singers with bad voice but you like

clarke2001 wrote: As a Queen's fanboy, I have to vote for Brian May.  I like his voice a lot, though. And a little blasphemy: Ian Anderson. Let's admit he's no Pavarotti. But he sings from his testicles.

video vertigo wrote: BaldJean wrote: Hogarth definitely is a love or hate man. for me it is hate. maybe he is technically a better singer than Fish, but he can't shine a candle to him because of his lack of expression. with Fish gone Marillion completely lost that little bit of interest I had in them (I was never a big fan though)  I disagree about expressionless, but that's a matter of preference in styles IMO. This post is accurate, Fish is not as good a singer but a much better performer. Hogarth regardless has no business in this thread because even you agree that he is better technically and that is what the poll indicates. Why I disagree with the Hogarth emotion comment: I think Hogarth era Marillion is much more emotional than Fish era, and one reason I like Hogarth so much. Fish era = better musicianship and performance Hogarth era = lack of interest in musicianship and more on style and emotion. Brave is the best example of this with a very wide range of emotions throughout the album. From suicidal depression to anger and back to sadness and an ending of hope. Other examples of Hogarth era emotion include: Ocean Cloud, This Strange Engine, Memory of Water, The Invisible Man, and The Party.

Sometimes I get the feeling Hogarth gets criticized because he's not Fish. To say that he has no emotion is laughable. At least he doesn't have the tendency to cheese it up like the Mad Scotsman did.

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E-Dub wrote: video vertigo wrote: BaldJean wrote: Hogarth definitely is a love or hate man. for me it is hate. maybe he is technically a better singer than Fish, but he can't shine a candle to him because of his lack of expression. with Fish gone Marillion completely lost that little bit of interest I had in them (I was never a big fan though)  I disagree about expressionless, but that's a matter of preference in styles IMO. This post is accurate, Fish is not as good a singer but a much better performer. Hogarth regardless has no business in this thread because even you agree that he is better technically and that is what the poll indicates. Why I disagree with the Hogarth emotion comment: I think Hogarth era Marillion is much more emotional than Fish era, and one reason I like Hogarth so much. Fish era = better musicianship and performance Hogarth era = lack of interest in musicianship and more on style and emotion. Brave is the best example of this with a very wide range of emotions throughout the album. From suicidal depression to anger and back to sadness and an ending of hope. Other examples of Hogarth era emotion include: Ocean Cloud, This Strange Engine, Memory of Water, The Invisible Man, and The Party. Sometimes I get the feeling Hogarth gets criticized because he's not Fish. To say that he has no emotion is laughable. At least he doesn't have the tendency to cheese it up like the Mad Scotsman did. E iTunes: "Firth Of Fifth" from Genesis' Selling England By The Pound

I wish Marillion had changed their name maybe we wouldn't have so much H v. Fish stuff. To say that H has a bad voice is really a bad judgement just because the same band used to have a singer some prefer.   

Axl Rose seems a cat fighting,etc but he is a hard rocker,and the same Bruce Springsteen and Brian Johnson,but they have voices adapted for the music of their groups...I think in other singers now..that dont have special voices but are famous..Bob Geldof,Donovan,Jim Capaldi(rip) and the awful singer little steven....one comment in this list I mix singers that I like with singers that I dont,but I believe is a good topic and each one can argument and defend diverses tastes,points of view etc.

Bright Eyes (pleez dont laugh)

Proletariat wrote: Bright Eyes (pleez dont laugh)

Other: Thom Yorke. As a singer he has nothing but a good falsetto. But I love his style.

Of these, Latimer and Faithful. Also Nick Barrett.

I don't really care that much about Hogarth's voice. I agree it's a bit generic and samey. Still, he's better than Fish, who sounds like a ham actor to me, very artificial despite (because?) of his so-called expressiveness. I can't believe people actually fall for the 'emotion' in his singing. And Hogarth's vocal melodies are generally much better than Fish's.

There's a few missing in the poll, like '70s Peter Gabriel and Geddy Lee. Jon Anderson sings flat; so does the IQ singer (forgot his name). I don't think Stolt or Neal Morse have good vocal technique, either.

Singers with good technique whom I don't like are LaBrie and Annie Haslam.



Edited by Visitor13 - July 28 2007 at 12:36

^ Yup.

Also Cedric from The Mars Volta. Not bad, but not brilliant technically, I guess.

Knopfler for me, I love his work, and I'm used to his voice. Same with Latimer and Gabriel. Love their stuff.

Axl Rose has a voice like a cat getting cut in half with a chain saw. Unreal how bad he is. Pathetic, actually. I've never heard a pro singer sound worse. Dylan's voice is better. At least to my ears.

Ian Anderson was mentioned by several. I actually like his voice, although it's not operatic quality. It suits his songs quite well, or maybe the songs suit his voice. Chicken and the egg?