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Original poster

to find Mel C's voice makes my teeth itch - I can't be the only one, can I?

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cfc · 30/05/2013 22:09

I don't know if it's her or just her voice/accent but I find her seriously disingenuous.

She's the voice over for a Colgate advert and I honestly can't listen to it. This is really unlike me! Apart from the blowing on soup advert, I've never had to turn over the fecking telly to get away from something.

Her whole voice is so affected.

I know, if this is the only thing I have to worry about blah blah blah but I'm just throwing it out there - am I being overly sensitive to this woman's voice?!

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JanemckC · 19/01/2025 00:42

It’s quite shrill, verging on unpleasant

prob the best of the bunch too which is alarming - to make a successful career at the unconscious error is unconscionable lol

KungFuPandaWorksOut16 · 14/10/2017 21:41

doo
I don't think they'll take your critique on board. This thread is 4 years old.

Doobedooo · 14/10/2017 21:32

If you actually took the time to listen to Melanie c you would realise how much of a smooth and warming voice she actually has, with an amazing vocal range and talent beaming from her. give her a listen before you post pretty harsh comments online 😊

LittleMissLucy · 30/05/2013 23:31

The only one with a pleasant speaking voice from the Spice Girls (don't start me on their lack of singing skills) is Emma Bunton and that's because she went to Sylvia Young's Theatre school and was taught to speak proper.

TidyDancer · 30/05/2013 23:30

Yanbu. I have never understood why her voice is considered good. It has a very harsh tone.

vitaminC · 30/05/2013 23:19

YANBU, I've always found her voice somewhat shrill, although I agree with others that she seems a nice, level-headed person.

HibiscusIsland · 30/05/2013 23:16

I don't mind it. It's Jessie J's speaking voice that really makes me cringe.

quesadilla · 30/05/2013 23:15

YANBU. She was the only one of the Spice Girls I could have imagined myself going out for a drink with bit her voice is awful. One of those voices which suggests the owner of the voice thinks the voice is better than it actually is.

Schmoozer · 30/05/2013 23:11

I dont dig her voice :(
It was at its worst when yelling along with bryan adams :)

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cfc · 30/05/2013 23:06

Irrational is the word!

I don't have much of an opinion on the Spice Girls as seperate entities really.

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piffpoff · 30/05/2013 22:56

Oh god I thought it was just me. I can just about bear her singing voice, it's her talking voice that makes me want to scream. I have to turn over when I hear her which is thankfully not often these days, she just seems so false and she has an overly sincere manner when she talks.
There are very few people I have an irrational dislike of but she is definitely one.

ShadeofViolet · 30/05/2013 22:52

Mel C isnt a great singer, she was just the best of a bad bunch.

I have to agree about JSP - her nasal tones are enough to drive anyone to drink.

Permanentlyexhausted · 30/05/2013 22:46

What Cherries said! I find her singing voice very nasal and whiny. I have to turn the radio off if I ever have the misfortune to hear that dreadful duet she did with Bryan Adams. Can't comment on her speaking voice as I've not heard it but I think I might be prejudiced against it already.

RollerCola · 30/05/2013 22:45

Yabu. I MUCH prefer her to any of:

Victoria Beckham
Geri Halliwell
Scary Mel B
And even Baby Emma is just a bit too nice.

Mel C is definitely the best Spice Girl. (imo)

gail734 · 30/05/2013 22:45

Yup, when I read your first line, the word I instantly thought of was "affected". She sounds like she's putting on a voice in an effort to sound feminine. I don't mind her singing voice.

Fakebook · 30/05/2013 22:40

Yanbu. I hate that advert.

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cfc · 30/05/2013 22:32

It does sound like she's doing a massive, cheek creasing fakesmile when she's voice-overing that ad.

Yuck.

Itchy. Teeth.

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wilkos · 30/05/2013 22:26

She seems lovely but her voice sounds so...fake? Singing don't mind so much but speaking... Gah! Sounds like shes doing a "fluffy wuffy bunny" sort of voice!

Salmotrutta · 30/05/2013 22:22

Ah! I quite like her though. Can't stand that Scary one.

piratecat · 30/05/2013 22:21

no you are not. it sounds so so false.

Cherriesarelovely · 30/05/2013 22:21

I find her singing voice a bit nasal but she does come across as a lovely person.

NoelHeadbands · 30/05/2013 22:19

Sporty Salmo

How she got the rep of being 'the Spice Girl that could sing' I don't know...always sounded like a strangulated cat to me.

She does seem nice though

mrselizabethdarcy · 30/05/2013 22:18

oh god i thought it was just me! i have to mute the tv as soon as the advert starts!

Pobblewhohasnotoes · 30/05/2013 22:17

I don't like her voice either. It's quite grating, both singing and speaking.

Salmotrutta · 30/05/2013 22:15

Is she Sporty or Scary?

I don't like Janet Street-Porters voice. It's not the accent it's the tone and timbre.