favorite singers??

[erosennin-fin]

mine are aikawa nanase, ai otsuka, utada hikaru and ofcourse ever lovely ayumi hamasaki :love

[poona]

Lajon Witherspoon, Clint Lowery, Chester Bennington and Amy Lee (in no particular order)

[swordie]

utada hikaru

[killkenada]

Charlotte Hatherley

[martryn]

Aimee Mann

[Catatonik]

Mikael Akerfeldt
Devin Townsend
Tori Amos
Trickster G (AKA Garm)
Roger Waters
LOreena McKennitt
Enya
Mike Patton!!!
Travis Meeks
Eartha Kitt

[Wedge_Antilles]

Robert Plant, Anthony Kiedis, Zack de la Rocha, Aretha Franklin.

[Inochi no Fushigi]

Utada Hikaru, Rachael Lampa, Amy Lee, Van Tomiko, Mary... uh, forgot her last name... She's the girl that sings all of the songs from the Silent Hill 3 soundtrack. That's all I can think of for now.

Also, these people are listed for their vocal ability; not depending on if I like or dislike their music. I just simply think they can sing very well.

[mow]

Cant think clearly for some reason and as usual I'm probabily missing about a dozen

Female vocalists:-

Vienna Teng, Poe, Bic Runga, Elysin Fields, Karen (from The Innocence Mission), Imogen Heap, Aretha Franklin, Heather Nova, Tori Amos, Bjork, Joanna Newsom

Male vocalists:-

Jeff Buckely, Chris Martin, Lead singer from OURS (forgot the name >.<), Frank Sinatra, Sam Beam (Iron & Wine), Freddie Mercury,Sufjan Stevens, Nick Drake, Bob Dylan, Conner Oburst, all members of CSN&Y , thom yorke and Johnny Cash

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My critera for vocalists inst genre or range. Rather, its how the exhibit their emotions while singing. Alot of ppl will look at this list and say

"Conner? Bob Dylan? Yorke? BJORK???"

Yes, granted Dylan has scratchy vocals, granted Conner has an off key voice, but they are brilliant vocalists, their range might not be in par with many of the singers that will be mentioned in this thread, however, their vocals entrance you and take you to a trip into their most inner soul ( i mean, just listen to Sugar Baby by Dylan, his voice might be as scratchy as could be, but my god does it send a shiver down my spine whenever I hear it. It;s just explodes with emotions and raw sincerety). That is a quality which is exremely hard to cross upon in terms of vocalists nowadays.

[narutorulez]

Glenn Danzig,Bruce Dickinson,Andersfridén,Wednesday 13

[Catatonik]

Nice list Moe, you actually reminded me that I need to add..:

Kristy Thirsk, Bjork, Johnny Cash (NO ONE evokes as much emotion as Johnny...listen to Hurt and a Boy Named Sue)Jennifer Charles, Snake (of VoiVod fame)

[mow]

^ cash! dammit I knew I was forgetting someone :darn

which reminds ne, doesnt Farewell Ride by Beck have a J-Cash feel to it?

[Catatonik]

Yes, yes it does :)

But then, Becks a fan of Johnny :D

Another \m/ for Beck, just for that.

[Suiko]

Freddie Mercury, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Lou Reed, Uretha franklin and Thom Yorke

[metronomy]

Charlotte Hatherley


OMG kill kenada rawk! and charlotte is hawt lol!

erm my favourite singer! pete doherty... so innocent and beautifull.. erm and EDIT: whilst looking at moes post i remember thom yorke and jeff buckley

[Suiko]

Charlotte Hatherley is hot by indie rock standards, very hot.
I would've mentioned Pete but he's too much of a prat

[metronomy]

^ tho he has cleaned up his act now! he is still a twat ! i hate how he is hero worshipped, yet he takes advantage of everyone... but still you cant look over his talent.....

[Vertlain]

Mikael Akerfeldt
Devin Townsend
Tori Amos

Same here :smile-big
I'd add:
Eva Cassidy
Kate Bush
Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering)
Russel Allen (Symphony X)
Jan Kenneth Transeth (In The Woods, Naervaer)
Steven Wilson (Porcupine Tree, Blackfield)
Dan Swanö (Edge Of Sanity, Nightingale)

[Catatonik]

^ This man is teh awesomeness.

No seriously, he has Annke on his list. That makes him better than other people...

and Steve Wilson...

and the nearly Godly Dan Swano

But that reminds me I should have Peter Tagtgren on my list :D

[Erkekjetter]

Trevor Phipps - UNEARTH
M. Shadows - Avenged Sevenfold

[Yukisame]

Tarja Turunen
Ville Valo (in band)
Toni Wirtanen (in band)
Ari Koivunen

hm, I have other favorites too, but I put these now...: )

[Judge Gabranth]

Syd Barrett
Jeff Buckley
Johnny Cash

[tari101190]

i'm thinking this thread means just their singing voice, not music in general...

Sam Sparro is pretty cool.

[eD]

O A S I S ! ! !

[saruichi]

Tony Kakko
Anette
Tarja Turunen
Cristina Scabbia
Charlotte from Delain
Marco from Tarot/Nightwish
Monika (ex-Sirenia)
Magali Luyten (Beautiful Sin)
JP (Charon/Northern Kings)
Kawamura Ryuichi ("Style" Era-Luna Sea)
Kajinaga Daishi (ex-Psycho le Cemu)
Yuki (ex-Raphael)

[Purgatory]

Halford, Jim Gilette, Chuck Billy, early Hetfield and Mustaine, Tom Araya (Angel of Death!), Chuck Schuldiner, Mille Petrozza (Extreme Aggression!), Tom Angelripper, etc., etc.

[Jaded Heart]

Johnny Rzeznik