Your Favorite Vocalists

[Eryk]

A few of mine:

Robert Smith of The Cure. He makes that moaning thing sound extremely cool. (And in terms of guitar-playing, going from U2 to The Cure is like going from 2D to 3D.)

Isabelle Boulay really knows how to own a stage, and the live album Au Moment d'Etre a Vous has some of the best songs from a very impressive performer. Comparisons between her and her fellow Qubecer Celine Dion are inevitable, and I'll just say this: Boulay has taste. Dion does not.

Elton John: Can't say I really like a lot of the songs as songs, but The Way You Look Tonight is awesome. Steve Perry of Journey is another one of my favorite voices in pop music.

Joyous Light is a collection of Armenian sacred music sung by Isabel Bayrakdarian. An exotic, captivating album that propelled Bayrakdarian's opera career.

Opera notes: my favorite "'Voi, Che Sapete" is Yvonne Minton's (the Cecilia Bartoli version sounds wheezy). The Sumi Jo version of "Der Hölle Rache" gives Deutekom a run for her money, and the Natalie Dessay version is unpardonably pretty--it's supposed to be an angry song.

 

[stonetoflesh]

Peter Hammill (Van Der Graaf Generator, solo)
Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om)
Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention, Fotheringay, solo)
Greg Lake (King Crimson, ELP)
Gilli Smyth - ("space whisper" w/Gong)
Cathy Berberian (classical/avant-garde, sang a lot of stuff by Berio, Crumb, et al)

 

[Amylisa]

I have heard of King Crimson. From what I remember I liked the lead vocalist's voice.

Favorites would have to be Josh Groban, Keith Urban, Phil Collins. There was a country group called Sons Of The Desert....I absolutely loved the voice of their lead singer.

Josh Groban I truly believe is anointed. Whether he knows that or not, I don't know!

 

[radhead]

Paul McCartney

Joey Ramone

Those are just the first two that came to mind. I know Phil Spector would agree though.

 

[Leader of the Banned]

Michael Crawford, Sarah Bightman, Rob Halford, Michael Sweet, Ian Gillan and Bruce Dickinson to name a few.

 

[staveoffzombies]

James LaBrie - Dream Theater
Steve Wilson - Porcupine Tree
Mikael Ackerfeldt - Opeth
Christian Alvestam - Scar Symmetry among other bands
Frank Sinatra
Geddy Lee - Rush

 

[Fed]

Steven Wilson
Jeff Buckley
Maynard James Keenan

 

[Starcrystal]

Ozzy Osborne, especially his older stuff with Sabbath.
Ian Anderson of Jethro Tull....unique Scotish accent in his vocals..
Stevie Nicks for female singer.

There's more of course but these are who immediately come to mind.

 

[Theogonia]

Garm
Michael Jackson
Mikael Akerfeldt

 

[Amylisa]

Leader of the Banned (love that name),
I guess I don't have to ask whose vocal for "Phantom" you like more.....Michael Crawford or Gerard Butler!

I loved G's performance. I've never seen the live show, though.

 

[Palomino]

Sinead O'Connor & Bono

 

[wonderwoman]

Robert Smith
David Bowie
Syd Barrett
Ian Brown
Billy Holiday
Chrissie Hynd
Louis Armstrong
Ella Fitzgerald
Farinelli

just to name a few.........

 

[wonderwoman]

A few of mine:

Robert Smith of The Cure. He makes that moaning thing sound extremely cool. (And in terms of guitar-playing, going from U2 to The Cure is like going from 2D to 3D.)


Yes......Mr. Smith's moans are fantabulous! Aching moans and groans just hit the spot for me. Makes me want to stroke his chair-hair and tell him: "it'll be alright Robert...."

 

[PoundingMetal]

Since the 80's I've thought Blackie Lawless from WASP had the best voice around. Powerful and yet on the mellow songs very passionate.

That change last year when I heard the voice of Patrik Johansson of Astral Doors, Whuthering Heights and Lion's Share. Now my favorite vocalist. Sorry Blackie!

 

[marshallII]

Love Ziggy Marley and Bono.

 

[HELENz]

I will name my top 3 favorite male vocalists and my absolute favorite female vocalist! I can add more later (I actually handwrote a list of vocalists).
1. Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace)
2. Josh Groban
3. Clay Aiken
4. Amy Lee (Evanescence)!

 

[Chrome]

Glenn Danzig (early misfits, Danzig, Samhain)
Ihsahn (Emperor, Thou shalt suffer, Peccatum)
Angela Gossow (Arch Enemy)
Mikael Akerfeldt (Opeth)
Alexi Laiho (Children of Bodom)

I tend to like vocalists who not only have a wide range of sound, but who also possess another amazing skill, a sort of rule. I just seem to look up to multi-talented people more than single specialty ones.

Glenn Danzig, is famous for his wide range in early misfits songs, but he also composed most of their music, as well as wrote many lyrics. Also, his onstage presence had a huge effect on the modern (or i should say, pre-modern) punk scene, and the Danzig-era Misfits are cited as an influence in just about every metal and punk act thereafter.

Ihsahn, a black metal icon, can perform shreiks, death grunts, as well as opera-style vocals, which he reserves for softer parts of Emperor songs. He too, composes 90% of not only Emperor's music, but two other bands as well. Peccatum is a project in which he and his wife jointly compose the music and lyrics, and its here, where he shines his prowess in composing non-metal music as well.

Angela Gossow is one of the exceptions to my 'rule', she only does vocals, and only death grunts, but! She sounds better than many male vocalists in the metal scene, and thats really saying something.

Mikael Akerfeldt is similar to Ihsahn. However, Mikael can come up with a wider range of musical styles, and is able to combine and intertwine them in just about every Opeth song. He too, has a wide range, from death grunts (very good ones at that), to very soft, soothing vocals. (its still hard to believe its the same guy). He is also a huge contributor to Opeth's sound and acts as the lead guitarist as well.

Alexi Laiho, lead guitarist and vocalist for Children of Bodom, isn't the most amazing vocalist, but where his range is limited with his voice, he more than excells at the guitar. In fact, among metalheads, he is hailed as the most recent 'guitar god', if you ever see them in concert, you can be sure he's going to melt your face off with amazing solos.

anyway, this concludes this post

 

[Amylisa]

I will name my top 3 favorite male vocalists and my absolute favorite female vocalist! I can add more later (I actually handwrote a list of vocalists).
1. Josh Groban
2. Adam Gontier (Three Days Grace)
3. Clay Aiken
4. Amy Lee (Evanescence)!

Josh Groban! And, our family has Clay's 1st cd and I really enjoy it a lot.
A girl after my own heart!

Amy Lee does have an amazing voice.

 

[serephim02]

Dani filth or The guy from old school Alice in Chains. his name escapes me for the moment.

 

[HELENz]

Josh Groban! And, our family has Clay's 1st cd and I really enjoy it a lot.
A girl after my own heart!

Amy Lee does have an amazing voice.

Haha. Yup. What I love about my top 4 is that they're so diverse in vocals. Adam has a hard rock voice; Josh has a classically trained opera voice; Clay has more of a pop-contemporary style voice; Amy Lee has a georgeous soprano voice. And I love them all!

Here's the rest of my top 10:
5) Johnny Cash
6) Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
7) AJ McLean (Backstreet Boys)
8) Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys)
9) Bo Bice
10) Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)

That concludes it.