The best singing voice is the one that fits the music

Mötley Crüe is going on tour this year with Def Leppard. You’ve probably already heard that John 5 (Rob Zombie, Marilyn Manson) is filling in for Mick Mars. However, some people wish they would stop, especially with how Vince Neil sounds these days. A lot of people have heard Vince Neil in his current state. They would joke about how he was singing in different languages at once. Honestly, they’re not that far off. Other than the choruses where they would just use a track (not a backing track or lipsync), there is no way of understanding Vince Neil’s singing.

Just because someone’s voice is “bad” doesn’t necessarily mean it’s destroying the music. Take Dave Mustaine of Megadeth for example. By no means do people ever consider him the best singer in the world. He didn’t even want to be the singer of the band. However, his voice was the right choice for Megadeth.

Another example is Geddy Lee from Rush. While people like it in the lower register, they immediately try to tune him out when it comes to the higher register. But try to imagine Rush with higher pitch singing that wasn’t Geddy Lee’s. Sounds weird, doesn’t it? This type of music is mostly about the instrumentals so having questionable vocals are kind of a mainstay.

One more example is Yoko Ono. If you know The Beatles, then you have heard of Yoko Ono. Anyone that hasn’t heard Yoko has no idea how polarizing her “talents” are. She doesn’t really sing, but just makes noises. And I’m not talking about harsh vocals, those take a lot of skill to get right. But let’s just say no one goes out of their way to listen to Yoko.

Some singers are objectively bad, but still are good enough to serve the music, and vocalists need to give up. At least there are still good singers out there. If you can, just enjoy the person you like listening to.

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