we have covered the instruments....what about the voice???
 

favorites??? the best???who s*cks???

my vote = who does it for me
rock - Chris Cornell, Burton Cummings, David Bowie, Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees) , Bono, Jim Morrison
metal - Udo Dirkshnieder, Rob Halford, Geoff Tate, Bruce #^&#^&#^&#^&inson:skulz:
country/rock - Steve Earle, Townes Van Zant, Jeff Tweedy, Willie Nelson
Jazz - Etta James, Cassardra Wilson

Rock- Ray Davies, Pete Townsend, Geddy Lee
Country- What is Country?
Jazz- Al Jerreau (sp)

Todays Music-
I am a sucka for the female singer/songwriters
I LOVE- Fiona Apple, Anna Nalick, Jewel
Nora Jones is mellow/cool too

Dudes? Lead singer of the band "Cake"

my favs
Male: Elvis (seriously, his early stuff was great), Little Walter (blues player, love his voice), Joe Cocker, Jim Morrison, Sinatra, Harry Belafonte, Hank Williams

Female: Ella ( could listen to her all day), Natalie Merchant, Janis, and my all time favorite, Etta James

Well here you got me. I am no expert. 80% of the stuff I listen to has no singin. Hell I like the Chairman of the Board,Doc Watson, and Ted Nugent.

The greatest Male voice of all time, hands down has to be Freddie Mercury.

Female, maybe Linda Ronstadt.

you want most popular or most talented ?

it's what ever you want.....:tooth:

finally someone with some sense :btu:

Slinah, Jim Morrison a good voice? :hs: great poet but not good voice

slip.....see above;)

ABSOLUTELY!!!UP THE IRONS!!!!!!!

ahh I see
then I guess I should put Jerry Garcia then lol


olivia newton John
whitney houston
sade

who sucks = mick jagger

These suck - Joe Cocker, the guy who sang for canned heat, Janis Joplin, Moby (although I like him) robert plant, Mick Jagger, paul kantner, any of the monkees, Eric Johson,

Good singers - Tony Bennet (don't really listen to, but can sing), Marcy levy (marcella detroit) or whatever she goes by lately, Enya , celine dion.

I don't listen to any in the second group, I guess what I call good bands can't sing?

Don't laugh, but McCartney had a great set of pipes. He could sing silly love songs, but listen to him wail on stuff like Helter Skelter and Oh, Darlin' :humpty: Another one from the "gimmee a break" wing of rock music was Gary Puckett of the old Union Gap--their music sucked :yak6: but the guy had a great voice.

David Clayton Thomas of Blood Sweat and Tears :uhuh:

And please--don't embarass most of the rock singers by comparing them to even an average jazz artist :hs:

The late and great Roy Orbison my favorite.:tm:
The rest pickem.

My favorite rock singer is Trent Reznor, one of the few singers who can keep a tone while screaming. Amy Lee of Evanescence has a great voice and is great to look at, but is inconsistant. Bill Withers' voice always stops me while I'm skipping through the radio, has some good ones on youtube as well. Freddie Mercury has an awesome voice, as does the lead singer from ACDC(can't remember his name right now)

I grew up in the late eighty's and there wasn't any decent music that was new when I was a kid, and the rock scene wasn't all that impressive when I was in high school(grunge:huh:) so I listen to a pretty broad spectrum of music.

[QUOTE=Backbeach Jake;473176]The greatest Male voice of all time, hands down has to be Freddie Mercury.

An opera singer doing rock & roll !

Best male voices ...Freddy Mercury/Queen, Paul Stanley/Kiss, David Lee Roth/Van Halen, Steven Tyler/Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi, Elton John, Teddy Pendergrass, Neil Young, Bob seeger, and don't laugh now ... Prince.

Best female voices ... Stevie Nicks/Fleetwood Mac, Leanne Rymes, Cher, Madonna, Patsy Cline, Anne Wilson/Heart, Cyndi Lauper, Celine Dion, Deborah Harry/Blondie, Selena, and of course Jennifer Lopez.


My .02

For a beautiful voice , I like Dolly Parton. every time I say that people say i like her boobs but in fact i don't like big boobs. However , i do think she has a beautiful voice.

now , with so many artists from all over the world and all the different styles , etc , there are some beautiful vocal acts out there.

i also like Enya.

I'll add Greg Allman, Eddie Vedder, and Bon Scott
As far as Morrison, listen to Crystal Ship, I really think he is a good singer

Sarah McLachlan:)

Voice like an instrument.

The Dolly brought clairity to me, if their singing like they enjoy it it just sounds better. dont care for anyone that acts like it hurts or its a job.
that goes for any style, etc. must be why i like the sound of steel drums. dont worry be happy.

I in now way like country music in any form but......probably the most "beautiful" voice by far is Alison Krauss.She really does have an incredible voice.Listen to her with Union Station,incredible to say the least.Would love to hear her do a Maiden song:eek5: .

Took the words right out of my mouth.

All depends what venue;

but my fav all time singers are the following (some are rock singers some are not but they are all acknowledged as influencing music today)

David Bowie ( Alladin Sane was his best work vocally especially "Time")
Bryan Ferry of Roxy Music ( Listen to "Avalon")
Roger Daltrey ( Nothing compares to "Who's Next" aka "Lifehouse" "Behind Blue eyes")
Robert Plant ("Battle of Evermore")
K.D.Lang (Ingenue and Shadowlands "Black Coffee")
Ricky Lee Jones ( "Making Whoopee")
Loreena McKennit ( "All Souls Night")
Frank Sinatra (Anything from the 50's and 60's)
Bobby Darin ( "Mack the Knife")
Lou Rawls ("Willow weep for me")
Marvin Gaye ( "What's goin on")
Aretha Franklin ( "That's what I'm gonna do")
Warren Zevon ("Splendid Isolation")
Bob Marley ("Wait in Vain")
Bob Seger (Slim Whitman's classic "Blame it on the Moonlight")

There are many more but when I think of artists that use or have used thier voices to make musical history of great influence those are some of my favorites.:cheers:

Folk Pop- Simon and Garfunkle, incredible voices.

James Taylor, Jonathan Edwards, John Dawson (New Riders), Jackson Brown

Cat Stevens before his Muslim thing.

Grace Slick

Lousy voices to love- Dylan, Jerry, Neil Young.

This guy without a doubt is the most underrated vocalist of all times-

(kind of reminds me of spence at age 55) :rotfl:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=pgX-hiQdfFw

I almost spewed my dinner on the monitor. :yak4:

Singers I like,
Brian and Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
Billy Joel
Josh Groban
Frank Sinatra,
James Taylor
Shania Twain
Ronnie Van Zant
Bob Seger
Don Henley and or Glen Frey (Eagles)
Nat King Cole
Ann Wilson (Heart)
Bono
Roy Orbison
Lennon and or Mcartney (beatles)



Most talented Vocalist in my opinion

Nat King Cole
Freddy Mercury
Aretha Franklin
Andrea Bochelli
Celine Dion, don't like her but can't deny her talent
Karen Carpenter " " " " " " "
Etta James

if were talking just vocals, bobby mcferrin gets my vote.

Ok...like not!

Where's Stephen Perry?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=GoRl8t4Tav8

Seriously, as much as Freddie Mercury was the best...the man had some of the best pipes to ever record rock and roll.

-spence