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OK..Who, in your opinion, is the worst singer/performer you ever heard (professional)? The one you think had no business ever getting on a stage!


My Pick is Neil Young..His voice is like nails on a chalkboard
 
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Omeletpants said:
Performer and singer arent necessarily related. Young is a great performer. Many of his songs are classics. He is a fine musician
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Its hard to appreciate the performance when his voice is driving you up the wall though..So IMO, hes shitty


Who is your pick Ommy?
 

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-Janis Joplin, the female version of Bob Dylan.
-The Rolling Stones...kidding.
So many poor artists to choose from in the modern era:

Lady Gaga comes to mind.
 
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Omelet likes gloria estefan. He is an expert in such matters after all
 
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Fucking Cher...just terrible. Or maybe Celine Dion? Pretty much anyone who uses auto-tune in a non-artistic manner (yes, there are some that do cool shit with it)?
 
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BearsBud said:
Its hard to appreciate the performance when his voice is driving you up the wall though..So IMO, hes shitty
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Neil young is like Bob Dylan insofar as being an average voice carried by elite songwriting. It's not about the pipes with these guys; it's the songs.
 
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Omelet likes gloria estefan. He is an expert in such matters after all
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You are just mad about the Zumba video

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[video=youtube;Vf0q6qtThF4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf0q6qtThF4[/video]
 
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Neil young is like Bob Dylan insofar as being an average voice carried by elite songwriting. It's not about the pipes with these guys; it's the songs.
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Correct...which is why I intentionally left songwriting out of the heading

and no pick from mick...lol
 
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BearsBud said:
and no pick from mick...lol
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I misunderstood the question when I read it earlier. I thought you meant who is the worst performer you've seen (as in seen live personally).

If you're just asking who I think is bad at music, it's a long list. I hate a lot of shit.
 
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First thing I thought of was Lou Reed. Never heard much of his stuff (being younger) and then heard his stuff with Metallica. Holy Shit, how terrible was that garbage.

I know there's worse, but it popped in my head, so...

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I love unique voices. Nearly everything mentioned here are people with voices that amaze me, because they are performers that overcame natural talents(or lack thereof) and still had successful careers. Voices that do bother me, are those of manufactured performers who aren't artists whatsoever, but just pieces placed together to target a demographic by a music marketing firm. I'll keep my Ozzy, Kurt Cobain, Janis Joplin, Billy Corgan, Neil Young, Bob Dylan, Dexter Holland, and James Hetfield's of the world. You can have the Brittany Spears, Simon Cowell projects, Lady Gaga's, Jason Mraz, Bruno Mars, Justin Beiber, Taylor Swift, and Miley Cyrus's of the world.

A "worst" performer would be that drunk guy at the karaoke bar who thinks William Hung is a cool dude.
 
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Bad music? Used to be, if I heard a song I hated, that would be the last time I had to hear it. Then we had a kid.

Any Barny song.
Brittany Spears.
The Spice Girls.
Etc.

The worst thing I ever heard live was a good band in the wrong venue. Toots and the Maytals. They are a really good Ska Rocksteady Reggae band that opened for The Who at the Chicago Stadium, late 70's early 80's. Not the right crowd, booing happened. In the right context, I would have enjoyed the set. Opening for The Who, was not the right context.

BTW, Niel Young is a rock God that will live forever.

Yes I know this is about Performer/Singer and he is neither in this, but damn. Grace Potter & Joe Satriani? Listen to a Niel Young song.
[video=youtube;o8Zef2O5kWU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8Zef2O5kWU[/video]
 
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Live at the Rosemont Horizon in the mid 80's Niel Young put on a concert that was the best thing I have ever heard. Not a great singer, not a great guitar player, just a great song writer, and performer.

This is not a discussion of facts like our last run in (which you lost decidedly). This is about taste. Nobody wins.
 
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Maybe unrelated, but I heard several times that when Blink-182 was popular, they had the WORST live show in the history of entertainment.
 
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number 51....You like him cause youre a dumb Canadian like he is..lol

BTW..if I lost the last one, how come you ran out of here with your tail between your legs and stayed away for 2 days?...lol
 
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http://grouchonthecouch.blogspot.com/2006/04/neil-young-sucks.html

http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/51593/neil-young-sucks

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http://blogs.citypages.com/jsparks/2006/02/neil_young_sucks.php

http://www.antsmarching.org/forum/showthread.php?t=289045

http://forum.woodenboat.com/showthread.php?149270-Neil-Diamond-Sucks

http://www.606studios.com/bendisboard/archive/index.php/t-122444.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_say_neil_sucks_in_french?#slide=1

http://reviews.ticketmaster.com/7171/736511/neil-young-reviews/reviews.htm?sort=rating&dir=asc

http://recordgeekheaven.wordpress.com/2010/08/10/the-top-10-worst-neil-young-albums/

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