ITT: bands where the vocalist is objectively bad but it works

ITT: bands where the vocalist is objectively bad but it works

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Three's company, take your pick:

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Kanye West also works well.

The Dead Kennedys
The Crucifucks

Slint
Swans

Bob Dylan

Megadeth

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SO YOU'VE BEEN TO SCHOOL FOR A YEAR OR TWO

"no"

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Ramones

no

Talking Heads

michael gira isn't that bad a vocalist

xiu xiu

the clash is #1 in this category

gg alin
tiny tim
phil anselmo currently

Literally no bands. Bad singer ruins the lot.

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Honestly I think Biafra has a lot of talent behind his vocals. He won't win a Grammy honestly but it's pretty unique as far as punk music goes.

what is early swans

Woah, thanks for posting this. Never heard it before but it's a fucking great tune.

Radiohead. Deep down you know it's true.

tigers jaw

New Order

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he was going for shouting more than singing then

Should be an obvious one. Meat Puppets as well.

Why?
Ghost Mice
Daniel Johnston
This Heat
Bygones

Both Calvin and Heather suck in the most magical way possible

Most punk, rock and pop.
I mean, once you're used to listen to opera, popular vocalist all seem unskilled, but you wouldn't expect operatic vocals on a pop punk song or whatever.

DELET.

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posters disease

Galaxie 500

No one mencioned Wayne Coyne yet?
i mean that guy might have the most horrible voice in all psychedelia

This, he literally can't sing, but somehow, his voice still fits perfectly

I RAN MY CAR INTO A COP CAR THE OTHER DAY

say anything

leonard cohen
the sisters of mercy (the band)
suicide

it hurts

VU

Hell Nah

Godsend might be my favorite song of all time and a good portion of that is for heather's vocals. If not it's in my top 5 for sure. Not a second wasted and Heather's vocals are amazing.

literally pretty much any goth band desu

bob dylan

gary wilson
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Absolutely
Absolutely

Gary Wilson is just a real nigga

UNIRONICALLY The Beatles

Fight me

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Remember the title of this thread was "Bands where the vocalist is objectively bad but it works".

You are right when you say that his vocals are unique, though, but there are many who find his singing quite annoying regardless. But, as the title says IT WORKS!

DOLLY PARTON!

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this

if it works it isn't bad.

fucking idiots.

R.e.m.

this. Listened to Low-Life again recently and, my god, Bernard can't sing. In live shows he always fucks up too with timing and whatnot. BUT New Order remain one of my favourite bands and Low-Life is still an incredible album to me.

Joy Division
Are you saying that all of the band are bad vocalists as they all take up lead vocals at one point?

Who's the guy in the front? Is that the singer? He looks fucking sickly. Look at those fucking hand and arm veins and his damn cheekbones. Did the dude have a fucking eating disorder? Is that why they had to break up? Fuck.

Paul was a good singer, but you're on to something with John and George as bad lead vocalists.

Rush

Paul was good. George was mediocre. John was inconsistent.

This is RHCP

>prime ozzy
>bad

retard

I'd put Stipe down as someone who maximised the fuck out of a relatively modest talent. Almost all the 90s stuff is top performances. Then he got old and lost it 100%

Yeah. Hate to give props to Yorke, but that one radiohead cover of Ceremony really shows up the Bernard

Ian Curtis had a fantastic voice he just never sung completely in tune but that was obviously intentional.

Yeah,thom's voice kind of sounds like if Matt Bellamy lost his balls

Came to post this.

His singing is objectively bad though, he remains almost monotone through most of his studio performances. Still enjoyable though, does suit Joy Division

Smashing Pumpkins are good despite Billy Corgan's singing

The Shaggs

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Pere Ubu

AnCo songs with Panda vocals

Sonic Youth (all of the vocalists)

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Fred Schneider in the B-52's. He had literally no musical background before joining the band and he's still one of the greatest frontmen of all time.

Xiu Xiu

some times all you need is to be charming as fuck, and Fred's got that blessing.

>leonard cohen
>the sisters of mercy
>bad vocalists
Kys

He's not really bad, just completely unremarkable

Cohen even makes fun of his bad singing voice in one of his songs.

This huma

Dream Theater

Daniel Johnston

as said, early swans was mostly yelling.
as soon as michael gira tried to sing, I think his voice was pretty pleasant.

I'd say sonic youth but it doesnt even work really, when Kim and Thurston are unbearable they're really, really, unbearable. At least Ranaldo is usually ok at his spoken-word-esque stuff.

i freaking love cohen and eldritch for their way of emoting and expression but in terms of technical singing skill which i guessed op meant by objective they're pretty rancid

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The Modern Lovers. Jonathan Richman sounds like some kid trying to sound detached and cool like Lou Reed but just comes off as goofy. And that's why he's great.

You absolute fucking cunt. Morrissey's voice is heavensent.

>You'll Be In The Air
Thruston is good imo
Kim sucks though, but sometimes it works, like in most of Daydream Nation

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It's part of the charm imo