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Am I the only person who dislikes the sound of James Taylor's voice?

It really grates on me. I find it annoying and whiny.

I enjoyed the folk-rock stuff that came out of the 70s, his music included. I've got a number of his old albums and listen to them from time to time. I can't speak to his later stuff.

Yeah...he's whiny. He looks whiny too.

sorry to disagree - love his stuff.

I grew up listening to his music. I think his early stuff was great.

Stfu noob. JT is Christ-like.

He's good, but he's no Dave Binder.

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Originally Posted by lumberjim (Post 642085)

Stfu noob. JT is Christ-like.

He grates on my nerves too. Well, his many followers and finders do at any rate.

I can see why he would be annoying, but I like him.

Steve Winwood, on the other hand...

No, you are not the only person who finds his voice to be annoyingly whiny.

And his subject matter ... when you're down and troubled and you need a helping hand ... take a couple of prozac and leave me the fuck alone, why don'tcha?

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Originally Posted by wolf (Post 642163)

Does thorazine count?

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Originally Posted by wiki

There, Taylor started applying to colleges, but soon descended into depression; his grades collapsed, he slept twenty hours a day, and he felt part of a "life that I [was] unable to lead." In late 1965 he committed himself to the renowned McLean Hospital in Belmont, Massachusetts, where he was treated with Thorazine and where the organized days began to give him a sense of time and structure. As the Vietnam War built up, Taylor received a psychological rejection from Selective Service System when he appeared before them with two white-suited McLean assistants and was uncommunicative. Taylor earned a high school diploma in 1966 from the hospital's associated Arlington School. He would later view his nine-month stay at McLean as "a lifesaver ... like a pardon or like a reprieve," and both his brother Livingston and sister Kate would later be patients and students there as well. As for his mental health struggles, Taylor would think of them as innate, and say: "It's an inseparable part of my personality that I have these feelings."

I always thought he looked like a schizophrenic, but I thought his music was nasal, whiny and annoying, even in the elevator.

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Originally Posted by glatt (Post 642105)

He's good, but he's no Dave Binder.

He's no who?:eyebrow:

He sang a Beatles song at the Emmys, I think, and I liked his voice.