Who or What group has the Best Vocals??

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  • wingnut4772
    wingnut4772 Posts: 7,519
    edited April 2007
    avelanchefan wrote: »
    WOW, I thought I was the only one to like her voice, love the whole Chrissy Hinds feel to it.

    Nice choice Wing.

    Are you kidding? She rocks and she's perfect live. You have good taste Ave:D
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  • BAD ASP
    BAD ASP Posts: 361
    edited April 2007
    all of the above plus:

    journey steve perry (unbelievable range)
    eric clapton bonus you get his guitar
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    Do I dare say Barbra Streisand.
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    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    Why not? I'm going to say The McGuire Sisters. Like them better than The Andrews Sisters, who have a real goodie called "Aurora". They do it at the end of the Abbot and Costello movie "Hold That Ghost".
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  • RuSsMaN
    RuSsMaN Posts: 17,986
    edited April 2007
    It's a toss up between Jimmy Dean and Pat Boone.
    Check your lips at the door woman. Shake your hips like battleships. Yeah, all the white girls trip when I sing at Sunday service.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    You want to have one more good battle before you drop by? Keep it up. Good music didn't start in the 70's and 80's SON.
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  • engtaz
    engtaz Posts: 7,664
    edited April 2007
    :confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused::confused:
    engtaz

    I love how music can brighten up a bad day.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    That is a perfectly normal response Engtaz. Russ will understand, trust me.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2007
    George Grand wrote: »
    Well,well George. Somebody in the know, and not encumbered by current trends towards mediocrity. He sure beats the snot out of most of the suggestions eh?

    Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan
    The Beach Boys
    The Temptations
    The Supremes
    Howlin' Wolf
    The Vienna Boys Choir
    The Mormon Tabernacle Choir
    Kiri Te Kanawa
    The Lettermen
    The Ronettes

    Better than The Lettermen.....was The Association. Even with some 60's chart toppers, they got lost in the folk/pop/rock abyss that was music in the late 60s. Music changed and they didn't. Their close harmonies made Brian Wilson envious. They were sort of pioneers in stereo recording of the early 60s and their first album "And Then...Along Comes the Association" may be one of the technically best "rock" recordings of that period.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    The Fifth Dimension

    Marilyn McCoo had better legs and pipes than ANY of The Association or The Lettermen.
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  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,520
    edited April 2007
    Good music didn't start in the 70's and 80's SON.
    You're right George, good music didn't start in the 70's and 80's, great music did.
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  • fatchowmein
    fatchowmein Posts: 2,637
    edited April 2007
    At the risk of getting tarred and feathered...

    Sarah Brightman
    Andrea Bocelli
    Diana Krall (especially when she's singing, "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas")
    Natalie Merchant (love the voice, so-so with the music)
    Maria McKee (love the voice, so-so with the music)
    Norah Jones
    Chrissie Hynde
    Julio Iglesias
    Bobby Vinton
    The Righteous Brothers
    Karen Carpenter

    :o
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  • Systems
    Systems Posts: 14,873
    edited April 2007
    George Grand wrote: »
    Good music didn't start in the 70's and 80's SON.

    True Zeppelin started it in the late 60's:D
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  • ledhed
    ledhed Posts: 1,088
    edited April 2007
    GV#27 wrote:
    True Zeppelin started it in the late 60's:D

    '68 to be exact :rolleyes:

    I would add Paul Simon, Freddy Mercury (who can compare?) and Donovan Frankenriter.

    Also +1 for Natalie Merchant - San Andreas Fault send shivers through me.

    Ooooh - Sinead O'Connor - she has one good song but damn is it powerful.

    EDIT: Damien Rice is nice and smooth while still having a slight edge.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    Yeah, GREAT music started in the 70's and 80's. IF you consider snotty boys with lipstick and make-up that had to play loud cause they couldn't play good, great music....... YOU'RE RIGHT! Falcon, we both know you've never cracked a history book and didn't show up for history class, so let's leave it at that (or I'll drop a "bomb" on you).

    Great music started centuries ago ladies. Deal with it. Some of you young kids are a hoot. NOTHING was good until Led Zeppelin, Kiss, Peter Frampton, The Eagles, and million selling (yet boring) 70's Fleetwood Mac came along huh? I'll break that news to all the guys those CLOWNS were trying to emulate, as well as to, Duke Ellington, Miles, Count Basie, Gerry Mulligan, Buddy Rich, and about a thousand other guys that had more talent in their toenails than those guys had in the whole band.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2007
    I just finished listening to "David Crosby Live". Even after years of hard living and abuse of all sorts, his voice is still great. There are many singers who could make great music by using the nuances and characteristics of their voice. Then there are those who's voice was like a fine instrument in an of itself...like a Stratovarius or a Steinway. Frank Sinatra, Mel Torme, Nat King Cole, Bing Crosby...are guys whose voice fit the bill. IMO David Crosby is there as well...maybe one of the best pure voices of the last 4 decades.
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  • George Grand
    George Grand Posts: 12,258
    edited April 2007
    Excellent point Steve. Lost on our average 22-25 year old participant here. Didn't you know that David Lee Roth, Robert Plant, or Stevie Nicks is the greatest "pure voice" of all-time?
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  • daboyz
    daboyz Posts: 5,207
    edited April 2007
    Robert Plant - IMO best R&R singer ever.
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  • BottomFeeder
    BottomFeeder Posts: 1,684
    edited April 2007
    Paul Rogers of Bad Company and Roger Daltry of The Who had - still have? - the best rock voices IMHO.
    Oh yeah, Ann Wilson of Heart has incredible pipes, too!
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    Just a few I haven't seen named yet.

    Billie Holiday
    Ella Fitzgerald
    Maria Taylor
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  • schwarcw
    schwarcw Posts: 7,341
    edited April 2007
    What?? No Frank Sinatra? Tony Bennett? Barbara Streisand? A few mentioned Diana Krall. How about Areatha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Karen Carpenter (RIP) Billie Holiday, Tony Bennet, Jim Morrison, Barry Mailow, Julio Eglasiais (sp), Allison Krauss. And the opera voices might be the most dynamic of all. Anyone heard the Phantom of the Opera in DTS? Killer stuff. There are plenty of good voices out there, open up your minds, and your ears.
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  • cfrizz
    cfrizz Posts: 13,415
    edited April 2007
    Amen Carl! And you just did!:D

    I have Frank Sinatra's Main Event Concert at Madison Square Garden & had the priviledge of seeing him in Worcester in the early 90's! He put on one hell of a show to a sold out arena. Mostly filled with little blue haired old ladies who I was worried would have heart attacks walking up all the stairs to get to their seats!:eek: :D:D:D
    schwarcw wrote: »
    What?? No Frank Sinatra? Tony Bennett? Barbara Streisand? A few mentioned Diana Krall. How about Areatha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Karen Carpenter (RIP) Billie Holiday, Tony Bennet, Jim Morrison, Barry Manilow, Julio Eglasiais (sp), Allison Krauss. And the opera voices might be the most dynamic of all. Anyone heard the Phantom of the Opera in DTS? Killer stuff. There are plenty of good voices out there, open up your minds, and your ears.
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  • shack
    shack Posts: 11,154
    edited April 2007
    schwarcw wrote: »
    What?? No Frank Sinatra? Tony Bennett? Barbara Streisand? A few mentioned Diana Krall. How about Areatha Franklin, Natalie Cole, Karen Carpenter (RIP) Billie Holiday, Tony Bennet, Jim Morrison, Barry Mailow, Julio Eglasiais (sp), Allison Krauss. And the opera voices might be the most dynamic of all. Anyone heard the Phantom of the Opera in DTS? Killer stuff. There are plenty of good voices out there, open up your minds, and your ears.
    cfrizz wrote:
    Amen Carl! And you just did!:D
    Actually...Frank, Barbara Streisand, Karen Carpenter, Julio Iglesias and Alison Krauss have all been mentioned in prior posts of this thread...some more than once.

    Given the late hour and Carl's age it's understandable that he missed them.:D
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited April 2007
    A couple that I have yet to see mentioned:

    Sarah McLachlan - I'm not a fan of her politics or preachyness but there is no doubt that woman has pipes!

    Mary Ramsey - lead singer of 10,000 maniacs from '94 to about 2001 I think it was? Her vocals are haunting at times but powerful and smooth and not a single note out of pitch.

    Shania Twain - not only does she have a great voice but she's a treat to look at too!



    I'm surprised how over-looked Collective Soul's lead singer Ed Roland is. The band overall seems to be having huge commercial success but flies under most people's radar. One of the big selling points for CS is Ed Roland's vocals.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    Jstas wrote: »
    A couple that I have yet to see mentioned:

    Sarah McLachlan - I'm not a fan of her politics or preachyness but there is no doubt that woman has pipes!

    Mentioned in the 3rd Post.
    Jstas wrote: »
    ....I'm surprised how over-looked Collective Soul's lead singer Ed Roland is. The band overall seems to be having huge commercial success but flies under most people's radar. One of the big selling points for CS is Ed Roland's vocals.

    You're right, he does have a great rock voice.

    EDIT: Along similar lines...I think Rob Thomas (Matchbox 20) is worth a listen.
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  • jakelm
    jakelm Posts: 4,081
    edited April 2007
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited April 2007
    cmy330go wrote: »
    Mentioned in the 3rd Post.

    Ah, so it is. Troy speeled it wrong so I guess it didn't register when I looked at it.
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  • Jstas
    Jstas Posts: 14,842
    edited April 2007
    Another one I've heard lately. It's not necessarily the best voice I guess but it's different.

    Supertramp.

    They had 3 different members that did vocals but they are best known with either Rick Davies or Roger Hodgson but Hodgson is the defining vocal for the band because thier biggest hits and only number 1 album "Breakfast in America" had Hodgson as the primary volcalist for the hits and writing credits. Basically, when people hear Hodgson they'll think of Supertramp.
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  • Demiurge
    Demiurge Posts: 10,874
    edited April 2007
    George Grand wrote: »
    Excellent point Steve. Lost on our average 22-25 year old participant here. Didn't you know that David Lee Roth, Robert Plant, or Stevie Nicks is the greatest "pure voice" of all-time?

    Oddly enough the same closed mindedness extends to the older ilk who claim there hasn't been a good record released in the last 30 years.

    I happen to thing there are quite a few top notch gems of all eras of music.
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  • cmy330go
    cmy330go Posts: 2,341
    edited April 2007
    Duh...Forgot

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