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#53

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 6:46pm

I think anyone who has ever played Mark in RENT.. they all try to be carbon copies of each other and every one of them while being decent actors are so nasal and spit a lot..

#54

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 7:18pm

I have to question all those Wicked performers placing them in the category of "respected singers"

Also, I'm surprised a lot of people don't like Ethel Merman! I guess it's a you-have-to-watch-her-to-get-it kind of thing...
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#57

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 7:42pm

I would bet that the majority if not all of those listing Ethel Merman have never seen her live, on stage. If they had they might think differently.
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#59

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 7:58pm

I am SO GLAD some people on here have said Sarah Brightman. She was my first thought, and if I tell people that, they get so offended. Someone almost hit me once because I said I hated Sarah Brightman's voice. I LOVE Michael Crawford's voice but I can't listen to the OCR of Phantom because of Sarah.

In other singers, Kristin Chenoweth's voice really gets to me.
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#61

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:06pm

I agree about Ethel Merman, I mean I'm just 20 and would have never had the chance to see her live in my lifetime, but if I did I might admire her voice a little more. I do respect her because it's VERY rare for someone as lauded as her to have had no vocal or acting training whatsoever. She just had "it".

But like I said, she annoys me only on certain songs re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
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#62

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:10pm

To jump on the bandwagon...

Idina Menzel (in small doses she's fine, but WHY IS SHE FAMOUS?)
Kristin Chenoweth (sometimes--her voice is actually very nasal)
Patti LuPone (her voice is perfect for character roles like Mrs. Lovett, but when she has to sustain big notes--i.e. Norma Desmond--it's painful).

And similar to what someone said about Sherie Rene Scott, Robert Cuccioli sounded MUCH better in the theater as J&H than he does on his recordings. Actually, I would venture to say that he sounds BAD on the J&H cast album, although he was great live (or maybe that's just the way I choose to remember it).
#63

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:17pm

I'm another who can't stand listening to Kristin Chenoweth. Angela Christian runs a close second.
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#64

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:26pm

Laurie Beechman
Betty Buckley
Sarah Brightman
Barbara Cook
Michael Crawford
Patti LuPone
Marin Mazzie
Ethel Merman
Brian Stokes Mitchell
Adam Pascal
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Elaine Stritch
Colm Wilkinson

I'm sure I'll think of more later.
#65

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 8:55pm

Ethel Merman
Michael Crawford (except in POTO, I don't know why)
Cheno (her pop sounding songs get on my nerves...I prefer her in shows like Candide)
Mandy Patinkon.
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#67

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:00pm

Angela Landsbury
Cheno (too nasal)
Daphne Rubin-Vega
Adam Pascal (can play one role, only!)
The origional Tobias in Sweeney Tood (I don't know his name)
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#69

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:39pm

You might not like their voices, but considering "all those Wicked singers" won their roles primarily because of their pipes, I'd say they're generally respected in their industry. It's not like the Wicked producers are saying, "Let's stunt cast with a Shoshana Bean or Eden Espinosa so we can boost our box office numbers!"
#71

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 9:53pm

Eh, when it comes to Wicked I really can't stand Steph Block or Julia Murney.

I think Julia has a fantastic belt, and I understand her vibrato is a trademark so to speak, but really. I just can't find it enjoyable when it's used so heavily in such long phrases.

And for Steph Block, I find her diction terrible. I understand it's correct from a technical standpoint but it's very irritating and unconvincing.
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#73

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 10:24pm

*Matthew Broderick (too nasally for me)
*Angela Lansbury
*Sarah Brightman
*Betsy Joslyn (her vibratto scares me)
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#75

re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves

Posted: 8/24/06 at 10:40pm

I find Sherie Rene Scott's high notes very VERY annoying

especially in The Last 5 Years
I can't even imagine her as maureen
I can't even think that far back to when idina actually could sing...those were the days
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