rockpile Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 I'm hungry for some Karen Carpenter. Wow, what a concept!
Saxum Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Since you ask for vocalist (which implies the singer as well as the singer's voice), it's Whitney Houston. If you asked for favorite female singing voice, it has to be Barbra Streisand. It's the talking that makes her unbearable. Absolutely Whitney Houston before the relationship with Bobby Brown destroyed her.
LeviF Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Absolutely Whitney Houston before the relationship with Bobby Brown destroyed her. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5cDLZqe735k
Buftex Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 I'd include Alanis Morrisett if she had died after Jagged Little Pill and before she came out with her boring, pseudo-intellectual, emotionally empty follow up. I also liked Sarah McLaughlin for about 10 minutes in the 90s before buying an album and becoming completely disenchanted with her music. Trivializing herself with the pathetically ironic Lilith Fair made it hard to respect her anyway. Hey, Rob, explain. That is a pretty strong reaction. I will say, I may be biased, I worked on the Lilith Fair tour the summer of 1998 (had a blast), and had multiple encounters with McLachlan. She was one of the kindest people I have ever met, working in any facet of the music business. I always found her music a little dull (boring I might say!), but what made you become "disenchanted" with her music?
The Poojer Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 here is the new She & Him video...kinda trippy in parts I love Zooey and M. Ward as She and Him performing "Never Had Nobody Like You" (M. Ward?) and "You Really Got a Hold on Me" by the Miracles
Rob's House Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 Hey, Rob, explain. That is a pretty strong reaction. I will say, I may be biased, I worked on the Lilith Fair tour the summer of 1998 (had a blast), and had multiple encounters with McLachlan. She was one of the kindest people I have ever met, working in any facet of the music business. I always found her music a little dull (boring I might say!), but what made you become "disenchanted" with her music? When I bought the album I'd only heard two of her songs. They had kind of a darkness to them that I liked and I thought there might be more to her. After hearing the whole album I was no longer impressed. And she may be a great person, but the whole concept of Lilith Fair was pretty contrived. There was a big to do about how women were finally breaking through after being kept off the charts because of misogyny and now they were finally being acknowledged as musicians rather than *female musicians. So what do they do? They put every major female act that was popular at the time on one tour in some cheesy feminine celebration of music. They went from being independent musical artists to an adolescent girl power thing. They immediately put the female asterisk back into their collective image. I don't think it's a coincidence that every one of them fell off the map after that tour.
JoeF Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 (edited) Susan Tedeschi and Norah Jones (Susan) If you ask me as an old guy who I like from today's popular female vocalists -- it would be Lorde.. Edited November 20, 2014 by Formerly Joe F
The Poojer Posted November 20, 2014 Posted November 20, 2014 i meant to include Susan, glad someone picked up my slack, along with her you gotsta include bonnie raitt...couple old 80's singers would be Siouxsie Sioux & Allison Moyet of Yaz Susan Tedeschi and Norah Jones (Susan) If you ask me as an old guy who I like from today's popular female vocalists -- it would be Lorde..
Jim in Anchorage Posted November 21, 2014 Author Posted November 21, 2014 So many great ones...can't name just one. But, going to see one of my very favorites of all time, tomorrow night! Chrissie Hynde! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99svrFj-G_g Sorry I just can't stand her.
Buffalo Barbarian Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 No one is All About that Bass? I want to smash the radio every time I hear that song
Gugny Posted November 21, 2014 Posted November 21, 2014 I want to smash the radio every time I hear that song Perhaps you should consider a different station.
Pete Posted November 22, 2014 Posted November 22, 2014 www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZGuEoXqWsF4 might I mention Rochester's own
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