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Har · Post by **Har** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:30 pm

Gene Simmon's heart-rending rendition of "When You Wish Upon a Star" from his KISS "solo" album (released when all 4 of them released syncronized solo albums at the same time

).

.....brings a tear to the eye every time I hear it.

Har · Post by **Har** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:37 pm

Hassan Ali Khan wrote:Ustad Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan. You must hear the live recordings from Pakistan though, he tended to phone it in when he recorded anywhere else more often then not, but two of the sessions he did for Peter Gabriel came out very nicely ("Shabazz" and the Ghazhals also, I think it is just self titled as NFAK and party). Even then though he was incredible. The finest singer I've ever heard.

Yes, an incredible vocalist!!

First time I heard him was on the Gabriel song "Passion" from the album of the same name....the part where his voice just keeps going up and up, higher and higher...is just amazing and breathtaking.

Manc Chris · Post by **Manc Chris** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:49 pm

Sleek Month wrote:
WHAT A f**king AMAZING SONG.! yes of COURSE i love the Elvis version, but, you'll probably shoot me for this, I really enjoyed Fantasia Barrino's rendition in American Idol.
Um...two words: Willie Nelson.

He actually sounds like he means it.

No, not having that. Sure Nelson did it first, but Elvis - as he did with most songs - made it his own.

(And let's not fall into the trap of Elvis being merely the first pop idol. His personal Muse - his voice - is both natural and magnificent, surely that's a given?)

Anyway, his biogs will tell you of his utter despair at the break up with Priscilla, they will also tell you of him breaking down in the studio whilst recording Always on My Mind. He DID mean it, and it IS, certainly in my eyes - Elvis' song.

Just my opinion though, lets not quibble

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:54 pm

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Alive In Chernobyl · Post by **Alive In Chernobyl** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 7:57 pm

Benjamin Gibbard!

Stephen Merrit!

WOW!

ObsoleteAcc99 · Post by **ObsoleteAcc99** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:03 pm

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Sleek Month · Post by **Sleek Month** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:09 pm

Manowar's vocalist Eric Adams. Especially in the early stuff. Some of the songs on Battle Hymns, especially "Dark Avenger" and most of Into Glory ride.

Oh, come on, surely his finest moments were "Kill with Power" off of the classic "Hail to England", and Sign of the Hammer's "Guyana, the cult of the damned".

And let's not fall into the trap of Elvis being merely the first pop idol.

Elvis? First pop idol?

...surely you jest.

Just my opinion though, lets not quibble

...but that's what internet forums are for...quibbling!

-S.

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:23 pm

neil young - like a hurricane (unplugged version)

sinead o connor - troy

steve mack (that petrol emotion) - sensitize

david mcalmont - almost anything (THAT voice !!! )

kurt cobain - about a girl (unplugged version)

beth orton - she cries your name

HMs ... kate bush / margo timmins / miki & emma lush

slainte

rob

opiadream · Post by **opiadream** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:34 pm

john entwistle - rollerskate kate

Sleek Month · Post by **Sleek Month** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:35 pm

miki & emma lush

Awww christ. Don't tell me we actually agree on something.

f**k. I'm gonna get ostracized from the larger group for fraternizing with a...a...

MOD!

Ewwwwwww...

-S.

mffs · Post by **mffs** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:42 pm

Pink Floyd's "The fletcher memorial home" ..

But now I think about it, probably the whole album

Mr. Slater's Parrot · Post by **Mr. Slater's Parrot** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:45 pm

Ray Davies singing "God's Children", "Days", "Waterloo Sunset", "Sweet Lady Genevieve", "Some Mother's Son", "Two Sisters", and "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home"

John Fogerty singing "Someday Never Comes"

Merle Haggard and/or Dwight Yoakum Singing "Holding Things Together"

Merle Haggard singing "Hungry Eyes"

Brian Wilson singing "Don't Worry Baby"

Chrysie Hynde singing "Back on the Chain Gang"

Ronnie Spector singing "Be My Baby"

Warren Zevon singing "Keep Me in Your Heart"

LBN · Post by **LBN** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:53 pm

George Jones' "He Stopped Loving Her Today" - brings out the weepy hillbilly in me.

Oh, and these guys:

pHz · Post by **pHz** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 8:57 pm

Sleek Month wrote:
miki & emma lush
Awww christ. Don't tell me we actually agree on something.

sorry slick - but there are a few tracks on split that just leave me quivering every time

Sleek Month wrote:f**k. I'm gonna get ostracized from the larger group for fraternizing with a...a...
MOD!
Ewwwwwww...
-S.

shhhhhh ... if you kee it quiet theyll never know

slainte

rob

Steven West · Post by **Steven West** » Tue Jun 29, 2004 9:01 pm

Ahhh, the women's voices that soothe me like warm water in a tub...

Joni Mitchell
Karen Carpenter
Chrissie Hynde
Belinda Butcher
Laetita Sadier

I weep with a boner every time I hear these chicks!
As for guys (and I'm NOT GAY, okay?) I'd have to say
Thom Yorke
Yossou N'dour
Robert Plant
David Bowie
John Foxx

which singer/song really makes you emote?