Who are your favorite vocalists? Please list your Top 5 Male AND Female(in no particular order of awesomeness) all time favorite vocalists and WHY?
Let's get this group going with your lists of top 5 vocalists and why...I'll start:
Male:
1. Andrea Bocelli- The blind tenor from Italy that has made an impact with his not-so-typical classical/opera voice. Brotha man has a distinct calmness and serenity to his tone.
2. Geoff Tate- Lead vocalist of the band Queensryche...this dude has great range, power, and clarity to his melodic rocker voice.
3. James Labrie- Vocalist of Dream Theater. Awesome range, can compose melodies over the craziest riffs DT's got to offer, and has great inflections.
4. Adam Pascal- Great soulful voice. Not the typical pop rock voice you'd hear nowadays. Nice manly voice unlike many "weiner-sounding" vocalists out there. He sings from the heart and soul.Member of the OBC of Jonathan Larson's RENT.
5. Josh Groban- This guy has awesome tone and has a good grasp of how to sing foreign language songs. He's one of the few I've found to have crisp and clear high notes.
Female:
1. Norah Jones- great bluesy, jazzy, and soulful voice. Her sound is so distinct and so calming.
2. Tori Amos- Weird works for this one. She has so many ways of experimenting with melodies! Her chord proggressions are so unpredictable that you wouldnt think that her melodies would fit. Awesome pianist as well.
3. Sarah Brightman- She sounds very eerie with her newer albums. So frickin cool if she collaborated with a metal band! nice tone and very etherial, new age sounding.
4. Sarah McLaughlin- Great voice live and in the studio. Awesome songwriter and very soulful and melodic.
5. Amy Lee- Voice of Evanescence. Classically trained and in metal! How awesome is that! great range and she kicks ass in concert!
OK your turn...
Male:
1. Andrea Bocelli- The blind tenor from Italy that has made an impact with his not-so-typical classical/opera voice. Brotha man has a distinct calmness and serenity to his tone.
2. Geoff Tate- Lead vocalist of the band Queensryche...this dude has great range, power, and clarity to his melodic rocker voice.
3. James Labrie- Vocalist of Dream Theater. Awesome range, can compose melodies over the craziest riffs DT's got to offer, and has great inflections.
4. Adam Pascal- Great soulful voice. Not the typical pop rock voice you'd hear nowadays. Nice manly voice unlike many "weiner-sounding" vocalists out there. He sings from the heart and soul.Member of the OBC of Jonathan Larson's RENT.
5. Josh Groban- This guy has awesome tone and has a good grasp of how to sing foreign language songs. He's one of the few I've found to have crisp and clear high notes.
Female:
1. Norah Jones- great bluesy, jazzy, and soulful voice. Her sound is so distinct and so calming.
2. Tori Amos- Weird works for this one. She has so many ways of experimenting with melodies! Her chord proggressions are so unpredictable that you wouldnt think that her melodies would fit. Awesome pianist as well.
3. Sarah Brightman- She sounds very eerie with her newer albums. So frickin cool if she collaborated with a metal band! nice tone and very etherial, new age sounding.
4. Sarah McLaughlin- Great voice live and in the studio. Awesome songwriter and very soulful and melodic.
5. Amy Lee- Voice of Evanescence. Classically trained and in metal! How awesome is that! great range and she kicks ass in concert!
OK your turn...
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Permalink Reply by onat on -
Male: 1. Eddie Vedder - "It would take a good heart and a healthy set of lungs to be the voice of the generation.
2. Whitfield Crane
3. Seal
4. Sebastian Bach - never fails to give me goosebumps...
5. Basti Artadi
Female: 1. NATALIE MERCHANT - of course!!!!
2. Enya
3. Lisa Loeb - the cheesy in me..lol
4. Alanis M. - how i miss that rage inside....
5. Annie Lennox
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Permalink Reply by Marpi on -
Male
1. David Lee Roth
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Michael Viscera
4. Joe Lynn Turner
5. Baron Barbers
Female
1. Diana Ross
2. Marilyn Martin
3. Audrey Hepburn
4. Whitney Houston
5. Sarah Brightman
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Permalink Reply by F.O.B. Justin on -
Sheeee. Can I do 10?
MALE
1. Chris Cornell - Soundgarden, Temple Of The Dog, Audioslave: Excellent range. From Baritone to Tenor.
2. Layne Staley - Alice In Chains, Mad Season: Weird vocal style and very very eerie but eternally haunting.
3. Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle: The New York Times wrote that "both groups rely on Mr. Keenan's ability to dignify emotions like lust, anger and disgust, the honey in his voice adding a touch of profundity". I couldn't agree more.
4. Brent Smith - Shinedown: Great range and soul.
5. Myles Kennedy - The Mayfield Four, Alterbridge: Octaves, octaves, octaves!!!
6. Sebastian Bach - Skidrow: Like Onat said.... GOOSEBUMPS.
7. Jeff Buckley: The superstar that never was. Just listen to his songs and you'll know why.
8. Max Cavalera - Sepultura, Soulfly: What a Death Metal singer should sound like.
9. Phil Anselmo - Pantera: What a Groove Metal singer should sound like.
10. Otis Redding: Another up and coming superstar whose life was cut short. Way ahead of his time in his singing style.
FEMALE
1. Anne and Nancy Wilson - Heart: The epitome of female rock singers.
2. Cristina Scabbia - Lacuna Coil: The Madonna of Goth Metal.
3. Lacey Mosley - Flyleaf: Perfect combination of growl and melody.
4. Otep Shamaya - Otep: For someone as young as her, she could definitely kick anyone's ass with her vocals. Not to mention she's one of the hottest lesbians in show business.
5. Charlotte Church: Before she turned into the potty-mouth bitchola excuse for a talk show host that she is today, she was the voice of an angel.
6. Angela Gossow - Arch Enemy: What a female Death Metal singer should sound like.
7. Erykah Badu: Listening to her singing is like sailing in a bubble-wrapped yacht in the middle of a tsunami.
8. Mary J. Blige: What can I say? The queen of R&B.
9. Shirley Manson: Cool, pissed-off and sweet all at the same time. I love her to death.
10. Natalie Merchant - 10,000 Maniacs I can listen to her forever.
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