If you could sing like one person

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IronWing

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Jul 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: moshquerade
Joss Stone

I imagine you more as Big Maybelle with the blowtorch voice. Look her up, amazing singer. Or Judy Henske, maybe.
 

zinfamous

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Jul 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: LilPima
Frankie or Sam Cooke, if I was a guy. I may throw some on right now actually.

Girls maybe Ella Fitzgerald or Mariah Carey.

Oooo nice pick.

as for ladies, I'd say Billie Holiday.
 

zinfamous

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Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Sting. I hate to say it - I hate to say it - it's probably Sting.

Circa, 1980. All his recent jazz-fusion nonsense is terrible.

I think that song was from the early 90s actually.

<--Sting fan. :p

Yeah, I'd kill to have his musical talent.

wait...and you call someone who likes Sinatra and Sam Cooke gay? WTMFBBQOMGSNORGLESAUCE.

your head is not thinking properly.

you got a problem with Otis too?
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: DangerAardvark
Originally posted by: UberNeuman
Sting. I hate to say it - I hate to say it - it's probably Sting.

Circa, 1980. All his recent jazz-fusion nonsense is terrible.

I think that song was from the early 90s actually.

<--Sting fan. :p

Yeah, I'd kill to have his musical talent.

wait...and you call someone who likes Sinatra and Sam Cooke gay? WTMFBBQOMGSNORGLESAUCE.

your head is not thinking properly.

you got a problem with Otis too?

Sittin' in the muck of the bay, wastin' time...
 

clamum

Lifer
Feb 13, 2003
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I ask myself this question now and again. I usually come up with:

Kurt Cobain
Chris Cornell
Mike Ness
Greg Graffin
 

rudeguy

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Originally posted by: LilPima
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: rudeguy
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: LilPima
Frankie or Sam Cooke, if I was a guy. I may throw some on right now actually.

Girls maybe Ella Fitzgerald or Mariah Carey.

You're gay aren't you...

I thought she was a girl?

My bad...couldn't get past the first two of her responses. :laugh:

<--Girl! and those are classics :)

:camera:s?
 

LilPima

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oh that is good
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: LilPima
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Joss Stone

That's a good one, I thought about it. But would the accent be all the time or only when I sing? :confused:
what accent? :p

Here's her tribute to Janis Joplin (along with Melissa Etheridge), but she clearly out sings even Etheridge in my book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IiRR__DWg

oooh, nice, yeah she does.
 

zinfamous

No Lifer
Jul 12, 2006
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Originally posted by: LilPima
oh that is good
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: LilPima
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Joss Stone

That's a good one, I thought about it. But would the accent be all the time or only when I sing? :confused:
what accent? :p

Here's her tribute to Janis Joplin (along with Melissa Etheridge), but she clearly out sings even Etheridge in my book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IiRR__DWg

oooh, nice, yeah she does.

nice solid voice. too clean for that song though...or maybe I just can't get Janis' whiskey voice out of my head.
 

moshquerade

No Lifer
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: LilPima
oh that is good
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: LilPima
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Joss Stone

That's a good one, I thought about it. But would the accent be all the time or only when I sing? :confused:
what accent? :p

Here's her tribute to Janis Joplin (along with Melissa Etheridge), but she clearly out sings even Etheridge in my book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IiRR__DWg

oooh, nice, yeah she does.

nice solid voice. too clean for that song though...or maybe I just can't get Janis' whiskey voice out of my head.

are you saying she does Janis better than Janis? :p
 

jjzelinski

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For pure talent of course I would say someone like Andrea Boccelli, but I'm inclined to break down my preferences by genre.

For rock, Maynard James Keenan.

For folk/country, Johnny Cash.

Chris Cornell whines so much it makes my eyes bleed to hear him sing; audioslave anyone? *BARF*

For women, I've always really liked the voice of Mama Cass. Alternatively, the gal from Dead can Dance is ridiculously talented.
 

IronWing

No Lifer
Jul 20, 2001
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Originally posted by: jjzelinski
For pure talent of course I would say someone like Andrea Boccelli, but I'm inclined to break down my preferences by genre.

For rock, Maynard James Keenan.

For folk/country, Johnny Cash.

Chris Cornell whines so much it makes my eyes bleed to hear him sing; audioslave anyone? *BARF*

For women, I've always really liked the voice of Mama Cass. Alternatively, the gal from Dead can Dance is ridiculously talented.

Lisa Gerrard
 

jjzelinski

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Aug 23, 2004
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Originally posted by: ironwing
Originally posted by: jjzelinski
For pure talent of course I would say someone like Andrea Boccelli, but I'm inclined to break down my preferences by genre.

For rock, Maynard James Keenan.

For folk/country, Johnny Cash.

Chris Cornell whines so much it makes my eyes bleed to hear him sing; audioslave anyone? *BARF*

For women, I've always really liked the voice of Mama Cass. Alternatively, the gal from Dead can Dance is ridiculously talented.

Lisa Gerrard

Thank you, I couldn't remember off the top of my head :)
 

BurnItDwn

Lifer
Oct 10, 1999
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Number one vocalist would be Lemmy by a longshot.
Otherwise It would be awesome to be able to sing like one of the dudes from Huun-Huur-Tu .... that stuff is incredible. Or I would sing like Silenius from Abigor, that guy probably did so much damage to his voice box he probably sounds almost as cool as Lemmy.
Also, It would be awesome to have the vocal abilities of Mikael Akerfeldt.
 

BlackTigers

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Jan 15, 2006
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Originally posted by: zinfamous
Originally posted by: LilPima
oh that is good
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Originally posted by: LilPima
Originally posted by: moshquerade
Joss Stone

That's a good one, I thought about it. But would the accent be all the time or only when I sing? :confused:
what accent? :p

Here's her tribute to Janis Joplin (along with Melissa Etheridge), but she clearly out sings even Etheridge in my book

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4IiRR__DWg

oooh, nice, yeah she does.

nice solid voice. too clean for that song though...or maybe I just can't get Janis' whiskey voice out of my head.

she's not too bad on the eyes either. =]

I've always liked her voice.