• Dessalines@lemmy.ml
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    3 months ago

    How has no one mentioned Tom Waits.

    He has some good songs, but his voice sounds like a alley cat with a stomach full of garbage who won’t let you sleep. I know that it’s the point for some ppl, but I can’t stand it.

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      3 months ago

      I love his music, voice included, but if you don’t like the voice please listen to the early stuff before he got so rough. I honestly like those records better. The Asylum Years album collects a bunch of the good ones. ETA - or Ol’55 I think has so many good ones, including the namesake song.

      Off topic but I watched him play piano and sing on some late night show a long time ago and oh boy did he look like he was on heroin, nodding off.

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      3 months ago

      He’s on key and in tune though, same as Dwight Yoakum. You may not like their voice, but they are excellent singers.

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        3 months ago

        Janis Joplin is I think the best example of cat screeching in tune, on beat, in key. I find her both great and near unlistenable.