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rossmacrae Inner circle Arlington, Virginia 2475 Posts |
Let's span two eras in American bad-music history:
Marking myself as an incredible college-radio geek ('cause nobody else ever heard of her) - MRS. MILLER. Here, maybe you'll fall in love: http://www.mrsmillersworld.com/ - Florence Foster Jenkins got nothin' on her! -------------------------- And for the modern era, I challenge anyone to beat: WING. I dare you to listen to her on her website. http://www.wingtunes.com/public/samples.aspx - one representative comment from someone who did: "OMIGOD! MY EARS! AAAAARGH!" - William Hung, crawl home in shame, you can't beat Wing! |
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DonDriver Inner circle 1790 Posts |
Do any of you remember the movie "Paint your Wagon" and Clint Eastwood tried his hand at singing ? I think that was his only singing attempt and he just stuck to acting from than on.Mr.Eastwood is a very smart man.
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drhackenbush Special user 686 Posts |
Though I put Carol Channing up there, I do need to give her due respect for her response to Andy Kaufman on the Dinah Shore show; the guests included Channing and Robert Goulet and out walks Andy in nothing but a turban and dhoti (the wrapped loincloth) and he proceds to ripple his stomach whilst singing "You'll Never Walk Alone" and accompanying himself on a single hi-hat with a drumstick. Goulet stood there with his mouth open the whole time, but Carol Channing kept a very respectful expression and acted as if she were hearing a beautiful song. So maybe she ain't all that bad.
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Don, I just picked up a copy of Paint Your Wagon cuz it is my favorite movie (a bomb at the box office). I will tell you that Clint Eastwood also sang in a couple other movies and had a duet with Fats Domino on the country charts a few years ago, Bar Room Buddies I think was the song.
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DonDriver Inner circle 1790 Posts |
I had no idea...interesting.
Thanks Santa. |
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
William Shatner tried his hand a handful of times in the late 60's-early 70's.
Less than stellar results. But at least he gave it a go.
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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drhackenbush Special user 686 Posts |
Then there's Clint's movie, "Honkeytonk Man" about a never-quite-made-it barroom country singer. He has a very "distinctive" voice.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts |
I was hoping more for bad singers that you do like. Cohen, Dylan, Chapman, Nico, etc. Any Neil Young fans out there?
John
The blood-dimmed tide is loosed, and everywhere
The ceremony of innocence is drowned; The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.--Yeats |
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Josh the Superfluous Inner circle The man of 1881 Posts |
Love Neil Young. It's a tricky question, John. If someone else had Neil Young's voice and didn't know what to do with it, it'd be awful. But he took what he was given and made it great. There are guitars that I might play that sound to me like crud. Give that same guitar to John lee Hooker and he'll make it sing. Before Hendrix, Distortion was a negative feature of electrified guitars.
I used to have a vocal coach. He worked with me to reduce the tension I held in my neck. By straining, my singing voice became crackly and stressed. What would he have avised if James Brown had asked for a lesson? I'm still comfortable with my Nico answer, because she was a model introduced into a band by an outside producer. She is awful on so many levels. But somehow the music sounds strangely pretty to me. Is Chapman bad?
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"I hate it, I hate my ironic lovechild. I didn't even have anything to do with it" Josh #2 |
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Chessmann Inner circle 4242 Posts |
At a Paul McCartney concert a number of years ago, a tech made a recording of Linda McCartney's microphone during "Hey, Jude." It played on a local station one time. The guy who played it ended with the phrase, "He (Paul) must really love her."
My ex-cat was named "Muffin". "Vomit" would be a better name for her. AKA "The Evil Ball of Fur".
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Freak Prodigy Inner circle NYC & LA 1805 Posts |
I love Tom Waits.
Harvey Sid Fisher is a horrible singer/song writer. Look him up on myspace...his page has loads of his music on it. Brett.
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Vandy Grift Inner circle Milwaukee 3504 Posts |
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On 2007-02-11 13:26, MagicSanta wrote: Barroom Buddies did hit the charts (#1 I believe). But it was a duet with Merle Haggard, not Fats Domino. "I am just as good a singer as Caruso...And I can hold my breath three times as long, if I wanted to." - Bob Dylan
"Get a life dude." -some guy in a magic forum
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MagicSanta Inner circle Northern Nevada 5841 Posts |
Yes indeedy, Fats was on Every Which Way But Loose part one or two and the song he had on there was a hit.
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