Brit singers late 80s-90s....roses, mondays, etc..


Wow what a low period for vocal pop groups...have you ever heard any live Stone ROses, Happy Mondays, or CHaralatans from this era? THese guys literally cant carry a tune...they must be tone teaf i suppose...but ironically some of the lps sound decent...must be studio trickery ala J.Leckie...ha....
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Not asking for Pavarotti...just solid in tune vocals...when the vocals are so bad they interfere with the music there is a problem...at least Liam from Oasis can carry a tune ha! FOrgot one...BObby G from Primal Scream...appalling voice...I assume...outside of oasis...this is one main reason these bands never broke america...Swagger and starpower will only get you so far...u have to have some natural singing ability....
As David Byrne once said "i dont trust singers that hit every note"...but as I was perusing youtube and walking down memory lane as I went to school in the UK in the early 90s...man I must have been on a ton of drugs to listen to this stuff live...its kind of dissapointing really...although the level of muscianship is quite good...the vocals are definitely the weak link...as for punk bands...Johnny Rotten and Joe Strummer were great "anti-singers" in the best sense...and early Oasis(94) Liam just kills...great vox...