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The Batlord · 08-15-2018, 01:23 PM

Yeah he wasn't that great, but how Mic can call 80s metal cheesy when that was basically 80s metal with cheese intact?

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-15-2018, 01:31 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

after listening to that cover I must say you have no place complaining about obnoxious vocalists

I don't mind his vocals at all, but he's nasal as ****. Also, while on the topic of obnoxious vocalists

Just sayin'

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Originally Posted by 66Sexy

Yeah he wasn't that great, but how Mic can call 80s metal cheesy when that was basically 80s metal with cheese intact?

Wouldn't call Waltari 80's cheese since most of their music sounds distinctly 90's.

The Batlord · 08-15-2018, 01:32 PM

Nah that was all kinds of 80s heavy/power metal with aesthetics half goofy 80s/half cringy 90s.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-15-2018, 01:35 PM

I only posted tracks from their first few albums anyway in an attempt to go along with MB's metal tastes. Which I read as being profoundly old-school.

**Frownland** · 08-15-2018, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Robert Smith has an excellent instantly recognizable vocal style that's surprisingly only got more refined with age

Just like Rick Astley or Weird Al.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-15-2018, 01:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

Robert Smith has an excellent instantly recognizable vocal style that's surprisingly only got more refined with age

I don't even mind him, but I used to hate his vocals.

**Frownland** · 08-15-2018, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

for what they set out to do I suppose so

I was low key expecting you to proclaim a love for Weird Al.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-15-2018, 01:49 PM

The reason I brought up Robert Smith was just to point out that he's an acquired taste. Just like the singer in Waltari. I complain a lot about singers, but I also like a lot of singers that are an acquired taste.

~~MicShazam~~ · 08-15-2018, 01:56 PM

Robert Smith doesn't have what I'd call a conventionally "good" singing voice.

He's kinda weak and shrill.

But if it fits the music, it fits the music.

A lot of the singers that I like the least are actually singers that go all in and really over-sing and over-emote the hell out of things. Like James LaBrie in Dream Theater. He's one of the worst.

Anteater · 08-16-2018, 08:21 AM

LaBrie works pretty well on Images & Words and a scattering of other songs across their discography, but if DT were my band I woulda replaced him with the dude from Circus Maximus in '94. He can do the stuff LaBrie does vocally but he does it better and with more power.

08-15-2018, 01:35 PM	#15784 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	I only posted tracks from their first few albums anyway in an attempt to go along with MB's metal tastes. Which I read as being profoundly old-school.

08-15-2018, 01:49 PM	#15788 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	The reason I brought up Robert Smith was just to point out that he's an acquired taste. Just like the singer in Waltari. I complain a lot about singers, but I also like a lot of singers that are an acquired taste.

08-15-2018, 01:56 PM	#15789 (permalink)
~~MicShazam~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Aalborg Posts: 7,636	Robert Smith doesn't have what I'd call a conventionally "good" singing voice. He's kinda weak and shrill. But if it fits the music, it fits the music. A lot of the singers that I like the least are actually singers that go all in and really over-sing and over-emote the hell out of things. Like James LaBrie in Dream Theater. He's one of the worst.