wanking. Using 50 notes to sing what should be a one syllable word gets stupid pretty fast. Even worse is that a whole bunch of aspiring singers thought it was cool and started imitating her.

With that in mind, Fantasia Borrino, the worst American Idle winner. Diana DeGarmo owned that fucking bitch., GODDAMMIT! WHY THE FUCK DID FANTASIA WIN? YOU KNOW WHY? FUCKING SYMPATHY VOTE BECAUSE THAT IDIOT HAS A CHILD. SHE CANNOT SING. I HATE HER SLURRS. 10 SLURS IN ONE WORD. GAWD!

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-05-03 04:56pm

Whoever sings that song that goes, "You're BEAUTIFAHL, you're BEAUTIFAHL, it's TROOOOOOO" that teenage girls seem to want to listen to obsessively.

Fucking drives me up a wall.

Also the bitch from Black Eyed Peas, which I detest anyway. Even so, her voice in particular just reeks of whiney diva bitch.

R.O.A · Post by **R.O.A** » 2006-05-03 05:00pm

The guy from Green Day drives me up the wall. Mariah Carey, Carrie Underwood, and Cold Play among others

2000AD · Post by **2000AD** » 2006-05-03 05:02pm

Nelly Furtado, just can't stand her voice.

I second Linkin Park, beacuse i like their music and in the recording studio they must do some serious magic because on albums they sound half decent. When live they sound like shit. There's just such massive gulf between what they sound like lie and in the studio that it just kills the musioc for me.

Darth Raptor · Post by **Darth Raptor** » 2006-05-03 06:37pm

Pick wrote:Whoever sings that song that goes, "You're BEAUTIFAHL, you're BEAUTIFAHL, it's TROOOOOOO" that teenage girls seem to want to listen to obsessively.

Fucking drives me up a wall.

That would be James Blunt. Join me in my quest to destroy him.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-05-03 06:39pm

Darth Raptor wrote:
Pick wrote:Whoever sings that song that goes, "You're BEAUTIFAHL, you're BEAUTIFAHL, it's TROOOOOOO" that teenage girls seem to want to listen to obsessively.

Fucking drives me up a wall.
That would be James Blunt. Join me in my quest to destroy him.

I didn't realize that was the guy you were talking about too!

But we need to do more than destroy him. If we merely release the world from his presence, they'll start playing it as a tribute and it'll never go away

. He must be wiped from the timeline.

I suggest calling Dr. Who.

18-Till-I-Die · Post by **18-Till-I-Die** » 2006-05-03 06:43pm

Darth Raptor wrote:
Pick wrote:Whoever sings that song that goes, "You're BEAUTIFAHL, you're BEAUTIFAHL, it's TROOOOOOO" that teenage girls seem to want to listen to obsessively.

Fucking drives me up a wall.
That would be James Blunt. Join me in my quest to destroy him.

I'll throw my lot in there too. Honestly one of the worst singers ever, and my mom says she's "grown used" to his song and kind of thinks its "beautiful".

Which is all the evidence i need that she's gone deaf.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2006-05-03 06:51pm

Darth Raptor wrote:
Pick wrote:Whoever sings that song that goes, "You're BEAUTIFAHL, you're BEAUTIFAHL, it's TROOOOOOO" that teenage girls seem to want to listen to obsessively.

Fucking drives me up a wall.
That would be James Blunt. Join me in my quest to destroy him.

I could swear that guy kind of sounds Rod Steward-ish.

Pick · Post by **Pick** » 2006-05-03 07:04pm

18-Till-I-Die wrote: I'll throw my lot in there too. Honestly one of the worst singers ever, and my mom says she's "grown used" to his song and kind of thinks its "beautiful".

See, this is why I think it's critical that you like a song the first time around. If repitition is the only thing that can save it, then there is something fundamentally wrong, aka, it blows.