Best singing voices ever?

[revival_mode]

Dio. I never got into much of his work but geez he had amazing voice.

I like Misfits-era Danzig, a fan of John Bush, and on a completely style love L.G. Petrov's growling.

90's Danzig was pretty damn good as well... shame about these days

my two inputs would be Chris Cornell & Myles Kennedy

 

[Cruyff14]

John Farnham worthy of a mention, Billy Joel too.

Both had absolutely spectacular ranges.

 

[IKnowtheDog]

Hayley Westenra

best bit is youtube comments on her version of Wuthering Heights

 

[Righteo]

I mentioned Art Garfunkel earlier in the thread if I remember rightly. What was the deal with the fallout between he and Paul Simon?

Which one?

There's a host of reasons but mostly it comes down to their clashing personalities imo. Art is a super chill dude who loved a bit of grass while Simon is an uptight perfectionist with a Napoleon complex. Helluva songwriter but a very weird unit.

 

[Gough]

The Only Living Boy in New York and So Long Frank Lloyd Wright from Bridge Over Troubled Water are Paul Simon's farewell songs to Art Garfunkel.

 

[William Wonka]

Beth Gibbons
Nina Simone
Howlin Wolf
Tracy Chapman

 

[raskolnikov]

Joan Armatrading

 

[PhatBoy]

Just watched a couple of James Taylor vids on YouTube. Man, what an effortless sound he got. Not a huge range, but smooth as silk

 

[Righteo]

Just watched a couple of James Taylor vids on YouTube. Man, what an effortless sound he got. Not a huge range, but smooth as silk

Aged like a fine wine, still has a terrific sound even though he must be in his 70's by now.

Speaking of which, Jeff Lynne is a touch underrated too.



Pretty whack for a bloke in his mid 60's (vid is from 2012). Sounds almost the same as he did 40 years earlier...

 

[Godchin]

Patsy Cline

 

[Gough]

 

[Gough]

Also Morrissey, bit mad but a rare pair of lungs. File with Sinead O'Connor.

 

[JoshWoodenSpoon]

Dunno about best, but here are some to appreciate:


Mature Costello, even if he can over-sing.
Marissa Nadler, Alela Diane and Susanne Sundfør real swell too.

 

[gym4life]

The weeknd.

 

[gfhawthorn]

Layne Staley probably stands out the most to me, such a unique sound. David Johansen is one I don't see mentioned nearly enough, his stuff with the dolls is awesome, so are his early solo records. Mike Patton has ridiculous versatility, he'd definitely be up there.

 

[Deathly]

Robin Gibb
Gary Clark Jr
Chino Moreno
Stevie Nicks
Ann Wilson
Vashti Bunyan

 

[JG22]

justin bieber

 

[Demosthenes]

Andrea Bocelli.

Con te Partiro gives me goose pimples.

Interestingly, his voice is not highly regarded in opera circles. Struggles with diction, and not strong in the upper and lower registers.

I think the studio masks a lot of the problems that are evident when you put him in front of an orchestra. He is more of a showman than a singer - sort of along the lines of Andre Rieu.

 

[Plugger35]

Bonnie was a run of the mill Welsh singer and then she copped a throat injury which gave her that trademark rasp and turned her into a star.

 

[Plugger35]

I love me a raspy voice like Rod Stewart.



Jimmy Barnes is the raspy voice Aussie exponent.



People that say Jimmy Barnes just screams and yells don't have an ear for music.

He has the voice of a raspy angel.

 

[Plugger35]

Saw Barnsey at the Freo Metropolis and this song was the highlight.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

4 years and 8 pages in, no one mentioned Christine McVie?

I'm not going to pretend I know music technically, but instinctively her voice comes across as best imo. It'll be interesting to read if there's criticisms of her or that not being mentioned is just an oversight?

 

[Plugger35]

4 years and 8 pages in, no one mentioned Christine McVie?

I'm not going to pretend I know music technically, but instinctively her voice comes across as best imo. It'll be interesting to read if there's criticisms of her or that not being mentioned is just an oversight?

She has a good voice but she tends to get overlooked because Stevie Nicks is one of the GOAT female rock singers.

Lindsey Buckingham is a great singer too, it's a disgrace that they sacked him from Fleetwood Mac, as much as I like Neil Finn he's no Lindsey Buckingham.

I couldn't imagine Neil pulling off this song as well as Lindsey could.

 

[imadodgyumpire]

You mentioned Stevie Nicks as having a raspy voice. Idk how Christine’s is labelled, but I like I more.

 

[Gough]

Dusty.