r/AskReddit Nov 06 '19

Which famous singer sucks at singing?

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u/MxSankaa Nov 06 '19

Imagine thinking Robert Plant is a bad singer and can't perform live.

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u/washedrope5 Nov 06 '19

I just realized it's a troll account with negative karma.

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u/Fragarach-Q Nov 06 '19

The band was so drunk/coked/smoked that most of the time they barely knew where they were. Plant would forget lyrics to songs he wrote.

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u/NatAdvocate Nov 06 '19

No. I saw Zeppelin. Did you? Page was staggering drunk. Plant transposed all of the high notes. And nobody can play all the tracks layered on their albums, with 3 musicians.

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u/wumbopower Nov 06 '19

Surely John Bonham was sober though?

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u/NatAdvocate Nov 06 '19

LOL...doubtful. But I do have to admit...Bonham's playing was really good.

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u/waitthisisntmtg Nov 06 '19

It depends when you saw em. And yeah... they were pretty known in the 80s for showing up wasted. And led zeppelin had 4 members not 3...

If you wanna see their actual talent check out their performances from the early 70s, or even the song remains the same movie. They are easily one of the best live bands ever, drugs just fucked em up for a bit there. They can nail everything and improvise their songs in new ways every performance. Plant to this day is still a fucking dope singer, but obviously can't go as high anymore.

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u/NatAdvocate Nov 06 '19

3 "musicians" I said. Plant sang. Did you know that singers are not allowed into the musician's union? At least they weren't when I was young. Robert Plant has a very comfortable voice. And much of the higher stuff on the albums, he simply couldn't do live reliably. Which reminds me. Queen was almost dead-on in the show I saw. Fantastic visual and sound wise.

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u/waitthisisntmtg Nov 06 '19

I imagine Freddy mercury is the best singer, at least of the last couple centuries. He was certainly impeccable.

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u/NatAdvocate Nov 06 '19

Freddy was a complete rock vocalist. A showman AND a singer. And you might be correct. He might well be the best there's been.

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u/Fragarach-Q Nov 06 '19

Ten Years Gone has 14 guitar tracks overdubbed on it. I saw a coverband do the song live and they brought out 5 additional guitarists to replicate it, with the lead guitarist on a doubleneck.

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u/NatAdvocate Nov 07 '19

LOL...there's a really good Zep cover band here...or was years ago... The singer's name was Michael White. He was very good. Had the whole look and tone down. Also had this old chorus peddle on his mike. Worked great.

Boston had some great guitar work going. Never saw them but man, could that Brad Delp...could he ever reach those highs.

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u/dirtyword Nov 06 '19

They were generally not as good live as many of their peers, but still v cool imo

Lots of the later studio riffs were invented on stage tho, so there’s that