Your top 5 best voices in music (and why) [Archive]

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 03:31 PM

Since I've seen a few album-related threads lately, I got the inspiration to make this one about pure voices... not those terribly hollowed-out Autotuners like the lead singer of Train.

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Sara Bareilles
Sure, to some/most she may sound generic. Her alto-to-soprano range is quite good but not overpowering (like a Mariah Carey, or many other American yellers), and she's got that quality that you can picture in your head like your mother singing lullabies or bedtime stories to you when you were 6.

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Hayley Williams - Paramore
At first I thought Paramore was another one-off poppy sensation group. In "Airplanes," at first, especially with how she pronounces "stars" in the chorus, I thought she was a little too childish-sounding. But that's just her style I think...or accent. Sure enough, after a few listens I was hooked. I hope she does more music, because her voice is also quite unique and pleasing to the ear.

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Adam Gardner - Guster
Smooth and easy to reproduce in a car doing 65, I think Adam/Guster's music is perfect for the road. Very relaxing and he hits the high notes without fanfare. It's almost like he isn't really trying, but you know they took weeks to record Keep It Together.

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Nikki Monninger - Silversun Pickups
Give "Lazy Eye" a listen and you may find that it's another nice song to drive to. I got the album that had this song and most of the songs have a similar rhythm. She sings medium-fast paced and it's about right for her band's style. I think if they get back in the studio and make some more music, they're bound to have some really big hits. Especially if they make use of that ridiculous screaming voice she displays around 2:50 in Lazy Eye.

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Drake
His style is distinct, like many on my list, in that he doesn't have to yell to project. It's also not too R&B like Boyz-II-Men style or 112... He doesn't rely on falsetto like many of his R&B peers. It's a voice that is very well-suited to lyrical music but I doubt it would be able to produce the range of some of the other singers on this list.

Honorable mention: Ben Harper

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Older but great: Steven Tyler
I was at a wedding a couple weeks ago and heard the DJ queue up Dream On. I was pumped, only to be disappointed to realize it was not the original. How I knew? Nobody does the dream on freakout like Steven Tyler at the end of the song...nobody in history.
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vy65

10-21-2010, 03:34 PM

Lead singer of silversun pickups is a dude

koriwhat

10-21-2010, 03:35 PM

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 03:36 PM

Lead singer of silversun pickups is a dude

Yeah, my mistake...she's not lead vocalist but just a vocalist in the band. And a bassist

Shelly

10-21-2010, 03:40 PM

oops--hit send too soon

*Seal--the man's got chops! One of my favorite singers
*Christina Aguilara--I don't like her songs (except for Beautiful), but the girl can sing
*Chris Cornell--just love his voice
Cee-Lo Green--Love his voice also
Sia--very distinct voice and also a great singer

spurs_2108

10-21-2010, 03:47 PM

Yeah, my mistake...she's not lead vocalist but just a vocalist in the band. And a bassist

Yeah but I can see where people who never listen to Silversun Pickups, listen to one of their songs and think that the lead singer is a girl.

koriwhat

10-21-2010, 03:47 PM

oh yeah and one of my favs.... al fuckin' green!

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 03:49 PM

frank black - awesome with the pixies but more-so solo
manu chao - bringing the voice of spain to the forefront as well as mx
2pac - paved the way
big L - paved the way as well
myka9 - no doubt, the master!

Pac was definitely one of the founding lyricists if you ask me (and of course I'll say that, being from Cali). Funny how you mention it bc somebody wrote thug life on my car in the morning dew this morning lol...I was like wtf

And Big L...I just watched an old school snowboarding vid last night, The Resistance. Big L was on that soundtrack. (RIP)
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phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 03:50 PM

Yeah but I can see where people who never listen to Silversun Pickups, listen to one of their songs and think that the lead singer is a girl.

tbh I just got intro'd to the band about a year ago so I only have 1 album (maybe 2, forgot where it is). But I listen to the one with Lazy Eye in my car

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 03:51 PM

Cee-Lo Green

The best F U - titled song I've ever heard...but that's not saying much :P

Muser

10-21-2010, 03:58 PM

5) Simon Neil - Biffy Clyro

I dunno if i'm gonna be flamed to shit for this, I don't know the view of Biffy on ST but I fucking love them, and IMO Simon has a great voice.

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4)Rob Halford - Judas Priest

If you've ever listened to Judas Priest then you already know why, the guy has a fucking amazing voice. He has over a four octave range for crying out loud.

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3) Chris Cornell - Soundgarden/Audioslave

Stricly Soundgarden/Audioslave here, none of that solo shit he's made. Same as Rob, he has a 4 octave range which is great, from the scream in "Cochise" to slower vocal patterns such as "Black Hole Sun"

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2)Thom Yorke - Radiohead

Thanks to IronMexican for recommending a lot of Radiohead to me, just listen and you can see he has a great voice. What more can be said?

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1)Matt Bellamy - Muse

What did you expect?

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fraga

10-21-2010, 04:20 PM

So if we're going by strictly voice talent...here are five off the top of my head...

Angela McClusky - she's got that old timey raspiness to her voice

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Bjork - I've always thought she had a clean and different voice

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Chino Moreno - I like the way he can switch from screamy to soft

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Rufus Wainwright - He has very unusual voice...kind of old timey...raspey...and yes extremely gay...

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Anthony Caleb Followill - Again...very unusual distinctive voice

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fraga

10-21-2010, 04:20 PM

What the double post???

Drachen

10-21-2010, 04:23 PM

Where is the steve perry troll when you need him. That guy could sing. I agree with some others here.

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 04:29 PM

Anthony Caleb Followill - Again...very unusual distinctive voice

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I've read alot about KOL...surprisingly a lot. They have a huge cult following. There's gotta be something there.

oh, and they make very good use of cowbell.

JamStone

10-21-2010, 04:35 PM

5 is tough, but off the top of my head...

Stevie Wonder
Aretha Franklin
Bob Marley
Bradley Nowell
Chaka Khan

vy65

10-21-2010, 04:38 PM

(in no particular order)

5. Cobain, Kurt: Nirvana

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4. Krug, Spencer: Wolf Parade

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3. Marshall, Chan: Cat Power

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2. Manson, Marilyn.

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1. Berninger, Matt: The National

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mrsmaalox

10-21-2010, 04:44 PM

Muser

10-21-2010, 04:49 PM

Fuck, dunno how I could of forgot about Bruce Dickinson.

IronMexican

10-21-2010, 04:50 PM

1. Berninger, Matt: The National

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This is about as close to a song can come to perfect.

phxspurfan

10-21-2010, 04:50 PM

Top 5 voices from any genre and any era?? That's a tough one.

Totally agree with Seal. I love voices like Lyle Lovett, Andrea Boccelli and the greatest voice ever, Dean Martin. In rock there are just too many for me to count....but Boy George's voice was very, very beautiful.

I was thinking more recent, but the way the thread has evolved I don't think it has to be restricted. Or restricted to 5. I would definitely include Sinatra in there if I expanded my list. And I go by uniqueness more than pure talent as a preference, so cookie cutter types like opera singers and actress/model/singer-types rate pretty low on my list. I like to hear some crazy, possibly f-ed up, definitely talented people for the most part...

props to the Marilyn Manson...and Nirvana/Audioslave/Radiohead ones are classics that always belong on these types of lists. Also RHCP due to sheer popularity

IronMexican

10-21-2010, 04:51 PM

And Thom's voice isn't great. It's average to me. Reckoner, though, he does kick ass in.

vy65

10-21-2010, 04:55 PM

This is about as close to a song can come to perfect.

For real? That's not even my favorite. It made me get into them, but I think

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and

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are on par, if not slightly better.

vy65

10-21-2010, 05:00 PM

two honorable mentions:

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silverblk mystix

10-21-2010, 06:21 PM

Any era...

I would go with Sinatra, Elvis, Patsy Cline, Michael Jackson, David Ruffin, Stevie Wonder,

Geez...there are about another dozen or more that really would be hard to exclude...

koriwhat

10-21-2010, 06:48 PM

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i'm no smiths or morrisey fan and so i really have no clue how anyone outside of a gay bar could like that type of stuff. maybe the content is different with the nationals but it all sounds the same to me.

ploto

10-21-2010, 07:44 PM

Pure voice-- I love Martina McBride and Vince Gill.

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IronMexican

10-21-2010, 08:29 PM

i'm no smiths or morrisey fan and so i really have no clue how anyone outside of a gay bar could like that type of stuff. maybe the content is different with the nationals but it all sounds the same to me.

The National sound nothing like The Smiths. Joy Division is probably closer, since they both have dancey beats, deep voiced male singers, and songs about depression.

benefactor

10-21-2010, 08:45 PM

In no order...

Singing voices:

Michael McDonald
Stevie Wonder
Aretha Franklin
Robert Plant
Don Henley

Vince Gill deserves serious honorable mention.

Rap voices:

Scarface
Tupac
Eightball
Pimp C
Ice Cube

CuckingFunt

10-22-2010, 03:11 AM

Not even going to try to limit myself to five. Off the top of my head:

Sam Butera:
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He's known as a saxophone player, and is my absolute favorite at that, but he sang a lot too and I just love his voice. Every bit as cool and silky smooth as his saxophone.

Wilson Pickett:
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Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Starr):
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Jon Hendricks:
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The above is a track by Lambert, Hendricks & Ross, and I love all of their voices, but Jon Hendricks (singing lead here) has one of my absolute favorite voices ever.

Fiona Apple:
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Otis Redding:
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Mavis Staples:
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Julie London:
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Josh Homme (Queens of the Stone Age):
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Sam Cooke:
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Bill Withers:
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Harry Connick, Jr.:
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And I realize that most people go through the millions of youtubes threads without listening to anything, but you should do so here. This is from one of the only concert videos I've actually spent money on, he's one of the best and most entertaining people I've seen live, and this encore is awesome in terms of both music and personality. /rant

The Mills Brothers:
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All of them. Were I not half asleep, and therefore unable to remember names, I'd actually specify, but all of their voices (especially together) are pretty fucking awesome. Incidentally, the only instrument there is a guitar. Everything else is done vocally.

The Boswell Sisters:
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See above. I think the lead singer is Connee, and her voice is amazing, but the other two aren't slouches either.

Yma Sumac:
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The Black Eyed Peas apparently sampled the hell out of this song. They suck. Yma doesn't.

Okay. That's enough. Would also agree with the Cee-Lo, Bjork, Dean Martin, Al Green, Brad Nowell, Lyle Lovett, and Seal mentions in here.

CuckingFunt

10-22-2010, 03:13 AM

(Out-eclectic THAT, hipsters. I dare you.)

benefactor

10-22-2010, 05:12 AM

Bill Withers :tu

leemajors

10-22-2010, 06:32 AM

No love for Orbison?

benefactor

10-22-2010, 07:14 AM

No love for Orbison?
No James Taylor either yet, which is surprising.

As others have said, it's pretty hard to narrow it down to five.

Cry Havoc

10-22-2010, 10:07 AM

No one has mentioned Dio yet? Shameful.

Leetonidas

10-22-2010, 10:21 AM

Robert Plant - One of the most versatile voices ever, he could hit the highest and lowest notes and his vocalizations were awesome.

Freddie Mercury - Probably the greatest singer ever.

David Gilmour - I'm a huge Floyd fan and I much prefer songs where he songs over Waters.

Layne Staley - Grunge personified. He had the best grunge voice out of all of them, too bad he was a heroine addict.

Jim Morrison - He may not necessarily have the best voice, but there was so much power behind it, hard to not love The Doors.

Phillip

10-22-2010, 10:26 AM

in hip hop, I love Nas' voice and delivery. very smooth.

I like Dr. Dre's voice a lot too.

Phillip

10-22-2010, 10:29 AM

Dillinger Escape Plan has the best lead singer though

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Fpoonsie

10-22-2010, 10:51 AM

Adam Duritz - Counting Crows is, hands down, my favorite band, and it has as much to do w/ Adam's raspy voice as it does the chill music.

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John Popper - like Adam, I like unusual voices that I can't even come close to imitating. And then, ya know, there's tha harmonica. I DO, however, miss morbidly obese JP.

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Justin Vernon - so chill, so good.

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Regina Spektor - the smoothest female voice I know, and it compliments her amazing piano play perfectly

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Marcus Mumford - favorite album this year, and this guy's English pipes have a LOT to do w/ it...as does the celtic bluegrass.

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vy65

10-22-2010, 10:53 AM

the one good thing Dillinger Escape Plan has ever done:

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lol poor man's coldplay . . .

CuckingFunt

10-22-2010, 11:20 AM

No love for Orbison?

Yeah, he should have been on my list. Along with:

Dinah Washington:
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Kay Starr:
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Doesn't get started until about the :45 mark.

Dick Powell:
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One of the major 1930s crooners (along with the also amazing Bing Crosby), who is probably less known today but has a great sound.

Mahalia Jackson:
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Sister Rosetta Tharpe:
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Billie Holliday:
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Nina Simone:
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Screamin' Jay Hawkins:
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Seriously, if you don't like this, you just suck. And are boring. And boring is even worse than suck.

Mary Ford:
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Slim Whitman:
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Dude's voice saves the planet from alien invasion. 'Nuff said.

Ray Davies (The Kinks):
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Love the band in general, but I've always really liked Ray Davies' voice.

Janis Joplin:
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Far from a polished or "pretty" voice, but my goodness what she did with it could be amazing.

Tom Waits:
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His voice is just wrong, but in a wonderful way.

leemajors

10-22-2010, 11:23 AM

sorry to poke fun, but Counting Crows is your Favorite Band would be a great AC song title.

phxspurfan

10-22-2010, 12:40 PM

Props to the Otis Redding and Sam Cooke entries...

And I'll go ahead and add Tori Amos, just for potential's sake. I don't like how she sings, but I do like how she could sing.

Winehole23

10-22-2010, 04:09 PM

No yet mentioned (I think), in no particular order: Ray Charles, Ella Fitzgerald, Miriam Makeba, Donny Hathaway, Karen Carpenter, Ray LaMontaigne, Etta James, Sam Moore, Merle Haggard, Dinah Washington, Curtis Mayfield,Sandy Denny, Minnie Ripperton, Aaron Neville, George Jones, Michael Jackson.

IronMexican

10-22-2010, 04:13 PM

Regina Spektor has great tits.

Fpoonsie

10-22-2010, 04:32 PM

Ray LaMontaigne

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silverblk mystix

10-22-2010, 04:47 PM

Bobby Womack....pure velvet vocals;

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Sting- pop open the bottle and chill;

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David Ruffin...the most underrated soul singer ever;

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Terence Trent Darby...chills when I hear this song;

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Diego El Cigala...if you like a little flamenco in your vocals;

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Chris Isaak...doing Orbison...pretty well I might add;

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Linda Ronstadt-breakin my heart with this vocal;

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Michael Jackson....pure;

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phxspurfan

10-25-2010, 09:45 PM

Regina Spektor - the smoothest female voice I know, and it compliments her amazing piano play perfectly

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awesome.

v2freak

10-25-2010, 10:00 PM

I'm biased by what I listen to, so I'm going to try to add as few metal vocalists as possible:

Leona Lewis - great, sensual voice with a lot of emotion
Lady Gaga - smooth and pretty as proven in her live performances
Freddie Mercury (Queen) - great all around
Robert Flynn (Machine Head) - his voice is both brutal and smooth
Ivan Moody (Five Finger Death Punch) - can growl like a beast possessed or sing low-high notes

blizz

10-26-2010, 11:06 AM

this isn't an all time list by any means, this is a right now list for me and i'm partial to female singers and i KNOW this is more than 5....so........

Colbie Caillat
Joss Stone
Alison Sudol from A Fine Frenzy
Kathy Fisher from Fisher
Harriet Wheeler from The Sundays
Corinne Bailey Rae
Hayley Williams from Paramore

Spurminator

10-26-2010, 11:11 AM

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silverblk mystix

10-26-2010, 04:20 PM

This sounds so fresh...I wonder why Jeff Beck just doesn't put her in the band and make a CD and tour...

Jeff Beck with Imogen Heap;

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silverblk mystix

10-26-2010, 04:33 PM

another Jeff Beck with Imogen Heap..

they kinda rock out on this one...but again, so fresh sounding.

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ORION

10-26-2010, 05:40 PM

Anselmo
Tate
DIO
Mercury
Hetfield

DarkReign

10-26-2010, 07:01 PM

Mercury might be single greatest rock vocalist of all time and I dislike Queen.

DieMrBond

10-26-2010, 08:06 PM

Mine, in no particular order:

Jeff Buckley
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Beth Gibbons - Portishead
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Jeff Martin - The Tea Party / Armada
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Maynard James Keenan - Tool / APC / Pusifer
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Ian Kenny - Birds of Tokyo / Karnivool
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Honourable mentions, because seriously - ONLY five!? Impossible!
Thom Yorke - Radiohead
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Trent Reznor - NIN
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Florence Welch - Florence and the Machine
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Summers

10-26-2010, 09:04 PM

This thread just goes to show you that vocal talent is subjective. I think some of the people listed are simply awful. But I think I'm a bit of a vocal purist (sang opera in college), so I really don't like nasally, gravelly, lazy voices. Don't get me wrong--I don't sit around and listen to opera all day. :lol

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And, of course, the best ever: :)
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CuckingFunt

10-26-2010, 09:08 PM

kd lang is amazing, vocally. I haven't really liked her music since she got popular (around the time of that fucking "Constant Craving" song), because she lost the country quirk that I found interesting, but her voice is still beautiful.

Summers

10-26-2010, 09:19 PM

JoeChalupa

10-26-2010, 10:19 PM

Freddie Mercury
Lou Graham
Steve Walsh
Dio
wynona judd
Emilio
so many others who I really enjoy listening to but this what I thought of this second

ORION

10-26-2010, 10:36 PM

I can't believe I'm the only one to list Geoff Tate

silverbora

10-26-2010, 11:09 PM

cant argue with anything listed here..

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benefactor

12-22-2015, 08:23 PM

Bump.

Was thinking about this today. My list is close to the same...except I forgot Billy Ocean...but everyone else did too. Shameful tbh.

benefactor

12-22-2015, 08:28 PM

Jon Foreman is another good one...especially his acoustic stuff.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWM6nLdVcjQ

Avante

12-29-2015, 01:38 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm-nxT8wd0k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K-wJNpWgss8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Th4SwSpaRWU

Avante

12-29-2015, 01:47 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GVbTE4wCbpw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzUhfYAxDTY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVTKeVhN1Bc

benefactor

12-29-2015, 07:53 AM

Marty Robbins:tu. I grew up on his gunslinging ballads. My dad is a huge fan.

leemajors

12-29-2015, 08:37 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCVLtcfLi4

12-29-2015, 09:28 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtCVLtcfLi4

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Avante

12-29-2015, 10:04 AM

Marty Robbins:tu. I grew up on his gunslinging ballads. My dad is a huge fan.

This is about as good as it can get. A Robbins set would have this, the above and El Paso/Big Iron.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP8wbxXSjaw

Mixing Robbins you'd want....

Jack Greene
David Houston
Hank Snow
Ferlin Husky
Johnny Cash
Conway Twitty
Sonny James
Lefty Frizzell
Porter Wagoner

Avante

12-29-2015, 04:39 PM

Two of the great voices and songs, pretty much forgotten today except those like myself.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4SaeWh3h8Fg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v1TGV-KpM9I

What's a perfect fit, it's gotta be....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PjzhBAYEU

spurraider21

12-31-2015, 04:24 PM

pretty impossible to make this sort of list without including mercury

i approve of otis redding

Avante

01-01-2016, 08:04 PM

pretty impossible to make this sort of list without including mercury

i approve of otis redding

There are a lot of gospel singers and bluegrass singers with some serious vocals. But most....who???

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8BumYH8n1k

Thread

01-01-2016, 11:29 PM

What's a perfect fit, it's gotta be....

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6PjzhBAYEU

Avante hits it here. Yes, this is pure perfection.

baseline bum

01-01-2016, 11:41 PM

In order, I'd say:

1. Frank Sinatra

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=emAe6IClGys

2. David Ruffin

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=crWSG6liT5Y

3. James Brown

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baseline bum

01-01-2016, 11:45 PM

4. Tom Waits

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=27LLPANAgzw

5. Marvin Gaye

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tlongII

01-01-2016, 11:50 PM

Nat King Cole is the best I've ever heard.

spurraider21

01-02-2016, 02:31 AM

Nat King Cole is the best I've ever heard.
Yep he definitely deserves a spot on these lists

Avante

01-02-2016, 04:15 PM

Funny thing is this....

There is no way in hell, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Howlin' Wolf, Joe Cocker, John Lee Hooker, Willie Nelson, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix (there are others) would stand a chance on any of those American Idol type shows, but there will never be anyone come from there that will compare to the success they had.

I'd much rather listen to Johnny Winter over Tom Jones who was a far better singer. I can't stand Neil Diamond, but love Neil Young.

Then again, some songs take a Gogi Grant, Frank Sinatra, Frankie Laine, Ella Fitzgerald.

No way in hell Sinatra could pull this off.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J715ef0tSI

Tony Bennett could never sell this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5J73fhAP-dc

A great sound, pretty much lost in obscurity.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hFo7Z2fKTVk

spurraider21

01-02-2016, 08:23 PM

janis joplin could easily win a show like american idol :lol... i agree with the other vocalists you mentioned though

Avante

01-03-2016, 12:01 AM

janis joplin could easily win a show like american idol :lol... i agree with the other vocalists you mentioned though

I don't see it. She's way too raw for what they look for there. Yes yes and yes she was great but not surpy enought for what they seem to like.

Dark Gable

01-03-2016, 10:46 AM

The late Natalie Cole.

Thread

01-03-2016, 10:58 AM

I don't see it. She's way too raw for what they look for there. Yes yes and yes she was great but not surpy enought for what they seem to like.

PERIOD

Screamin' & yellin' & higher than a kite. Whoop-dee-do.

leemajors

01-04-2016, 11:51 AM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq1dXaNHJQ0

JMarkJohns

01-07-2016, 09:33 PM

Cat Stevens
Peter Gabriel
Eva Cassidy
Lauren Hill
Johnny Cash
Ben E. King

Didn't see them mentioned. Each is in my top-10 with a few others already discussed.

I like soulful voices, ones with a story before a word is ever spoke.

I'd have paid money to hear Ben E. King sing the ABCs.

Eva Cassidy and Lauren Hill are their own soul. They sing from their gut, tinged with a grief that's been polished smooth from anguish. Stevens and Cash are the antithesis of each other in tone, but each's voice was the best part of the song.

And I've said for years that the greatest instrument on earth is Gabriel's voice. Unlike anything I've ever heard.