The most beautiful voice in music

ARCADIA · Post by **ARCADIA** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:25 am

off the top of my head,

male, Jason Mraz
female, Amy Lee (only on the albums)

Necronopticous · Post by **Necronopticous** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:41 am

Antony Hegarty

nimitz · Post by **nimitz** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:51 am

I'm not sure about the "most beautiful" but one that is truly unforgettable is Louis Armstrong's.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:42 am

Let's see… Tom Waits.

crithit5000 · Post by **crithit5000** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:21 am

Mike Patton thread over I win. He can also make some of the ugliest noises ever with his voice, so double win.

moozooh · Post by **moozooh** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:24 am

Genesis P-Orridge, olol.

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:50 am

moozooh wrote:Genesis P-Orridge, olol.

Ha ha.

Yuke Chikidate from Asobi Seksu has a pretty amazing voice that I never really apprieciated until I saw them live. It manages to sound both fragile and very powerful at the same time, and I love the way her accent veers from new york to Japanese depending on what language she's singing in.

Eva Spence from Rollo Tomassi has one of the best voices for grindcore ever. Not what most people would consider beautiful, but nm. The fact she was like 17 when they started makes it all the more impressive. In fact, seeing that voice come out a young woman was one of the most striking moments of my life. Remarkable.

P_HAT · Post by **P_HAT** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:05 am

moozooh wrote:Let's see… Tom Waits.

DAMN!
You stole my vote!

BIL · Post by **BIL** » Tue May 27, 2008 11:22 am

Although it's not often he sings this way, I would actually mention Ronnie James Dio for male singers. He sings like an angel during the intro of "The Sign of The Southern Cross," from Black Sabbath's Mob Rules LP. My favourite female singer tends to be Stevie Nicks.

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:06 pm

...Maria Callas?

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:26 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GmWv0ho9 ... re=related

Kate Rusby, of course.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:29 pm

ARCADIA wrote: female, Amy Lee

You ever heard a live performance of hers? I have an evanescence concert from London or something, she sounds absolutely terrible live. I'm sure the studio takes are a massive composite.

Compare to Within Temptation, who have a similar style, but she can ROCK it live ... check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7PbgPo8J5M

Post by **Shatterhand** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:27 pm

Mary Fahl, she used to sing for October Project, now she has a solo career.

For male singers... I love Art Garfunkel's voice. He may not be a singer nor reach great ranges or something, but I just love his voice.

theevilfunkster · Post by **theevilfunkster** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:17 pm

indstr wrote:
ARCADIA wrote: female, Amy Lee
You ever heard a live performance of hers? I have an evanescence concert from London or something, she sounds absolutely terrible live. I'm sure the studio takes are a massive composite.

Compare to Within Temptation, who have a similar style, but she can ROCK it live ... check it out...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o7PbgPo8J5M

Saw Evanescence live at Donnington a few years ago, absolutely fucking terrible, her voice was awful.

Lordstar · Post by **Lordstar** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:25 pm

yup! Live shes rougher than a dogs arse. hell I could sound like Ms Lee with some excelent producing.

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:37 pm

Lordstar wrote:yup! Live shes rougher than a dogs arse. hell I could sound like Ms Lee with some excelent producing.

Yep. This program called Melodyne which fixes pitches (I use it in my own music as well) is apparently used on most commercial songs now, even on good singers. They must slam the crap out of her with it though.

So no, she does not have the most beautiful voice, even though it sounds OK on the albums (still not amazing). I do love their music though

Post by **BulletMagnet** » Tue May 27, 2008 3:52 pm

End of Thread.

On a slightly more serious note, on the female end of things I've always preferred a nice alto voice to most squeaky sopranos...offhand I like Sade's voice, as well as Judy Collins and maybe Karen Carpenter, if you want to go back even further.

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:22 pm

Nobody that will be mentioned in this thread...

GaijinPunch · Post by **GaijinPunch** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:29 pm

Okay, my $.02

Lisa Gerard
Caroline Seaman
The chick that sings for Console (see track 11, Starpower, on album Mono)

Turrican · Post by **Turrican** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:45 pm

...Billie Holiday?

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:51 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhO0htmq9WA

edit: lol, wrong tag

Zebra Airforce · Post by **Zebra Airforce** » Tue May 27, 2008 4:59 pm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKrYM2-3vBc

indstr · Post by **indstr** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:03 pm

BulletMagnet wrote:Sade

Good thinking. I like her as well. Smooooooothh

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:40 pm

Turrican wrote:...Billie Holiday?

Indeed.

And of course, Björk. Alison Goldfrapp was amazing on Felt Mountain, but not very interesting on any of the other albums.

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Tue May 27, 2008 5:48 pm

Bjork
Billie Holiday
Elizabeth Fraser
Chan Marshal

zinger · Post by **zinger** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:16 pm

Jon wrote:Elizabeth Fraser

The girl in Cocteau Twins, right? She's fantastic!

MX7 · Post by **MX7** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:46 pm

zinger wrote:
Jon wrote:Elizabeth Fraser
The girl in Cocteau Twins, right? She's fantastic!

Really? I find her annoying sometimes, but she's still cool.

1000 posts lol.

Ed Oscuro · Post by **Ed Oscuro** » Tue May 27, 2008 7:56 pm

nimitz wrote:I'm not sure about the "most beautiful" but one that is truly unforgettable is Louis Armstrong's.

We have all...the TIME...in the woooorld...for you to change your mind

CIT · Post by **CIT** » Tue May 27, 2008 8:08 pm

Male: Morrissey, of course!

Female: Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysu-o4oCVSA ...so sexy!

ssfsx17 · Post by **ssfsx17** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:20 pm

In recent times (because if we allow people like the Sinatras and all the old jazz singers then this list is gonna be really short),

Van Hunt - people are calling him the New Prince - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6XtaeCU3svI

Eric Roberson - there aren't too many good soul singers anymore, but this guy is pretty good - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qro3Q0hx1T0

Maaya Sakamoto - one of the few female japanese singers whose voice can actually stand alone - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rTIo9fWmpcU

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