the best music from the worst voices

the best music from the worst voices
Created by: akaleidoscopy
Tracks: 13
Length: 00:54:52
Keywords 1. bad vocals
2. off key
3. bad singing
Created on 3/21/07 4:04pm
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description:
i decided to make a mix of songs i just love, but at first listen...hated the vocals.

tracklist

1 Neutral Milk Hotel : Two-Headed Boy
classic
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Track 1 from In The Aeroplane Over The Sea
Length: 00:04:26
Year: 1998
Track Description:
classic
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2 mewithoutYou : Messes Of Men
i was real put off by his..."talk-singing"

i warmed up to it
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Track 2 from Brother, Sister
Length: 00:03:52
Year: 2006
Track Description:
i was real put off by his..."talk-singing"

i warmed up to it
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3 Dead Kennedys : Kill the Poor
jello biafra has a real odd singing voice.
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Track 3 from Fresh Fruit for Rotting Vegetables
Length: 00:03:05
Year: 1980
Track Description:
jello biafra has a real odd singing voice.
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4 Modest Mouse : Doin' The Cockroach
i like his lisp
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Track 4 from The Lonesome Crowded West
Length: 00:04:18
Year: 1997
Track Description:
i like his lisp
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5 Bright Eyes : haligh, haligh, a lie, haligh
his vibrato vocals put me off at first. but ive grown fond of since
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Track 5 from fevers and mirrors
Length: 00:04:43
Year: 2000
Track Description:
his vibrato vocals put me off at first. but ive grown fond of since
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6 Pavement : Stereo
stephen malkmus is amazing
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Track 6 from Brighten the Corners
Length: 00:03:07
Year: 1997
Track Description:
stephen malkmus is amazing
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7 The Mountain Goats : Jenny
his voice hurt my ears when i first heard this song.
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Track 7 from All Hail West Texas
Length: 00:02:51
Year: 2002
Track Description:
his voice hurt my ears when i first heard this song.
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8 Violent Femmes : Gone Daddy Gone
i was jammin to this song one day...and my friend in my car was like "this is a horrible gnarles barkley cover" hahaha
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Track 8 from Violent Femmes
Length: 00:03:06
Year: 1983
Track Description:
i was jammin to this song one day...and my friend in my car was like "this is a horrible gnarles barkley cover" hahaha
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9 Clap Your Hands Say Yeah : The Skin Of My Yellow Country Teeth
i think his singing voice is intentionally bad...like its a gimmick or something...but i love the music to this song.
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Track 9 from Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Length: 00:05:43
Year: 2005
Track Description:
i think his singing voice is intentionally bad...like its a gimmick or something...but i love the music to this song.
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10 The Moldy Peaches : Anyone Else But You
they are pretentious art fuck music. but this song is real cute.
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Track 10 from The Moldy Peaches
Length: 00:03:00
Track Description:
they are pretentious art fuck music. but this song is real cute.
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11 Bob Dylan : Maggie's Farm
mmmm. bob dylan
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Track 11 from Masterpieces (disc 2)
Length: 00:05:28
Year: 1987
Track Description:
mmmm. bob dylan
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12 The Velvet Underground : Pale Blue Eyes
this isnt the best portrayal of lou's bad voice...but its my favorite VU song.
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Track 12 from The Velvet Underground
Length: 00:05:41
Year: 1969
Track Description:
this isnt the best portrayal of lou's bad voice...but its my favorite VU song.
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13 The Wrens : Happy
the girl vocals sound kind of amateur. its raw. i like it
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Track 13 from The Meadowlands
Length: 00:05:32
Year: 2003
Track Description:
the girl vocals sound kind of amateur. its raw. i like it
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I agree in that I also can't stand any of these vocals... sooo yeah

good job
10/1/08 9:15am
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awesome, awesome, awesome!
7/10/07 10:28pm
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great theme!
5/19/07 11:03pm
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You should slap your friend :P

Also, yay! I like it.
4/1/07 1:41pm
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This is actually the first mixtape I've seen on this site that I have any clue about. Yay! for Clap your hands and mewithoutYou. You're right, he does have a very weird style going on :]
3/22/07 1:47pm
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You ever listen to lard, biafra is the toast of the town.
3/22/07 7:37am
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You have inspired me to do something along the same lines, maybe shit songs with great guitar breaks, or great songs with shit guitar breaks or...anyway, I like this.
3/21/07 10:59pm
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lol @ number 1.
+3 from me :)
3/21/07 9:22pm

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