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01 Jul 2011, 5:15 pm

rocklobster wrote:

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

I agree with many on your list... but Amy lee's voice is so artificial to listen to.. Its not her actual voice is it?

I find Lenka's and Marketa Irglova's voice so very soothing and pretty...

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01 Jul 2011, 5:52 pm

Geoff Tate and Ronnie James Dio

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02 Jul 2011, 2:04 am

Agnetha & Frida from ABBA
Olivia newton john
Marcia Hines
Kate Cebrano

Male voices

John Farhnam
Michael Crawford
James Taylor
Anthony Warlow

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02 Jul 2011, 2:08 am

For me, it's Björk, Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance), Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins), Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie and the Banshees), Kate Bush, and Julee Cruise (sings the
music from Twin Peaks).

I don't really listen to male singers often, but I'll add Jónsi Birgisson from Sigur Rós to my list.

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02 Jul 2011, 3:21 am

My favorite voices

Male:
1. Roger Waters from Pink Floyd
2. David Gilmore from Pink Floyd
3. Till Lindemann from Rammstein (Don't believe me? Listen to Ohne Dich, Sonne, and Ein Lied. His voice is so coarse and primal, yet it can be soothing if he chooses.)
4. Garth Brooks
5. Bob Seger

Female:
1. Shirley Manson (Garbage)
2. Amy Lee (Evanescence)
3. Elaine Paige for "Memory" from Cats

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02 Jul 2011, 3:41 am

K_W wrote:

3. Till Lindemann from Rammstein (Don't believe me? Listen to Ohne Dich, Sonne, and Ein Lied. His voice is so coarse and primal, yet it can be soothing if he chooses.)

Yes, he's a great singer. And as someone else said, David Bowie is awesome too.

I'm too biased to say, as I'd only choose singers from my favorite bands.

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02 Jul 2011, 10:20 am

The Johnny Cash!

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02 Jul 2011, 2:09 pm

I don't know if these are the prettiest, it's quite subjective isn't it. But these are very soulful or gentle or moving voices.

Art Garfunkel
Antony from Antony and the Johnsons
Nat King Cole
Sam Cooke
Michael Jackson when he was a child
Israel Kamakawiwoʻole
Marvin Gaye
Ottis Redding
Stevie Wonder
Don Mclean
Cat Stevens
Al Green
James Taylor
The Bee Gees - in the 60s, before the falsetto outbreak
Thom Yorke
Brian Wilson
Jose Gonzalez
Van Morrison
Johnny Cash
Bob Marley
George Harrison
John Lennon
Jeff Buckley

Billie Holiday
Karen Carpenter
Joni Mitchell
Joan Baez
Dolly Parton
Roberta Flack
Ella Fitzgerald
Tori Amos
Eva Cassidy
Annie Lennox
Donna Summer
Kate Bush
Bjork
Sinead O'Connor
Norah Jones
Dusty Springfield
Patti Labelle
KD Lang

There are so many others. It feels quite rude to leave them out, but I could go on all day.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I[/youtube]

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02 Jul 2011, 2:14 pm

Henbane wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I[/youtube]

This man is one of the most beautiful singers.

How could I have forgotten him?!

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02 Jul 2011, 5:23 pm

Jonsi wrote:

Henbane wrote:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1bFr2SWP1I[/youtube]

This man is one of the most beautiful singers.

How could I have forgotten him?!

I definitely agree.

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02 Jul 2011, 7:38 pm

Male

Leonard Cohen
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YrLk4vdY28Q[/youtube]

John Grant
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RykflBJu5m4[/youtube]

Matt Berninger
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zz5pskaTNJU[/youtube]

Female

Norah Jones
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fd02pGJx0s0[/youtube]

Nina Nastasia
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oj_TmfHBYQ[/youtube]

Taasha Coates
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQxPWT-ifyI[/youtube]

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03 Jul 2011, 1:30 am

Jo O'Meara from S Club 7
Marc Anthony
Neil Hannon from The Divine Comedy
Francoise Atlan
Vanessa Paloma

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03 Jul 2011, 2:20 am

Whoever this guy is.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HzHsmVE3s&feature=related[/youtube]

But srsly, Hansi Kürsch's voice can be inspiringly pretty when it's not an inspiring blast of manliness. He's definitely one of my favorite vocalists from any genre of music.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYqWJQCptV0[/youtube]

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03 Jul 2011, 3:12 pm

One-Winged-Angel wrote:

Whoever this guy is.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7HzHsmVE3s&feature=related[/youtube]

You obviously have not heard Apraxia when they were death metal, which is far and away the most terrible vocals I have ever heard in my life. Or Die Knodelmiliz by Trollkotze, but it has a LEGO music video so it is not that bad.

Anyway, in an awkward shift:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfP7hjjId3E[/youtube]

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03 Jul 2011, 4:17 pm

Tom Waits

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03 Jul 2011, 4:43 pm

T1nd1v1dual wrote:

Tom Waits

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