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01 Jul 2011, 7:39 am

Who do you think has the prettiest voices in music, past or present.
Here's my nominations for past and present:
Female:
Enya
Loreena McKennitt
Tori Amos
Pat Benatar
Paula Cole
Bette Midler
Celine Dion
Janis Joplin (yes, she was raspy, but there was a lot of passion in there too)
Annie Lennox
Amy Lee from Evanesence
Dawn Michelle from Fireflight
Lacey Sturm from Flyleaf
Male:
Meatloaf
Paul Simon
John Lennon
Bono from U2

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01 Jul 2011, 8:11 am

There were quite a few in your list, Rocklobster, that I would have put in mine, so I'm going to add some extras:

Female:
Barbara Streissand.
Diana Ross.
Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention and Fotheringay)
Eva Cassidy

Male: Matt Cardle.
Aled Jones.

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01 Jul 2011, 8:12 am

Kate Bush
Gilli Smyth
Melanie

Todd Rundgren
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan

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01 Jul 2011, 8:13 am

Female
hands down Karen Carpenter an amazing voice!
Carly Simon melts butter with her voice
Dusty Springfield was great
Leslie Gore
Enya has a beautifiul voice
Annie Lennox who cant love a woman with an orange crewcut
Annie Haslam of Renaissance

Male
Freddie Mercury a legend up to the end!
Meat Loaf
Jon Anderson of Yes
Brad Delp from Boston
Van Halen wouldn't be where they are and were without David Lee Roth-a showman!
David Gilmour of Pink Floyd-still sounds great-just goes to show when you don't succumb to the R&R lifestyle and take care of yourself
Gordon Lightfoot
David Clayton Thomas-soulful

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01 Jul 2011, 8:26 am

Male: my husband

Female: my daughter

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01 Jul 2011, 8:30 am

None of the above.

Sissel wins. No contest.

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01 Jul 2011, 10:01 am

Just this man.
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01 Jul 2011, 10:46 am

Female: Mariah Carey
Celine Dion
Whitney Houston
Faith Hill
Shania Twain
Male: Billy Joel
Elton John
Sting
James Taylor
Phil Collins

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01 Jul 2011, 11:04 am

Brian Wilson. That should be enough. (Are we going purely by beauty of voice or could I put someone with a distinct voice like either of the Johns of They Might be Giants?)

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01 Jul 2011, 11:28 am

Jón Thor Birgisson
Roger Daltrey
Nick Drake
Tom Waits

And for girls... Uh... Björk? That's really the only female voice I enjoy. D:

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01 Jul 2011, 11:48 am

Angela Gossow

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01 Jul 2011, 12:02 pm

male: Otis Redding

female: I'd have to say Bjork although I know she's acquired taste

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01 Jul 2011, 12:27 pm

parrow wrote:

Angela Gossow

As much as i love Arch Enemy, prettiest singing voice?!?!

Female:
Cristina Scabbia - Lacuna Coil (Gorgeous, can sing and seems like a real down to earth chick)
Sharon Den Adel

Male:
Seal
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
David Lee Roth
Eric Adams (Manowar)

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01 Jul 2011, 12:31 pm

Male:

Nick Cave
Josh Homme
Bruce Dickinson
Geddy Lee
Rob Halford

Female:

Bjork
Beth Gibbons
Florence Walsh
Dido
Alison Moyet

There are more, but I can't think of any at the moment.

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01 Jul 2011, 12:43 pm

The first ones to come to mind...

Male: Raul Malo

Female: Eva Cassidy

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01 Jul 2011, 5:06 pm

Major facepalm moment. I totally forgot David Bowie. That guy has amazing talent. What I like best about him is that he's in a class by himself. You can't really find a typical song by him because he has none.

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