I think she has a perfectly serviceable voice these days. She’s actually improved immensely thanks to her training in Evita. It’s a testament to both whoever her voice teacher was during that time and to Madonna herself, for obviously caring enough to work on her voice despite already being at the top of her profession. Few stars would bother. Obviously she wanted the role of a lifetime and her hard work shows. Not that she turned into Patti LuPone or anything, but the difference prior to Evita and after is incredible.
Of course now she’s overboard with the ProTools / Auto-tune crap, but to quote Abe Simpson, ‘that was the style at the time’.
BTW EinsteinsHund, I think many people in this thread have acknowledged that having a technically bad voice doesn’t necessarily negate the pop/rock star’s greatness. Assuming that s/he is great. A lot of us have said quite the contrary – that even without pure vocal loveliness, people like Mick Jagger, Bob Dylan, and Van Morrison are powerful performers.
(Sorry, I refuse to put people like Prince* and McCartney on this list. This is a thread about who has the worst voice, not who has a not-perfectly-stellar voice. Respect the game, people!)
And I don’t even hear anything wrong with Prince’s voice; maybe Tom Jones sang “Kiss” more powerfully, but just listen to “When Dove’s Cry” for a better example of Prince’s vocal prowess.
I thought Madonna sounded great on her album “I’m Breathless”, which was songs from the Dick Tracy movie and other songs in the same “big band/swing” style.
Well that seems nonsensical, by what standard are you judging him?
He was the perfect fit for the rest of the band. The songs and the music demanded that voice and that performance. I don’t need to go through a list but “5:15” and “The Real Me” should be enough to convince anyone.
I don’t recall anyone rating his voice, I do recall pretty much everyone saying he was a great front man for The Who.
Well, every other member of The Who took lead vocals on occasion, and as a solo artist Pete Townshend has performed songs originally recorded with Daltrey on lead vocals, so that’s three other people right there. Guest vocalists have joined the Who in concert and Who songs have also been covered by various other artists, so it’s easy enough to find examples of Who songs sung by someone other than Roger Daltrey.
As for Daltrey’s voice, I can understand that some people might dislike his style, but in terms of his technical abilities like range, pitch, control, etc., there are far worse rock and roll singers.
I came in to say much the same thing about Van Morrison and Joe Cocker. Echoing an earlier sentiment, I can’t even believe that these names are being mentioned.
I’d feel the same in a parallel thread where people criticize guitars because they don’t sound like violins.
Not the worst singer in his band. In fact he probably wasn’t even the second worst. But maybe my perception is skewed because I’ve heard Weir recently, when he’s absolutely horrible - sub-Dylan, sub-William Shatner.
Geddy Lee! (Rush recorded a cover of The Seeker on their “Feedback” EP, a collection of 8 covers of songs that influenced them when they were kids just starting to learn to play their instruments.
