Lisa on ATWT was pretty bad, imo. Still, I always loved EF.

WORD. I truly don't understand EF having successful cabaret acts....it sounds like she's gargled with glass shards for years.

And let me add Martha Byrne. GAWD, I grew to hate "You Can't Make Me Love You".

Double Ditto on KDP. I'd forgotten how twangy she was on GL until I heard her on OLTL.

Jessica Buchanan sings.

There are worse singers than Erin Torpey, no doubt (and she actually knew her range, unlike some on this show...), but it made zero sense for Jessica to become a singer, other than Torpey might have asked for it. This was the early stages of the show essentially giving up on any characterization for Jessica, which would continue for over a decade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxXV25-fdAk

This is another example of what I was saying about REG/Evangeline. I adored Erin Torpey, liked her voice and that song is actually a favorite of mine but you are 100% right about the fact that there was no reason for that scene.

That just reminds me of how wrong things had to go in order for Jessica to become the useless waste she turned into. There's no excuse for what happened to that character. None at all.

WORD. I truly don't understand EF having successful cabaret acts....it sounds like she's gargled with glass shards for years.

And let me add Martha Byrne. GAWD, I grew to hate "You Can't Make Me Love You".

Double Ditto on KDP. I'd forgotten how twangy she was on GL until I heard her on OLTL.

Martha sang that about 50 times. I never could take it.

I think Eileen probably suited some songs but I'm not sure she ever sang them on ATWT. It's nice that ATWT let her sing in her 50th anniversary episode, but the whole thing was so depressing.

Honorable mention to Lauren on Y&R when they forgot to give her songs for her thin range.

(Not a big Danny fan either, although I did enjoy his "Obsession" duet with Lauren)

I hadn't seen that Colby/Asher scene before.

Now that I have, can I take back every time I defended Julie Hanan Carruthers over the years?

I hadn't seen that Colby/Asher scene before.

Now that I have, can I take back every time I defended Julie Hanan Carruthers over the years?

No. You have to live with it.

No. You have to live with it.

Lol I remember Dreamstreet on AMC. I wa syoung so I didn't mind it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEaq_SzuCLc

Actors signing on one of the daytime Emmy Awards - probably 1996 or 1997 - everyone was off key.

Jessica Buchanan sings.

There are worse singers than Erin Torpey, no doubt (and she actually knew her range, unlike some on this show...), but it made zero sense for Jessica to become a singer, other than Torpey might have asked for it. This was the early stages of the show essentially giving up on any characterization for Jessica, which would continue for over a decade.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sxXV25-fdAk

I actually don't mind her singing, if only because ET/Jessica and I are both Sheryl Crow fans .

And I'm going to risk my popularity here and say that I actually don't mind KDP singing. I...um...actually have her song "Too Little" ion my iTunes **hides**.

I have to add this, though. WTF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c28lP9LRSE

I should also add the Babes Behind Bars episode of OLTL from 2002. The Trading Places episode from 2001 is MUCH better.

Edited February 2, 201313 yr by MissLlanviewPA

I hate, hate, hate, when soap actors sing on their soaps. Did I mention HATE! I cannot think of one that I ever liked, a mini-exception was when J.T. sweetly sang to Colleen that first time on Y&R, but of course, they never know when enough is enough and he kept singing. Gah. Then there were those dreadful Danny summer concerts with Lauren and Traci singing on Y&R which made me want to stick hot pokers in my eyes. I loved Chloe and Brady as a couple, but would cringe whenever they sang.

The irony that the only soap "actor" whoever had a real voice worth hearing was Lauryn Hill who did sing some on ATWT. There is a clip of her singing at Jessica's wedding on YT and her voice feels so limited in that scene. She is not desperately belting out the song like the mediocre soap actors always do. Guess, when you have talent it just comes naturally.

I actually don't mind her singing, if only because ET/Jessica and I are both Sheryl Crow fans .

And I'm going to risk my popularity here and say that I actually don't mind KDP singing. I...um...actually have her song "Too Little" ion my iTunes **hides**.

I have to add this, though. WTF?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c28lP9LRSE

I should also add the Babes Behind Bars episode of OLTL from 2002. The Trading Places episode from 2001 is MUCH better.

okay, so totally off on the year, I thought it was during ELR first run on AMC, but yes, that is the scary performance by the soap actors - it's is not to say that there aren't many who can actually sing, but this whole performance was off.

I cringed everytime Thorne and Macy burst into song during the early years of B&B. Not that Jeff Trachta and Bobbie Eakes were bad singers, but it just felt so out of place.

I think Livia sang a few times on AMC, and it was bearable. The actress has done Broadway and has a decent voice. I think she sang at weddings and funerals though, so it was acceptable and less about characters randomly bursting into song, which I HATE.

I still remember Ricky Paull Goldin doing a rock video on Another World, and it was SO massively cheesy.

I will also grudgingly add Erica Kane, high on libidizone, "pulling a Michelle Pfeiffer" as she later called it, and singing on the piano in the Valley Inn. I ADORE Susan Lucci, but music is not her strongest skill. Erica on libidizone was hilarious, and the hot sex with David afterward was more than worth sitting through the song, but still... she's not a singer.

I hated the singing on Days. Doug at Wings and Liz Chandler at Blondies. I think every once in a while they would drag out Trish to sing at Doug's Place. It was awful.

I still remember Ricky Paull Goldin doing a rock video on Another World, and it was SO massively cheesy.

I call that "Poor Alla Korot."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfT95b5OJv8

It was also very obvious that no one at AW had watched a music video since about 1981.