When Jeff Buckley first came on the scene I knicked the cd from my daughter thinking it was Tim [ his father and dead spit of him ] ,meanwhile she had robbed my Tim Buckley vynil thinking it was Jeff !!
Singists (tho most are admittedly ex-singists) :
Nina Simone
Nick Drake
Terry Callier
Beth Orton
Bobby Womack
and lately, the swoonsome tones of Yukimi Nagano, she just gets better and better - ave eeet! :
+1 for Beth Orton
I'll throw emiliana torrini in the mix too.
Hang on, we've got a winner - Carla Bruni
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Natalie Merchant would be a good shout too.
Charlotte Green.
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Filth.
Pure filth.
And Christine Collister;
As for the chaps:
Not safe for work.
Or Southeners.
Ray lamontagne.
I also like it when Radio 4 has Lord Viscout Kennilworth of Wutheringshire or similar on for that ultra poshness that doesn't exist in the real world.
I've always liked Christine Collister's voice too.
As above, Leonard Cohen & Stevie Nicks
Also the actor, Sam Elliott (Tombstone, The Big Lebowski)
Wwaswas,
She did a version of The Most Beguiling Eyes for a cover CD for HiFi Choice mag back in the 80's.
It's heartbreaking.
Can't find it on the web, will have to post it myself if I can find the CD.
I've got an album with it on 🙂
Think it may be on Spotify too?
Ok, cheers!
Nick Drake
Jeff Buckley
Elizabeth Fraizer
Anything with John Martyn
Jim Morrison
Richard Chartres
Not sure these two have ever been mentioned in the same conversation before...!
Aaron Paul, yo bitches
James Earl Jones reading Edgar Allen Poe's the Raven on the Simpsons.
Class. Pure class.
lauren laverne could talk the spooge out of me at a fatal rate.
singing-wise, +1 on the Kate Rusby. a few years ago i had the unsettling experience of being on a 1st date with a young lady who forced her way to the front and bellowed (repeatedly) her love for miss Rusby. I approved this act, and joined in, 'cause you never know..
edit: Dave Vanian for boy voice
Depends if you mean singing or talking dunnit?
Singing,
Chris Rea
Roland Orzabal
Karen Carpenter
Talking,
Brian Blessed
Keith Allen (in this)....
Otis Redding
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Breathtaking live, barely needs amplification.
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Mark Lanegan
Difficult to choose, really. Blokes, speaking, then Leonard Cohen, Samuel L Jackson, Tom Waits and James Earl Jones, singing, Jeff Buckley, John Grant, Mark Lanegan, Mike Patton.
Women, a little more difficult as I have a particular fondness for the female singing voice, but speaking, then Lauren Lavern, Katie Puckrick, Mariella Frostrupp off the top of my head, and singing, Sandy Denny, Emmylou Harris, Karen Carpenter, Laura Marling, Dusty Springfield.
Female = Nico
[i]Dusty Springfield.[/i]
Forgot about Dusty!
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura.
Winner winner chicken dinner.
Singing: Freddie for men, Dusty for women
Taking: currently digging Alexandra Roach but yes any French woman would beat the sexiest voice from any other nation
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura.Winner winner chicken dinner.
You're F***ing joking arent you?
She sounds like kittens abseiling down a blackboard.
Go get yourself an ear test.
I absolutely concur with everything countzero said. That list plus Beth Orton and Thea Gilmore
Singing: Freddie for men, Dusty for women
Taking: currently digging Alexandra Roach but yes any French woman would beat the sexiest voice from any other nation
Except Cerys; She's worth any number of frogladies.
I absolutely concur with everything countzero said. That list plus Beth Orton and Thea Gilmore
Your own thread about [i]the[/i] bestest voice and all you can manage is a shortlist? Pah!
You're F***ing joking arent you?
She sounds like kittens abseiling down a blackboard.
Go get yourself an ear test.
Lol. Each to his own my friend, her voice does it for me. Leftfield is the right field 😀
There does seem to be some consensus on a few of these.....seeing as I'm buying new speakers, maybe its time to buy some new music too 🙂
shame on you stw
3 pages and no one has said GORDONS ALIVE !
Luke Kelly
Pleased to see that Janis Joplin has been mentioned. 8)
Neil Fallon from Clutch, sounds like ten men possessed by a mad preacher 🙂 John Foggerty, Jimmy Cliff, Curtis Mayfield, Sly Stone, Mark Lanegan, John Butler, Isaac Brock from Modest Mouse, James Vincent McMorrow, Van Morrison on Astral Weeks, Eddie Vedder.....argh there are too many.
Lisa Kekulia (BellRays), Janis Joplin, Feist, Aretha Franklin, First Aid Kit, Isobell Cambell.
Talking, it has to be that guy from the Black Books episode......Fran 😀
Stunning voice, awesome song from an under appreciated genius in my opinion
Samuel t herring from future islands is a contender
Howard Devoto
I think there is a lot to be said for Geddy Lee circa '77.
I think there is a lot to be said for Geddy Lee circa '77.
I prefer his voice now. He was too screechy back then.
