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Wonder if its dubbed? It does sound like him though
I cant imagine those songs from My Fair Lady being done by anyone else nowOriginally Posted by Saint-Just
I'd completely forgotten about Paint Your Wagon - as I recall, Clint Eastwood also sang a few numbers - just off to look in You Tube now!
Here it is
Wonder if its dubbed? It does sound like him though
I have to disagree with you. He was a bit shaky at the end of his life, but that's excusable considering his health. Other than that, he was a perfectly acceptable singer.
Indeed. Great bass. And even his Hurt cover is outstanding, despite his shaky voice.
'Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain' - Schiller.
I think that he was impressive up until the end
His version of 'Hurt' is superb
I suspect Pete Ham and Tom Evans would be crying
M.
Kwaliteee! And better than Mariah to boot.
Waiting for the Burt Bacharach tribute on BBC4 last night, caught the end of TOTP. What was on? Mariah Carey screaming how she couldn’t live any more. I’d forgotten how truly shocking she is.
Another who can’t sing - Rufus Wainwright. His rendition of Kentucky Bluebird in the Bacharach tribute was the pits.
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I have this recurring nightmare that the spice girls reform and we have to listen to Victoria beckham again on the airwaves, piese of coke stuck under a door comes to mind. :(
Tina Turner, vastly overrated.
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I've never understood how anyone can listen to Elvis Costello. Terrible songs, awful voice. Talentless sh*te that seems to attract a cult following.
No, you’re just wrong. Granted, he may not be as good as he once was but his 20th century work was great.
Agreed, saw him do a very long set in Glastonbury 1987, nearly two hours on his own with an acoustic guitar showboating all the songs he'd written for other people, then a full electric set with the Attractions. Incredible talent.
And none of us were as good as were were in the 20th century ;)
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Interesting take! For someone so talentless, interesting that plenty of greats (including the recently departed Burt Bacharach and also Paul McCartney) have been happy to collaborate with him.
Each to their own. Tone deaf crap IMHO but that's just an opinion
Interesting though that Tina Turner and Mariah Carey get pilloried and nary a complaint yet Elvis Costello who isn't even in the same galaxy as those 2 artists gets resoundly defended lol.
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Sam Smith and his nasal whine
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Bjork
His?Sam Smith and his nasal whine
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I get she might not be to everybody’s taste, but Hyperballad and Venus As A Boy were pretty special.
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Well spotted - their?
"Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. The third time it's enemy action."
'Populism, the last refuge of a Tory scoundrel'.
Tom Jones
Bob Dylan
Chris Martin, like white noise but more boring and irritating.
All those artists who depend on autotune.
Absolutely Venus as a Boy a special song.
If were talking woeful singers
Duffy - how to sing like a tortured cat
George Ezra - how to sing through your nose
I've found that female country singers with a background in gospel singing - are phenomenal singers.
Something to do with belting out those 'Jesus bangers' every week!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzdEd1dZJjA.
John Shuttleworth closely followed by
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Tjuygr65SU
Elvis Costello
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOqo5Po462U
George Formby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjJuDyPeR7k
and Adele
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"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
Mentioning these in the same sentence says everything about you.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
That I have taste reflective of a huge number of people and that you are a troll?
If that’s your logic list up Harry styles and Justin beiber too.
+1!Sam Smith and his nasal whine
Rod Stewart
Define singing.
The trouble with all these threads is that it's not all about the ability to hit and/or hold a note.
Great singers/songs are about how they make you feel.
That's why Maria Carey's Without You is so truly horrendous. She turns it into an exercise of vocal gymnastics, possibly very clever, but, to my ears, horrible.
She's removed any emotion from the song and the despair of Nilsson's version is left to the despair at having to listen to the dreadful cat in a tumble dryer sound she outputs.
Most of the singers being cited here have produced some good songs.
Perhaps if you're into opera, the ability to hit and sustain notes is what it's all about, but mostly we're talking about pop/rock singers here.
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Breitling Cosmonaute 809 - What's not to like?
Geddy Lee of Rush. One of my favourite bands and phenomenal musicians but if only they had a dedicated vocalist.
Entirely different genre - Terry Hall of The Specials rest his soul.
Some mainstream pop vocalists have fantastic voices. The kind of thing you see on The X Factor or The Voice. Vocal gymnastics to impress judges and a specific audience. For me that's where their talent seems to end. The kind of musicians we're talking about have depth and soul and presence.
I remember seeing Mariah Carey on a Live edition of Top of the Pops. Bad on an epic scale without the production element to her music.
Madonna. She'd wouldn't even get an audition in one of those talent shows.
Who can forget her Eurovision performance?
Yes, because "a huge number of people" always know best.
Proof: Barbie Girl, The Lady in Red, Macarena; or McDonalds, Boris Johnson and The Daily Mail.
Someone who lies about the little things will lie about the big things too.
Rhianne.
Finish a damn word will you love?! It's like a three and a half minute blend of vowel sounds.
Wow! Checked it out and you’re not wrong. I’m not a consumer of “recent” music but when did adding loads and loads of spurious notes that aren’t actually part of the tune of the song become a thing?
Ian Brown from the Stone Roses. On a recording, fine. Live, I can’t listen to him.
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in my opinion Boy George cant sing any better than a pub singer live, the music industry use clever software to enhance recordings. They can make below average singers sound good.
Good grief.
A great songwriter who sings his own songs in a unique and wonderful fashion.
Cheers,
Neil.
He is pretty rotten live but as you say, on record with The Stone Roses he fits the sound.
Cheers,
Neil.
I used to work with someone who was a massive fan of Bruce Springsteen. To me it just sounded like some pissed bloke doing karaoke.
Rita Ora - her role during live gigs is to clap and shout "C'mon, Glastonbury!" while her back up singers get on with singing her songs. She can't hit a single note live.
In contrast to what other people have said, Adele and Florence never miss a note live. I've seen them both, Florence last week in Bournemouth. She was amazing, put on a really great show and her vocals were perfect.
One of the greatest singers ever.
Have you seen the most recent videos of him on tour?
Not great though is it.
Never seen the attraction of singer-songwriters, don't care who wrote the thing.
Should have added Van Morrison to my list. His 'singing' is far too embroidered
"Well they would say that ... wouldn't they!"
Yep, he's an adult human male.
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