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If you could choose one person to be able to sing like (like perfectly emulate their voice) who would you choose?
Personally, I really wish I could sing like the singer of red hot chili peppers, or maybe serj tankian.
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I would be pretty happy if I could sing like Jenny Lewis.
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Peter Tagtgren, obviously. How can you go wrong with Hypocrisy and Bloodbath?
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I would sing like myself. But thats just me.
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Alan Sparhawk, probably. Low is one of the only bands that I listen to where the singing is the thing I like most.
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I want to be able to yelp like Guy Picciotto or Rick Froberg or Joel Phelps. I'm not so happy with my voice right now so I think I may try singing in a Matt Kadane/Stephen Immerwahresque soft warble.
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Andrew Bird, with the hopes that I would be able to whistle as well as he can too.
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Thurston Moore
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Either Mark Lanegan or Kaigal-ool Khovalyg (one of the dudes from Huun-Huur-Tu, because throat-singing is fucking RAD). I will accept Krystoffer Rygg in a pinch.
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Kevin Max is a sexy man with a sexy voice. But so is Matt Berninger. Matt makes better music, but I can already sing closer to him than I can to Kevin. HMMMMM :?
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Bill Callahan. Or possibly Jason Molina.
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David Bowie.
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Jim Morrison or Bruce Dickinson.
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Britt Daniel.
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Andrew Bird, with the hopes that I would be able to whistle as well as he can too.
This, but with Jeff Mangum's lung capacity.
Or Sam Beam.
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Uh, Nick Cave. Yeah. Nick Cave or...Jarvis Cocker.
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Leslie Feist.
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David Bowie.
Damn, changed my mind. Bowie is the only acceptable answer.
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Amanda Palmer. Mirah.
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
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Jussi Björling.
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Michael Gira
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Bowie is the only acceptable answer.
Clearly you weren't paying attention when someone said "Sam Cooke" just a little while ago.
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Regina Spektor. I'm not really a fan of her music, but she does have an amazing voice.
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Cat Power. Female John Darnielle. Female Jonathan Meiburg.
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Calvin Johnson
This man has an excellent voice.
I'd go with Captain Beefheart though, simply for versatility. Except that I think this is a fairly silly idea and would really just stick with myself. I haven't heard myself sing since I was in a primary school choir before my voice broke. I don't sing, so I don't think it really matters.
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Regina Spektor. I'm not really a fan of her music, but she does have an amazing voice.
I would kill to have her voice. Really I would.
Also, Jens has chosen wisely. Well done grasshopper.
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Also, Jens has chosen wisely. Well done grasshopper.
Yes, yes, he did.
Although I'm glad he doesn't actually have Sheff's voice, because... Well, at the risk of sounding gross and creepy here, having someone in your family with that voice would've been very sexually frustrating.
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What? It had to be said. I feel sorry for Will Sheff's sisters if he has any, that's all.
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Frustrating for you, totally great for everyone else. Think of everyone else, Kristin.
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Oh, it's great for me too, seeing how I'm not Sheff's sister. Woo!
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Guys is Will Sheff cross-eyed?
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This is an interesting question that's you've posed. I like it!
I wish I could sing like either Shania Twain or Michael Buble. Although...I wish I had the vocal cords of a kid from my high school....if he sang Umbrella, he'd make you cry....
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Tetsuya Fukagawa from Envy
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As a dude I do not exactly want to be a dude and sound like Regina Spektor. I mean, it's not like the question is "If you could be any singer?"
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I also think it is interesting, though predicable, that males intuitively pick males (for the most part) and vice versa.
What? No, that's not interesting, it's just normal. Even though I (being a girl) listen to mostly male singers, I don't really wish I had the same voice as them. It would just have been surreal if I opened my mouth and sang with the voice of, say, Erlend Øye, even though I love his voice.
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Two words: Roy Khan.
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Johan Hegg of Amon Amarth
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Guys is Will Sheff cross-eyed?
Possibly, but why should it matter? The dude is extremely talented!
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It doesn't matter. I was just curious because I just GIS'd him because I didn't know what he looked like.
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He is dorky and awkward and maybe cross-eyed but still totally adorable.
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Tom Waits.
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Damon Albarn :D
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Bruce Dickinson without a doubt. Come on listen to Aces High.
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Andrew Bird, with the hopes that I would be able to whistle as well as he can too.
what he said.
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Either Alan Sparhawk, Ian Curtis or Jeremy Enigk.
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
Ooo. Dang. I can do some growls and yelps! In fact I enjoy doing so quite a lot. But this man. Dang.
Bruce Dickinson without a doubt. Come on listen to Aces High.
Bruce Dickinson is just an all-around awesome dude. Have you read the Wikipedia entry on him? He wrote a book! He fences! He flies planes! Whoa nelly.
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Giuseppe Giacomini. It's a shame he never had the attention his talent warranted.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy-CxEFrQO0&feature=related
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Probably Mark Lanegan.
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Freddie Mercury. Choosing anyone but him seems very odd to me.
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Sufjan Stevens has a really nice voice.
But aside from range and versatility, I would never want to change my voice, the timbre or inflection or whatever makes it unique.
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Brendan Kelly. Or Mike McColgan.
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Probably Mark Lanegan.
Smoke 500 packs of cigarettes and you'll be most of the way there.
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Probably Mark Lanegan.
Smoke 500 packs of cigarettes everyday and you'll be most of the way there.
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Or catch a cold.
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
This would be my answer as well, but honestly I don't think I believe you. Mike Patton has sung in an opera. Can you sing in an opera? I'm convinced that he can do just about anything.
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Matt Berninger or Neil Young. Even though they don't sound alike. Neil Young's voice is just completely coated in honesty.
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Waits or Sheff
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Meiburg or Carey Mercer
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David Tibet of Current 93 fame, or Bowie. But I'm such a terrible singer that I really shouldnt be picky.
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Johnny Cash.
If I were a woman, I would want to sing like Laura Veirs.
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Come to think of it, I'd like to be able to sing like the lead singer of Dragonforce. Dude's voice can be epic.
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All you have to do there is cut off your balls so they'll fit into the leather pants.
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Amanda Palmer (Dresden Dolls), but if I were a guy, definitely Fran Healy (Travis)
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cyndi lauper or martina topley bird.
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Anthony Warlow (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHwFDBXsm94) (Watch the whole video and listen to the whole song. It starts off fairly simply/easy, but the notes he hits near the end, and the power with which he sings them, send chills down my spine.)
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See, this is a tough choice, because I have to decide between someone who has really interesting vocal tics that I would like to be able to emulate but who I may possibly become as talented as, or someone who has a bevy of vocal talent and who I know I will never be as good as. Like, do I want to be able to sing like Yow, or to be able to sing like Bono?
Maybe both? Both is my answer. I would like to sing like Yow and Bono.
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I mean, I can already sing like Scott Walker.
Ask me next time you see me and I'll break into "CURAREEEEE, CURARE CURAAAAREE"
"SONNY BOYYYY"
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Zach Condon or Jeff Buckely.
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i'd love to be able to sing like Tim McIlrath from Rise Against. that sorta range, and the ability to scream, sing, AND that sorta gruff singing that's in-between the two.
that or Mike Patton :evil:
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Like, do I want to be able to sing like Yow, or to be able to sing like Bono?
Maybe both? Both is my answer. I would like to sing like Yow and Bono.
Personally I find Bono's voice pretty annoying. Maybe that is partly because I find him incredibly annoying, but whatever. Basically what I am saying is that you made a bad choice and should try again.
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David Tibet of Current 93 fame
Oh come on, anyone can pretty much sing like Tibet (maybe not the parts where he agonisingly screams for half a minute). I'd trade a limb to be able to write poetry like him though.
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
This would be my answer as well, but honestly I don't think I believe you. Mike Patton has sung in an opera. Can you sing in an opera? I'm convinced that he can do just about anything.
Okay, none of the yelps, screams, growls or opera. I also don't quite have his range. I have a lot of power, but I'm sure he could outstrip me there too.
The point is, trying to equal Mike Patton is my aim as a vocalist and what helps me get better at it. Something to aim for.
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Jeff Buckley. Good god that man had a voice.
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David Lee Roth (http://www.chunklet.com/images/upload/6/audio_file/Runnin%27%20With%20The%20Devil.mp3)
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
This would be my answer as well, but honestly I don't think I believe you. Mike Patton has sung in an opera. Can you sing in an opera? I'm convinced that he can do just about anything.
Okay, none of the yelps, screams, growls or opera. I also don't quite have his range. I have a lot of power, but I'm sure he could outstrip me there too.
The point is, trying to equal Mike Patton is my aim as a vocalist and what helps me get better at it. Something to aim for.
i find it fairly easy to mimic the two melodic styles he used in FNM (the sorta nasal style on The Real Thing, and the thicker, deeper tone he uses on Angel Dust onwards), but his screams and yelps kill my throat almost immediately (although i've never been good at screaming). i find, in terms of range, his ridiculous lows (like the verses of "Ashes to Ashes") are harder to reach than his highs.
but hell, how fun is it to throw on "Everything's Ruined" and sing along, eh!?
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Matt Barlow
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Tom Waits on Kentucky Avenue. That shit could make me cry sometimes.
Freddie Mercury. There's such a huge range there, and he can get them all perfect every time.
Oh, and Colonel Klink, when he does the opening bit of Ride of the Valkyries on that episode of Hogan's Heroes. Undiluted awesome.
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Same gender: Maxine Sullivan, Peggy Lee, Neko Case.
Different gende: Jeff Buckley, Willie Watson from Old Crow Medicine Show, Joe Strummer.
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i find it fairly easy to mimic the two melodic styles he used in FNM (the sorta nasal style on The Real Thing, and the thicker, deeper tone he uses on Angel Dust onwards), but his screams and yelps kill my throat almost immediately (although i've never been good at screaming). i find, in terms of range, his ridiculous lows (like the verses of "Ashes to Ashes") are harder to reach than his highs.
but hell, how fun is it to throw on "Everything's Ruined" and sing along, eh!?
I think 'Land Of Sunshine' has one of his wider ranges. I use that song as my vocal warm-up because it's so all over the place.
I can hit the low notes on 'Ashes To Ashes,' it's 'Stripsearch' that freaks me the fuck out.
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David Tibet of Current 93 fame
Oh come on, anyone can pretty much sing like Tibet (maybe not the parts where he agonisingly screams for half a minute). I'd trade a limb to be able to write poetry like him though.
You underestimate how much I can't sing, I really am quite terrible, as in completely tone deaf terrible. But it's all about the screaming. Thats just brilliant.
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i find it fairly easy to mimic the two melodic styles he used in FNM (the sorta nasal style on The Real Thing, and the thicker, deeper tone he uses on Angel Dust onwards), but his screams and yelps kill my throat almost immediately (although i've never been good at screaming). i find, in terms of range, his ridiculous lows (like the verses of "Ashes to Ashes") are harder to reach than his highs.
but hell, how fun is it to throw on "Everything's Ruined" and sing along, eh!?
I think 'Land Of Sunshine' has one of his wider ranges. I use that song as my vocal warm-up because it's so all over the place.
I can hit the low notes on 'Ashes To Ashes,' it's 'Stripsearch' that freaks me the fuck out.
yeah, LoS is definitely a fun one - although the only real hard bit is to get those last three words ("varicose.... comatose.... SEE-EEE-NIIIIIILLLLLE!!!!") to sound right. i'm not too bad at it. i havn't tried singing stripsearch for the longest time, but i'll have a go...
you tried "the cowboy song"? that chorus is huge fun to sing! in fact, pretty much all of it is! how that didn't make it onto The Real Thing is a total mystery to me.
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Wayne Static or Manard James Keenan.
Or Michael Jackson because it'd be funny as hell.
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Joni Mitchell. Oh God. I would give almost anything to actually be Joni Mitchell.
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala probably
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Freddie Mercury. Choosing anyone but him seems very odd to me.
I'd trade a kidney to have a falsetto that's as half as good as his.
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One day I will battle Ted Leo to the death in a bid for his vocal chords. In the meantime I guess I can settle for what I've got. I've grown to find it tolerable as my agonizingly slow adolescent development progresses.
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yeah, LoS is definitely a fun one - although the only real hard bit is to get those last three words ("varicose.... comatose.... SEE-EEE-NIIIIIILLLLLE!!!!") to sound right. i'm not too bad at it. i havn't tried singing stripsearch for the longest time, but i'll have a go...
I can nail those, but I can't quite hit the 'senile' yet. I can do the voice, but not hit the higher note. And the chorus of 'Stripsearch' is crazy low.
you tried "the cowboy song"? that chorus is huge fun to sing! in fact, pretty much all of it is! how that didn't make it onto The Real Thing is a total mystery to me.
They decided to fill it with a cover of Black Sabbath for no reason instead?
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I'd love to sing like Hansi Kursch. Not only does he have a lovely voice for melodic power metal as well as thrashy power metal, but his softer voice is like silver spun into vocals.
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Harriet Wheeler
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See, this is a tough choice, because I have to decide between someone who has really interesting vocal tics that I would like to be able to emulate but who I may possibly become as talented as, or someone who has a bevy of vocal talent and who I know I will never be as good as. Like, do I want to be able to sing like Yow, or to be able to sing like Bono?
Maybe both? Both is my answer. I would like to sing like Yow and Bono.
I'm with you on this. Well not Bono but perhaps Gordon Downie (the tragically hip) for his interesting vocal tics. For female voice i'd pick Alison Krause because she's talented both with a pleasant voice and with her use of other instuments. But really i'd like Robert Plant because I hate the sound of my own voice when played back to me.
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yeah, LoS is definitely a fun one - although the only real hard bit is to get those last three words ("varicose.... comatose.... SEE-EEE-NIIIIIILLLLLE!!!!") to sound right. i'm not too bad at it. i havn't tried singing stripsearch for the longest time, but i'll have a go...
I can nail those, but I can't quite hit the 'senile' yet. I can do the voice, but not hit the higher note. And the chorus of 'Stripsearch' is crazy low.
you tried "the cowboy song"? that chorus is huge fun to sing! in fact, pretty much all of it is! how that didn't make it onto The Real Thing is a total mystery to me.
They decided to fill it with a cover of Black Sabbath for no reason instead?
i dunno, the "Stripsearch" chorus sounds like he's just talking deeply rather than actually singing, in which case it isn't too hard, but that's actually singing at a ridiculously low pitch, then yeah, that's pretty insane!
and "for no reason" is pretty harsh on the "War Pigs" cover - to me, that's the definitive version! i listen to it way more than the original! there's also the added bonus that if you do "War Pigs" at karaoke and sing it like Patton does, people who haven't heard the FNM version think you're putting your own spin on it, and buy you drinks afterwards! i did that, and actually ran off the little stage thing to go buy a drink during the instrumental parts in the middle of the song :evil:
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Alison Krause
Listen to her stuff from before she worked with Robert Plant. You will change your mind. Did such a shitty cover of Keith Whitley that he re-animated just so he could drink himself to death again.
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Michael Akerfeldt
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Superb Lyrebird!
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i dunno, the "Stripsearch" chorus sounds like he's just talking deeply rather than actually singing, in which case it isn't too hard, but that's actually singing at a ridiculously low pitch, then yeah, that's pretty insane!
and "for no reason" is pretty harsh on the "War Pigs" cover - to me, that's the definitive version! i listen to it way more than the original! there's also the added bonus that if you do "War Pigs" at karaoke and sing it like Patton does, people who haven't heard the FNM version think you're putting your own spin on it, and buy you drinks afterwards! i did that, and actually ran off the little stage thing to go buy a drink during the instrumental parts in the middle of the song :evil:
I dunno if I could even talk that low, man.
It just seemed a bit pointless to have a cover like that on an the album when FNM were so much about being weird and let their individuality fly, then they just cover Sabbath? But then covers weren't really their forte. I like their cover of 'Easy,' but that's pointless too.
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It just seemed a bit pointless to have a cover like that on an the album when FNM were so much about being weird and let their individuality fly, then they just cover Sabbath? But then covers weren't really their forte. I like their cover of 'Easy,' but that's pointless too.
i think the whole point of "war pigs" was that it was something you wouldn't expect. you'd think they'd be against idea of covering such a well known classic, so they went ahead and did it to fuck with people. i've heard somewhere that the cover of "easy" was done to piss off people who shouted "play that cover song you guys do!" (reffering to war pigs, of course).
one of their best songs came from covering themselves though - you heard the re-recorded version of "as the worm turns" with patton on vocals? (the studio version, not the live one on that best of disc). kicks the original's ass, owing mainly to the fact that chuck mosely was a terrible vocalist, and patton is some sort of voice-god.
damn, we need us a FNM thread!
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It just seemed a bit pointless to have a cover like that on an the album when FNM were so much about being weird and let their individuality fly, then they just cover Sabbath? But then covers weren't really their forte. I like their cover of 'Easy,' but that's pointless too.
i think the whole point of "war pigs" was that it was something you wouldn't expect. you'd think they'd be against idea of covering such a well known classic, so they went ahead and did it to fuck with people. i've heard somewhere that the cover of "easy" was done to piss off people who shouted "play that cover song you guys do!" (reffering to war pigs, of course).
one of their best songs came from covering themselves though - you heard the re-recorded version of "as the worm turns" with patton on vocals? (the studio version, not the live one on that best of disc). kicks the original's ass, owing mainly to the fact that chuck mosely was a terrible vocalist, and patton is some sort of voice-god.
damn, we need us a FNM thread!
my mother saw FNM in upstate NY a loooooooooong time ago, and they did a cover of the Nestles theme song. it's still great.
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Superb Lyrebird!
Pfft, everyone knows the Albert's Lyrebird (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert%27s_Lyrebird) has way more indie cred.
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Kurt Cobain, Mark Lanegan or Steve Brooks (Floor, Torche). That would be kickass!
Kinda funny remark: Kurt Cobain's voice got better when he got into Heroin and Mark Lanegan was abusing various chemicals at the age of 17 or something == drug abusal makes you good at singing :D (more like gives the abuser a whiskey voice)
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I'm with you on this. Well not Bono but perhaps Gordon Downie (the tragically hip) for his interesting vocal tics.
Oh god damn that's a good pick. Downie always sounds like he's just barely in control of himself.
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Not gonna lie, I really like the voice of the guy from Radiohead. "No Surprises" is stunningly beautiful any way you look at it.
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Mikael Åkerfeldt, probably.
Or Thom Yorke.
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Meat Loaf! He has an amazing voice
And it's freak the living shit out of anyone who hears me sing. Here's this scrawny Sven-lookin fella, and OMG he's singing like a fat guy.
Man I'd love to sing like Meat Loaf
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Meat Loaf! He has an amazing voice
And it's freak the living shit out of anyone who hears me sing. Here's this scrawny Sven-lookin fella, and OMG he's singing like a fat guy.
Man I'd love to sing like Meat Loaf
never thought of him! i've been told i look kinda like meatloaf, so it'd be kinda cool to be able to sing like him too!
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and "for no reason" is pretty harsh on the "War Pigs" cover - to me, that's the definitive version! i listen to it way more than the original! there's also the added bonus that if you do "War Pigs" at karaoke and sing it like Patton does, people who haven't heard the FNM version think you're putting your own spin on it, and buy you drinks afterwards!
Agreed! Speaking of better-than-original Sabbath covers, have you heard the Dio version of "Black Sabbath," the one from Live Evil? Dio is a man who knows how to bring out all of the evil in a song. My list:
Chris Cornell
Robert Plant
Mikael Akerfeldt
Bruce Dickinson
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(http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/8489/52723257av2.jpg)
This guy. a hundred times this guy
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Glenn Danzig or Joan Baez.
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Jonathan Meiburg
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Ramona Cordova. Period. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQfjsTPOcg)
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The Lead Singer of Jane's Addiction is my top pick. Chris Chornell(SP) is a close second, with Kurt Cobain and Rivers Cuomo tied for third.
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Really, Ramona Cordova? It's pretty, but I think my ideal voice is more something weird and unusual than that sort of thing. *shrug*
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The Lead Singer of Jane's Addiction is my top pick. Chris Chornell(SP) is a close second, with Kurt Cobain and Rivers Cuomo tied for third.
Cornell.
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definitely chris cornell.
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Meat Loaf! He has an amazing voice
And it's freak the living shit out of anyone who hears me sing. Here's this scrawny Sven-lookin fella, and OMG he's singing like a fat guy.
Man I'd love to sing like Meat Loaf
It's too bad that Meatloaf has somewhat unfairly become a joke. He has an immensely powerful and oftentimes very emotional voice. I've heard his music described as "Wagnerian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wagner) rock," and I think that's accurate.
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It's that horribly oversaturated vibrato that kills it for me.
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Wait, duh: Russell Allen from Symphony X. But only if I can emote like him on stage and somehow come to the conclusion that moving to Jersey from LA is the same as moving to NYC.
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The singer from Khanate, no question!
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Mike Patton.
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J.J. Grey of Mofro. Great, gravelly, creole drawl.
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Jack White, or Zach De La Rocha.
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like the singer from amon amarth or nile (johan hegg and Dallas toler Wade, respectively) because i would love to be able to do that sort of standard, powerful death growl, no pig squeels or gutturals for me thanks.
hell if i could to that with any respectable volume i would use it to order food and stuff!
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Jack White, or Zach De La Rocha.
Zach de la Rocha's never sung a note in his life! He raps and shouts.
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Not true, Gaz, he sang in their cover of "Kick Out The Jams".
God I hate that cover
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More of the voice of him then to sing like him. Kick out the jams was alright, but i cant stand Renegades of Funk.
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I can't stand that cover, because it's just begging for Morello to just do a NORMAL solo for once, some blistering blues solo or something, but he does one of his weird ones, when the rest of the cover is just a note-perfect rehash of the original. It's annoying.
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And we all know Tom Morello can do a normal solo. See: "Like A Stone" - Audioslave. That's one of my favourite solos ever. And you have to love his whammy pedal w/ reverb and delay.
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Fuck Audioslave. Rage is fine, Soundgarden is fine. Chris Cornell trying to sing for Rage is annoying. I know the genre's are completely different but it annoys me that i know its the members from rage and its not as powerful. And Tom Morello's solos are what set him apart from other guitarists. What other guitarists have you seen that can solo like him?
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Satch has that one wicked whammy solo...
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Rage is fine, Soundgarden is fine. Chris Cornell trying to sing for Rage is annoying.
I won't argue this. I'm just saying, the guitar solo is bitchin'. Still smacks of Morello despite being entirely new territory (and that's all it is, it's new, it doesn't make it inferior). Chris Cornell has fuck-all to do with Tom Morello's guitar playing.
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And Tom Morello's solos are what set him apart from other guitarists. What other guitarists have you seen that can solo like him?
Yes. I know. And I love his solos. But on that song, it was horribly out of place.
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His solos definitely changed when he went to audioslave. Thats all im saying.
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yurp, not every song needs a weird solo though. that one would have been much better with a normal, good solo in it.
which satch song are you referring too? he certainly has enough unique guitar sounds and trick to put him on a level with morello for weird solos. although satriani seems much better at making his solos match the song.
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I think it's called Waiting or something...it was 10 minutes long, and I'm fairly certain it was on Strange Beautiful Music.
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i'd actually quite like to able to sing in a raspy but tuneful way like a lot of gruffer pop-punk bands. for example Ryan from Off with Their Heads sounds like a particularly melodious tractor engine, which is awesome.
http://www.myspace.com/offwiththeirheads (http://www.myspace.com/offwiththeirheads) see "i am you" on here for an example. or anything on the myspace tbqh.
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Ramona Cordova. Period. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQfjsTPOcg)
Dude, I booked a show with Clues and Elfin Saddle for the other night. There was a third opener who dropped out b/c one of the members was sick. So Brendan Reed from Clues was like, we're friends with this guy who lives really nearby named Ramon Alarcon and he performs as Ramona Cordova, would you want him to open? And I was like, well I've never heard of the guy but sure, sounds cool. Anyway he came out and played a set by himself on acoustic guitar and was pretty frickin brilliant not to mention a really nice guy. He has an awesome voice to be sure. I didn't know he was well known but it's cool that he is.
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fred durst
wait sing like or play guitar like
either way it's the same answer. i wanna do it all for the nookie.
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I'm going to go with Dan Marsala from Story of the Year. Dude's got a killer scream.
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Robin Pecknold, of Fleet Foxes. Although I can already mimic his voice pretty well.
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Ray White, from Zappa's band. Guy could sing anything - high, low, impressions, weird voices, animal noises...
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that answer is simple.
Morrissey. the man has a voice of the gods.
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Hmm... Tough decisions....
For me, a toss up between Jon Anderson, Chris Cornell (like, in his prime), or Layne Staley.
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that answer is simple.
Morrissey. the man has a voice of the gods.
The more of The Smiths I listen to, the more I realise how much more there is to thiis man's voice than I thought.
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that answer is simple.
Morrissey. the man has a voice of the gods.
The more of The Smiths I listen to, the more I realise how much more there is to thiis man's voice than I thought.
the mans voice is hauntingly beautiful and perfect. i wish i had half the voice of him
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Eugene Hutz.
Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof.
Or a hybrid of both.
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Man, imagine Satomi Matsuzaki with a Ukrainian accent.
And i thought Deerhoof was already at maximum insanity level.
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Same gender: Neko Case, Jem, Poe, whichever member of The Breeders is the one with the sort of throaty voice (the one that does lead on "Drivin' On 9"), Carol van Dyk, Storm Large, Kathleen Hanna.
Not the same gender: someone said Zach Condon and Jeff Buckley and I agree. Also Britt Daniel, A.A. Bondy, Neil Hannon, and Hawksley Workman. And Guy Garvey.
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Well, I started trying to pull off the whole Amy Lee (Evanescence) thing, but I could never quite pull off the high notes, and who says girls have to sing high anyway.
So now I'm leaning in the opposite direction towards Ben Burnley (Breaking Benjamin) and David Draiman (Disturbed). Now I just need the same control in the lows that I have in the mid-range, and I'll be awesome, and people will be confused.
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John Garcia followed by Bowie, Johnny Cash and Tom Waits.
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Recently I've been really digging Colin Meloy's style so I'd pick him.
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I have been trying to sing like Mariah Carey. Do you like it?
http://ghostfacekilobyte.com/2008/12/02/always-be-my-baby/ (http://ghostfacekilobyte.com/2008/12/02/always-be-my-baby/)
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It does not matter because once upon a time he was a fucking incredible rock singer, and I stand by my answer.
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yeah, who gives a shit as to what he looks like, he was amazing in soundgarden.
My list would be:
Chris Cornell
Jeff Buckley
while still being able to roar like Mikael Akerfeldt
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Sam Cooke, Skip James.
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Huh, nobody's picked Johnny Whitney yet? I find his singing oddly appealing and love the heck out of Jaguar Love.
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yeah, who gives a shit as to what he looks like, he was amazing in soundgarden.
And even better in Temple of the Dog.
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Beyonce, sure she makes horrible horrible music, but if I could sing like her I would use my powers for good.
And then probably ruin my voice by screaming too many songs. It would be worth it.
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Beyonce covers Slayer.
Beyonce covers Deerhoof.
Beyonce covers The Pixies.
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Beyonce covers Amon Amarth
Beyonce covers the Boredoms
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My mind is telling me Frank Sinatra, but my heart is telling me Nick Cave...
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Sinatra for the win.
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Tom Waits.
and/or
Elvis
and just for awful pranks: Celine Dion
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Honestly, probably Corey Taylor. Regardless of what you want to say about Slipknot or Stone Sour, I'll stick with the fact that I think the guy has a great voice and I would love to be able to do what he can.
After that, Damon Albarn or David Draiman, probably.
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and "for no reason" is pretty harsh on the "War Pigs" cover - to me, that's the definitive version! i listen to it way more than the original! there's also the added bonus that if you do "War Pigs" at karaoke and sing it like Patton does, people who haven't heard the FNM version think you're putting your own spin on it, and buy you drinks afterwards!
Agreed! Speaking of better-than-original Sabbath covers, have you heard the Dio version of "Black Sabbath," the one from Live Evil? Dio is a man who knows how to bring out all of the evil in a song. My list:
Chris Cornell
Robert Plant
Mikael Akerfeldt
Bruce Dickinson
Agreed.
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Ramona Cordova. Period. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeQfjsTPOcg)
Dude, I booked a show with Clues and Elfin Saddle for the other night. There was a third opener who dropped out b/c one of the members was sick. So Brendan Reed from Clues was like, we're friends with this guy who lives really nearby named Ramon Alarcon and he performs as Ramona Cordova, would you want him to open? And I was like, well I've never heard of the guy but sure, sounds cool. Anyway he came out and played a set by himself on acoustic guitar and was pretty frickin brilliant not to mention a really nice guy. He has an awesome voice to be sure. I didn't know he was well known but it's cool that he is.
My knowledge of Ramona Cordova also comes from a personal acquaintanceship with someone who knows him. I've spread his music around a bit but I don't think "well-known" really applies here.
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Julie Christmas, for the endless entertainment value in frightening children and small animals.
Or, for the entertainment value in being able to sing extraordinarily well, probably Mikael Akerfeldt. Or Frank Sinatra.
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Actually, I'm gonna add another one to my list.
Trent Reznor.
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Dustin Kensrue of Thrice.
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David Eugene Edwards (of 16 Horsepower and Wovenhand), but I'd need his musical talent, too.
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I'd like to sing like myself.
At least I got my wish.
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Mark Knopfler, Bruce Springsteen, or Leonard Cohen. But I wouldn't sing any Cohen songs :)
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After that, Damon Albarn or David Draiman, probably.
Those are two wildly disparate singers. Damon sings in a Mockney accent and dude from Disturbed does "OOH AHH AHH AHH" every chorus. :-D
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Will Oldham or Elliott Smith
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I want to go back and steal Janis Joplin's voice.
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Jónsi
Sam Beam
Justin Vernon
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I can't remember now if I DID post this (as I planned a few times, but am not sure if I did):
I realised that I am satisfied with singing as myself. I have a really, like, sexy voice (all manly and everything). Just have to figure out how to completely stop trying to copy some of the voices, and everything will be just fine.
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That Chino Moreno guy purrs like Walrus. Ye'.
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Tom Waits.
Yes I agree. I believe that if there is a God he sounds like Tom.
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having just had an absolute SESSION of everything Hot Water Music-related, i'm gonna say Chris Wollard. or Chuck Ragan, although i think Chris is the better vocalist by a TINY bit.
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Why hasn't anyone said Bob Nanna yet? I love his voice so much.
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he's got a great sorta quality of voice, but not much of a range, he seems to strain a lot.
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Mike Patton. I can do most of what he does, but none of the yelps or screams or growls.
I knew someone was going to beat me to calling him.
however I find the screaming the easier part of his repertoire.
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I'd want to sing like Neil Patrick Harris.
Not cause I have huge a man crush on him, but if you've heard the Dr.Horrible's Sing-Along-Blog Soundtrack, you can tell what a crazy range the dude has. I'm mostly baritone. Not so swell.
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Pavarotti.
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Adam Duritz.
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Geddy Lee.
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Um... Interesting choice I guess? You'd have a lifelong career as a Rush tribute singer, if nothing else.
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I have a little more than 3-octave range, from low-baritone to mid-tenor (I guess? It's around there, I can sing relatively high), so I'd like to utilize the voice I have...sing like Geddy Lee, who wishes he could sing like Robert Plant.
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Actually, I'd like to sound like David Bowie. I've realized my life ambition is to be able to sing "Heroes" without sounding like a total douche.
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Eugene Hutz.
Satomi Matsuzaki of Deerhoof.
Or a hybrid of both.
you sir, win the thread. i mean it wasn't a competition but you win for all of time and forevermore. i mean... damn.
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Hetfield circa Load, and Garm from Ulver from their last two albums. <33333
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Either Buckley, John Lennon or Rab Allan from Glasvegas (although I already have the accent sorted).
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Man, Stumpen from Knorkator, all the way
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It'd be fun to be able to sing like Rick Astley or Trent Reznor, just because I could annoy the crap out of just about everyone with the former and my little sister with the latter.
Failing that Mike Patton since I could then also probably make all sorts of crazy noises like the dude from Police Academy.
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Just about anybody can sound like Rick Astley if they sing with a full-bodied voice.
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Man, I'm not about to experiment with my voice to see if I can sound like Rick Astley.
Really, my entire post really boils down to "I've never honestly thought about this before and I'm not about to start now."
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ella fitzgerald
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I'd have to say, probably either Gavin Hayes or Jaz Coleman
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Anthony Warlow - he can do it all - opera, musical theater, rock, jazz.
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David Bowie.
Without a doubt, I'd pick him too.
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James Labrie
:-P
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Chris Cornell - Badmotorfinger days
Nick Cave and Mike Patton are both good answers
/edit - It's occured to me that if I had any of those voices, I would be mistaken for a male person on the phone a lot.
mm. PJ Harvey?
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I wish i could rap....
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It's a wish all white guys have
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It's a wish all white guys have
busted. :lol:
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Billy Joe Armstrong
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^Just plug your nose and whine.
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Ewan Mcgregor from Moulin Rouge!
awesome voice!
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Oh he has such a lovely voice. Ewan McGregor I <3 you.
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Iva Davies of Icehouse