The Most Annoying Voices In Music

[Parche]

Alanis Morissette


Rob Thomas (Matchbox 0)


James Blunt

Nora Jones

[CatWoman]

1. Michel'le

I DARE you to listen to some of her samples x(

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000002JN6/ref=pd_sl_aw_alx-jeb-9-1_music_4539388_14

[MAGICBULLET]

21. ----yes!!

:rofl:

[leftofthedial]

2. Jimmie Dale Gilmore

sorry, Jimmie, but it is just awful

[blitzen]

53. annoying to some, perhaps...but the music is damn good...

i personally find his singing rather amazing...it's admittedly weird sounding, but he hits all the right notes with great a expressive quality...I'm especially partial to his CD "Fair and Square," cranked up really, really loud.

[leftofthedial]

56. great songs

a voice like a slomo saxophone squeak

[Cabcere]

160. I misread your subject line at first and for a split second I thought

you were saying David Gilmour, whose voice I absolutely love. :loveya: I'll take your word on Jimmie Dale Gilmore, though. :hi:

[Richardo]

3. When you've said 'Bob Dylan', you've said it all

x(

[Richardo]

4. ...also, Robby Robertson is very hard on the ears

Great musician and songwriter, but he was smart not to have sung in 'The Band' days.

[Richardo]

7. Come to think of it, all of the 'Traveling Wilburys' except George Harrison

A band never had such a collection of incompatible voices.

[LynneSin]

11. I love the Traveling Wilburys albums - been listening to it all day

:woohoo:

You just suck. Anyhow Jeff Lynne has a great voice!

[Richardo]

19. Aha!

You singled out Jeff Lynne, which means you agree with me on the others! That's logic for ya!

[Mad_Dem_X]

95. Jeff Lynne rules!

Love him.

[graywarrior]

20. Scat!

Shoo....!

[Richardo]

25. scoodley-bop beep fleep reedoop reedoop a diddly diddly floy joy...

:D

NOTE: Ella is the opposite of the most annoying voice in music :loveya:

[graywarrior]

32. It's not the tone of Bob's voice I hear.

[SteppingRazor]

34. Exactly. It's the soul.

Someone else nominated Joe Strummer below, which is the same sort of thing. I don't look to Strummer or Dylan for technically perfect vocal delivery. I look to them for something a lot more important.

[Gato Moteado]

50. roy orbison had an annoying voice???????

:shrug:

[Richardo]

70. Sorry

I was never a fan. :shrug:

[silvermachine]

73. So?

Doesn't mean his voice is bad just because you don't like it.

[silvermachine]

71. Roy Orbison???

What is the problem with his voice, pray tell?

[Richardo]

84. The problem with the Traveling Wilburys was that the voices did not blend

They were all so distinctive on their own that there was no such thing as backup harmonies - it always sounded to me like 5 lead singers who just happened to be recorded singing the same song.

That's my take.

[Connonym]

122. I think Vol. 1 is my favorite CD of all time

I LOVE the way they sound.

[fudge stripe cookays]

179. ??!!

I'm sorry, we can't be friends anymore. :cry:

Let me add...."but very easy on the eyes."

:P

[SteppingRazor]

12. Bob Dylan has an amazing voice

(Wait, haven't we had this argument before...)

[Richardo]

17. Probably.

:hi:

[Giant Robot]

92. Just so you don't feel too ganged up on

I think you're right about all of them. And Jeff Lynne had the best voice of them all.

Edit-Spelling error.

[Throd]

134. Neil Young - Love his writing, hate his whining.

[Richardo]

139. I'm wit'choo, my brother.

[Cabcere]

157. Amen.

Brilliant songwriter, but...sorry, I just can't listen to him for too long. :shrug:

Bob Dylan doesn't bother me quite as much, for some reason...although I'm pretty sure that Neil Young has a "better" voice. :shrug: I guess I'm just weird. :P

[racaulk]

5. The lead singer of Nickelback

I just can't take that deep, gravelly voice. Makes my skin crawl...

And you should be ashamed for speaking ill of Alanis like that! That woman has the voice of an angel!

:)

[Oeditpus Rex]

6. Norah Jones??

:wtf:

[Parche]

18. NJ

YES she is annoying!!! :hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

39. Okay

I disagree, but there's no right or wrong in something like this. :hi:

[LibraLiz1973]

186. I can't handle Norah either.

Her voice makes my skin crawl. Literally

[Bjornsdotter]

8. Macy Gray

....hate her voice.

Cheers

[SacredCow]

154. Seconded...

[ceile]

9. Chris Cornell

His voice is like nails on a chalk board to me.

[Mad_Dem_X]

96. Whaaaaaaaa?

He's got such a powerful voice for such a little guy.

[unpossibles]

143. I agree. n/t

[LibraLiz1973]

187. I love Chris Cornell

Just goes to show- everyone has their own opinion! lol

[unpossibles]

10. Geddy Lee, Jon Anderson, Claudio Sanchez, Scott Stapp, Lee Greenwood

I'll post more later...

[NC_Nurse]

41. You've chosen a few of my top picks...

Geedy Lee - ouch!
Scott Stapp - ewww!
Lee Greenwood - blah!

[Matsubara]

87. Stapp is annoying because his voice is affected/fake.

His effort to try to sound like Eddie Vedder is obvious and embarrassing.

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

13. Bryan Adams

By the way, your first pic is truly inspiring.

[taterguy]

42. I think the singer from Whiskeytown has a great voice

What the fuck is wrong with you?

[DS1]

14. B. Corgan

[NC_Nurse]

43. My husband does a great Corgan impression - with Eric Cartman's voice!

:rofl:

[DS1]

101. I wish I could hear that

[NC_Nurse]

151. Have you ever heard Steven Lynch's impression of Corgan?

It's after the first song on this link....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlTE6XR4MXI

[fudge stripe cookays]

180. !!

I love Stephen Lynch, but hadn't heard the Corgan impression.

Goodun! :thumbsup:

[ProfessorGAC]

123. That'd Be One Of My Picks, Too (eom)

...

[SteppingRazor]

15. It's a bit dated, but how 'bout Melanie?

I had an aunt that loved that "roller skates" song. It made me want to kick someone's teeth in.

[Richardo]

16. I see your 'Melanie' and raise you a Minnie Ripperton

:scared:

[SteppingRazor]

24. GAH!! Don't make me break out the WMD:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Foster_Jenkins

[Richardo]

26. You win!

:rofl:

My brother played me a recording of her once. :wow:

[SteppingRazor]

33. A buddy of mine had a bootleg of the album The Glory (????) of the Human Voice...

just stunning. I mean, there are no words.

However, unlike Melanie and Minnie, Jenkins is at least good for a laugh.

[Bjornsdotter]

59. Uncle, Uncle!

....You win!

Sad to say, but when she died I was happy because she couldn't record any more songs.

Cheers

[MAGICBULLET]

22. dude from Counting Crows

I don't know his name and I don't think it's worth googling

[SteppingRazor]

30. Adam Duritz. I saw them live not too long ago...

sadly, his voice is way, way, way worse live than it is on record.

[TheFriendlyAnarchist]

46. Really? I listened to their live CD and I thought it was amazing

Different strokes to turn the world. . .

[SteppingRazor]

103. Then I'd suggest that live album went through heavy editing

This isn't just a matter of aesthetics. The dude had no voice. He delivered most of his lines in a sort of croaking half-spoken sing-song manner that was, to be as gentle as possible, tuneless. Of course, this was just one particular concert. Maybe he was sick or something.

[unpossibles]

79. OMG, I lived in a duplex years back, and the neighbor in the other half

played the live version of 'Round Here at least 4 times an hour, all day and half of the night cranked up to eleven. Even when I asked her to turn it down, it still went through the walls. If there's any song by any band that I now absolutely HATE it's that one. I wasn't a fan in the first place, but at least was neutral in my dislike of them before living there. Years later, I still cannot hear that horrid song without wanting to choke myself into passing out.

[TommyO]

23. Oh please, Alanis is God!

Didn't you see Dogma?

[Skittles]

65. yes

she acts about as well as she sings

[Dr. Strange]

89. In all fairness,

how can she be expected to sing well with that tape on her mouth?

[Esra Star]

27. Dylan. snm

If I needed to hear a constipated mule the Zimmo's my man.

[FloridaJudy]

28. Jack White

Everyone else seems to love him, but I find a whiny tone in his voice that makes me want to grind my teeth.

[PeaceNikki]

29. Tiny Tim. Geddy Lee, Celine Dion, James Blunt., Joe Strummer

:puke:

[KamaAina]

31. William Hung

:puke: :puke: :puke:

[terrya]

35. Bjork

Voice, choice of songs, stage presence, etc. You name it, she's annoying.

[Orrex]

116. A pox on you!

Two poxes, dad-gummit!

[eyepaddle]

146. I'm with ya terrya,

:)

I really WANT to like Bjork, but I just can't.

[TK421]

36. I second Alanis Morrisette....always sounds like she's whining about something

and Bob Dylan has a somewhat irritating voice, but I think Tom Petty has an annoying voice

[GoddessOfGuinness]

49. Tom Petty bothers me, too...

I find his voice lacking color...pretty emotionless. When I listen to him sing, I begin to yawn.

[blondeatlast]

37. The wasted multi-octaves of Mariah Carey, et al. Nice voices, but

the octaves don't help--and I started a flamewar over this once, so :hide:

[ProfessorGAC]

124. Nice Voice, but. . .

. . .oversinging isn't all that amazing after you've heard it a few times. And, she lacks style. Vocal gymnastics are not style. They are simply tools to develop a style. She has none.
GAC

[Starbucks Anarchist]

177. Thank you.

:toast:

Even dogs can't hear her sometimes.

[Arugula Latte]

38. These are outdated, but still annoy after all these years:

Styx:



and Journey:

[Bjornsdotter]

60. I agree

...never, ever liked either.

Cheers :toast:

[unpossibles]

80. don't stop believing

that I hate both of them too.

[LibraLiz1973]

188. Nooooooo!! Yer shittin on the classics!

'specially Journey

[johnnie]

40. Two that I can't listen to at all

Geddy Lee and Robert Plant

They sold their balls to the devil I think.

[Lyric]

44. Fred Schneider

they guy from the B-52's. I haaaate his voice. :hide:

[ghostsofgiants]

45. Tim Armstrong from Rancid.

The way he slurs his vocals is annoying as hell. Take Paul Simonon's vocals from "Guns Of Brixton" and, now make him too lazy to finish words, and you've got Armstrong.

[tigereye]

47. yes, but his lyrics are often so good that it's ok - quite poetic at times!

his voice sounds more like an attempt to be Joe Strummer, to me....

I always thought that slurring was some kind of suburban punk illness... :rofl:

[ghostsofgiants]

57. ...

[fizzgig]

125. i'm stealing this, thanks

:rofl:

i love rancid, but i agree with what you said about letting lars sing

[ghostsofgiants]

126. Check out the rest of the Nothing Nice comics, they're brilliant.

http://www.mitchclem.com/nothingnice

[fizzgig]

127. great shit

thanks for the link

[ZombieNixon]

48. Ooh, yes.

Has occasionally reminded me of a very bad rapper. >.0

[ghostsofgiants]

51. Then I take it you've listened to The Transplants.

*shudder* (Though the piano loop in Diamonds and Guns is catchy as hell.)

[ZombieNixon]

55. Yeah. Not quite my thing, to say the least.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

54. Armstrong totally ripped of Simonon.......

The first time I heard "Diamonds and Guns", I thought "WTF is Paul Simonon doing this shit for?" Operation Ivy and Rancid were okay, but The Transplants totally blow.

[ghostsofgiants]

58. Exactly.

I enjoy Rancid, but they really need to just let Lars sing.

[Gato Moteado]

52. john ashkroft

let the eagle soooooooooooooar......

[Catshrink]

69. Why do you hate America?

[SarahB]

61. That twit who sings in Hinder.

Hinder!? :puke: :rofl:

[Drum]

62. Leon Redbone

...the guy just irks me.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKZBgahnG_w

Also (and sorry!) Bob Dylan. I like his writing, but just don't love the voice. :shrug:

[unpossibles]

81. AH! I love Leon Redbone

yeah, I can understand not liking his voice, but I think it fits perfectly to that laconic groove he has. Plus he plays the lip trumpet.

[Canuckistanian]

90. I like him

But yeah, his voice is ... different.

[crim son]

63. Whoever was the lead singer of Styx.

I've hated his voice from the moment I first heard it. And... Norah Jones? She's got a beautiful voice!

[Guava Jelly]

107. Dennis Deyoung was his name

:hi: crimmy :D

[Skittles]

64. Natalie Merchant

her voice makes me what to destroy my own ear drums

[silvermachine]

75. She has quite a range...

...3 notes, I believe. Wow, I can't stand her.

[Left Is Write]

111. Yes. Her too.

The 10,000 Maniacs version of "Because The Night" ought to be banned.

[vixengrl]

66. Gwen Stefani.

The first time I heard her, I said, "That's not a real voice." I'm still wondering.

[BelleCarolinaPeridot]

68. LOL !!!!!!!!

[Pendrench]

67. Biz Markie n/t

[jakefrep]

72. Michael W Smith

Contemporary "Christian" singer/songwriter. Like fingernails across a blackboard.

[Drum]

74. Kenny G nt

[Elidor]

76. Ozzy fucking Osbourne

How did we get to 75 replies without the low-hanging fruit getting knocked off the tree? He has a great band, they make great music - and he ruins it every time he opens his fucking mouth. The fact that he became a multimillionaire as a singer is proof that commercial success requires massive suckage.

[Danger Mouse]

77. Chad Kroger of Nickelback sounds like he's trying to pass a stone when he sings.

He's not singing, he's shitting his pants!

[unpossibles]

83. I hate that whole style for the most part

the "I have to poop really, really badly" singer, and also the "I've got a c__k in my mouth and I mumble" - which often go hand in hand. What's funny is, there are singers who do it well - Eddy Vedder doesn't bother me - but it's far too common and usually horrible and lazy. Like Creed.

"Weh ahs 'ide o-ehan!"

What, Scott? I can't understand you.

[Danger Mouse]

141. Eddie Vedder can actually sing. Chad Kroger just abstains from shitting for about 48 hours...

goes into the studio, and records his frustrated grunts and packages it as music.
Just wait, one day during a concert he's going to drop a brick in his pants onstage.

[dolo amber]

78. Yoko, Tori, Kate Bush

can all go cram it with walnuts. x(

[dembotoz]

104. no no no not Kate Bush

She is a musical saint to my ears.

Yoko? yeah
Agree with that one

[Left Is Write]

113. Yoko?

The OP asked for the most annoying voices in music. I don't think anything that's ever come out of her mouth counts as music.

[kid a]

135. tori amos is amazing nt

[LibraLiz1973]

189. You put Tori and Kate in a category with Yoko?

Ack!

I love tori and like Kate

[Matsubara]

82. Britney Spears - sounds like a frog

Busta Rhymes :puke:

Mystikal :puke: And other similarly hoarse rappers.


Stacey Q (Two of Hearts, from the 80s)

[B3Nut]

85. Eddie Vedder and Stevie Nicks

Eddie's voice just grates on my nerves, especially his unfortunate remake of the regrettable joke of a song "Last Kiss"...one oldie that I could go the rest of my life never hearing again. Stevie Nicks sounds like a sheep with pitch definition. Ba-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a!

I'll second Gwen Stefani as well...all the voices on that awful Hollaback Girl sound like ostensibly human heads with nothing inside them whatsoever. Reminds me of Zappa's line from Valley Girl...

"On Ventura, there she goes
She just bought some bitchen clothes
Tosses her head and flits her hair
She's got a whole bunch o' nothin' in there"

And someone needs to tell her that "Cool" isn't. It's mind-numblingly stupid, in fact. My band was covering that for a while...it seems to have mercifully disappeared from the setlist. Now if "Goodbye To You" would die a similar setlist death...

Todd in Cheesecurdistan <- will play damn near anything for a paycheck

[Mad_Dem_X]

97. I agree wtih ya on Stevie, but

Eddie is awesome, IMO.

[LaurenG]

86. The Bee Gees, Barry Gibb.

:shrug:

[greendog]

88. Graham Nash

~

[Efilroft Sul]

91. Dave Fuckin' Matthews

Guy sounds like he squeezes his nose for every song, and half the lyrics are unintelligible.

[Frank Cannon]

94. Hear Fuckin' Hear

I jes doan geddit why that guy is so popular. I have a coworker who plays his shit constantly. Not only is he just bad himself, but he's inspired a whole generation of other non-singing singers.

[Common Sense Party]

119. Dave Matthews, hands down, no contest.

I cannot even listen to his songs because of his annoying voice.

[jbane]

178. I would rather listen to ...

an elephant farting contest than Dave Mathews "singing".

[swag]

93. David Lee Roth

[kwassa]

98. Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey

[Philosoraptor]

105. ditto robert plant

[Cabcere]

158. Plant I can see...

...but Roger Daltrey? I love his voice. :loveya: Ah well. Different strokes, and all that. :hi:

[Le Taz Hot]

99. Thank you and

agreed. I hear young people rave about these "artists" and I'm standing there, scratching my head saying :wtf: Whatever happened to vocal coaches?

On edit: And who in the hell sings that annoying song with the following lyrics:

I will reMEMber you. You will reMEMber me. I swear she yodels the "mem" part. It's the first thing (out of many) a vocal coach would have called her on.

[deucemagnet]

130. That's Sarah McLachlan. And don your flamesuit.

[Rambis]

100. Tom Waits sorry

He might write good lyrics I just can't stand the sand paper whiskey voice long enough to listen for them.


I don't mind Dave Mathews when he is singing other material like long black veil with Emmylou comes to mind but his music I don't like most of his music. Some of it is really good in phrases (very melodic) but then it goes south quickly.
I think Dave mathews and Bruce Hornsby are really the same person. He is Dave Mathews when he is shit faced drunk then becomes the soulless Bruce Hornsby when sober.

[Bridget Burke]

102. Diamanda Galas

I've got a pretty high tolerance for artiness. But she goes Several Steps Beyond.
www.diamandagalas.com/

[Guava Jelly]

106. The lead singer of the offspring

nails on a chalkboard

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

108. Axl Rose. No other contenders necessary. (nt)

[Zavulon]

109. Aaron Neville (sp?)

If I were a CIA agent captured by the KGB (today: FSB), I'd crack like a nut with one spin of one of his records.

[Parche]

114. neville

He is a great guy and gives to a lot of charities,

But He sings like one of his nads is being squeezed!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :hi:

[Zavulon]

131. With a vice, no less. That is the only way for a male to hit those notes.

I'm just puzzled as to how this guy reached commercial success. I respect him as much as you do for what he does for society, but his voice makes me cringe.

[jobycom]

115. You and I are mortal enemies!

Where's the "Spit in your general direction" smilie...

Aaron Neville has the voice of an angel!

:hippie:

[Zavulon]

137. Uh-oh.

Amazing - I put up a post a while ago ripping the Beatles and calling them worthless, and no reaction whatsoever. Put up one bad note about Neville, and I earn a mortal enemy. :(

And you're right, he does have the voice of an angel - one that's been inhaling helium ;)

(Sorry, couldn't resist :) )

[Parche]

138. nad

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:hi:
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[MnFats]

152. ok, your ass should be kicked for disrespecting the Beatles. They are Gods.

shame on you.

[Rob H.]

153. 'Family Guy' did a hilarious bit with Peter using

an Aaron Neville-brand bullhorn. "Hey, everybody" came out "He-e-eh-e-eh-ey, Everybah-hah-hah-hah-de." :rofl:

[lumberingbear]

185. Aaron Neville sounds like....

vibrating plastic.

just saying....

[Left Is Write]

110. James Blunt, Edie Brickell

[Xithras]

144. I STILL can't figure out how Edie Brickell got a record contract.

Seriously! Does she actually have any fans, or was her contract sponsored by Tylenol? Her voice gives me an incredible headache.

Bjork is a close second.

[begin_within]

112. Tie between Sting and Bob Dylan

[jobycom]

117. Donald Fagan, Geddy Lee. and the woman who sang in "Snow White"

That would be Adriana Caselotti.

[Zomby Woof]

118. Freddie Mercury

He must have tied rubber bands around his nutsack.

[Javaman]

120. cleon deon.

[slj0101]

121. Joanna Newsom.

Imagine if Bjork grew up in Appalachia rather than Iceland. Now imagine her with ADD and LSD-induced psychosis. And a harp. And 12-minute digressive songs that are almost completely lyrical in nature.



http://www.amazon.com/Ys-Joanna-Newsom/dp/B000I2K9M4/ref=sr_1_1/103-9072623-8310202?ie=UTF8&s=music&qid=1181838881&sr=1-1

[volstork]

161. After reading your HILARIOUS description

I had to check out the link, and all I can say is: :wtf:

[slj0101]

166. I am so sorry.

:D

[volstork]

169. Don't apologize--

the record company who leashed her on the world is who should be apologizing!

[volstork]

128. Tom Waits and Kris Kristofferson

both are excellent songwriters, but PLEASE let someone else do the singing!

[volstork]

129. Buffy St. Marie n/t

[kid a]

132. wow...if those four annoy you...you're a tough customer

nt

[Zavulon]

133. James Blunt - oh, my fucking GOD.

I have heard the guy's name repeatedly but never heard any of his songs until seeing your post and going to youtube to find out what he sounded like. That guy is fucking AWFUL. His voice makes Cyndi Lauper sound masculine.

Ugh. Interesting thread, but....ugh. You were right to mention Blunt, but didn't you know there would be someone like me who had gone so long without hearing that shit who might get curious? :(

Ugh. Somebody hold me, I'm going to puke.

[Throd]

136. Neil Young - Love his writing, hate his whining.

[SoxFan]

140. The interchangable nu metal knobs

You know the type.

next time I have dry heaves, I'll make sure to add a backing track with one chord low-tuned guitars. It will probably get me a spot opening for Disturbed.

[deutsey]

142. Michael Bolton, whose whiney scream I could do without. n/t

[Taverner]

145. John Bell from Widespread Panic

The band is otherwise excellent - they write good tunes, they do amazing jams, but that singer - always off key. It bugs me.

[montanto]

147. Edith Piaf, and if you want, I'll tell you why.

[montanto]

170. OK, since no on wants to know why, I'll tell you.

[montanto]

171. Her voice is effective birth control.

[montanto]

172. She could turn an ICBM into a Scud.

[montanto]

173. She's like an iceberg to the Titanic.

[montanto]

174. In an amorous moment my wife put on a CD with

Edith on it and that was the end of the session. That which was high was laid low, no pun intended. Still disturbs me to think about it. There, bacause you didn't want to know.

[idgiehkt]

148. Gwen effing Stefani

they custom built the whambulance just for her. :puke:

[eyepaddle]

149. G. Love

'nuff said.

[derby378]

150. Spooky Reuben

Prove. Me. Wrong.

[Beaverhausen]

155. Only one mention of Celine Dion and Mariah Carey?

good god- these two will drive me to suicide!

[Kat45]

156. Perry Farrell, Billy Corgan, Geddy Lee,

the dude in the Darkness when he goes falsetto

[Cabcere]

159. Somebody I know once said that Geddy Lee's voice sounds like

somebody strangling a cat on key. :rofl: Sorry, he's a pretty good bassist and all, but I'm not a fan of his singing. :shrug:

[AzDar]

162. Geddy Lee.

[ironflange]

163. Diana Kraal

Ugh. Not only is her voice ugly, she's always flat. Maybe that's her idea of a style, but it just grates on me.

[bamacrat]

164. John Mayer..

Dave Matthews, Billy Corgan... others im blanking on but those three of course. Although I do like the Smashing Pumpkins.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

165. yep, those are four of the worst eamples-i'd add scott weiland to the list

the most contrived 'rock star' voice ever

[Lydia Leftcoast]

167. Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and a 1980s J-Pop star named Kyoko Koizumi

Judging from the reaction of the TV studio audiences, she drove teenage boys mad with lust, but I thought her voice was small and often off-key

[stuntcat]

168. Rufus Wainwright (okay sorry)

I know he's super-cool and I totally respect him for singing Hallelujah but everything he does sounds so nasally to me it's annoying. I like him though, I mean he's talented and stuff. And I love Martha's voice.

[tk2kewl]

175. getty lee

[redqueen]

176. you already named it... james blunt

ew ew ew ew ew EW!

[Lance_Boyle]

181. Joan Baez and Tiny Tim.

But for the whole death thing I'd swear they were the same person, with the same eardrum-impaling fluttery vibrato.

[Dora]

182. Lucinda Williams, sometimes.

Sometimes she sounds like a lark. Other times, not so much.

[Broken_Hero]

183. Zack Delarocha from Rage Against the Machine...

I can't stand his voice...sounds like an angry kid who is pissed that his mother wouldn't give him a cookie.

[ForrestGump]

184. Rock critics, among

others (Michael Bolton does, indeed, immediately leap to mind).

[WinkyDink]

190. John Mayer, Adam Levine, Scott Stapp, James Blunt.