to meet you where you been I could show
you incredible things okay we get it
your music transcends the human
experience so the trip took a boat to
three friends this bitch set is open
season welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 pretentious singers for
this list we’re taking a look at the
musicians that are extremely infatuated
with their pop culture persona and
perhaps their own music as well this
crazy baby don’t forget that boy don’t
you kid surely you certainly aren’t
saying that these musicians are bad we
just think they could tone down the
attitude just a little bit
I’m tired of the line of the kids went
to college and I’m tired of his life
which is bad
number ten win Butler
at the final performance by LCD
Soundsystem in 2011 this man famously
exclaimed shut up and play the heads and
well sometimes we have the same feeling
when it comes to his band Arcade Fire
undeniably brilliant Butler often tries
a little too hard to be profound taking
some cues from Bono when it comes to
preaching about world issues we love you
in but you already want let the music do
the talking and cut back on showing us
how exceptionally intellectual you are
please
number nine John Mayer Oh Miss Austen
he’s one of the most acclaimed singer
songwriters of his generation and a
grownup version of the quintessential
college guy with a guitar upon leaving
the esteemed Berklee School of Music at
age 19 Mayer hit the road and one can
only imagine how impressionable young
ladies must have reacted to his overly
dramatic yet strangely dreamy voice
with a reputation for dating Hollywood
starlets and displaying arguably one of
the greatest guitar faces of all time
Mayer seems to love the attention even
if it’s really none of our business with
that being said any aspiring dormitory
college player has much to learn from
the ways of mr. Mayer
number eight Liam and Noel Gallagher
slip inside
these two Oasis brothers have become
known for their outlandish public
behavior and just as their music
silences audiences sometimes we just
wish they would shut their damn mouth
we get it the Gallagher bros are rock
stars and we know this not because of
the music but how they obviously play
into the rock stars personas as if Stone
Roses didn’t offer up the same antics
shortly before Oasis arrived on the
scene
what you’re gonna do though it sells
records and fans love it
Oasis wouldn’t be who they are without
their obnoxious antics
number seven
Madonna okay pay attention mojo holics
because you’re about to learn a valuable
lesson regardless of how famous you
become or how much money you make never
ever ever change your natural accent
once an Italian girl from Detroit
Madonna Louise Ciccone worked her way to
becoming one of the most influential pop
stars of all time and along the way she
inexplicably developed an evolving style
of speech why
as much as Miley Cyrus wants to be
controversial and provocative these days
Madonna has already been there and done
that and while some of the behavior
reeks of pretension it’s the older and
sophisticated version of Madonna that
has a shaking our heads
number six prince
born and raised in Minnesota this man is
yet another example of an 80s pop star
that led Fame slightly alter a sense of
reality to words
the symbol sure we can handle the stage
bravado and raunchy lyrics after all
that’s part of the pop star formula but
in 1993 Prince changed his stage name to
the love symbol
yes that did happen and it forced the
fanbase to refer to him as the artist
formerly known as Prince because well
he’s a supremely gifted artiste
how about this we’re just going to call
you Prince and respect to the ancient
Egyptians who more effectively utilize
the use of symbols
number-5 bono
see
you too is one hell of a band and Bono
is one hell of a guy
but for crying out loud the band isn’t
an actual religion
don’t say that to the youtubes faithful
however because along with their shade
wearing musical God they will forever
keep their palms to the sky at live
performances as if the Holy Ghost has
entered the room
to be fair Bono is the closest thing to
a christ-like musician we’ve seen and
that’s because he poses himself as a
christ-like figure also his onstage
rants turn a two-hour gig into what
feels like a lifetime
and 20 or 30
and talk about the
number four gene Simmons
not to be upstaged by any living rock
star young or old this man protects his
brand like any aging rock star would but
perhaps it’s time for something new as a
founding member of kiss gene Simmons
rocked out with his you-know-what out
and by that we mean his enormous Lea
long tongue
here’s the deal most people enjoy kiss
and certainly respect Simmons
accomplishments but there’s only so much
branding that the public can endure
his marriage to Shannon Tweed was
interesting from an outside perspective
but once the intricacies of the
relationship went public well let’s just
say that the tongue ran its course my
back is good mish-mosh Michael not so
much that’s very nice of you to joke
it’s a joke
number three Yoko Ono
yeah yeah she’s the former wife of John
Lennon she broke up the Beatles but ask
yourselves this what exactly does Yoko
Ono do well she’s an artist and has
always been along with being an
incredibly pretentious singer in fact
some of it must have rubbed off on
Lennon when he wrote the song The Ballad
of John and Yoko which was of course
about him and Yoko
it made sense sure as their message of
love and peace could be easily spread
given their star power
but even if yoko ono is and has always
been an artist of the highest order her
live performances are just a tiny bit
much
especially when covering Katy Perry’s
Firework
number two Morrissey is
well here you go another musician that
goes by just one name
and we all know that such persona
requires a natural sense of pretension
once a prominent name in the 80’s music
scene as a lead singer of The Smiths
Morrissey has earned a cult following
for his insightful and sexualized lyrics
along with a propensity to go against
the grain so much so that we’ve all
become familiar with Morrissey being
Morrissey lifetimes killed
by Friday
he’s undoubtedly an icon of English
music and he’s got opinions lots of them
just ask him
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions babies day coming
from the bleachers they screaming on the
bonuses bouncing a like the way up
wait till I give number one Kanye West I
had a dream I could buy my way to heaven
when I won’t slip that on a necklace
this guy Kanye West a hip-hop
entrepreneur from the Windy City and a
brilliant mind that wants to be
acknowledged as such he married into one
of the most pretentious families in
modern times and he’s been known to
meltdown on occasion in regard to his
public persona I know I got a bad
reputation walk around always mad
reputation while Kanye West remains a
best-selling and highly influential
artist and he is an artist an amazing
one in fact the never-ending quest
remind us all of his genius continues to
inadvertently detract from the arts
itself in a street boy never really put
it down and that’s a damn shame that’s
all there is to it shut up and keep
making hits ain’t nobody perfect and I
know with the hoes I got the worst
friend
but hey BECs took them Chomper so do you
agree with our selections who is your
favorite pretentious singers
for more mind-blowing top tens published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
you incredible things okay we get it
your music transcends the human
experience so the trip took a boat to
three friends this bitch set is open
season welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
for the top 10 pretentious singers for
this list we’re taking a look at the
musicians that are extremely infatuated
with their pop culture persona and
perhaps their own music as well this
crazy baby don’t forget that boy don’t
you kid surely you certainly aren’t
saying that these musicians are bad we
just think they could tone down the
attitude just a little bit
I’m tired of the line of the kids went
to college and I’m tired of his life
which is bad
number ten win Butler
at the final performance by LCD
Soundsystem in 2011 this man famously
exclaimed shut up and play the heads and
well sometimes we have the same feeling
when it comes to his band Arcade Fire
undeniably brilliant Butler often tries
a little too hard to be profound taking
some cues from Bono when it comes to
preaching about world issues we love you
in but you already want let the music do
the talking and cut back on showing us
how exceptionally intellectual you are
please
number nine John Mayer Oh Miss Austen
he’s one of the most acclaimed singer
songwriters of his generation and a
grownup version of the quintessential
college guy with a guitar upon leaving
the esteemed Berklee School of Music at
age 19 Mayer hit the road and one can
only imagine how impressionable young
ladies must have reacted to his overly
dramatic yet strangely dreamy voice
with a reputation for dating Hollywood
starlets and displaying arguably one of
the greatest guitar faces of all time
Mayer seems to love the attention even
if it’s really none of our business with
that being said any aspiring dormitory
college player has much to learn from
the ways of mr. Mayer
number eight Liam and Noel Gallagher
slip inside
these two Oasis brothers have become
known for their outlandish public
behavior and just as their music
silences audiences sometimes we just
wish they would shut their damn mouth
we get it the Gallagher bros are rock
stars and we know this not because of
the music but how they obviously play
into the rock stars personas as if Stone
Roses didn’t offer up the same antics
shortly before Oasis arrived on the
scene
what you’re gonna do though it sells
records and fans love it
Oasis wouldn’t be who they are without
their obnoxious antics
number seven
Madonna okay pay attention mojo holics
because you’re about to learn a valuable
lesson regardless of how famous you
become or how much money you make never
ever ever change your natural accent
once an Italian girl from Detroit
Madonna Louise Ciccone worked her way to
becoming one of the most influential pop
stars of all time and along the way she
inexplicably developed an evolving style
of speech why
as much as Miley Cyrus wants to be
controversial and provocative these days
Madonna has already been there and done
that and while some of the behavior
reeks of pretension it’s the older and
sophisticated version of Madonna that
has a shaking our heads
number six prince
born and raised in Minnesota this man is
yet another example of an 80s pop star
that led Fame slightly alter a sense of
reality to words
the symbol sure we can handle the stage
bravado and raunchy lyrics after all
that’s part of the pop star formula but
in 1993 Prince changed his stage name to
the love symbol
yes that did happen and it forced the
fanbase to refer to him as the artist
formerly known as Prince because well
he’s a supremely gifted artiste
how about this we’re just going to call
you Prince and respect to the ancient
Egyptians who more effectively utilize
the use of symbols
number-5 bono
see
you too is one hell of a band and Bono
is one hell of a guy
but for crying out loud the band isn’t
an actual religion
don’t say that to the youtubes faithful
however because along with their shade
wearing musical God they will forever
keep their palms to the sky at live
performances as if the Holy Ghost has
entered the room
to be fair Bono is the closest thing to
a christ-like musician we’ve seen and
that’s because he poses himself as a
christ-like figure also his onstage
rants turn a two-hour gig into what
feels like a lifetime
and 20 or 30
and talk about the
number four gene Simmons
not to be upstaged by any living rock
star young or old this man protects his
brand like any aging rock star would but
perhaps it’s time for something new as a
founding member of kiss gene Simmons
rocked out with his you-know-what out
and by that we mean his enormous Lea
long tongue
here’s the deal most people enjoy kiss
and certainly respect Simmons
accomplishments but there’s only so much
branding that the public can endure
his marriage to Shannon Tweed was
interesting from an outside perspective
but once the intricacies of the
relationship went public well let’s just
say that the tongue ran its course my
back is good mish-mosh Michael not so
much that’s very nice of you to joke
it’s a joke
number three Yoko Ono
yeah yeah she’s the former wife of John
Lennon she broke up the Beatles but ask
yourselves this what exactly does Yoko
Ono do well she’s an artist and has
always been along with being an
incredibly pretentious singer in fact
some of it must have rubbed off on
Lennon when he wrote the song The Ballad
of John and Yoko which was of course
about him and Yoko
it made sense sure as their message of
love and peace could be easily spread
given their star power
but even if yoko ono is and has always
been an artist of the highest order her
live performances are just a tiny bit
much
especially when covering Katy Perry’s
Firework
number two Morrissey is
well here you go another musician that
goes by just one name
and we all know that such persona
requires a natural sense of pretension
once a prominent name in the 80’s music
scene as a lead singer of The Smiths
Morrissey has earned a cult following
for his insightful and sexualized lyrics
along with a propensity to go against
the grain so much so that we’ve all
become familiar with Morrissey being
Morrissey lifetimes killed
by Friday
he’s undoubtedly an icon of English
music and he’s got opinions lots of them
just ask him
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions babies day coming
from the bleachers they screaming on the
bonuses bouncing a like the way up
wait till I give number one Kanye West I
had a dream I could buy my way to heaven
when I won’t slip that on a necklace
this guy Kanye West a hip-hop
entrepreneur from the Windy City and a
brilliant mind that wants to be
acknowledged as such he married into one
of the most pretentious families in
modern times and he’s been known to
meltdown on occasion in regard to his
public persona I know I got a bad
reputation walk around always mad
reputation while Kanye West remains a
best-selling and highly influential
artist and he is an artist an amazing
one in fact the never-ending quest
remind us all of his genius continues to
inadvertently detract from the arts
itself in a street boy never really put
it down and that’s a damn shame that’s
all there is to it shut up and keep
making hits ain’t nobody perfect and I
know with the hoes I got the worst
friend
but hey BECs took them Chomper so do you
agree with our selections who is your
favorite pretentious singers
for more mind-blowing top tens published
daily be sure to subscribe to
watchmojo.com
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