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Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> Someone once tried to convince me that as I love

> Leonard Cohen and Bob Dylan loves Leonard Cohen,

> therefore I should love Bob, but I just can't bear

> him.



Can't abide either, Leonard Cohen's singing is music for manic depressives and Dylan's nasal whining does my head in.

For me it's mainly all of the "artists" who sell millions but write none of their own stuff, don't have a say on who's in their band and who are basically TV/record company puppets.


Prime example: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandpopmusic/10563266/Its-a-joke-that-Sam-Smith-is-the-Sound-of-2014.html

Bob Dylan's voice is (well, was) perfect. It couldn't be improved upon and any other voice singing his songs sounds wrong.


In the same way that Lou Reed's, Neil Young's, Wayne Coyne's, Shane MacGowan's, Shaun Ryder's etc etc voices are all perfect.


If they could all sing note perfect across 4 octaves their songs would sound horrendous.

???? Wrote:

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> Robert Poste's Child Wrote:

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> > Bob Dylan. Tuneless droning.

>

>

> Looking forward for you

>

> "Aretha Franklin. Just Shouts" post RPC :)


Wrong - love Aretha Franklin. She can sing, unlike Bob moan drone Dylan.


ETA: I always found Whitney Houston rather shouty though.

I'm with you there. I was totally smitten with her back in the sugarcubes days. First couple of albums were really special (though haven't stood the test of time so well).


But some of her more recent stuff, well, it scares me frankly.


This video from a couple of years ago is pretty awesome in the truest sense of the word.

 

That said, she follows her own path, she is always original, her music is usually interesting and challenging (if not always engaging and occasionally terrifying). I won't willingly listen to all her albums, but god damn i'll always give them a chance.

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