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Name your lame duck artist........

What artist do you put above all others in terms of lack of talent but somehow has achieved success?

For me Madonna has to be the queen of mediocrity (mediocre being a compliment in this case) - can't sing or act and what's with the fake english accent after living there a whole two years.
And don't get me going with all these new female jazz "singers" with that vomit inducing vibratoless whisper that seems to have become mandatory in that genre today......Jones clones.
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russ69
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Kenny G. is a popular guy to knock just like like Barry Manilow but his album "Classics in the Key of G" is an excellent album, audiophile quality and very well done. I don't have a comment on any of his other stuff but this one is really worth a listen.

Thanx, Russ
hodu
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The Doors. Really.
snofun3
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Stevie Nicks - Most $ ever extracted from half an octave of range.

Joe Jackson - Listen to something new - Joe'll rip it off in next album

Bono's got talent up the wazoo next to "the edge". Same guitar riff (shuffle actually) on every track - AND, he made #26 on best guitarists - Bwhahahahahahah
macdadtexas
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Madonna +1
Poison and Motely Crew (same band)
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Oasis

I really like Mettalica though, I think a bunch of their albums absolutely rock, with great musicianship and excellent writing.
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dave43
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I will have to defend Metallica also as I really think their earlier albums (Ride the Lightning, Master of Puppets, the Black album) defined heavy metal and were very well done.
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