Most Mediocre Singer Ever?

[arwalden]

[arwalden]

1. Gloria Estefan

[terrya]

2. Janet Jackson is breathtakingly mediocre, except for her wardrobe....

malfunctions.

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

3. Me

[ieoeja]

32. The question was "most medicore", not "worst".

:evilgrin:

Knautwurst?

[Nicholas D Wolfwood]

36. Hey now!!!

At least dogs don't howl when I sing!

[Commendatori]

4. Bruce Springsteen (n/t)

[THUNDER HANDS]

6. BLASPHEMY!!!!!

:mad:

[Commendatori]

24. I'm not talking about his politics, I'm

referring to his singing. It isn't any good.

[ieoeja]

31. One of the greatest songwriters!

But I agree about the singing. I have never heard another artist cover a Bruce Springsteen song that didn't sound better by the cover artist. I understand he puts on one heck of a live performance though.

[camero]

5. Prince n/t

[Rowdyboy]

7. Bobbie Golsboro..."Watching Scotty Grow" and "Honey"

are insipid, pathetic excuses for bad ballads.

[arwalden]

12. But That Chirping Cricket Sound He Could Make Was Impressive...

... if nothing else.

-- Allen

[Rowdyboy]

15. LMAO

You got it!

[arwalden]

Nobody Knows What We're Talking About

-- Allen

[BurtWorm]

26. And, Honey, I missed it

I misunderstoo-oo-ood
What the hell you guys are chirping about
It better be good.

[arwalden]

27. LOL!!

[blondeatlast]

48. Hah! So true--he's out of the running as that disqualifies him. nt

[Burma Jones]

8. Pia Zadora and/or Andrea Bocelli (n/t)

[southpaw]

9. John Parr...

He defined mediocrity during his mercifully brief 80's career...

[terrya]

11. Ah, yes. John Parr. And his greatest hit, "Man in Motion"...

from the equally dreadful "St. Elmo's Fire"

[blondeatlast]

49. Couldn't think of his name, but he immediately leapt to mind. nt

[bluedeminredstate]

10. Madonna

but I think mediocre is being too effusive.

[ohiosmith]

13. Oh what's his name, you know who I mean, the guy who sang that song.

[arwalden]

14. Yes... I Was Going To Mention Him Too.

[ohiosmith]

19. Yea, he was with that female singer for a while but then he went on his

own.

[terrya]

20. They did that one CD, didn't they?

[ohiosmith]

21. It had that picture on the cover.

[arwalden]

22. Haven't Heard Anything From Him Since After His Rehab

[ohiosmith]

23. He did that one gig with that other guy. I think there was a live

recording of it.

[arwalden]

30. I Thought That Other Guy Died... Didn't He?

Heart attack? Overdose? Or did he live?

[ohiosmith]

34. You may be right. I think I heard he was sick. It could have been

that one that kinda looked like him.

[arwalden]

43. Oh Yeah... HIM... I Always Thought They Looked Similar, But

My partner says I'm crazy. He doesn't see it.

-- Allen

[ohiosmith]

44. They were virtually identical twins except for their physical appearance.

[arwalden]

45. Except later on that one got a belly. It was easy to tell them apart then.

[ohiosmith]

46. Was that the one that had the sex change?

[Karenina]

16. Diana Krall n/t

[tishaLA]

37. Bingo!

Krall is mediocrity personified.

[boxster]

17. The lead singer of The Darkness.

Hands down.

[southpaw]

18. No Way!!!

Mediocre is a compliment for that guy! He just plain SUCKS!!!

[Wickerman]

25. No, no, no - Its Ashcroft - naturally

http://bootnewt.tripod.com/ashsongs.htm

http://www.cnn.com/video/us/2002/02/25/ashcroft.sings.wbtv.med.html

http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,35525,00.html

[skypilot]

28. Linda Ronstadt

Even when I was a kid I would wonder why she was famous. Not a bad voice but not great either--or interesting.

[ieoeja]

29. Brittany Spears

Or are you limiting this question to singers who actually sing?

If people wanted to protest a Super Bowl performance shouldn't it have been the previous year's pre-game show where all but one performer lip-synched?

Who knew Milli Vanilli were just too far ahead of their time?

[meatloaf]

33. LEE F!*@&#%G GREENWOOD

I win.

[JohnOneillsMemory]

50. Wrong. But you got his middle name right. I once worked with him.

Lee actually has pipes. And a good band. But his music grates. All sounds like the McDonalds jingle he wrote..."McDonalds and you..."
(I'm a concert audio engineer. Worked with lots of names you know.)

I once had to mix Lee Greenwood for 10,000 fans in the LA area. Yes, even that awful First Bush Gulf War anthem 'I'm Proud to be an American.' Echh. Had to do my best, though, to be professional.

I worked a few rodeos too (animal rights people are correct. they are very abusive of the animals) and the rodeos started with a parachute jumper with an auto dealer-sized American flag attached to him landing in the middle of the arena while Greenwood's faux anthem blared and timed to end just as he landed. Nationalism is truly disgusting precisely because it works as show biz. Very dangerous.

My candidates:
1) Jacob Dylan-much worse than his father
2) Jewell
3) Natalie where's the pitch Merchant
4) Jim Belushie-had to mix him fronting the official House of Blues band-ouch.

There are a few singing acts that I like to say of 'They really put the harm in harmony.'

When you work in music every day of your life, you get intolerant of mediocrity. Sorry.

[JVS]

35. Mediocre is a quality which defies a superlative

[Taverner]

38. Barbara Streisand

Ducking now

[Mike Daniels]

39. Richard Thompson

Sort of the same principle as Bruce Springstein -

Talented guitarist and song writer but as a singer (ehhhh).

I know his voice works great for the material he does but it can become monotonous over the course of a record/CD.

[mvd]

40. Celine Dion maybe

Has the pipes, but little nuance.

[thestatusquo]

41. Clay Aiken

He's so...forgettable

[ScreamingMeemie]

42. Kenny Rodgers.

:hi:

[blondeatlast]

47. "Most mediocre"--mustn't think about this too long; my head hurts.