stnmtthw
Friend of Leo's
Copy and paste this comment into pretty much every famous celebrity you've ever heard of. If I didn't separate the person from the music, I wouldn't listen to anything.
How about the singer whose praises you just don’t get?
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Yah, including Sinatra.
Oh, I do think Sinatra was a great entertainer, singer and performer per se, myself. But still, a d1ck.
posttoastie
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Overrated
buster poser
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From the 50s on I absolutely agree, probably wasn't clear there. Frank was kind of a caricature of himself by then, smoking, whiskeying, and then the voice went somewhere else. But in the 40s? All three of those dudes came after, and I think Frank gets credit for his influence; he set a certain kind of singing as the gold standard for some time with his early stuff.
Bennett is far and away the best singer of the bunch in my opinion. He continued to be a great singer until disease took over. I saw him in 2004 (he was 78), we were second row and he sang one number without a mic, his projection was on another planet. Easily the best singer I have ever heard live.
Better than Frank in the 40s? For me, Nat. He could play a little too. What a group, 1944:
Indefensibly so from the little I've read about him.
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Happy Enchilada
Friend of Leo's
... or do you mean "Ring a Ding Ding"?
Dismalhead
Doctor of Teleocity
What trips me out is how high her voice was on the first two albums compared to later. You listen to Borderline or Lucky Star it's like she's way up there, then later she took it down an octave. Always wondered if they did a Johnny Bravo on her in the studio in the early days.
I think Susan Tedeschi is similarly beyond criticism hereEveryone except for Alison Krauss could be added to this list.
Funnily enough, Morrison was a Sinatra guy. They were both entertainers first, singers second. IMHO Elvis and Glenn Danzig are in the same category too
Refugee
Friend of Leo's
Kurt Cobain.
Weazel
Friend of Leo's
Jeez.
Another one of these threads were old farts out grump each other?
Oh well, I will just keep posting this:
Another one of these threads were old farts out grump each other?
Oh well, I will just keep posting this:
loudboy
Tele-Afflicted
Shania Twain and Faith Hill both prompted the rise of the non-singer, in country music. Compare either of them to Trisha Yearwood or Patty Loveless to see how far the bar was lowered.
I'm watching clips of the latest Taylor Swift tour, and the autotune is just heinous. She's captured an entire generation of teenage girls, but it sure wasn't because of her singing.
I'm watching clips of the latest Taylor Swift tour, and the autotune is just heinous. She's captured an entire generation of teenage girls, but it sure wasn't because of her singing.
Nogoodnamesleft
Tele-Afflicted
100% nails on a chalkboard. Physically painful to listen to. I wonder if this will get me on a deportation list.
hekawi
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Cher
radiocaster
Doctor of Teleocity
Springsteen. I don't mean about image, lyrics or anything else, just the musical qualities.
mixmkr 2023
Tele-Meister
Did Zappa's music require him to sing...or would a.comedian done just as well as well, reading poetry?
mixmkr 2023
Tele-Meister
Arlo Guthreie...same as.Zappa? ;-)
I recognize Sinatra, or Bing Crosby, or any of the singers from that era. The voices are smooth, but what they sing doesn’t sing out to me and grab me. Ian Gillian first hit me in his role in Jesus Christ Superstar. That was a collection of great vocalists in every role and a great cast of supporting musicians. Besides the impact of the work itself, I was pulled in by the execution and emotion. So what I look for is someone who brings its, whether they are vocalists or musicians or both. I think that defines what and who I listen to.
I am okay with a not-great singing voice as long as I am entertained. That is what many of those mentioned here excel at…entertainment.
gimmeatele
Friend of Leo's
Most of those singers who use ten notes when one will do
Meatloaf gives me heartburn,,,, just saying..
