female voice - Page 2

heyjupiter678 · #16 07-02-2005, 11:03 PM

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Jann Arden - Cherry Popsicle and I Would Die For You

I LOVE Jann. She's amazing. And I can't listen to "Hanging by a Thread" without crying.

JazmenFlowers · #17 07-02-2005, 11:03 PM

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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.

YAY Stevie, Tori and Nina! I love Nina, but she didn't quite make my Top 5.

GateandGarden · #18 07-02-2005, 11:04 PM

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Billie Holiday

She gives me chills. Love her rendition of "When Your Lover Has Gone."

Of course I'm going to say Celine Dion, en francais en particulier
Stevie Nicks
Christine McVie (love the way her voice sounds on ITM)
Sarah Brightman (especially the way she does "The Music of the Night")
Shakira (I prefer her in native tongue like Celine, and she's even better live)
Ani DiFranco (I can think of only a few of her songs that aren't perfectly emotive)
PJ Harvey (I'm a new fan of hers but I love what she does in her song "Rid of Me"
Donna Lewis (very Cyndi Lauper-esque much of the time)
Reba McEntire (Blows. Me. Away. again and again...and I love it when she turns a one-syllable word into a ten-syllable one)
Patty Loveless (pretty much like Reba sans the embellishments)
Kim Richey (like the other two country divas but with a more campy, alternative thing going on)
Matraca Berg (just for her heart-wrenching version of "Lying to the Moon")
Carly Simon (so smooth)

gldstwmn · #19 07-02-2005, 11:07 PM

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Joan Baez

She has the most unique voice and more vibrato than an opera singer. Diamonds And Rust is a particular favorite.

gldstwmn · #20 07-02-2005, 11:08 PM

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

I am listening to the rebroadcast of Angel from today and I swear she goes far higher than Carey in this song.

heyjupiter678 · #21 07-02-2005, 11:08 PM

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Matraca Berg (just for her heart-wrenching version of "Lying to the Moon")

Another favorite of mine, and someone who doesn't get nearly as much recognition as she deserves. "Back When We Were Beautiful" just kills me.

catinthedark · #22 07-02-2005, 11:09 PM

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Celine Dion[/COLOR], en francais en particulier

Oh, I couldn't agree more!! I was just talking to someone today about this - when Celine sings in French, it is nothing like her English stuff. I saw her about 10 years ago in Montreal - was given the tix, otherwise never would have gone - and she was unbelievable. The setlist was about 50-50 French and English, but she only spoke French throughout the show, and it was just such a different experience. I also find the words to her French songs more emotional and touching. (She's also my homie, and I interviewed her mom after Celine won her Oscar, so I feel a special protectiveness about Celine!!)

catinthedark · #23 07-02-2005, 11:10 PM

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She has the most unique voice and more vibrato than an opera singer. Diamonds And Rust is a particular favorite.

I love Diamonds and Rust. Can make me cry everytime. Have you ever heard Farewell, Angelina. Just rip your heart out and stomp on it now.

CreepingDeath · #24 07-02-2005, 11:11 PM

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Carly Simon (so smooth)

My mom used to play Carly Simon all the time. I? Love her.

gldstwmn · #25 07-02-2005, 11:15 PM

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

All I Could Do Was Cry, I'd Rather Go Blind, Something's Got A Hold On Me, Almost Persuaded...her Muscle Shoals recordings are standouts.
You Go To My Head from 1999's Heart Of A Woman is spectacular also.

gldstwmn · #26 07-02-2005, 11:17 PM

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Patti Labelle

When girlfriend says she is inspired by God when she sings, I believe her.

gldstwmn · #27 07-02-2005, 11:18 PM

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Emmylou Harris

Pristine, to this day. Her voice is just so flawlessly pretty. And she is still stunning.

GateandGarden · #28 07-02-2005, 11:21 PM

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Another favorite of mine, and someone who doesn't get nearly as much recognition as she deserves. "Back When We Were Beautiful" just kills me.

I think I've heard that song before but don't remember it well. What I've heard of her renditions of songs that she's written that were performed by and sometimes made famous by more popular singers has shown that she puts more emotion into them. I think her version of "Lying to the Moon" is superior to Trisha Yearwood's. And I found her video for "Back in the Saddle" irresistable the few times I actually saw it on country TV stations.

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Oh, I couldn't agree more!! I was just talking to someone today about this - when Celine sings in French, it is nothing like her English stuff. I saw her about 10 years ago in Montreal - was given the tix, otherwise never would have gone - and she was unbelievable. The setlist was about 50-50 French and English, but she only spoke French throughout the show, and it was just such a different experience. I also find the words to her French songs more emotional and touching. (She's also my homie, and I interviewed her mom after Celine won her Oscar, so I feel a special protectiveness about Celine!!)

Ooooh, I am so jealous of you!

I would love to see one of her French shows!!! That is so very cool that you got to interview her mom. You're so right about the French music; the lyrics and the whole feel of the songs are so dramatically different. I'm fond of some of her English songs too (love most of the Falling Into You album) but whenever people ask me what my fave Celine songs are, I always come up with the French ones.

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My mom used to play Carly Simon all the time. I? Love her.

It was my parents who got me into Carly, too.