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NINA SIMONE!!! one one thousand...two one thousand... | |
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hillary duff!!!!  | |
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Anx said: hillary duff!!!!
We're losing him... Time to pull out the big guns... ETTA JAMES!!! | |
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Teena Marie
Mary J Blige Aretha Franklin Mariah Carey Evelyn King | |
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Anx said: madonna's a good dancer/performer and a passable pop lyricist, and she has a great personality for a celebrity...but she's a rotten singer. let's face facts. if she sounds good on CD, that's a little thing called PRODUCTION.
i'm sorry...if madonna truly is as good a singer as aretha, tina, billie, annie, etc. - then i don't know what good singing is, and i'll be happy to admit it. Madonna maybe the best female entertainer of all time? But with heated competition from the likes of Janet and Tina Turner, but that's a different thread. | |
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dewalliz said: Teena Marie
 It is not known why FuNkeNsteiN capitalizes his name as he does, though some speculate sunlight deficiency caused by the most pimpified white guy afro in Nordic history.
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goat2004 said: Anx said: madonna's a good dancer/performer and a passable pop lyricist, and she has a great personality for a celebrity...but she's a rotten singer. let's face facts. if she sounds good on CD, that's a little thing called PRODUCTION.
i'm sorry...if madonna truly is as good a singer as aretha, tina, billie, annie, etc. - then i don't know what good singing is, and i'll be happy to admit it. Madonna maybe the best female entertainer of all time? But with heated competition from the likes of Janet and Tina Turner, but that's a different thread. i think madonna's been more consistent than janet and tina. i think tina has way more energy and charisma than madonna, needless to say. i think janet's been edgier and more intimate with her work (madonna's "intimacy" seems so manipulated, even at its most delicious). but the QUALITY of madonna's product - her albums, her tours - always seem extremely well thought out, whether they connect with audiences or not. and sometimes i wonder if janet enjoys being a performer as much as she seems to enjoy being a recording artist. | |
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Anx said: i think madonna's been more consistent than janet and tina. i think tina has way more energy and charisma than madonna, needless to say. i think janet's been edgier and more intimate with her work (madonna's "intimacy" seems so manipulated, even at its most delicious). but the QUALITY of madonna's product - her albums, her tours - always seem extremely well thought out, whether they connect with audiences or not. and sometimes i wonder if janet enjoys being a performer as much as she seems to enjoy being a recording artist. I don't think so. You should've heard janet's interview with John Norris a few years ago. JN: So, are you excited to get back on the road? JJ: No, not really. I really miss home when I'm away. It's a long, painful process. JN: So, what can we expect to be new and different this time out. JJ: Not much really. It's pretty much just the same old me. It's really hard to come up with new ideas when you've been doing it as long as I have. JN: Oh. I kid you not.  | |
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KB anyone?
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PANDURITO said: KB anyone?
I was gonna mention Tori, but I knew all roads would lead back to Katie anyway. | |
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GangstaFam said: I was gonna mention Tori, but I knew all roads would lead back to Katie anyway. You did well | |
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PANDURITO said: You did wellMeanwhile, where's TA?  | |
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Listening Aerial  | |
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GangstaFam said: Anx said: i think madonna's been more consistent than janet and tina. i think tina has way more energy and charisma than madonna, needless to say. i think janet's been edgier and more intimate with her work (madonna's "intimacy" seems so manipulated, even at its most delicious). but the QUALITY of madonna's product - her albums, her tours - always seem extremely well thought out, whether they connect with audiences or not. and sometimes i wonder if janet enjoys being a performer as much as she seems to enjoy being a recording artist. I don't think so. You should've heard janet's interview with John Norris a few years ago. JN: So, are you excited to get back on the road? JJ: No, not really. I really miss home when I'm away. It's a long, painful process. JN: So, what can we expect to be new and different this time out. JJ: Not much really. It's pretty much just the same old me. It's really hard to come up with new ideas when you've been doing it as long as I have. JN: Oh. I kid you not. well, i think she's worked the whole "sexual discovery" thing into the ground, and the last album or two seemed like total cotton candy fluff...but she has at least recorded her fair share of inspired pop albums. meanwhile, whenever i see her perform on tv, she may have great skills as a dancer, but she often looks to me like she's going through the motions and not really enjoying herself. at least madonna looks fully committed when she's onstage, like she really believes what she's doing. janet, not always so much, even if it's technically "good". does that make any sense? | |
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Anx said: well, i think she's worked the whole "sexual discovery" thing into the ground, and the last album or two seemed like total cotton candy fluff...but she has at least recorded her fair share of inspired pop albums. meanwhile, whenever i see her perform on tv, she may have great skills as a dancer, but she often looks to me like she's going through the motions and not really enjoying herself. at least madonna looks fully committed when she's onstage, like she really believes what she's doing. janet, not always so much, even if it's technically "good". does that make any sense?
Yes, totally. Janet seems bored. And it shows. | |
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1. Ella Fitzgerald
2. Phyllis Hyman 3. Tammi Terrell 4. Gladys Knight 5. Anita Baker | |
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of all time? I dont have the knowledge to tell. But my favs in jazz and r&b are:
Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Chaka Khan, Mary J. Blige and Aretha. "Todo está bien chévere" Stevie | |
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GangstaFam said: Anx said: well, i think she's worked the whole "sexual discovery" thing into the ground, and the last album or two seemed like total cotton candy fluff...but she has at least recorded her fair share of inspired pop albums. meanwhile, whenever i see her perform on tv, she may have great skills as a dancer, but she often looks to me like she's going through the motions and not really enjoying herself. at least madonna looks fully committed when she's onstage, like she really believes what she's doing. janet, not always so much, even if it's technically "good". does that make any sense?
Yes, totally. Janet seems bored. And it shows. Janet's next album is critical! That's pretty obvious. The last album was very uninspiring, something was missing, there were no songs that had any lasting value to it..I really want her to suceed and do well, but she has to want it just as bad. I think Madonna seems very focused and determined to be the best. Janet needs 2 cum back hard. I'd like to get a few Black Cat like tunes..and some of that Velvet Rope vibe. | |
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saintsation said: 1. madonna
2. Whitney houston 3. janet jackson 4. maraih carey 5. Ciara honorable mention Aretha franklin, Diana Ross. Any disagreements!!!??? Aretha Franklin gets an honorable fucking mention?!!!!  
I'm.....just speechless. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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Janis Joplin
Aretha Franklin Sade Karen Carpenter (I know I'm missing one, but it isn't coming to mind & I gotta go.) | |
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theAudience said: GangstaFam said: Maybe they should've phrased it "biggest" rather than "best".
 Maybe then i'd only have lost control of the left side of my body. 
tA  Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431  "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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GangstaFam said: PANDURITO said: KB anyone?
I was gonna mention Tori, but I knew all roads would lead back to Katie anyway. Which leads back to Joni Mitchell. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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GangstaFam said: Meanwhile, where's TA? I've rejoined the land of the living. VelvetRoper finally said Ella Fitzgerald.  Whew, that was close.
Btw Gangsta, thanks for the resuscitation attempts. It kept my other foot off the banana peel.
*Gangsta appreciation edit tA Tribal Disorder
http://www.soundclick.com...dID=182431 [Edited 3/6/06 13:04pm] "Ya see, we're not interested in what you know...but what you are willing to learn. C'mon y'all." | |
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My favorites....
Billy Holiday Sarah Vaughan Ella Fitzgerald No one has mentioned them so far...  "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive."
Dalai Lama | |
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I like:
Whitney Houston Karen Cartenter Anita Baker Sade Carly Simon | |
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The topic is "women singers."
By any objective measure, Madonna, Janet, et al, aren't even in the same galaxy as other female vocalists. Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Sarah Vaughn, and so many other jazz vocalists are defining female vocalists. Others, like Rosemary Clooney, are great traditional pop artists. Rock vocalists like Dusty Springfield, Tina Turner, Stevie Nicks, are all-time greats. Soul vocalists like Aretha Franklin, Tammi Terrelle, Minnie Ripperton, et al. are greats. Reasonable minds can disagree on Sade, but I'd say she's fantastic at what she does. Contemporary vocalists like Cassandra Wilson deserve consideration. But Ciara, Madonna and Janet? Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
Props will be withheld until the showing and proving has commenced. -- Aaron McGruder | |
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saintsation said: 1. madonna
2. Whitney houston 3. janet jackson 4. maraih carey 5. Ciara honorable mention Aretha franklin, Diana Ross. Any disagreements!!!??? Hell yes!!! how dare Diana and Aretha make Honorable mention behind Ciara, Janet Jackson and Madonna!
Add Chaka Khan to this list 2010: Healing the Wounds of the Past.... http://prince.org/msg/8/325740 | |
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I must add Dolly Parton to this list.
I know a lot of her success is due to her personality and presence, but I honestly LOVE her voice and think her strengths have been back to the forefront in her last bluegrass releases. | |
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Ann Wilson
Stevie Nicks Alanis Morissette Sade Cyndi Lauper | |
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