Heartland

boudicca wrote:

lazarus corporation wrote:
Marlene Dietrich, Lydia Lunch, Jarboe, Diamanda Galas

Good call!

I can see you are a man of refined taste!

I never could resist flattery from a young lady

Nope, you're both wrong, this is the one true Goddess

Nice to see Leonard getting a few mentions...


It's such a subjective question of course, but the ones who really put
you on the edge are the ones that count regardless of technical expertise..
or indeed if they are trendy or not...like I give a f*ck

So, in no particular order....

Iggy
Lou Reed
Gram Parsons
Neil Young
Mike Scott
Mr Cohen
John Lennon
Phil Mogg
Jackson Browne

not the most G*th list on the planet looking back -

and never, ever Elvis, I much prefer people who write their own material...

Zuma wrote:Gram Parsons

if he wasn't already dead I'd pay someone to make him!

Robbie Robertson!

Well Mr Blast, Keith Richards cremated him - sure that
will make you smile...

good to see you're posting again Mr. Zuma

Aye, go on then pour me a drink

Zuma wrote:and never, ever Elvis, I much prefer people who write their own material...

I agree with you on liking people who write their own stuff, but I think his voice is godly.

Agreed, the voice was something else, however much prefer real passion over technique...

Zuma wrote:Agreed, the voice was something else, however much prefer real passion over technique...

Indeed. Give me a voice with character over one with awesome technical proficiency every time. God knows doesn't have an 8-octave range... but Mariah Carey does. So you see, it's not always a good thing.

I think Von's technically better than people often give him credit for, though.

Glad someone understood!

boudicca wrote:

I LOVE THIS ICON!!!! It really looks like von. god, have to go to bed finally... as my sense of humour is getting weirder and weirder...

.1 Andrew E.
.2 Vincent Furnier --> alias - Alice Cooper
.3 Dave Gahan - Depeche Mode
.4 Beth Gibbons - Portishead
.5 Peter Steele - Type O negative
.6 Rob Halford - Judas Priest
.7 T Ripper Owen - ex Judas Priest --> now frontman Iced Earth

There are not many singers who can pow power to emotions, but these 7 up here, some how can bring up the goosebumps up my skin

Elektra_byron wrote:

emilystrange wrote:oo lots of the above. tindersticks stuart especially.

and justin...... of course.......

I'm so glad that somebody else here likes Stuart. He may be out of tune (in Nick Cave kind of way), but he puts so much emotions into his voice... and lyrics. Prefer Sticks to Cave..

i could quite happily listen to them side by side. Murder Ballads for a little light relief....

Mr Blast, good choice on John Wetton of King Crimson, Red is a cracking album and I love the sound of his bass too.
Toni Halliday....... say no more

I see you're a man of quality and taste Rivers

Elektra_byron wrote:

Brideoffrankenstein wrote: but a close second would be Simen Hestenaes ex-Borknagar/current bassist and "clean" vocalist in Dimmu Borgir

So that's his name! I'd prefer Dimmu Borgir with him as a main vocalist, not very fond of growling...

He also goes under the name of ICS Vortex I dunno if he goes under that name in Dimmu Borgir or not but he did when he was in Borknagar.

emilystrange wrote:Murder Ballads for a little light relief....

They don't call you "strange" for nuthin', do they?

boudicca wrote:

emilystrange wrote:Murder Ballads for a little light relief....

They don't call you "strange" for nuthin', do they?

she calls herself "strange". I reckon "emily-bloody-weird" would be far more appropriate...

James Blast wrote:Nope, you're both wrong, this is the one true Goddess

Indeed. And there is so much more for me to send you on DVD!

Michael

PS
(At Blast) Everything has to move on, as they say, I have...

A couple more and I don't know how I could have left them off my original list:

Chris Connelly (when he's doing his Bowie impersonation type voice)
Ian Gillan

Don't tend to have "fave" female vocalists but a couple sort of stand out:
Bjork (not so much her delivery but her creative soul)
Them chicks from Sigur Ros
The chick from MA'am
PJ Harvey (for complete raw emotion all the time)
Kate Bush (cos I just happen to love her music to bits, even now)
Tori Amos (when she's not being ridiculous)
Ella Fitzgerald - true class
Sarah Mclaughlin (only sometimes)

Female vocalists and no mention of Tarja Turunen? Hang your heads in shame. Not only a technically (fairly) accomplished singer, she's also a top babe and a great show-woman (is that a word? it is now!).

Where's Sarah Cracknell (St Etienne)? Very sexy voice. Ditto Sarah Nixey (Black Box Recorder). Though that could be my on-going crush for my primary school teacher influencing me in a hugely unhealthy fashion

Kristen Hersh for angst and raw emotion. The girl from Qntal for ethereal oddity in a Lisa Gerrard style.

Good call on Dietrich - can we have Judi Dench as Sally Bowles as well? Or does she count as an actress rather than a singer? If you've not heard it, just trust me.

On a personal note again, Lauren Laverne. Just for the accent

Blokes. Hmmm.

Not many really spring to mind. For power and pyrotechnics you've got to have Freddie Mercury but most of his material was ropey (even as a closet Queen fan I can't get excited).

Not having Eldritch - he's a decent frontman (when he can be arsed) but a lousy vocalist. I'd say Hussey was better myself.

Carl McCoy and Pete Murphy I'd keep. I quite like Neil Tennent as well, though I'd struggle to defend that against any kind of rational analysis.

Chappie from Tindersticks is good. Nick Cave is another frontman rather than singer. I think that's a key distinction here.

Not me. Under any circumstances, and especially not after beers.

And after all that forgot Morrissey. Though he's a tit, to be fair.

No offence like, but I have never been able to understand how Lauren Laverne "got on". Kenickie (spelling?) were atrocious. A joke-band that weren't funny.

As for Ms Laverne herself... this much fuckin' talent

[quote="markfiend"]No offence like, but I have never been able to understand how Lauren Laverne "got on". Kenickie (spelling?) were atrocious. A joke-band that weren't funny.

As for Ms Laverne herself... this much fuckin' talent [/quote]

Awww ... Kenickie were OK. Not the greatest but good fun live. And songs like Classy and PVC remind me of nights out back home.

At least I don't have my cheesy, thumbs-up photo taken with members of Status Quo

Though I did once see them live, by accident