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Awesome singing.
Scandanavian War Machine:
--- Quote from: Ravenbomb ---Male: fucking Mike Patton
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the only reason i didnt mention mike patton was because i didnt want to hurt anyone. Because sometimes when people realize the truth, their heads explode. but since everyone seems to be fine:
MIKE PATTON!!!!
Storm Rider:
Khan from Kamelot is pretty damn good.
Cartilage Head:
A certain Mr. Sam Beam has quite a nice singing voice.
As far as all out kick-ass singing goes..Idina Menzel is my absolute favorite.
pip_helix:
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--- Quote from: Kai ---On the other hand, vocals that almost ruin an album for me... the songs that Nico sings on on The Velvet Underground and Nico. Can't stand them.
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Nico scares the shit out of everyone. Or just weirds them out.
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aw, i really like nico.
also, torquil and amy from stars. well, mostly just torquil. the guy's just fucking amazing live. really versatile. and amy millan's voice is so pure, it's like crystal. lovely.
nuisance:
I'd third (?) Sam Beam.
Tim Buckley, mainly for his soft, restrained stuff, not so much for the truly out there shit he's generally praised for.. big ups 'Blue Afternoon', 'Happy Sad'. And the calm in the storm that is Song to the Siren, from 'Starsailor'. (Psst fuck you Liz Fraser ;))
When I think of great singing, I generally gravitate to the r&b/soul/funk/disco axis.. Curtis Mayfield, Michael Jackson, Donna Summer, Marlena Shaw, Eddie Kendricks, Prince, Chaka Khan when she's not being insanely over the top, Aaron Neville (took me a while to get over the terrible shit I knew him for, from the mid-late 80s), even Mariah Carey whe she's not all over the shop... pity most of her songs are absolute dreck, but the last album is about 50/50 good shit / just shit.
Inkeeping with Khar's comment about technique, I thought part of what made Amelie's 1 Thing the best song of last year was her vocals had more personality than polish. To compare with other popular Rich Harrison productions, you've got Beyonce on the one hand (all polish, no personality?) and Jennifer Lopez on the other (umm... neither).
David Sylvian, although he seems kind of limited to me, has a beautiful presence, I guess like Sam Beam in that respect (although not in sound). And often I love his songs.
Mark Hollis has an incredible way with space and dynamics. I lose cool points for enjoying the more pop Talk Talk records over the later ones, but at any stage in the game he was just a fantastic singer. (pssst fuck you, Gwen Stefani ;))
And although I haven't been able to listen to goth records since my teens, Andrew Eldritch has undeniable presence on some of the old Sisters rekkids.
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