mind_philip
saw the light
Would anyone else opt for Harriet Wheeler?
Favorite vocalist
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swears
preppy-kei
Prince
D'angelo
Green Gartside
Smokey Robinson
Jacko
George Michael
And the ladies...
Aaliyah
Madonna
Chaka Khan
Mariah Carey
Probs loads more, I like a certain "sweetness" with a vocalist, it's hard to really pin down what that is exactly. Also, all that post-Whitney "vocal gymnastics" warbling, if it's done right.
D'angelo
Green Gartside
Smokey Robinson
Jacko
George Michael
And the ladies...
Aaliyah
Madonna
Chaka Khan
Mariah Carey
Probs loads more, I like a certain "sweetness" with a vocalist, it's hard to really pin down what that is exactly. Also, all that post-Whitney "vocal gymnastics" warbling, if it's done right.
reeltoreel
Well-known member
Ummm...there's heaps! Here's a few that've hit the spot recently...
Aaron Neville
Colin from Wire
Greg Lake with King Crimson
Horace Andy
Sugar Minnott
Rosemary Clooney
Edith Piaf
my friend Helen, who sings with The LEDs
Aaron Neville
Colin from Wire
Greg Lake with King Crimson
Horace Andy
Sugar Minnott
Rosemary Clooney
Edith Piaf
my friend Helen, who sings with The LEDs
sing_minimal
Well-known member
nina simone
antony hegarty
alessandro moreschi : )
antony hegarty
alessandro moreschi : )
mixed_biscuits
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Cat Goscovitch (formerly of Nut)
Beth Sorrentino (of Suddenly, Tammy)
Jan Johnston (trance chanteuse)
Beth Sorrentino (of Suddenly, Tammy)
Jan Johnston (trance chanteuse)
mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
Jimmy Scott
Gabba Flamenco Crossover
High Sierra Skullfuck
Laura Nyro
Shelagh McDonald
Theres a Brazilian singer called Olivia Bylington who I really like
Old disco divas like Barbara Roy
Kelly Rowland's not bad actually but struggling to think of any other modern singers I rate much
2nd Donny Hathaway
Stevie Wonder
Merle Haggard is fkn ace, way better than Johnny Cash (never bought into the cult of Cash)
Swears, you can't be serious about Mariah Carey. She's an aural virus.
Shelagh McDonald
Theres a Brazilian singer called Olivia Bylington who I really like
Old disco divas like Barbara Roy
Kelly Rowland's not bad actually but struggling to think of any other modern singers I rate much
2nd Donny Hathaway
Stevie Wonder
Merle Haggard is fkn ace, way better than Johnny Cash (never bought into the cult of Cash)
Swears, you can't be serious about Mariah Carey. She's an aural virus.
Another list thread - are we turning into ilx or something?
Female:
Joni
Nyro
Minnie Ripperton (for for the performance than the voice)
Beth Orton
Winehouse (I'm sure she's robbed someone's style but there y'go)
Angela McClusky
Adele Bethel (of Sons and Daughters - for the pure aggression)
Elizabeth Fraiser
Isobell Campbell
Jenny Reeve (of Reindeer Section, Strike the Colours)
Nina Simone
Wunmi! (for that off-key thing she does)
Male:
Terry Callier
Dwele
Aiden Moffat (of Arab Strap)
Martin Barnard (of Alpha)
Buckley
Tricky (if we don't stick to singers, he has the best voice for rhyming over 'trip-hop')
I used to really rate Vikter Duplaix, 'til I heard him live
Barry White
Stevie Wonder
Fela! how could I forget
Female:
Joni
Nyro
Minnie Ripperton (for for the performance than the voice)
Beth Orton
Winehouse (I'm sure she's robbed someone's style but there y'go)
Angela McClusky
Adele Bethel (of Sons and Daughters - for the pure aggression)
Elizabeth Fraiser
Isobell Campbell
Jenny Reeve (of Reindeer Section, Strike the Colours)
Nina Simone
Wunmi! (for that off-key thing she does)
Male:
Terry Callier
Dwele
Aiden Moffat (of Arab Strap)
Martin Barnard (of Alpha)
Buckley
Tricky (if we don't stick to singers, he has the best voice for rhyming over 'trip-hop')
I used to really rate Vikter Duplaix, 'til I heard him live
Barry White
Stevie Wonder
Fela! how could I forget
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simon silverdollar
Guest
jarvis cocker.
david byrne.
riko.
vashti bunyan.
kathleen hanna
no lay.
oh, and morrissey. obviously.
david byrne.
riko.
vashti bunyan.
kathleen hanna
no lay.
oh, and morrissey. obviously.
swears
preppy-kei
Deffo second these, imo.
crackerjack
Well-known member
Irma Thomas
Al Green
Bobby Bland
Nina Simone
Lee Hazlewood
Mark e Smith when he was good - a crap singer obviously, but an incredible voice
Al Green
Bobby Bland
Nina Simone
Lee Hazlewood
Mark e Smith when he was good - a crap singer obviously, but an incredible voice
Michael Gira. The bonus track on the CD version of Love of Life is the best thing ever. Plus he does childrens' songs now, the idea of which frightens me beyond belief... Sly Stone too.
The smug but often informative Robert Elms loves to give a Tom Waits anecdote where he flew to New York to interview him armed with nothing but a landline phone number. He calls Waits' house, and the answer message is simply, in trademark gravelly drawl, 'it's Tom... I'm at the beach'. He never heard back from him.
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mistersloane
heavy heavy monster sound
What's the bonus track Tom?