Worst female voice in rock/pop history?

[hollywood926]

OK, I'm just trying come up with better copycat threads than some of the others. But I'll say Belinda Carlisle.

[NightTrain]

1. Dionne Warwick?! You gotta be kidding me!

I may not like a lot of Dionne Warwick's recordings, but she still has a terrific voice. :wtf:

[hollywood926]

2. I agree - I just wanted to make it a racially diverse poll. :-)

[NightTrain]

4. Ah! Well, in that case, you succeeded.

:thumbsup:

[lpbk2713]

38. In that case you should have included Donna Summer

She came from the Disco era but you could probably get away with putting her in a Rock/Pop category.

[RandomKoolzip]

3. Claire Grogan of Altered Images.

Tori Amos
Ani DiFranco
Petula Clark
Dido

[tuvor]

9. Noooooooooooooooooooooooooo, not Clare!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Altered Images was one of my absolute favorites and still are.

So the voice is an acquired taste.

[RandomKoolzip]

20. I hate that breathy, babydoll, widdle baby voice thing.....

I like female singers who can project and belt it out, like Corin Tucker or K. McCarty or Grace Slick.

[Placebo]

11. WHAT?!?!?! @#$%^&*!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Tori Amos is great. :spank:

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Yeah, if you like crap.

To each his own. I just can't fuckin' stand her.

[Mike Daniels]

41. Kate Bush rip-off who happened to be more pleasant on the eye

while being just as much of a flighty cuckoo in interviews.

[tuvor]

5. Christina Aguilera?

She may dress like a skank, but she definitely has the pipes.

[sundog]

6. Celine Dion - duh

:7

[gfr4656]

7. courtney love

[DBoon]

24. I'll second that

my ears hurt just thinking about her singing

[ET Awful]

29. Courtney's a singer?

I thought she was a just a high profile crack whore.

[Zing Zing Zingbah]

35. Hahaha! n/t

[shawmut]

8. Macy Gray n/t

[Bush_Eats_Beef]

17. Dear God, that version of "Walk This Way" in that commercial is TUNELESS

If Steven Tyler and Joe Perry were dead instead of alive, I'd say "Steven Tyler and Joe Perry are rolling over in their graves after THAT one."

I don't even remember what the commercial is, just that tuneless sandpaper "voice."

I was the Webmaster for a local CD store several years ago when her debut album came out. A few of the store employees were saying "She sounds like Al Green!" I took the CD home and listened to it and thought "She sounds like shit!"

She's also a bit of an idiot. In interview after interview after interview she talked about getting high before her shows, how wonderful it is to be high, look at me, I'm high right now...

Then the media ran with it. Macy Gray, stoner.

Then she started crying about how the media was trying to portray her as some kind of "drug addict."

Macy wins THIS poll. She makes Ashlee Simpson sound like Beverly Sills. She sucks on every level conceivable to humanity.

[Placebo]

10. The only way Ashlee can salvage what little career she had...

is to leak a porn film of her and some nobody dude onto the internet. And in a few months, hell, weeks even, she's gonna have a hard time getting a job in anything, let alone porn.

[hollywood926]

Did you see her get boo'd last night at the game?

Must be sad to be hated by a billion squillion people.

[Placebo]

18. HaHa, speaking of which...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2359128 :D

[Seabiscuit]

12. Nancy Sinatra

[devilgrrl]

13. She would never have gone anywhere without her dad.

However, in her defense, she worked with some talented people - particularly, Lee Hazlewood. Her duets with him are absolutely brilliant! So don't be picking on Nancy!

[truthseeker1]

14. Cher

Never have liked her voice.

[Z_I_Peevey]

15. Britney Spears

sounds like a mouse on acid.

[HEyHEY]

16. Lene Lovich

[RandomKoolzip]

22. I kinda liked Lene Lovich....

But I think I liked her band and her songs more than her voice. "Lucky Number'"s a good tune, anyways.

[hfojvt]

21. the lead "singer" for the Pretenders

Got brass in pocket.
Oh, wait a minute - Stevie Nicks is worse.
Tie me to a chair, or kick me down the stairs, just please do not make me listen to Stevie Nicks. Even Weird Al is a better singer.
Actually, the hometown girl here, Melissa Ethridge, makes me cringe.

[-..__...]

23. Oko Ono.

May John Lennon rest a happier life without having too listen to her screeching.

[Placebo]

25. You mean YOKO Ono

:P

[Kali]

26. You can debate the rest

but Yoko gets the prize!

[-..__...]

27. I forgot about her...

she sucks even more. ;)

[kodi]

28. Buffy St. Marie.

i'd rather stick needles in my eyes than have to listen to her voice.

rumor perhaps, but I have heard her native american indian name means "she who sings thru her nose." if ever you have had the misfortune of been trapped in a situation and forced to hear her sing, you begin to question whether or not that name thing was really a joke.

[Bombtrack]

30. No way any of them are worse than Lindsay Lohan

[TyeDye75]

31. Courtney Love

Celebrity skin.... agreat testament to the powers of studio engineering

[suegeo]

32. Karen Carpenter

[StopTheMorans]

33. Bono

[redqueen]

39. hehe

:D

[DelawareValleyDem]

34. I'll second Cher. Christing Augilera should not be lumped in with these

Her voice is very strong

[HalfManHalfBiscuit]

36. That Damn Cranberries Singer

Don't know her name and don't want to.

[skypilot]

37. Alanis Morrisette

"YOU...YOU...YOU OUGHTA KNOW!!!"

NO!!!!!

On edit: WHAT?!?! No Madonna???

[hickman1937]

40. Joni Mitchell

I'm gonna get flamed, but I never got what anyone saw in her. Her voice effects me the same Sarah McLaughlin's. Sounds like whining to me, and I start looking for a bat.

[ThorsHammer]

42. Ashley Simpson; with Britney, and the other teenyboppers close behind