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singers who were terrible


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Michael Bolton. Oh, I hated him. He made a career out of being a karaoke singer who could sing R and B. He comes from that class of singer who got seen as "brilliant" because they were whitebread and sang "black music", when there were other white singers who were 10X more talented but no one cared about because they ironically had soul and therefore sounded too black for white audiences (Lisa Manfield, Rick Astley, Simply Red, Taylor Dayne).

Other karaoke/mediocre singers like that to me are Adele and UB40.

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I agree...I am not a Michael Bolton fan either!

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Love sitting on the dock of the bay. Beautiful raspy voice.

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But in the end, his version was karaoke, and the original was full of heart and soul.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GI6CfKcMhjY

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I...I don't get it.

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https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jtzYZwruUX0

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Not a great vocalist but the song is sincere and passionate. That counts for something.

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Kris Kristofferson...a first-rate songwriter and talented guy, but his "singing" voice isn't so great!

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i liked his smokey voice.

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And that's what makes the world go round! 😃 As a kid, my older sisters both had the "A Star Is Born" album and I would listen along with them. "Watch Closely Now," "Hellacious Acres," etc. I loved those songs and I thought the Streisand songs were boring (although I did eventually grow up and realize the beauty of "Evergreen").

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bmsab2zAFt8&list=PLYDmvbX1UuWJDn4lcxp-hBNT3FaD6HcQp&index=7&ab_channel=ThierryAlexandre

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I never cared for Ethel Merman. I think her singing sounds like she's just yelling.

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Michael Jackson after 80s

Here is his live vocals that the audience didn't hear, as they heard the playback.

So it's him singing along to his own recording and it's horrible.

https://youtu.be/9B7CIQl7zH0

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Man I’ve never seen that before. Far cry from this
https://youtu.be/N9U9A4_cgyI

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Brian Johnson from AC/DC

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FOOLISH.

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He did the impossible: he replaced Bon Scott....and it worked! Very well!😎

But I suppose you hated Bon too😡

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Not really. Theyre actually really beauitful

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