Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves- Page 5
Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
#100re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 5:32pm
Carol Channing
Angela Lansbury
Mary Martin
Bebe Neuwirth
Ann Reinking
Chita Rivera
Gwen Verdon
^Great performers, bad singers
Updated On: 8/25/06 at 05:32 PM
#101re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 5:32pmsorry, double post Updated On: 8/25/06 at 05:32 PM
#102re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 6:01pm
I'm really stunned so many people don't like Audra.
I think a lot of the performers mentioned thus far are among those performers that "you just have to see". For example, I could NEVER. EVER. listen to the Hello, Dolly! OBC because of Carol Channing, then I saw her on tour and I can't stop listening to her. Performers with a great "uniqueness" to their voice, such as Merman, Channing, LuPone, Patinkin, and Liza I think don't always transfer well to record - part of their magic is their skill as a performer, rather than just as sheer singers. (note: I love all of those I mentioned above - there are very few people I don't like, actually, as whom I mentioned before.)
#103re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:26pmAlan Cumming is yet another one. I used to hate Sarah Uriarte Berry's voice, but it's grown on me.
CurtisTaylorJr2
Leading Actor Joined: 3/17/06
#105re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:42pm
"Julie Andrews
Kerry Butler
Norbert Leo Butz
Kristin Chenoweth
Victoria Clark
Patti Cohenour
Erin Dilly
Eden Espinosa
Hunter Foster
Sutton Foster
Judy Garland
Hugh Jackman
Shirley Jones
Ted Keegan
Lorna Luft
Idina Menzel
Liza Minnelli
Marni Nixon
Bernadette Peters
Sherie Rene Scott"
Was that poeple you did or didn't like?
Unknown User
Joined: 12/31/69
#106re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:44pm
Marisa Jaret Winokur
I don't know if you would consider her respected, but that voice-- gosh.
#107re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 7:48pmkristin Chenoweth
musicaltheater1
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/19/05
#108re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:05pm
Bernadette Peters
Ethel Merman
Judy Garland
Hugh Jackman
Liza Minelli
Carol Channing
Bebe Neuwirth
Ann Reinking
Chita Rivera
Mandy Patinkin
"After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music." Aldous Huxley
RubyRose
Swing Joined: 3/18/06
#109re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 8:12pm
Mandy Patinkin
Michael Crawford
Occasionally Sarah Brightman depending on the song
And Eartha Kitt
#110re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 9:19pmBecoz_i_knew_you21, those are the people I do like.
#111re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 9:31pmoh and I forgot....the girl who plays the original "Kate Monster" in AVE. Q
afaye11
Stand-by Joined: 8/7/06
#112re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/25/06 at 10:16pm
Two Words...
Ethel Merman
mustard
Stand-by Joined: 7/27/06
#113re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/26/06 at 2:00pmPeople like Ann Reinking and Gwen Verdon are DANCERS, not singers. They wouldn't be classified as "respected singers."
Janelle188
Understudy Joined: 1/10/06
#114re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/26/06 at 4:48pm
Sarah Brightman.
Granted, I am more annoyed by watching her sing than just listening, because I can't stand her blank, wide-eyed gape, but her voice still just annoys the crap out of me.
HeartandMusic
Featured Actor Joined: 6/11/06
JustABroadwaybaby2
Broadway Star Joined: 4/6/06
#116re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/26/06 at 7:26pmSutton Foster when she does an "ooooo" sounds like Grace Adler singing. All of you that watch will and grace will understand.
#117re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/26/06 at 8:25pmCarol. Channing.
The choice may have been mistaken, The choosing was not... "Every day has the potential to be the greatest day of your life." - Lin-Manuel Miranda
#118re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:17am
Chenowith. No particular reason.
Hugh Jackman. Just because he always seems a little off-key.
"Hey little girls, look at all the men in shiny shirts and no wives!" - Jackie Hoffman, Xanadu, 19 Feb 2008
broadjay
Understudy Joined: 8/26/06
#119re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 2:23am
It was u don't like, lol
r u crazy, the list you made is some of the best! (-:
Funny Face
Broadway Star Joined: 7/6/06
#120re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:05pmHeather Headley. While she doesn't greate my nerves per se, I just don't get it. Besides on "The Gods Love Nubia", she's never impressed me too much.
EganFan2
Broadway Star Joined: 9/8/04
#121re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:23pm
Kristin Chenoweth and Ethel Merman tie for #1. I don't know who annoys me more.
#122re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:39pm
Have to add Marissa Jaret Winokur to my list.
Wait...take back Patty Cohenour
Updated On: 8/27/06 at 12:39 PM
Mattbrain
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/23/05
#123re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:42pm
I'm ready for any possible death threats when I say:
Elaine Stritch!
TennesseeTwang
Broadway Star Joined: 6/26/05
#124re: Respected singers whose voices grate your nerves
Posted: 8/27/06 at 12:54pm
I'm really stunned so many people don't like Audra.
I think a lot of the performers mentioned thus far are among those performers that "you just have to see".
I don't think not having seen a performer in person is the reason why some highly regarded singers' voices drive some people batty. What is or isn't pleasing to the human ear is always highly subjective.
When someone says they don't care for a particular person's voice, they are merely stating their opinion. And because it's nothing more than an opinion, it's neither right nor wrong.
So stating , "I don't see how anyone can't like ________'s voice", misses the point.
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