Your favourite Voice.?

[tauzero]

Roger Daltrey, Meatloaf, Alice Cooper

Tasmin Archer, Alison Moyet, Mrs Zero

And lots of others.

[casapete]

And what about Tom Jones?
One of the few old school vocalists who can still do it IMO.

[bubinga5]

[quote name='vbance' timestamp='1458857086' post='3011696']
gotta be Yoko for me.

[url="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdZ9weP5i68"]https://www.youtube....h?v=HdZ9weP5i68[/url]
[/quote] That is mind boggling.

[bubinga5]

My bread and butter is this woman. Her voice is just magnificent , as is her music. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XYGVtX0w1I

[silverfoxnik]

Trouble is, there's so, so many wonderful singers. It all depends what mood I'm in and what type of music I feel like listening to..

But if I had to choose, then these would be my favourites I suppose,because I've listened to them repeatedly over the years , and still do.

Male: Sinatra, Bobby Darin, Bowie, Marvin Gaye, Donnie Hathaway, Prince, Jeff Buckley, Jim Morrison, Guy Garvey, Lennon/McCartney.

Female: Kate Bush, Ronnie Spector, KD Lang, Bjork, Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Jane Siberry, Alison Goldfrapp, Amy Winehouse, Minnie Ripperton.

Some brilliant names already mentioned above too!

Edited March 25, 2016 by silverfoxnik

[Japhet]

Couple of left field ones;

Female - Susan Tedeschi

Male - Malford Milligan

Go on, check em out.

[Thunderpaws]

My favourite is Bernhard Fanning of Powderfinger fame. As well as his band work saw him in a very small acoustic intimate gig recently and he was brilliant.

Just realised my actual favourites are Eddie Vedder, Ben Harper, Robert Plant and Sammy Hagar, but Fanning is a great underdog!

[Graham]

Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth for me, stunning clean and heavy vocals.

Also, Freddy Mercury, Maynard James Keenan, Mike Patton, Phil Anselmo (though I've not been listening to him lately) and Kirk Winestein.

[cetera]

Steve Perry, Peter Cetera, Karen Carpenter, Sam Cooke, Chris Rainbow...... all have that certain 'something' for me...

Edited April 4, 2016 by cetera

[KingBollock]

[quote name='Graham' timestamp='1458911121' post='3012056']
Mikael Akerfeldt from Opeth for me, stunning clean and heavy vocals.
[/quote]
If you're going to do growly and clean vocals, you should definitely do it like Akerfeldt. Not like those ones all over Scuzz and Kerrang! who sound like teenagers ranting when they think their mum can't hear them and then whining when they realise she can.

It's such a let down. There'll be some nice chunky, heavy riffage and deep growly vocals, and then all of a sudden they all turn into a Disney boy band. If there were so many of them I'd think them a parody!

[Painy]

Loads of favorites but to pick one out would have to be Glenn Hughes.

[timmo]

I don`t know why, but I was so sure that someone would have mention Ronnie James Dio by now.
Ok, my surprise is over. He was mentioned in post 8

Edited March 25, 2016 by timmo

[Rich]

Michael McDonald
Nat 'King' Cole
Joe Cocker
Sting

Karen Carpenter
Judie Tzuke
Kate Bush
Sam Brown

[fleabag]

Howard Werth

K D Lang

Eva Cassidy

Inva Mula Tchako

David Gates

Paul Carrack

Kate Bush

For anyone not old enough to remember Audience / Howard Werth

[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i043gWMKAVg[/media]

Inva Mula , if you didnt know her

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XdAZxeIHqJ0

Edited March 25, 2016 by fleabag

[lonestar]

All of the above but how about Ike Willis especially on Zappa's Joes Garage ?
Great voice

[steantval]

Paul Rodgers, Steve Perry, Freddy Mercury, Marvin Gaye, Michael McDonald

[arthurhenry]

Steve Perry, Doug Pinnick, Dave Swarbrick, Frank Zappa, Ian Anderson, Maddy Prior, Tommy Shaw.

Edited March 25, 2016 by arthurhenry

[julietgreen]

[quote name='LayDownThaFunk' timestamp='1458837017' post='3011417']
Well Paloma Faith was an interesting choice for a judge this year but she comes across really well... wrong voice?
[/quote] Loved her voice on 'New York'. Have been less impressed recently.

[julietgreen]

Gotta confess a love for the gravel: Bonnie Tyler, Rod Stewart, Kelly Jones.

Old school: Eric Burdon, Helen Reddy

Cyndi

[cetera]

[quote name='arthurhenry' timestamp='1458937910' post='3012334']
Tommy Shaw.
[/quote]

Good call!!

[visog]

[quote name='lonestar' timestamp='1458933453' post='3012278']
All of the above but how about Ike Willis especially on Zappa's Joes Garage ?
Great voice
[/quote]

Agreed - many a fond hours listening to his ironic take on Scientology...

[Deep Thought]

Male-Jackie Wilson, Matt Bellamy, Til Lindemann, Dave Grohl, Roger Daltrey, Lee Brilleaux, Leonard Cohen
Female-Sia, Christina Aguilera, Roisin Murphy (Moloko), Debbie Harry.

[oldbass]

Karen Carpenter
Stevie Wonder
Paul Rogers
Janis Joplin

Very difficult to pick just one....Oh and not forgetting Aretha, Gladys etc....impossible task I think.

[leschirons]

Just playing some Laura Nyro. Needs to be added to my list.

[BrunoBass]

Billie Holiday for me, especially 'Lady In Satin' era. Every note she sings drips with sadness, pain and regret. I'll take that over technique any time.