I'm gonna copy off you, paligap!

I believe it was Luther Vandross that said "there's nothing like a female vocalist...she can't touch any male singer out there" and I truly understand what he means now.

The first four are my all-time favorite...

Aretha Franklin-no explanation needed!

Twinkie Clark (of The Clark Sisters)

Karen Clark Sheard (of The Clark Sisters)

Caron Wheeler-so underrated it's not even funny.

Lauryn Hill

Tweet

Roberta Flack

Tremaine Hawkins

Beyonce-when she's not hollaring

Whitney Houston-everything from The Bodyguard soundtrack and before

Mariah Carey-with her crazy ass.

Minnie Riperton (R.I.P. )

Chaka Khan

Dionne Warwick

Brandy-judging from her work on Full Moon

I know there's more, but for some reason I'm drawing a blank.

Annie Lennox
Janis Joplin
Diamanda Galas
Sade
Polly Styrene (hope I spelled that right)
Macy
Tammy Wynette
Polly Jean Harvey
Lady Miss Kier Kirby
Nancy Sinatra
Grace Jones
Laetitia Sadler (of Stereolab)
Alison Goldfrapp
Laurie Anderson (listen to her Mr. Heartbreak album - she does some amazing things with her voice, sans vocoder gizmos)
GRACE SLICK
Marva Whitney

What about Ruth Copeland, Rosie Gaines or Jill Jones ?

oops, forgot one:

My Top 5

Chaka Khan
Anita Baker
Gladys Knight
Mavis Staples
Aretha

These girls can sang!

Peace,
Scott

Thanks, Okaypimpin! It was takin me way too long to get this one together,LOL ... so...

Chaka Khan (my all around favorite)

Aretha Franklin (The Queen, of course)

Patti Labelle ( Nuff said))

Patti Austin (my second all around favorite, very underrated)

Minnie Ripperton ( Love Lives Forever)

Roberta Flack

Phyllis Hyman (RIP)

Angela Bofill (Angelina De La Noches)

Teena Marie ( Lady T)

Jennifer Holiday

Brenda Russell

Phoebe Snow

Ella Fitzgerald (RIP)

Mahalia Jackson (RIP)

Mavis Staples

Gladys Knight

Yolanda Adams

Shelby Flint

Jill Scott (the best of the New Breed, IMO)

Marilyn Scott

CeCe Winans

Valerie Simpson
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Anxiety said:

I don't think there's a more frightening person on the face of the planet than this woman - she's about as sexually inviting as an STD education film. I mean that in the most complimentary sense, of course...

Anyway, I cast my votes for:

Joni Mitchell (obvious, I know...)
Sarah Cracknell (St. Etienne)
Belinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)
Harriet Wheeler (Sundays)
Patty Donahue (Waitresses)
Liz Frasier
Lucinda Williams - she seems to have lost it a bit in recent years, but I will be in awe of "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road" till the day I die...

Aretha in her prime was peerless.
Dinah Washington
Ella Fitzgerald
Chaka Khan
Bonnie Raitt
Mahalia Jackson
Teena Marie
Gladys Knight
Minnie Ripperton
Cheryl Lynn
Sinead O'Connor
Ann Wilson
Shirley Caesar
Evelyn "Champagne" King

I'm sure I'll think of more later...




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[This message was edited Mon May 24 16:20:25 2004 by Supernova]

Patrice Rushen
Martha Reeves
Aaliyah (so nice on the ears)
Toni Braxton
Alicia Keys
Mary J Blige
Prince

Rowdy said:

flipwilson said:

well, i didn't say I'd DO her - I just said I find her voice amazing. (though she IS an amazing looking creature, and she HAS kissed me on the lips once, and apparently i survived it)




OOF! good call. even though they used to throw tons of reverb on her voice back in the day to hide the fact that her voice was flatter than a week-old can of shasta. still, her voice has that adorable kittenish quality that i can't help but adore, and her vox on "tiger bay" and "good humor" make me swoon....

well, i didn't say I'd DO her - I just said I find her voice amazing. (though she IS an amazing looking creature, and she HAS kissed me on the lips once, and apparently i survived it)

That she has an astonishing vocal range cannot be denied: she's really an amazing talent. (I've said the following elsewhere on this site, sorry for being redundant...)

BUT - Plague Mass is the only album I own that I'm simply incapable of listening to for more than five minutes. I know this music is not intended to be pleasant or "enjoyable", and I suppose it accomplishes what the artist intended, but...I just can't take it...she makes me feel depressed and uncomfortable, and those are moods i'd just as soon avoid.

You have to tell me the story of how you met her though, and what you did to earn a kiss. She doesn't seem like she'd be the touchy-feely type...




OOF! good call. even though they used to throw tons of reverb on her voice back in the day to hide the fact that her voice was flatter than a week-old can of shasta. still, her voice has that adorable kittenish quality that i can't help but adore, and her vox on "tiger bay" and "good humor" make me swoon....

Yeah, I felt a little chagrined putting her on my list because, well, obviously she's not blessed with the greatest set of pipes, but I do love St. Etienne and her coquettish style suites their sound just fine.

...and, naturally, I'm hopelessly in lust with her...


grammar and spelling edits galore...I'm very tired...
[This message was edited Mon May 24 17:26:09 2004 by flipwilson]
[This message was edited Mon May 24 17:28:34 2004 by flipwilson]

Sarah Cracknell is a cutie-pie.

Anxiety said:

She's a doll - she's my girlfriend in my dreams...

and in my nightmares, I'm being chased by Diamanda while she's wearing a strap-on...

MADONNA

Kylie Minogue
Lisa Stansfield
Belinda Carlisle
Lola Flores
Gloria Estefan
Celine Dion

Celia Cruz
India
Ella Fitzgerald
Aaliyah
Azucar Moreno
Sade
Dannii Minogue
Tina Turner
Thalìa
Björk
Anastacia
Sarita Montiel
Rosario
Pat Benatar
Billie Holliday
Paulina Rubio
Jody Watley
Selena
Anita Baker
Cher
Teena Marie
Mandy Moore
Annie Lennox


I love female vocalists.

bubbling under
Britney Spears
Jennifer Lopez
Christina Aguilera
Janet Jackson



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[This message was edited Mon May 24 22:45:06 2004 by Chico319]

flipwilson said:

yeah, but you have to admit - she makes for a sexy little avatar image.

Anxiety said:

You bet...maybe she is my kind of woman after all. Diamanda and me under a full moon...


...and if nothing else, she's got attitude, y'know? I mean, if you were in traffic and some person pulled up next to you with Diamanda blasting on their car stereo you would know this is not a fellow to be trifled with.

Grace Slick
Janis Joplin
Tammi Terrel
Diana Ross
Stevie Nicks
Blondie
Excene
Annie Lennox
Beth Gibbons
Alanis Morrisette

Oleta Adams
Erykah Badu
Anita Baker
Nikka Costa
N'dea Davenport
Roberta Flack
Aretha Franklin
Macy Gray can't help it
Whitney Houston pre-Bodygaurd
Phyllis Hyman
Shelby Johnson (if you don't know her, you'll know her soon enough)
Joi
Chaka Khan
Patti Labelle
Joni Mitchell
Jacci McGhee
Minnie Riperton
Jill Scott
Nina Simone
Syreeta
Sandra St. Victor
[This message was edited Mon May 24 19:24:15 2004 by psykosoul]

Donna Summer
The woman never gets her fair shake! By far the best voice I know of.

Other favorite singers:

Cher
Stevie Nicks
Jody Wately
Annie Lennox
Lisa Lisa (can't stop to those first few singles)

flipwilson said:

one time when my college roommate was trying to give the ol' brush-off to a girl who kept following around and bugging him, she called to invite herself over to our room so we both got gothed up in our best eyeliner and black lipstick, blasted some diamanda galas and sat on our beds drawing psychotic murder fantasy drawings with red crayons as she walked into our dorm room. oh, and it was the dead of winter and we opened our window all the way so it was snowing into our dorm room. when she saw our little performance, i then picked up a stuffed bunny and started stabbing it repeatedly with an x-acto knife as my roommate asked her if he ordered the pizza, would she eat it if he bled on it.

and so yeah, that did the trick. never heard from ol' girl again. i'd like to think diamanda was primarily to thank, even though i'm sure the sight of us in eddie munster drag was no treat for the eyes either.

VinnyM27 said:

DAMN that picture of Donna is HOTT HOTT HOTTT!!!!

flipwilson said:

diamanda galas is awesome!! although i have most of her more tame or accesssible work with the exception of plague mass, she is overly talented & i can really appreciate her message even though it is dark. i've heard she's quite easy to get along with as i've had friends weho've seen her live & even met her nearly nine times. for those not quite accustomed to her darker material, you might try the sporting life or the singer first. better yet, malediction & prayer which is my favorite album to date.

female vocalists??? i have lots....lemme see

happy rhodes
emily bezar
tori amos
beth gibbons
diamanda galas
kate bush
cocteau twins(liz fraser)
p j harvey
bjork
doro pesch
ani difranco
danielle dax
berlin(teri nunn)
lacuna coil(cristina scabbia)
mary fahl
blackmore's night(candice night)
sarah mclachlan
cat power(chan marshall)
sinead o' connor
janis joplin
stevie nicks
concrete blonde(johnette napolitano)
hope sandoval
tanya donnelly
julee cruise
mira(regina sosinsky)
loreena mckennitt
madonna
liz phair
patti smith
joni mitchell
fiona apple
annie lennox
natalie merchant
heart(ann & nancy wilson)
pat benatar

Kate Bush
Stevie Nicks
Tori Amos
Bjork
Billie Holiday
Ella Fitzgerald
Beth Gibbons

And others

psykosoul said:

Okay, psyko, were we seperated at birth or something?

okaypimpn said:

Either that or we must've grown up down the street from each other or something

psykosoul said:

I'm tellin' ya! You's my brotha for real!!!