Who you could happily sit and listen to all day

Its just got to be Iggy Pop, surely? Have a listen to this on Sunday. He sounds like you’d expect someone who’s lived the life he has to sound. This is a good thing! 😀

Your nominations please…..

Tom Waits.

Does he?

Mariella Frostrup, surely.

I’d 2nd Frostrup

Cheers, Rich

Janis Joplin

Beefheart – in his prime.

Toss up between James Earl Jones and Brian Blessed

He might not have the best voice but Chris Cornell is up there for me

Clarke Peters

His book readings on the radio are brilliant.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUWRuLF44aQ[/video]

or Michael Jayston

his reading of Rogue Male was equally spellbinding.

[video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AhCWjcPYLlM[/video]

Dead – Richard Burton

Alive – Reginald D Hunter

There was a guy on Radio Leeds the other night; one of the first Red Arrows pilots. He was in his eighties.

I could have listened to him chatter on in his eloquent, aged and humorously eccentric tones for hours.

Proper gentleman, just how you’d want an 80 year old ex RAF pilot to sound.

Binners ,you are correct.
Great radio.

Not gonna argue with the first 2 suggestions in the thread 🙂

Neil Hannon. It’s like drowning in melted chocolate.

Cerys Matthews of course. I also miss the old BBC shipping forecast voice…

Lemmy.

Ed Milliband surely

Henry Blofeld

Peter Sagan
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tom waits.

Another vote for Tom Waits

Irma Franklin for the girly vote

Morgan Freeman

need to link to his image were you read the words in his voice 🙂

Henry Blofeld

Yes! I can happily listen to Agnew and Blofeld all day long even if the cricket is terrible!

Howlin Wolf
Lightnin Hopkins
John Lydon
Beefheart

To be honest Chambord…

I was just trying to raz Binners up with a posh bloke

😀

Ro5ey my dear old thing – surely nobody in possession of a soul could object to Agnew and Blofeld? 😀

Speaking – William Hague whenever he has to say ‘Benghazi’

Singing – Zoltán Téglás

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pToEaI9TkJI[/video]

To be honest Chambord…

I was just trying to raz Binners up with a posh bloke

😀

Regardless, I stand by my answer 🙂

Well played gentlemen 😀

Shireen Liane from the Slingbacks. Best vowels ever

I suppose it’s possible Tom Waits had the best voice in the world, at some point, before his throat went on fire and he beat the flames out with a cricket stump.

I think David McAlmont is massively underrated… perhaps because half the people who hear him don’t realise he’s a bloke….

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJSaRw1vjxM[/video]

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0TbM8ER4pg[/video]

Eva Cassidy had a stunning voice; it was said that she sang like a black woman yet she was completely untrained.

Sara Montague on the Today programme has a nice voice and the sexiest laugh ever.

Arlott or Jonnners

My wife reckons Pierre from the ESF!!!!

Leonard Cohen – “Women have been exceptionally kind to my old age …”

@gofasterstripes Jeff Buckley and Father Ted? Strange mix, but I sort of see it…

I really like this (it’s minus music, so silence for the first few seconds of video):

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87FjkqtK67o[/video]

John Martyn, accompanied by Danny Thompson – one of the finest bass players I’ve ever heard:

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bi8uRmFKTY[/video]

I heard a girl busking this in Dublin a couple of days ago; really made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Still not quite as stunning as the inimitable Grace Slick, though…

[video]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2yQLXTuctA[/video]

Oh +1 on Jeff Buckley *swoon*

30 million French women 🙂

30 million French women

Have some beast with your beauty…

Singing….. Kate Rusby.

Never heard her speak but her singing…..