Favorite vocalist

[Mr. Tea]

Anyone who can fuck like they mean it.

Dang, that's me out, then - I usually fuck like I'm standing in for a bloke who had to rush home because he just remembered he left the gas on.

 

[baboon2004]

Hope Sandoval.
Emmylou seconded.
Horace Andy.
John Lydon.
Serge Gainsbourg.
Willie Hutch.

 

[baboon2004]

Do people fuck ironically then?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Do people fuck ironically then?

I assume you've never gone for a drink in Shoreditch.

 

[Chris]

Elisabeth Fraser


Billie Holiday
Eleanor Friedberger
Sandy Denny
David Crosby
Nico
Stevie Nicks
Syd Barrett
Robert Plant
Donovan
Jerry Garcia (favorite "bad" singer)

Rob Halford

 

[baboon2004]

Stevie Nicks - great call

 

[dominic]

eartha kitt
taana gardner

sylvester

 

[tom pr]

Millie Jackson!

 

[Pulchritude]

Am I really the first person to say Otis Redding in this thread?!

Also:
Ella Fitzgerald
Asha Bhosle
Minnie Ripperton
PJ Harvey (it’s more about the delivery than the technical merit)
Aaliyah
Ari Up (for weirdness)

Green Gartside
Leadbelly
Jacques Brel
I'd also second Caetano Veloso and add Jorge Ben
Edwyn Collins
Stephen Patrick Morrissey
Mark Burgess
Ian Svenonius

 

[boombox]

Sarah Vaughan
Christina Aguilera
Aaliyah
Lara Fabian
Bjork
Alanis Morissette


Aaliyah and Bjork purely for the tone and style of their voice - they struggled / struggle vocally with live performances.

 

[Benny Bunter]

For purity: Brian Wilson

For True Grit: Howlin' Wolf, no contest...

 

[mistersloane]

oh and Bob Mould and Billy Mackenzie and Candi Staton

 

[reeltoreel]

Billy Mackenzie! Yes...

I quite like Dieter Meier, come to that.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Ooh, should probably mention both Frank Black and Kim Deal.

 

[STN]

Billie Holiday
Alton Ellis
Bryan Ferry
Smokey Robinson
Atilla!
Blixa!
Doris Duke
Doris Troy
Glen Washington
Jacob Miller
Karen Dalton
Junior Murvin
Robert Lloyd
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
and, rather curiously, Greg Dulli

Actually, who could forget Norman Grant? I mean, I nearly did, but what a voice!

 

[Grievous Angel]

This week, it's D'Angelo.

 

[Freakaholic]

for me its simple, and ive had this "list" floating in my head for a time:

Male:
Frank Sinatra
Elvis Presley

Female:
Ella Fitzgerald
Grace Slick

These are just the voices that do it for me. Something about Grace's voice that i find angelic and transporting. Not many can do that.