Greatest female vocalists: A thread by Dale Wisely
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Greatest female vocalists: A thread by Dale Wisely
The greatest female non-opera vocalists of all time. List....and discuss.
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Joni Mitchell
3. Billie Holiday
1. Aretha Franklin
2. Joni Mitchell
3. Billie Holiday
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all time?!
geez..
Hope Sandoval
Beth Gibbons
Billie Holiday
Sia
up and comer...
Amy Winehouse.
geez..
Hope Sandoval
Beth Gibbons
Billie Holiday
Sia
up and comer...
Amy Winehouse.
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How about the ones that helped get British and Irish folk music going?
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
Maire Brennan (Clannad)
Jacqui McShee (Pentangle)
Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span)
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (Altan)
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
Maire Brennan (Clannad)
Jacqui McShee (Pentangle)
Maddy Prior (Steeleye Span)
Mairead Ni Mhaonaigh (Altan)
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I would have to agree with Dale on his selections. Aretha Franklin can refresh your soul. But I would also add to that:
Ella Fitzgerald
Diana Krall, Not so much that she has such a powerful voice but that she reallllly knows how to treat a song.
Early Whitney
Early Mariah
Christina Aguilara is showing some amazing control in her last album.
I really like the pure and relaxed feeling from Karen Carpenter.
Janice Joplin did some things that haven't been done since.
Joan Jett... I know, I know, but her version of Love Hurts puts her in the list.
Oh, and Celine Dion and Shania Twain... For very different reasons...
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1). Sinéad O'Connor. In her first album, "The Lion and the Cobra," her voice is at its best. She can go from a whisper to a scream to a lullaby to a deep wailing seemlessly. And she has such a natural volume and resonance on the album that you can't help but fall in love with her voice. In 1988 she released this, off of said album: http://youtube.com/watch?v=GpqlpjgGxCo to this day, her voice in that song still puts chills up my spine!
2). Céline Dion. I've heard her called "the best pop vocalist in the world" in an interview, and I almost believe it. There's no question that she has a splendid vocal mechanism, but, as a lot of of people have said in the on-going Céline Dion poll/thread, sometimes the choices of songs she sings don't show her voice off as well as they could.
3). Sarah McLachlan. I think she is an under-rated singer. She isn't controversial (like Sinéad) and isn't widely parodied (like Céline), so it seems fewer people know of her. Her album "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" is one of my favorite CDs. Here's her "World on Fire" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoNInZ2ClQ I don't know anybody who has watched that video and not admired her afterwards. I saw her perform live, and I cried. It was that good.
2). Céline Dion. I've heard her called "the best pop vocalist in the world" in an interview, and I almost believe it. There's no question that she has a splendid vocal mechanism, but, as a lot of of people have said in the on-going Céline Dion poll/thread, sometimes the choices of songs she sings don't show her voice off as well as they could.
3). Sarah McLachlan. I think she is an under-rated singer. She isn't controversial (like Sinéad) and isn't widely parodied (like Céline), so it seems fewer people know of her. Her album "Fumbling Towards Ecstacy" is one of my favorite CDs. Here's her "World on Fire" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hzoNInZ2ClQ I don't know anybody who has watched that video and not admired her afterwards. I saw her perform live, and I cried. It was that good.
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Cranberry wrote: 3). Sarah McLachlan....
I'll second that vote....
she is amazing.
Also, put Sia Furler on my list...
she's amazing and puts so much emotion in her vocals.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6PGrub3jUc