Best/Favorite Voice

[JNightshade]

Inspired by the thread on guitarists, who do you think has the best voice (or alternately, whose voice do you love)?

Personally, my vote goes to Jeff Buckley. Hearing him sing Lilac Wine is like nothing else.

 

[Qonfused]

Gunnar Orn Tynes and Orvar Poreyjarson Smarason from Mum. Their voices are just so mesmerizing.

 

[CrazyHarij]

thom yorke

 

[brink's]

David Bowie, he has more range and control over his voice then any other singer I've heard.

I also like Thom Yorke, Kurt Cobain, David Gilmour, Bjork, Neko Case, Kim Gordon and Roger Waters..... among others.

 

[knut]

Cedric Bixlar (At the Drive-In, The Mars Volta)
Roger Waters (Pink Floyd, namely on the Animals album)
Thierry Amar (A Silver Mt. Zion, but it's hard to tell who is the actual vocalist with those guys. Ker-raaay-zee)
Thomas Erak (The Fall of Troy)
Justin Broadrick (jesu, Godflesh)
Aaron Turner (ISIS)

A few that stand out. All very distinctive in sound, give them all a listen and you'll see.

 

[CrazyHarij]

robert plant too

 

[Crushenator 500]

I think the thing that most sets bands apart from each other is a unique vocal

eg robert plant, bon scott, thom yorke, david bowie, lennon/mccartney, kurt cobain, eric burdon, tom petty, bruce dickinson, jack black etc

i dont think the voices even need to be particularly good, just unique (eg bob dylan)

 

[Seppo]

Ronnie James Dio is awesome. And he still sounds the same as he did 30 years ago

 

[Vegeta897]

Either the girl in Freezepop, or Muddasheep.

 

[Hectic Glenn]

Some great mentions in this thread, I'd go along with Thom Yorke for one. But as Crush said, unique voices are always the most memorable, so I'd include Matt from Muse in my candidates list for such a great range.

 

[Que-Ever]

Sarah Mclachlan o_o

 

[Qonfused]

Sarah Mclachlan o_o

I agree.

Hmm, Que, you're catching up with Geo on the love scale. He better get the hell in here.

 

[Que-Ever]

Aha, I wasn't sure if she was acceptable or not.

 

[Qonfused]

On that note, best voice goes to 50 Cent.

 

[Que-Ever]

And his hoes.

 

[Qonfused]

*topless women.

 

[ComradeBadger]

Jeff Buckley or Stephen Morrissey

 

[theotherguy]

It depends. I hate people who sing "well", I like the ones who sing "honestly"...I really like gritty male vocals in mid range, though its hard to say who.

I would say eddie vedder but his voice is too...mumbly. I would say whoever is the lead singer for bush.

 

[JNightshade]

It depends. I hate people who sing "well", I like the ones who sing "honestly"...I really like gritty male vocals in mid range, though its hard to say who.

I would say eddie vedder but his voice is too...mumbly. I would say whoever is the lead singer for bush.

That would be Dick Cheney.

 

[Stigmata]

That would be Dick Cheney.

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I lol'd though.

And... ugh, I feel like such a tool for saying this... but I really like Trent Reznor's voice. Also Thom Yorke and Emily Haines. All for different reasons.

 

[Bad^Hat]

And... ugh, I feel like such a tool for saying this...

Thought you were gonna say Maynard James Keenan, lol.

But yeah, he's pretty good and unique. For purely vocal stuff I prefer him in APC though, 3 Libras is pretty amazing.

Err... besides that, I'd have to say Bono.



LOL, jk. Tom Delonge.















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[PoeticRocker]

My top 3 vocalist in no order:

Freddie Mercury
Roy Orbison
Annie Lennox

Their voices have such emotional power in my opinion.

 

[Fliko]

Adam Lazzara...

 

[kineaesth]

Ladi 6

 

[Thread]

the chick from cat power
the dude from my morning jacket
the chick from fiona apple...

hmm... there's a lot to be honest

 

[Shift]

Matthew Bellamy

 

[Kula Meenur]

Sara McLachlan... she sang in Delerium's - "The Silence"... Though only in the Oakenfold remix does the song truly do her justice.

Kirsty Hawkshaw... she sang "Just Be" by DJ T... i dunno... chick singers really do it 4 me ha ha...

I LOVE PROGRESSIVE!!!!! WOOOOO!!!

 

[Dalamari]

Freddie Mercury
Roger Daltrey

 

[ericms]

Elizabeth Fraser from the Cocteau Twins I guess. I like how her lyrics are, for the most part, indecipherable.

 

[lePobz]

Jack White, from the White Stripes.

[YOUTUBE]AM9toRO4xbg[/YOUTUBE]

 

[Stigmata]

Which reminds me, I really need to buy me some White Stripes albums.

 

[Crushenator 500]

Jack White, from the White Stripes.

i like his voice, and again, it's unique ;p

 

[63]

Master Chief.

"I NEED A WEAPON"

 

[J_Tweedy]

Jeff Mangum (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Joanna Newsom
Thom Yorke

 

[Qonfused]

The song is good until he starts... whining.

 

[Stigmata]

The song is good until he starts... whining.

It's called falsetto, and I think it's cute.

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[Tollbooth Willie]

What the shit is with that face Schtick?

 

[Pulse]

Josh Homme
Mark Lanegan
Maynard James Keenan
Robert Plant
Neil Fallon
John Garcia
Steve Wilson

 

[Stigmata]

What the shit is with that face Schtick?

nothing is with this face ಠ_ಠ

 

[JNightshade]

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