Back when he was starting out, Dylan’s voice was praised. That sort of rawness was considered important. Of course, nowadays people have been indoctrinated to only consider smooth, bland (but loud), perfect (with autotune) voices as good. Most complaints in this thread are because the singer does not have a slick, homogenized voice, that singers are required to have…
Most of the complaints here boil down to “the singer doesn’t sound like everyone else! How dare they have a unique voice!!!”
(There’s a, “Family Guy,” gag where a round-table discussion is being held with Kermit, Harold Ramis, Ray Romano and sportscaster Al Michaels. Très funny.)
[Slight hijack]
I’ve been trying to perfect my Christopher Walken impression for years. Somebody finally clued me in: Take Ray Romano and subtract Kermit the Frog.
Fall Out Boy - yes.Totally. Adele - kinda hear what you mean about flat, and probably relates to my special hatred - everyone else - I don’t hear it - I don’t even mind Geddy Lee. Love Zevon btw.
Mine is Florence and her Machine. Don’t know how popular they are outside the Uk but you cannot shop here without being assailed by her noise. Holy Cricket (by which i mean i love nothing more than the game of cricket - so, trying to be sincere here) - she instills an armjerk in me! Straight for the button - any button! The sound is like a goose lost in the fog! Unfortunately in a shop, one is forced to abandon ones shopping or suffer the aural assault. I leave the trolley.
Ych a fi!
However, I am sure she is a lovely person who makes the best art she can - but for some reason that does not belong to her - it fries my ears.
Kim Carnes. Inevitably, during any discussion about '80s music, someone will mention her “sexy” voice. I don’t get it… Her voice sounds raspy and painful to me.
Bruce Springsteen. Dude, unclench your everything.
Neil Young.
Tom Petty.
Lana Del Ray.
Cher.
Country singers with super twangs. See: Conway Twitty, Luke Bryan, and that dude that pimps out veteran’s charities.
Passenger: I remember reading a comment comparing this guy’s singing to a Muppet’s voice after after it had been punched in the throat. I can’t disagree.