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mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 4:58 am

Some vocalists I could listen to them singing the phone book, and others I can't switch off soon enough, however popular they may be.

For example, a lot of Shirley Manson's songs are about how fzcked up she is. And yet I listen...

On the other hand, I am pretty sick of Pink. The first thing I think of when I hear her voice is my wife screaming at our kids.

So who could you listen to anything by, and who do you wish would just STFU?

Delta Sign · Post by **Delta Sign** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 6:39 am

Tom Waits.

I think he could literally read a phone book and it would be entertaining.

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 7:34 pm

I think Björk is remarkable.

There is a swedish singer Laleh which also has some really special about her ways.

Experimental Imogene Heap is also exciting.

garryknight · Post by **garryknight** » Fri Jan 04, 2019 9:34 pm

I don't go much on male voices, but I could listen to Don Henley (Eagles) all day. I could probably listen to Boys of Summer for at least half a day.

As for female singers, there are far too many to count.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:13 pm

Yeah most Male singers don't make that much of an impression on me either. The singers I love or hate (based on how they sing) tend to be female .

Bombadil · Post by **Bombadil** » Sat Jan 05, 2019 11:12 pm

Celine Dion can STFU!

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 12:52 am

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:30 am

BONES · Post by **BONES** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 1:34 am

mumpcake wrote: Sat Jan 05, 2019 8:13 pm Yeah most Male singers don't make that much of an impression on me either. The singers I love or hate (based on how they sing) tend to be female .

I'm the opposite, I find female singers fall into a few categories but their voices are largely unremarkable and they lack the aggression I look for in a good vocal. So I would definitely take Pink over Shirley Manson, she has a real attitude that many female vocalists lack.

But the vocalist I could listen to all day is Clint Ruin, not just for his voice but equally for his lyrics. I also really like Douglas McCarthy's voice (Nitzer Ebb). I'm not a Metallica fan but I really like James Hetfield's voice, too. I'm also a big fan of Till Lindemann from Rammstein.

harryupbabble · Post by **harryupbabble** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 5:41 pm

Engaging? I don't know if it's the voice that is engaging or if it is the catchiness (to me at least) of the song, or both.

When I first heard a song that our neighbor was playing really loud out of his/her stereo speakers from his/her backyard, I thought "I like her voice and I love her song". It turned out she is a he. I didn't care. I went to the library and borrowed pretty much all his CDs. I eventually bought his 2-CD greatest hits compilation named Decade at the CD store that sold them second-hand. The song that the neigbor was playing... is this song:

Another voice that I loved (but hated in the end) is Stevie Nicks's. Her three songs, (Rhiannon, Landslide, Dreams) was done when she was about 27 years old (she was that old/young when she joined Fleetwood Mac). I guess she was not snorting cocaine that much when she sang those three songs. Eventually, snorting cocaine too much caused a hole to develop in her nose which then caused her to sound even more like a sheep. Baaa. Or is that just her style of singing? Sort of like Barry Gibb?. Anyways, here she is being a diva, possibly being like Barry Gibb, demanding more drugs. I liked her speaking voice too.

And here she is, singing country melodies and lyrics?, with Christine McVie doing a great job on keyboard(s).

And here is Jimmy Fallon doing Barry Gibb. Not sexually.

lfm · Post by **lfm** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 6:00 pm

Some mail good ones real trendsetters at the time for rock - Ian Gillan Deep Purple

Chris Farlow Colosseum

Robert Plant Led Zeppelin

shonky · Post by **shonky** » Sun Jan 06, 2019 7:05 pm

Love Martina Topley-Bird's singing with Tricky, has the odd trick of sounding both warm and glacial, never seems to need the histrionic gesture-singing so beloved of post-Whitney/Mariah pop and rnb.

mumpcake · Post by **mumpcake** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:04 pm

I heard Pink do a version of "A Million Dreams" from The Greatest Showman on the radio the other day. It only sounded like she had one dream... to get the hell out of there and cash her check.

jancivil · Post by **jancivil** » Sat Mar 23, 2019 11:13 pm

Stevie Nicks is def in the STFU category for me

el-bo (formerly ebow) · Sun Mar 24, 2019 12:09 am

In the engaging category:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wK35Y2d-K9

Engaging vocalists vs STFU