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"I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:50 pm
by casecandy
Any bands you can't get into for the sole reason that the singer's voice is like nails on a chalkboard to you?
Personal examples: Minutemen, Neil Young, Jesus Lizard, Hüsker Dü, Jeromes Dream (a lot of yelpy/yelly stuff)
Examples from friends: Bright Eyes/Desaparecidos/Conor Oberst, Saves The Day, Nerf Herder, Björk (a lot of whiny stuff)
The archetypal examples: Bob Dylan, Jim Morrison
The earliest example I can think of, of this happening to me, was Jewel's
"Who Will Save Your Soul," wherein the artist sings that titular line as though attempting a very earnest Kermit the Frog impression.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:55 pm
by Ugly Nora
The Smiths
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:57 pm
by D.o.S.
Robert Plant circa the Banshee years.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 12:59 pm
by Chankgeez
casecandy wrote:Hüsker Dü
Which his? Grant or Bob?
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:02 pm
by Ugly Nora
Mike Watt sings a bunch of Minutemen songs as well.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:03 pm
by foomanfat
It feels like blasphemy, but Pallbearer and Kyuss are the first ones to mind.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 1:25 pm
by Muff_Diver
Hum
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:10 pm
by DADGBD
Ugh... YES, that Bright Eyes kid!!
(barfs in mouth)
His shakey, over-emotive voice makes me violent.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:22 pm
by jrmy
I go in and out of being able to handle Perry Farrell.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:26 pm
by WeHuntKings
+1 on the The Smiths.
Really can't stand about 99 percent of the emo genre due that vocal style.
In fact, any overtly cleanly sung male voices like that generally make me want to hurt someone. I dunno what it is.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 2:51 pm
by D.o.S.
The not "funk" RHCP songs. I would listen to instrumental versions 10/10 compared to their sung counterparts.
The "funky" songs can just go away, please.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:09 pm
by spacelordmother
Pavement, Built to Spill, Modest Mouse...
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:38 pm
by D.o.S.
What about the bands that we hate, vocals and otherwise?
The Creed-y grunt casts a pretty wide gamut.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 4:46 pm
by neonblack
D.o.S. wrote:The not "funk" RHCP songs. I would listen to instrumental versions 10/10 compared to their sung counterparts.
The "funky" songs can just go away, please.
This. Californication (the album) would be fucking amazing instrumental.
Re: "I just can't stand his voice."
Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2015 5:05 pm
by blakestree
This thread is full of a whole lotta crazy.