female voice
 

I am watching "What's Love Got to Do With It" -

I think when you add them up and put them all together - Tina is the best for emotion ever.

I think Stevie is one of the best ever - top five in fact, esp. after hearing Circle Dance solo - sheebus.

So - here is my list - which could change

Tina

Bonnie Raitt - because she is off key is the reason - ya know what I mean

Stevie - Sable on Blonde and Gypsy - no one really comes close

Natalie Merchant - Verdi Cries few can touch that

Blondie - not a lot to work with but what she does with it

Ann Wilson - five notes above the measure and she's over 50

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

But they can be interchangeable!

Please tell me your's :cool:

Oh, God. That song makes me weep.

Also great for emotion:

Jann Arden - Cherry Popsicle and I Would Die For You

Sarah McLachlan, especially her older stuff - like her first 2 albums

Dido: White Flag

I will think of more... I listen to more female singers than male. I guess I just relate to what they're singing about more often... And I love when a song really aches...

On Edit: Of course, it goes without saying that Stevie Nicks is and always will be my number one!! :laugh:

Christ, my list is almost the same. :shocked:

In no particular order:

Bette Midler
Deborah Harry
Aimee Mann
Bonnie Raitt
Shirley Manson
Stevie

Five is a bit too restrictive, though, so I'll add:

Annie Ross
Sheryl Crow
Tina Turner
Ann Wilson
Billie Holiday
Joan Baez
Etta James

I sang it to my ex while playing the 1930's Steinway M they bought for me because it was the color of my eyes - followed by Silver Springs circa 1997 - like the day after we broke and in front of all of our friends -- tears do not really describe it :eek:

Interchangable order, although the top two are always the same:

Stevie Nicks
Ann Wilson
Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey
Pat Benetar
Celine Dion
Bonnie Raitt
Bonnie Tyler

~Marissa~

I should have said after like 1970 - because NO ONE touches Etta - EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I owuld have put Bette in mine - but my voice teacher couls not STAND the way Bette's voice drifts - though I tend to love it.

Oh, and Bebe Neuwirth, too.

You have all pretty much mentioned who I would mention so I'll just add Annie Lennox and Sade to that list :nod:

I love that list and think Celine, while tech. perfect, tends for me, to lack emotion and Mariah in Hero is hard to touch :nod:

Your voice teacher smokes crack. :cool: :laugh: I think she has the most expressive voice I've ever heard.

And add Rosemary Clooney to the list, too, dammit.

:eek: How could I forget Annie Lennox???? Thanks for the reminder Marissa!

~Marissa~

My favorite bitches:

Stevie
Christine
Bonnie Raitt
Carole King
Annie Lennox
Deborah Harry
Chrissie Hynde
Bette Midler -after I saw her live I was sold
Ann Wilson
Dolly Parton -not big on country, but I love that broad

My top 5:

Stevie
Tori Amos
Patti Labelle
Mariah Carey
Barbra Streisand (a singer's singer)

In no particular order . . .

Stevie
Tori Amos
Patty Griffin
Emmylou Harris
Bonnie Raitt
Bette Midler
Sheryl Crow
Nina Simone
Patsy Cline
Susan Tedeschi

And many more I'm forgetting.

No ****!!!!!!!!!!!!!

and Patsy - SHEEEEEBUS