Favourite Singers

[jebus]

Nothing to do with the lyrics or how well they can play an instrument, just who's voice stirs you the most. For me it's mostly a female list (possibly saying they stir me was the wrong choice of words) but mine in no particular order is

Billie Holiday
Aretha Franklin
Hope Sandoval
Nina Simone
Bob Dylan (60s Dylan)
Blind Willie McTell
Marvin Gaye
Roy Orbison

[Lim till i die]

Morrissey
Billy Corgan
Bob Mould
Kim Deal
Cardigans woman whos name escapes me

[Anto McC]

Cardigans woman whos name escapes me

Nina Pearson (sp?)

[SaucyJack]

these days, off the top of my head,,,,, probably more
Elliot Smith
Jim James
Bob Mould
Cat Power
Greg Dulli
Paul Westerberg
Jay Farrar
Stephen Merritt
Jeff Mangum
Doug Martch

[superfrank]

Marvin Gaye
Garry Shider
Fuzzy Haskins
David Bowie
Win Butler
Chester Bennington
Ronald Isley
Isaac Hayes
Otis Redding
Keith Relf
James Brown
Erykah Badu
Angie Stone
Ricky Murray
June Tyson

[noby]

Marvin Gaye
Kevin Rowland
Stuart A. Staples
Stuart Murdoch
Nick Cave
Mark Kozelec
Jarvis Cocker
Morrissey
Mark E.Smith
Joey Ramone

Kim Deal
Martha Reeves
Tanya Donelly
Deborah Harry
Tammi Terrell
Kim Weston
Tori Amos
Kim Gordon
Laetitia Sadier
Sarah Cracknell

10 of each. That was hard.

[sonofstan]

Big cosign on Blind Willie McTell

Otherwise, not mentioned yet
Bobby Bland
Minnie Riperton
Roberta Flack
Etta James
James Carr
Al Green
Gregory Isaacs
Joseph Hill
Winston Rodney
Fred Neil
Tim Buckley
Charlie Rich
George Jones


(more men for some reason)

[Risteard]

Antony of the Johnsons.

[stann]

Was thinking of me list while reading the thread only to see noby has most of 'em down already! Sarah Cracknell, great shout!

Some more unmentioned already - the chaps:
Jimmy Cliff
Horace Andy
Jonsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros)
Mark Everett (Eels)
Greg Gilbert (The Delays)
Andy Irvine
Lot of high-pitched singers there, what's that all about?

The lasses:
Kristin Hersh (Throwing Muses)
Natascha Atlas
Sugarcubes-era Bjork
All of the All Saints
Alison Goldfrapp
Liz Fraser

[noby]

Al Green
Jimmy Cliff
Horace Andy
Kristin Hersh
Bjork


You see, that's why I said it was hard. And it changes day by day. I could easily do a top ten female Motown/Northern Soul singers, and even that could change tomorrow.

[Lionel Ritchie]

Kirsty McColl

[gustavo]

Liam Gallagher
Kurt Cobain
Black Francis
Karen O
Morrissey
Caleb Followill
Mark Greaney

[razor]

In no particular order

Morrissey
Liz Fraser
David Gedge
Dave Gahan
Elvis Presley
George Michael
Polly Jean Harvey
Harriet Wheeler
Frank Reader
Brendan Murphy

[shakermaker1982]

Ryan Adams
Liam
Lennon

[noby]

Who's 'Liam'? Or is Liam Lennon one person?

[Lionel Ritchie]

Who's 'Liam'? Or is Liam Lennon one person?

I'm guessing he means Liam Clancy, thereafter there's a slim chance he could mean O'Maonlaoi from Hothouse Flowers. Thereafter again -I don't know a single other 'Liam' who can sing even a little bit ...though perhaps it's a typo ...might've meant Leanne ...

[shakermaker1982]

Liam Gallagher!

[Magicme]

Roland Gift
Thom Yorke
Paulo Nutini
Ray Lamontagne
John Mayer
Tori Amos
Sarah McLoughlin

Cant think of any others at the mo.

[monzo]

Bob Mould fans \o/


Black Francis
Bob Mould
Eddie Vedder
Iggy Pop
Nick Cave

[Pauro 76]

Male:
Thom Yorke
Matt Bellamy
Dave Grohl
Mark Lanegan
Rivers Cuomo


Female:
Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
Skin (Skunk Anansie)
Shirley Manson (Garbage)
Tracey Thorn

[Neish]

Blokes
Tom Waits
Iggy Pop
Morrissey
Ian Brown
Eddie Vedder
Chris cornell
Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV(AKA Frank Black)
Jeff Buckley
Bob Marley
Desmond Dekker

Birds
Patti Smith
Lisa Gerrard

[The Good Son]

Hank Williams
Liam Clancy
Joe Strummer
Kevin Rowland
Nick Cave
Terry Hall
Stuart A. Staples
Cathal Coughlan
Finbarr Donnelly
Gruff Rhys

Emmylou Harris
Pauline Black
Natalie Merchant
Margo Timmins
Cerys Matthews

[Unreal Madrid]

Morrissey
Billy Bragg
Thom York
Damian Rice
Alex (Artic Monkeys)
Niall Quinn (Hitchers)
Robert Smith
Nick Cave
Glen Hansard
Julian Casa (Strokes)

Hazel O Connor
Dolores O Riordan
Tori Amos
Lisa Hanigan

[SligoBrewer]

alex turner

[jamie m]

trent reznor
tom morello
chuck d

[Paddyfield]

Tim Booth (singer with James)
Morrissey
Sarah McLoughlin
Thom Yorke
Lloyd Cole
Shane Magowan
Ian Curtis
Debbie Harry
Massive Attack singer???
Johnny Cash
Luka Bloom

[noby]

Massive Attack changed their singer more often than I changed my underwear; about once every two years. Which one specifically, or is it all of them? I'm guessing it's Shara Nelson, and she deserves a mention for her work on Blue Lines alone.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Male: Scott Walker - especially his stuff before 1995
James Dean Bradfield
Gordon Sumner lead singer with The Cops :D
Donald Everly
Phil Everly
Royston Orbison
Douglas J Morrison
Bryan Hovercraft ( sorry Ferry)
Hugh Cornwell
Brian Wilson
Mike Love
Al Jardine
Carl Wilson
Dennis Wilson
Bruce Johnston
Barry White

[CollegeTillIDie]

Female: Shara Nelson
Chaka Khan
Minnie Riperton
Annie Lennox
Moya Ni Bhraonain
Helena Vondrackova ( Czech Republic's no. 1 selling female singer)
Lenka Filipova (Czech Republic's best ex classical guitarist selling singer)

[gustavo]

Female :
Katie Melua
Regina Spektor
Cathy Davey

[SligoBrewer]

add to mine.

bruce

[Magicme]

bruce who? Wayne? Could batman sing?

[noby]

Bruce Grobbelaar - he of Anfield Rap fame.

[endabob1]

Not based on music but just on the voices that I like

Boys
Marvin Gaye
Otis Redding
Ken Sweeney (Brian)
Michael Stipe
Nick Drake


Laydees
Natalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
Sinead O'Connor
Beth Orton
Tori Amos
Aretha Franklin

[Magicme]

Bruce Grobbelaar - he of Anfield Rap fame.

No I think its Bruce Forysthe he is talkin about now that I think of it.

[paul_oshea]

Bruce Dickinson
Rob Halford
Andrea Bocelli
Axl Rose
Ripper Owens

Anything really that involves pitches, not just bland stuff like michael stipe etc, otherwise I would have put James Hetfield in there ;) :)


to name but a few. in no particular order. I dont think you can call a lot of the above "singers" well not in the proper sense anyhow.


Tom Waits

YE WHAT?! he doesnt even sing!

[DaveyCakes]

Belinda Carlisle

[First]

Robert Plant

[Neish]

Tom Waits
YE WHAT?! he doesnt even sing!

All at matter of opinion, IMO he is great.

[Sam_Heggy]

James Hetfield,
Freddy Mercury,
Chris Cornell,
Eddie Vedder,
Lance Chaney,
Corey Taylor,
Rory Gallagher,
Brian Jonson,
Johnny Cash,
Christy Moore,
Dan Akroyd and John Belushi (the blues brothers, loved that film :cool:)

[Sam_Heggy]

James Hetfield,
Freddy Mercury,
Chris Cornell,
Eddie Vedder,
Lance Chaney,
Corey Taylor,
Rory Gallagher,
Brian Jonson,
Johnny Cash,
Christy Moore,
Dan Akroyd and John Belushi (the blues brothers, loved that film :cool:)

[paul_oshea]

ya gallagher was a great singer too in fairness.

[Lev Yashin]

elliot smith
conor oberst
morrisey
rufus wainwright
thom yorke


beth orton
cat power
keren ann
bat for lashes( something khan)((natasha maybe))
feist
there are loads more but im in work and in a rush.....:D

[TonyD]

Elvis Costello.
Michael Stipe
Frank Reader
Gerry Love
Pat de Nizio
Tracey Thorn
Kirsty McColl

[TonyD]

Forgot Cathal Coughlan.

[Wolfie]

Three pages in and no mention for Sandi Thom.

[CollegeTillIDie]

Three pages in and no mention for Sandi Thom.

Ok I wish she'd get throat nodules and never sing again... happy now? :D

[Wolfie]

Ok I wish she'd get throat nodules and never sing again... happy now? :D

Sound. :D

[Marked Man]

PJ Harvey, anyone?

[Sam_Heggy]

PJ Harvey, anyone?

singing or........................choking?