There’s a few singers I like, mostly male, who I can only handle in small doses. I can’t explain it. There’s just some odd quality about their voices that just, well, get on my nerves.
Examples:
James Taylor
Gordon Lightfoot
Chrissie Hynde (although I could listen to “Back on the Chain Gang” over and over again)
Robin Wilson (Gin Blossoms)
Bob Dylan
Tom Petty
I know what you mean. I feel that way about Leonard Cohen. When I’m in the right mood, I love his songs but I can’t listen to them for very long. It’s partly because I find the music itself kind of repetitive, and his lyrics, which often feel just like random handfuls of images roped together, sometimes get on my nerves
How 'bout Wittless Houston? I can’t take her screaming, IMHO. In fact, I think I needed a Rx to buy a CD of hers, and the CD had a lable saying to use only in small doses! - Jinx
Oh, I must add Barbara Streisand. I know, Babs, but please!
This will rub many the worng way because she is such an icon in the Arts. But, I can only take her singing in small doses, too. Sorry…
Ok, I will admit…I’ve grown a bit more tolerant in my “old” age.