Greatest Voice of all time

[Malarkey]

Barry White. His voice would make the girls go like putty in his hands. The suave bastard.

[Cosmos]

Im of asian descent, and my vote goes to YouTube - Joe Dolce - Shaddup You Face (1980)

 

I always presumed he was good foreign, like Greek, or Italian or summat. Are you saying that he was bad foreign? like Welsh?

[Malarkey]

I always presumed he was good foreign, like Greek, or Italian or summat. Are you saying that he was bad foreign? like Welsh?

 

Like Spy Bee?

[Cosmos]

I'm not picking on him, he has wit, I may need to fall on my sword a la Obi Wan to save face/Humanity

[Kopite]

Singing:

Mario Lanza

Matt Monroe

Frank Sinatra

Luciano Pavarotti

Bono

 

Speaking:

Richard Burton

Brian Blessed

Morgan Freeman

James Earl Jones

Oliver Reed

Richard Harris

[Ian Sea]

I love Lee Mavers singing voice, it may not be the best ever but it was absolutely perfect for The La's and their tunes and always sounds incredible.

 

As for a speaking voice you can't really beat Kelsey Grammer. Both Frasier Crane and Sideshow Bob rule hard.

[Ian Sea]

Oh yeah, and Richard Attenborough's voice is cool as well. He sounds like God should.

[ticklemeclemo]

I think i've said it before but Aretha Franklin has the most amazing voice

 

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - Amazing Grace

 

YouTube - Aretha Franklin - R E S P E C T

 

.. and for the boys the king Elvis Presley

 

YouTube - Elvis Presley: Always On My Mind

 

[Uncle_Meat]

Singing.

 

Al Green

Roy Harper

Peter Gabriel

Joni Mitchell

Aretha Franklin

 

Speaking

 

Richard Burton. I defy anyone listening to the opening sequence of War of the Worlds not to have a few hairs standing up on the back of their neck...

[bigal]

Id go along with Sinatra and Aretha but also add Nat King Cole for ballads. Rock, Lennon for Twist and Shout as he loses his voice. And as I'm sounding old I'll give a shout for Bon Iver's vocals

[longballs]

For pure gravel a nice bit of Kurt Cobain never goes amiss. This one being a fine example:

 

YouTube - Nirvana- Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Live)

 

 

Absolutely. Incredible the way he build the lyrics and is almost shouting the following line whilst keeping complete vocal control

 

"My Girl, MY GIRL, don't lie to me"

 

and

 

"I would Shivvvvveer the whole, night through"

[Captain]

Impossible to pick just one for me. The fact that we got this far without a mention of Edith Piaf or Jussi Björling will always be a shame to the GF.

 

I like good opera and could give a list of fantastic voices. I'll just give a mention to the latest discovery I made, the amazing soprano Anna Netrebko. I stumbled across her as Susanna in Le Nozze di Figaro, and she totally blew me away. Fantastic singer, and great stage presence to boot. A true star.

[Fink]

My faves are

 

Sarah Vaughan

Chris Cornell

Chuck D (heh)

Al Green

[Captain]

Here is a clip from the aforementioned performance:

 

 

Unfortunately the sound is shite but trust me, when my B&Ws and Electrocompaniet do the talking it sounds fantastic.

[keysaint]

James Mudriczki from puressence. the most incredible natural quiver of a generation.

He's a manc but hey ho.

[Paul]

This is inevitably a very subjective topic, but these are some of my favourites:

 

Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder, Chaka Khan, Marvin Gaye, Vicky Anderson, Ella Fitzgerald, Sarah Vaughn, Mary J Blige, Bill Withers, Barry White, Paul Weller.

[TheHitman]

Gil Scott Heron, Paul Robeson although his voice is more bass deserves an honorable mention Curtis Mayfield also Nina Simone.

[Caramac]

l know he's a knob and a manc, but Mick Hucknalls got a good singing voice.

 

You should hear me sing YNWA as well.......you'd be amazed.

[dirty_sanchez]

Whitney Houston, James Dean Bradfield, Morrissey, Axl Rose, Liz Fraser.

[captainharris]

My favourite voice and possibly the best rock voice out there today is Myles Kennedy

 

and according to wikipedia: possesses a 4-octave vocal range, with his longest held on note timed at 22 seconds (in Mayfield Four's "Summergirl". His longest note streak with one breath is 31 seconds in Alter Bridge's "Blackbird")

[Red_Jim83]

And for unique brilliance, Frank Black:

 

 

Great song, Great band and Great video. Never saw the video before, it's pretty fuckin cool, the whole stop motion thing is really clever!

[JMARKH]

Jim Morrison? come on!

 

I mean the man was a lyrical genius but vocally he wasn't below average at best? I wasn't really asking for people to tell me what music they like, in fact i'd prefer to hear of songs you don't like or types you don't like but where you were honestly just impressed, if not overwhelmed by the power of their voices and their ability to use them.

 

Jim was a great singer, sounds really intense on songs like the End and When the music's over and when on form could do a fantastic live performance with all the screams and howls as well as the melodic singing, the only time he sounded out of tune was when he was way gone, also if you listen to L.A Woman what a stark contrast to the first album which shows he could sing in a bluesy tone as well

[Thants]

Mavis Staples

 

Does she?

 

*file under Jeremy Irons*

[Thants]

l know he's a knob and a manc, but Mick Hucknalls got a good singing voice.

 

You should hear me sing YNWA as well.......you'd be amazed.

 

*hovers over neg button . . . . *

 

Oh sod it, sorry I couldnt resist.

 

EDIT: Oh bollocks just repped you instead. You got away this time boy, this time.

[captainharris]

*hovers over neg button . . . . *

 

Oh sod it, sorry I couldnt resist.

 

EDIT: Oh bollocks just repped you instead. You got away this time boy, this time.

 

It's ok... i negged him for you