Was driving around today, and a Fall Out Boy song came on. I immediately wanted to murder my ears, but I could neither change the channel (I promised my son we could listen to that Sirius station while we were driving around today) nor stab sharp objects into the sides of my head (being behind the wheel of a fast-moving vehicle).
I don’t know what it is but the the singer of Fall Out Boy just has this affectation that makes me stabby. Their douchey songs and song titles don’t help (Thnks fr th Mmrs, Uma Thurman, Sugar We’re Goin’ Down, This Ain’t a Scene It’s an Arms Race)
Anyone else have a singer or band that does this to you?
Yes, she does this weird thing with her voice that makes it sound like English is not her first language. Which wouldn’t be so bad if English wasn’t her native language but it being an affectation, it just irritates me. She sounds like she’s trying too hard to be . . quirky or sexy or . . something.
Stevie Nicks sounds like a braying ass. I loved Fleetwood Mack as much as anyone back in the day but her voice was not one of the reasons.
Cher. I loved Cher. The outfits (thank you Mr. Bob Mackie),her exotic looks and the skits on the Sonny and Cher show. But my least favorite part was when she’d sing. Heck, I even had on of her albums, so enamored of her was I. But…the woman cannot sing. “If ahh could turn back Tiiiooowm”
Warren Zevon Normally I would turn it off when his music was on the air but once I was so sick with the flu I did not bother to get up and change the station.
I always think of these two as artists people love in spite of their less than stellar voices. They make great music (imo) but really cannot sing. I’d add the late, great Tom Petty to that list.
Interesting, I can imagine an argument for not liking Van Morrison because his singing style is kind of overwrought, and that maybe he overdoes it a bit with the vocal inflections, but I’ve never heard it said he can’t sing.
OMG, yes!!! I posted about that godawful sound in the “Commercials you hate” thread. Now I see she is Finnish, which explains it, but it is no less irritating.
