Favorite Singing Voices
Submitted by xfanatic50 on Thu, 11/04/2004 - 05:16
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- Rufus Wainwright- smooth and operatic, never better than on his first album
- Elliott Smith
- Cat Power- she sounds so sad and haunted
- Devendra Banhart- i love the way his voice is sort of muffled and cracked... it's got a very old-soul quality to it
- Loretta Lynn
- Neko Case- she has the most beautiful voice I have ever heard, powerful and feminine and just amazing
- Thom Yorke (Radiohead)- his voice can go from being majestic and beautiful to being angry and sullen in a matter of seconds... just hearing his voice makes me want to cry
- Bjork
- Ella Fitzgerald
- Otis Redding
- John Lennon
- Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
- Patti Smith
- Lou Reed- I just can't get over the way he says things... his bizarre way of drawing out words and sort of speak-singing things
- Mick Jagger
- Colin Blunstone (The Zombies)
- Black Francis (Pixies)
- Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
- Jack White (The White Stripes)
- Donovan
- Bob Dylan
- Janis Joplin
- Nick Drake
- Nico
- Joanna Newsom
- Paul Banks (Interpol)
- Julian Casablancas (The Strokes)
- Karen O (The Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
- Wayne Coyne (The Flaming Lips)
- Ian Curtis (Joy Division)
- Joe Strummer
- Al Green
- Regina Spektor
- Jack Black
- Polly Paulusma
- Tori Amos
- Joni Mitchell
- Antony
Author Comments:
These are the singers whose voices struck me as unique or unusual from the minute I heard them sing... They may not all have beautiful voices, or great range but there's something about the way they sound, the way they pronounce their words and the tone of their voices that sends chills up my spine.
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If I could sing like anyone, it would be a female Rufus Wainwright. Smoothe and operatic, definitely--he has this great vibrato, but also sounds really natural. What do you think of Want? I've just discovered his music and only have his first two CDs right now.
His first two are definitely the best... I haven't heard Want Two yet, but Want One wasn't that great... maybe my expectations were a bit too high though, since I loved his first two albums so much.
Paul Rodgers (Free, Bad Company). Surely the greatest blues voice ever, and a modern Frank Sinatra.
Check this out for Paul Rodgers.
I have tickets to see Colin Blunstone (with Rod Argent) on 17th February.