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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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snofun3
601 posts
 
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
1,794 posts
 
Madonna +1
Poison and Motely Crew (same band)
Dido
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
108 posts
 
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.
schipo
1,268 posts
 
a few more not mentioned cher, peter allen, barry manilow and the best for last Harry Connick Jr oh God save us..
theunderlyingtheme
90 posts
 
Krell1,

All of the other bands you mention have given Metallica gigantic heaps of recognition for their influence. And it is one behemoth of an influence.

If you're actually going to badmouth Metallica's first four records while exalting the joys of Megadeth and Slayer, I have no words for that level of silliness!
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