Billie Joe Armstrong from Green Day sings with a heavy nasal twang my wife cannot stand. Now that I can hear the sound he gets on my nerves as well.
As one critic wrote, his road to success was paved with gravel.
…which was the style at the time.
That yodeling jazz singer. I think it’s probably Leon Thomas. Seriously, what the fuck?
Also, jazz singer Gregory Porter. His voice is fine, but a lot of his songs consist of repeating the same lyric over and over and over again. Man, I’m not trying to stop you from going to Harlem. Go, already.
Someone at work (ad agency) mentioned that Nat King Cole’s response to a music critic was “But I’m not a singer, I’m a song stylist.”
That was all it took for my fellow workers (musicians, artists, and writers) to kick off a decade of disclaimers:
“Well, I’m not a poet. I’m more of a syntax stylist.”
“Keep in mind, I’m not an artist. I’m more of a scribble stylist.”
Ad infinitum…
Yeah, me too. I hated Janis for years. I wouldn’t say I love her singing now, but I can appreciate her talent, and won’t change the radio if one of her songs comes on.