Who do you think are the unsung heroes of music and who do you think is just overrated?
This is strictly about the voice and not the music. (there can be more than one!)
2006-12-11 10:20:40 · 14 answers · asked by ♫ ♥green heather butterfly♥ ♫ 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music
my favourite is chris cornell- he sings with true grit and conviction also corey taylor has a really good singing voice.
my least favourite is nadine coyle from girls aloud, christina aguilera, mariah carey (nowadays), i just find that their voices have far too much vibrato (warbling) for my liking
that's only my opinion though- im interested to find out what other people like in a singing voice
2006-12-11 10:36:29 · update #1
What qualifies as a good singing voice? You could say that just being able to sing in tune is good singing! It all depends, some people could be better described as vocalists - i'm thinking David Gedge (The Wedding Present), Terry Hall (Specials/Fun Boy 3), John Lydon aka Johnny Rotten, also Neil Young, and the singers from Mercury Rev and The Flaming Lips. None of these have strong voices, but it doesn't matter because they suit the music. Personally i hate showboating singers - Mariah Carey, Christina Aguilera and the like - just sing the bloody song, for god's sake! Some people can sing but have relatively uninspiring voices, such as Robbie Williams, Gabrielle, Sade, George Michael, all of whom sound BORED! Personally my favourite singers/vocalists are Bjork, Ian Dury, Ray Davies, Aretha Franklin, Johnny Cash, Emmylou Harris, PJ Harvey, Nick Cave, Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals) and Bowie.
2006-12-11 11:45:29 · answer #1 · answered by Madfan 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Best voice - Tarja Turunen. She is a heavy metal singer but her voice is very classical and operatic. I think she has one of the best voices in music. She could sing almost anything perfectly.
Worst voice - Actually a lot of singers have very poor voices. Often they play to their strengths and thus we do not notice that they can't sing that well. For example Lemmy from Motorhead has a good voice for rock music but he would not work well as a mainstream singer. I think this is true of a lot of voical artists.
2006-12-11 10:30:24 · answer #2 · answered by monkeymanelvis 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Lots of singers have good voices, and lots of them have bad voices.
I agree with you, I LOVE Corey Taylor's and Axl Rose's voices <33
And I also like Andrew McMahon from Something Corporate and Jack's Mannequin's voice.
As For voices I don't like, there's Tyson Ritter from All-American Rejects (they're called REJECTS for a reason!!) And The lead singers from Taking Back Sunday and Fall Out Boy ( I don't know their names).
2006-12-11 11:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by sallylei2003 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
ksmart is right, except I've just been to a GNR concert and Axl's voice sounds the same. So I would say the best- Axl Rose and the worst is All American Rejects or Panic! At the disco. Or stupid crap bands like those.
2006-12-11 10:26:43 · answer #4 · answered by A7X Girl 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I honestly think almost everyone now is totally overrated...with all the digital mixings and recordings we can do, modern singers take advantage of that and we can't ever hear their real voices.
The heroes of music are the ones who sing to glorify God - the one who gave them their voices in the first place.
2006-12-11 10:41:10 · answer #5 · answered by mtngrl 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Gwen Stefani has the best voice.
Nadine from Girls Aloud has the worst voice.
2006-12-11 20:25:36 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't know about the best; too may to choose from, but Bono has the most overrated, pompous sounding voice I can think of.
2006-12-11 10:30:56 · answer #7 · answered by I tell you whut! 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Robert Plant has always had the best voice wether he is singing rock, blues, love songs, it doesn't matter his gentle yet intense vocals can do it all, and he still kicks butt!
2006-12-12 02:34:50 · answer #8 · answered by Rosie 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Axl Rose had the best voice in 1992
Axl Rose has the worst voice in 2006 ....
2006-12-11 10:23:31 · answer #9 · answered by ksmart 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
tamia, alicia keys, christina aguilaira,mary j blige keyshia cole and lauryn hill they are the saviors of music they can sing and they sing about real stuff and they don't change their image to please anyone.
over rated BEYONCE we all know she can just sing average as can most of us but she is out there shakin all she got and that is how she got where she is today. britany spears can sing worth nothin and we know that too and casiee she can't sing either she just got her record deal because she is pretty point blank
2006-12-11 10:28:50 · answer #10 · answered by naenae 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋