[Music] If you were a vocalist whose singing voice would you choose?

[Goldstone1976]

Great thread.

Male: Pavarotti, Robert Plant, Leonard Cohen, George Michael.

Female: Ella, Sarah Vaughan, Billie Holiday, Amy Winehouse.

One, you say?

George Michael.

 

[METALMICKY]

Ronnie James Dio

 

[Perry Milkins]

Don Henley or Judith Durham.

 

[5Ways Gull]

Bowie, Stipe, George Michael, Joan Armatrading, Suzanne Vega.

Can I have 5?

 

[Peacehaven Wild Kids]

Sice (Boo Radleys)

 

[Man of Harveys]

Sam Cooke, no question.

 

[Cheshire Cat]

Not Des though.

 

[Rdodge30]

The guy who does the cover of sound of silence that’s on every reel you see at the moment. As the song progresses he’s about as good as I’ve heard

 

[Weststander]

Máire Brennan (from Clannad, who‘s also a sister of Enya). To have ‘that’ singing voice.
or
Johnny Cash
or
Art Garfunkel

 

[Nitram]

Robert Plant
Not - Peter Gabriel

 

[A1X]

Sinatra

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Easy.
For: the sublime Billy MacKenzie
Against: Bob Dylan.

 

[lawros left foot]

Sam Cooke, Nat ‘King’ Cole’

Definitely not James Blunt.

Sorry @Harry Wilson's tackle

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

If you were to be a vocalist either in a band or as a solo artist whose voice would you like to be blessed with?

And conversely whose voice would you prefer to not be saddled with?

Please note this is not a best and worst singer thread.

For instance there may be some technically very good singers whose voice you just find particularly grating, or there may be those whose vocal abilities are somewhat limited but their voice has a certain unique quality which appeals to you. I suppose your choice of singing voice will be determined by the kind of material you will be singing.

A word of caution, please choose your singing voice with care and consideration because once chosen you are stuck with that voice for the rest of your singing career...

Why have so many people just listed one singer,
Or one good male singer and one good female singer
Or several singers?

Some f***ing thick people on this board.
There, I said it.

 

[HantsSeagull]

Al Bowlly of course

 

[Miximate]

Frank

 

[Rdodge30]

Some f***ing thick people on this board.
There, I said it.

It cracks me up the things you choose to care about Harry !!

The reason I didn’t put both answers is because I didn’t read the full post, however now that I have I know the voice I hate the most morrisey

 

[Algernon]

Bon Scott, before he died.

Not
Sam Smith

 

[clapham_gull]

Seriously.

We could do a duet.

 

[Skaville]

Marvin Gaye. What a voice