Singers that make you shudder!

[Pussywillow]

Robbie Williams/Jimmy Osmond/Barry Manilow take yer pick and there's pretty more where that came from.

Alfie Boe is annoying as well.

[Moonraker]

Billy Joel for one - I have to switch the radio off when Uptown Girl comes on. How did that get to number one originally?

(I) My Life and (ii) Still Rock and Roll To Me.
I like

[Richard1978]

(I) My Life and (ii) Still Rock and Roll To Me.
I like

I really like Billy Joel, probably helped by my Dad being a fan of his. I remember really liking Uptown Girl when it was a hit.

[SunnyLeslie]

• im not particularly mad about elton john not his real name.
  
  its nothing personal against him just nOt a fan.
• IN FACT A LOT OF MODERN SINGERS I DONT LIKE A LOT OF THEM NEED AUTO TUNE TO MAKE THEM SOUND GOOD.

Well, I would say that there are a lot of all kinds of trash among modern performers. Just a maximum of useless, pointless one-day performers.

[George 1978]

I really like Billy Joel, probably helped by my Dad being a fan of his. I remember really liking Uptown Girl when it was a hit.

It depends on what sort of song he is singing - sometimes it is a case of right singer, wrong song.

[SunnyLeslie]

Steve Tyler’s voice chills me. Aerosmith is one of the best bands. I grew up on their songs. And not only on their songs. Also I like Golden Earring very much.

[W1 Rover]

It has to be Ian Curtis.
Joy Division were anything but joyful....New Dawn Fades is a track that still does the shudder thing as far as I'm concerned.

[Pussywillow]

Must admit that I'm not much of a Rush fan - only have one of their songs on my playlist (2112 Overture/Tempels of Syrinx) and I can see how his voice could become irritating. Mind you Jon Anderson of Yes can get screechy at times, but I can forgive that, due to the music being utterly sublime!

Yeah Geddy Lee's vocal are ok on their early stuff , like 2112 and Farewell to Kings, irritating later. I find Ian Anderson's voice boring at times. There are a lot of prog/metal bands that ruin their sound due to poor vocalists and this 'monster' vocal thing is creeping into this genre too.