Favourite female vocalist

[JamesHunt]

OK, another shallow thread, post your favourite female vocalist

Lene Lovich anyone???

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nu2QX3GU-U

[GIA LOVES RON]

Mine would be CELINE DION! J'aime sa voix! She is my number one idol! I love her to death!

[lust4ts]

Wendy page or the sexy Leona Lewis :wink:

[Quiet Reflections]

Billie Holiday

[TheOne1]

Tori Amos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=onUY3y7tGt8

[JamesHunt]

Siouxsie 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PF0OjrFIVWY

[Quiet Reflections]

Tori Amos

http://youtube.com/watch?v=onUY3y7tGt8
great choice

[JamesHunt]

Kate Bush, LOL, I like interesting women 8)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=gfGc4wcil2g

[Oli]

Annie Lennox
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QvFFaXz6XQE

Sinead O'Connor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tt8p5AxJn18







and Barry Gibb
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WAP9EoTPHY
or whichever Gibbs sings like a chick :lol: :lol:

[the commander]

This is a tough one. There are so many good ones out there.

Gillian Welch
Lisa Gerrard from Dead Can Dance
Tori Amos
Sarah McGlaughlin (spelling?)
Bjork

and a ton of others I'm not mentioning.

The Commander
DIA

[JamesHunt]

Joan Jett & the Blackhearts

http://youtube.com/watch?v=M3T_xeoGES8

[JamesHunt]

I wouldn't say that shes my favorite, but I like Lene Lovich. I did the song below once for a drag show I did on 80's Night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maucjGIUzzo

I luv Lena. She did an ace song called 'say when', but I can't find it on utube

[Bee]

Sinead O'Connor and...

[TJT]

I liked Lene back in my youth. She's still around?

When it comes to a favorite,it's Aretha Franklin for me. She has been for 40 plus years. Prime example of a voice as an instrument.

Etta James would run a close second.

[Jon991]

Beth Gibbons

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imrfo-uRjcE

Mike Patton?????
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIRCutbaOmY




http://news.bbc.co.uk/nol/shared/spl/hi/pop_ups/05/entertainment_how_mercury_winners_fared/img/4.jpg

[tall, dark & Handsome]

Nina Simon

[Leverage87]

Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil. She has a great voice, and I really never paid much attention to her until I heard the song she appeared on with Megadeth (Set me Free, off their new album, United Abominations)

[JANIRA]

CURRENTLY,, AMY WINEHOUSE. BUT MY ALLTIME FAVES ARE NINA SIMONE, NINA PASTORI

[SarahG]

Helen Vogt
Sabine Dünser
Liv Kristine

[Bee]

Emiliana Torrini & Anneke van Giersbergen from The Gathering

[N.O.Kayla]

Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Christina Aguilera

[Bee]

Shirley Bassey and Elizabeth Fraser from The Cocteau Twins

[Bee]

Connie Francis & Nina Persson from The Cardigans

[wombat33]

Mine would be:

Ella Fitzgerald. No bullshit. I defy anyone to listen to her songs and tell me she is not the famale equivelent to Nat King Cole in greatness.

Others are:

Linda Rondstadt
Nora Jones
And Delores O’Riordan from the cranberries. Listen to her sing Ave Maria and you will have tears in your eyes.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hVrHiLdmt4w

Another Winner is Eva Cassidy

Ella:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xV7rQlbjr7w


Eva Cassidy:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUwTdqPkluY&feature=related

[Bee]

...and Delores O’Riordan from the cranberries. Listen to her sing Ave Maria and you will have tears in your eyes.

Ah yes! Dolores O'Riordan from The Cranberries and her 'Ave Maria'...
God, that song is so beautiful!
and...i guess my list wouldnt be complete without...
Madonna!

[Night Rider]

Even though I'm not into her music I'd say Whitney Houston is probably the best.

But I prefer Amy Whinehouse.

[manbearpig]

Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil. She has a great voice, and I really never paid much attention to her until I heard the song she appeared on with Megadeth (Set me Free, off their new album, United Abominations)

I second that! =D


Doesn't hurt that she's easy on the eyes too lol

[blckhaze]

Aretha franklin, patti LaBelle, and whitney (before bobby).

[D'yer Mak'er]

probably Tsukiko Amano for me

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AwgJaY6L2EA
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ujp1Hign6_0
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Tqh2NNn8ARk

[Legend]

Gwen Stefani

[suckseed]

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UovR73a-vFI
http://youtube.com/watch?v=-O5hz5KnSdc

[Nikka]

ANGELA GOSSOW!!!!! :twisted:

lead singer of ARCH ENEMY

[Quinn]

1) Tori Amos:

http://www.youthink.com/quiz_images/quiz875outcome7.jpg

2) Fiona Apple:

http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/carhornsinapril/fiona_apple7.jpg

3) Nina Simone:

http://blog.tilos.hu/bossabomdia/archives/NinaSimone7.jpg

4) Billie Holliday:

http://www.biography.com/biography/images/episode_images/Billie_Holiday_320X240.jpg

-Quinn

[2754tim]

At This Moment In Time.....Oh No,No,No,....Amy Winehouse

[Caff_Racer]

If it's classical music we're talking about, then for me Maria Callas wins hands down. As for rock music... well in that case it's Janis Joplin.

By the way, what's the big thing with Amy Winehouse? I went to see her in concert here in Barcelona some time back, out of curiosity, and it was shite: crap voice, no stage presence (a bloody civil servant puts more enthusiasm into his job...) and as far as her looks.... methinks it's more like Amy Crackhouse, quite frankly...

Cheers!

[alphanumeric]

For me it has always been Janet Jackson. I've been a fan of her's from the beginning.

but for new talent I would have to say Terra Naomi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlXlhFlHR8A

my only problem with the video is I remember when it first came out, the very last shot was of an american soldier in Iraq holding a sign simply saying "to go home" and for whatever reason that last poignant shot was taken out.

[mbf]

*) Bjork

*) Nina Simone

*) Eartha Kitt (well, not so much for her actual voice but SHE IS GLAM AND STYLE. period)

*) Whitney (her voice is awesome, unlike her career at the mo :( )

*) Grace Jones

*) and yeah, Siouxsie is great too!

*) Diana Ross (say what you will about her state right now but she had a few great records out there)

*) Pattie Smith

and many many more I ve just forgotten....

[Hazel Tucker]

1) Alanis Morissette

2)pink

3)Tori Amos

4)Colbie Calait

5) Alicia Keys

6)Martina McBride

7)Christina Aguleira

8)Amy Winehouse

9)Faith Hill

10)Fergie

[Rik]

Great call on Ms. Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.

Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" is off the charts. Never forgot the first time I heard it.

Aimee Mann never disappoints
Julee Cruise is ethereal
Ronnie Spector
Neko Case

[JamesHunt]

I wouldn't say that shes my favorite, but I like Lene Lovich. I did the song below once for a drag show I did on 80's Night.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maucjGIUzzo

I luv Lena. She did an ace song called 'say when', but I can't find it on utubeI love "Say When".

I found it. What a bizarre creative song! I just love her facial expressions, whacky 8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmOczO7x6ug

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Bonnie Raitt
Janis Joplin
Anne Wilson
Bessie Smith

[iebwnj]

Maria Brink of In This Moment, incredible voice and scream

http://passzio.hu/kepek/IN_THIS_MOMENT-Beautiful_Tragedy-band.jpg

http://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_860/kudo_detective_office/9272956.jpg

[whatislove]

Great call on Ms. Elizabeth Fraser from Cocteau Twins.

Nina Simone's "Sinnerman" is off the charts. Never forgot the first time I heard it.

Aimee Mann never disappoints
Julee Cruise is ethereal
Ronnie Spector
Neko Case

Based on the 1st 3, (good taste) Imma check out the last 3.

[praetor]

:arrow: Carly Simon;
:arrow: Etta James;
:arrow: Nina Simone;
:arrow: Norah Jones;
:arrow: Astrud Gilberto;
:arrow: Bebel Gilberto;
:arrow: Janis Lyn Joplin;
:arrow: Karen Carpenter;
:arrow: Alanis Morissette...

[Jon991]

I do like Fiona Apple a lot too.

"Criminal" is in my top 5 fave videos!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTpvjNn2BUM

[bklyncountry]

too many to choose only one... here are some of the artists I really appreciate..

Bebel Gilberto
Joni Mitchel
Beth Orton
Dinah Washington

[suckseed]

I want to change my answer.
This is my newfavorite female vocalist. (http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&VideoID=22374114)

[s-fme]

Lily Allen and Kate Nash... gotta love those brit babes!!

[juliana_dominguez]

sooo hard to narrow down my list!

Madonna... of course
http://www.seespanrun.com/relevant/madonna.jpg
http://images.scotsman.com/2006/07/21/2006-07-21T232255Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_2_OUKEN-UK-MADONNA.jpg

Ayumi Hamasaki
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/86/238813291_f0724fb230.jpg
http://www.eneabba.net/ayu/video/live/part07/86.Pride0103.jpg

Tori Amos
http://www.onstage.nl/onstage/gfx/2005/concert_impressies/tori_amos_05.jpg

PJ Harvey
http://www.lahiguera.net/musicalia/artistas/pj_harvey/fotos/1164/pj_harvey.jpg

Bjork
http://img78.photobucket.com/albums/v286/Al007/Bjork_singing.jpg

Kylie Minogue
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00111/kylie_minogue_111802a.jpg

Diana Ross
http://pirate.shu.edu/~connolam/Diana%20Ross%20Web%20Site/Diana%20Ross%20Billboard%20Awards%202004B.jpg

Sarah Mclachlan
http://i.realone.com/assets/rn/cms/2004/large/Sarah_McLachlan_2_-_Atlanta_GA_2004_-_lg.6433606.jpg

Fiona Apple
http://www.mediag.net/nwimages/artists/615/fiona_apple748.jpg

Etta James
http://www.sonnyboylee.com/curleymays/images/ettajames/ettat2a.jpg

Ella Fitzgerald
http://content.clearchannel.com/Photos/musicians/ella_fitzgerald_GI.jpg

Nina Simone
http://www.wuftfm.org/The_Caravan_Playlists/Nina_Simone/Nina_Simone.jpg

Billie Holiday
http://www.divasthesite.com/Divas_of_Gospel_Jazz_and_Blues/Images/Billie_Holiday.JPG

Shakira
http://www.lahiguera.net/musicalia/artistas/shakira/fotos/1145/shakira.jpg

Whitney Houston
http://www.gentlelook.nl/en/images/live_whitney.jpg

Celine Dion
http://www.mididelight.com/img/bands/celine_dion.jpg

Gwen Stefani
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/na/archive/00198/gwen-stefani_198825a.jpg

Christina Aguilera
http://www.musik.dk/images/-2/4155.jpg

Sheryl Crow
http://shotsdaily.com/music/photos/Sheryl-Crow-Mastectomy.jpg

Shirley Manson
http://farm1.static.flickr.com/158/352801723_14ccab3654.jpg

Barbra Streisand
http://www.sawf.org/newsphotos/Barbra_Streisand_200606081440589060_afp.jpg

Cher
http://pub.tv2.no/multimedia/TV2/archive/00094/cher_02_94609a.jpg

love them all!

[Jon991]

I like PJ Harvey too. I love her duet with Nick Cave on "Henry Lee" from the Murder Ballads CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdNCHomHlU

[juliana_dominguez]

I like PJ Harvey too. I love her duet with Nick Cave on "Henry Lee" from the Murder Ballads CD.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uHdNCHomHlU

PJ Harvey is just great!!!! my fave album is "Stories from the city, stories from the sea" and "To Bring You My Love"... she's just amazing!

fave songs!
down by the water
cmon billy
good fortune
dress
you come through
a place called home
this mess we're in
Send His Love To Me
This Is Love
who the fuck
the letter
shame
you said something
beautiful feeling

[manbearpig]

too many to choose only one... here are some of the artists I really appreciate..

Bebel Gilberto
Joni Mitchel
Beth Orton
Dinah Washington

Don't forget Astrud Gilberto


I'd also like to nominate the girl from Do As Infinity (japanese band, dunno her name) and Boa Kwon

[sugdaddie69]

Minnie Ripperton

[redtiger]

I'm a little surprised that I think I only saw one other person mention Sara McLachlan!!! Come on guys/gals, she's got great looks, great voice, she's a great songwriter, plays guitar and piano. I always look forward to when she has a new album come out.

[youcancallmeclaire]

Tori, Bjork, and that Liv girl from Theatre of Tragedy whose name always escapes me.

[ottorocket]

Ann Wilson from Heart is my favorite. In her younger years she was a babe

[CORVETTEDUDE]

Ann Wilson from Heart is my favorite. In her younger years she was a babe

I think she's still a Babe!!! Just a few more years and a few more pounds.

[crayons]

as soon as you add Celine Dion to your list it becomes void. Also Streisand? Do you participate in any Pride events? Because that would explain everything.

[ottorocket]

Ann Wilson from Heart is my favorite. In her younger years she was a babe

I think she's still a Babe!!! Just a few more years and a few more pounds.

Yeah i'd still bone her as long as she was singing during it...lol

[Mr_Choc69]

Patti or Aretha

[tall, dark & Handsome]

as soon as you add Celine Dion to your list it becomes void. Also Streisand? Do you participate in any Pride events? Because that would explain everything.

It never ceases to amaze me how much you obviously dislike/ are jealous of tgirls.

[thorn]

So many to love! That being said, for her artistry it's Joni Mitchell for me. Been in love with Kate Bush since the late '70's, but for current sex appeal, Mellissa Auf Der Maur.

[Katoey-Thaiger]

There are lots of great voices :)
This are my favs

Christina Aguilera
Stevie Nicks
Patti Smith
Kate Bush
Shakira
Janis Joplin
Cher
Grace Slick
Sheryl Crow

[yodajazz]

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned my favorite and that is Chaka Khan.

But others have mentioned Joni Mitchell and of course Aretha Franklin.

[remark44]

I am rather fond of Cassandra Wilson, Sarah Vaughn, and Gillian Welch

[tranetime]

As a jazz lover, my alltime favorites in order are Ella Fitzgerald, Betty Carter, and Sarah Vaughn. No one could put the soul in soul music like Aretha Franklin, what a voice. Joan Baez and Joni Mitchell from folk. In rock, Grace Slick had a fantastic voice until drugs, booze and cigs took their toll on her. As you can guess, I'm a 60's guy, both in musical tastes and age, too.

[audioguy]

There are alot of greats already listed here.... here are some singers that haven't made the list so far:

Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7B4xUf05uhk
http://youtube.com/watch?v=MIIlUHBNkEc
http://youtube.com/watch?v=47UplyBQK4Y

Julie London

http://youtube.com/watch?v=RpqCBW_IVac
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qC1zYEyUlCU

Skye Edwards (morcheeba)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLSeAeDanjc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k1VSK2HWmN4


Tammi Terrell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xz-UvQYAmbg

[Wombat]

Sarah McLeod of The Superjesus.

[flabbybody]

if anyone's wondering about Remi Ma
My prediction is she will serve no time and do community service.

[trish]

Cassandra Wilson
Madeleine Peyroux

[TylerDurden68]

Ann Wilson

[BellaBellucci]

sarah mclachlan. her voice is hauting.

~BB~

[TxBBFan]

Shirley Manson of Garbage, Amy Lee of Evanescence, Jessicka of Jack of Jill/Scarling.....

[rockabilly]

1. Tori Amos
2. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
3. Shirley Manson (Garbage)
4. Wendy O'Williams ( Plasmatics )
5. Mia Zappata (The Gits)
6. Sarah Sin ( The Creepshow )
7. Sara Brightman
8. Sarah Mclachlin
9. Bif Naked
10. Aimee Mann
11. Kim Deal (The Breeders / Pixies)
12. Anna Warronker (That Dog)
13. Billie Holliday
14. Loretta Lynn
15. Patsy Cline
16. Debbie Harry (Blondie)
17. Siouxie Sioux (Siouxie and the Banshees)
18. Bjork
19. Pat Benatar
20. Nancy Sinatra
21. Connie Francis
22. Amy Lee (Evanescence)

[gunner55]

Allison Krauss

[hippifried]

In no particular order:

Ella Fitzgerald
Joni Mitchell
Selena
Christina Aguilera
Reneta Tibaldi
Leslie Uggams
Maria McKee
Laura Nyro
Billie Holiday
Mahalia Jackson
Phoebe Snow

There's more, but I'm having a senior moment.

[DJ_Asia]

Dani Klein
Becky Bondage
Johnette Napolitano
Kate Bush
Karen Carpenter

[Willie Escalade]

Minnie Riperton had such a haunting 5 octave voice...she's been gone for 30 years, yet I still miss her. If you have a chance, check out her first two albums (Come Into My Garden and Perfect Angel). When Mariah was younger (i.e., her first three albums) she had that same range. Not that Mariah's voice is bad now of course.

I also like Syreeta and Phyllis Hyman, may they rest in pease...

As for current stars, Mary J. Blige is definitely on my list, as well as Anita Baker.

I like R&B, okay? :twisted:

[emmettray]

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dkAYjn6gU2o/SomqqJ79UkI/AAAAAAAAERU/L-U8oOH1OdA/s400/macy-gray-dancing-with-the-stars-pic.jpg

[Nicole Dupre]

Far too many to list them all.

Sade, Nina Hagen, Marilyn McCoo, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Cindy Lauper, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Diana Krall, Nina Simone, Bette Middler, etc

[Dirky]

Far too many to list them all.

Sade, Nina Hagen, Marilyn McCoo, Dionne Warwick, Dinah Washington, Cindy Lauper, Amy Winehouse, Whitney Houston, Diana Krall, Nina Simone, Bette Middler, etc

How the hell did Nina Hagen get into that group? :lol:

[The Piper]

One of the greatest ever

[praetor]

Carly Simon

[rockabilly]

WING :D

[farang]

I like scary Spice.

[farang]

My fave singer is Terry Wogan

[farang]

Beki Bondage.

[farang]

The bird from New York Rel-x