Your picks of mediocre or lousy vocals with great musicians!

JMC,
You've got another great list.
Tom Waits is actually descent musician and actor. He's multi-talent.

Totally forgot about Joni Mitchel.

Maybe not poor but definitely plain and trivial.

I enjoy listening to Pat Benatar band, but not her regardless of her voice quality and yes with many others... How about Patricia Barber? I’d simply like her to shut up and just play piano with her band. Does she have poor voice? Really not sure.

Yes to Tyler. I'll have to add Axl Rose

Mapman,
Mick Jagger isn’t mediocre vocalist. He’s lousy and always off the key.
Not attracted neither to Bob nor Mick, but would love to hear Dylan’s songs performed by great jazz vocalists rather than Dylan sing himself. Not his job IMHO.
Just me or maybe not.
Dweller,
Yes. The rock vocalist MUST be lousy to the point of goose bumps on skin sounding similar to opening of the old rusted shed door or grinding noise of breaks with worn pads! Axle Rose I guess is champion.
Can’t tell that about Jim Morrison, Peter Gabriel or even David Byrne.

i don't like Billy Idol, but I like his musicians.
same thing with Pat Benatar or Joni MItchel.

bdp24941 posts02-22-2016 7:12am

What makes for a great guitarist, or great musician on any instrument?

First and foremost, it’s musicality.

Can you clarify "Musicality"?

I had to state in other words:

I like to listen to Michael Franks when he’s not singing
I like to listen to Billy Idol, when he’s not singing
I like to listen to Rolling Stones when Mick Jagger isn’t singing.
Same thing with Pat Benatar, Joni Mitchell, Michael Jackson and Bob Dylan.

I like to listen to Jimi Hendrix when he plays and sings.
I like to listen to Billy Joel when he plays and sings.
Same to Tom Waits, Adrean Belew, Ry Cooder and many others...