Our favorite voices

Alright...since you all decided to break out your men and your women lists, so will I.

Top five men.....
Andrea Bocelli
Josh Groban
Jeffrey Osborne
Scott Stapp
Chad Kroeger

and of course....Tom Jones


Top five women.....
Sara Brightman
Whitney Houston
Chaka Kahn
Anita Baker
Tracy Chapman
Jewel

This is really hard to keep it to five. There are so many great voices. I was really trying hard not to cheat Bri...but I couldn't help myself.


Edit: Seems the attachments won't let me attach my Jewel picture. Oh well.

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That was a great list, Pidd.

Glen Danzig is the man.

Jon Anderson of Yes...


Bob Dylan...


Ian Curtis of Joy Division...


David Byrne...


And the ever-present Thom...

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The people have chosen don't necessarily have any technical proficiency when it comes to singing, but when the music starts to play, tese voices just sound so right


Thom Yorke



Rivers Cuomo



Michael Stipe



Bono



Dave Grohl

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MoFo Survivor - r3port3r66 wins!!!!!!

Patsy Cline

Like your picks Piddzilla, they're all over the place.

Miracle man, Elvis Costello!

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The wonder that is Stevie Wonder!





Two more males then I'm going to do my top five female vocalists.

Oh, Stevie.. How could I forget Stevie.. Yes, he is indeed a wonder!

And I saw a documentary about James Brown yesterday night. That man is incredible too. It's impossible to sit still to his music. And what a voice!

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I forgot to finish my lists so here are the rest of the men (Thought I would add some different ones to the ones already mentioned.) Women soon.



Good time boy Anthony Kiedis




The idol, Billy Idol

BOB MARLEY
JOAN BAEZ
DAVID BYRNE
BOB DYLAN
LOU REED

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1. Maynard James Keenan

2. Frank Sinatra

3. Freddie Mercury

4. Ozzy Osbourne

5. Ivory "Deek" Watson

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Jeff Buckley
Otis Redding
Thom Yorke
P J Harvey
John Fogerty
Bryan Ferry
Björk

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In no particular order:

Björk - Her speaking voice is just as good, like a cheeky Cockney Viking.

David Bowie - The Dame? Iconic and mannered.

Barney Sumner (New Order) - In my warped world he's the greatest Soul singer of his generation.

Sinéad O'Connor - As batty as Ms Guðmundsdóttir and just as technically adept in her own way.

David McComb (The Triffids) - Like a more mellow, pragmatic Nick Cave in both his singing and his writing. Which leads me to...

St Nicholas Cave - Bluesman, Revivalist preacher and baritone all in one.

Christy Moore - The best Irish-accented singing voice I know of.

Ronnie Drew (The Dubliners) - As above but the singing voice has been dulled by what seems like 3 packs of Woodbines. This ain't a criticism.

Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses) - Fractured.

Kate Bush - The Yang to Bowie's unmistakeably English Ying.

Warren Zevon - Like an American Ronnie Drew, he sounded like I feel in the morning...

Bugger, I'm rambling now. I don't even have time for Mary Margaret O'Hara, Otis Redding, Peter Tosh, Mark Eitzel, Chuck D, Ian Curtis, Peter Tosh, John Lydon, Tracy Chapman, Prince or Peter Tosh...Arghhhh!

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Max Cavalera has a great voice, also Corey Taylor and James Hetfield.

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I've got one more pick...



...so I'm going with Bryan Ferry.

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1. James Maynard Keenan - best scream



Ozzy Osbourne

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Elliot Smith



Randy Newman



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Sarah Leonard



Kate Bush



Bob Nolan



Glenn Danzig



Tony Williams

I've got one(ish) more 'n all.

St Julian



Marianne Faithfull



Nina Simone



And, before the drink took hold, Shane MacGowan



Actually, I love his voice even after the drink took hold.

Bob Dylan
Johnnie Cash
Tom Waits
John Lennon
Dusty Springfield