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  • J Johnny J

    That's ok, she probably hates you too... ;)

    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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    no she h8tes me...sk8ter boy

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    • J Johnny J

      Out of curiosity: I find that a lot of people are nominating more or less unknown singers. Why? If they had been the best, then surely they would have been more widely accepted as such, don't you think? :confused:

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      Scott Serl
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      Johnny J. wrote:

      If they had been the best, then surely they would have been more widely accepted as such, don't you think? :confused:

      No, most of the best music today is by independent artists. While some of the more main stream performers are indeed good vocalists, they spew out the garbage that the industry steers them towards instead of trusting their own creativity.

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      • J Johnny J

        Out of curiosity: I find that a lot of people are nominating more or less unknown singers. Why? If they had been the best, then surely they would have been more widely accepted as such, don't you think? :confused:

        Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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        I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
        Me, all the time

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        9082365
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        Don't think that follows at all. In fact I specifically asked for the best, not the most commercially successful, in the hope that it would raise up some candidates that I had no knowledge of. The record business being the clumsy great machine that it is there is no reason to believe that the cream necessarily rises to the top or gets the backing of the great promotion budgets. Also there are many great singers working in areas such as English folk which have never had the audiences to bring people into widespread recognition. I would put Kate Rusby's "My Young Man" easily into the top ten singer/songwriter recordings of all time, for example, but I doubt that more than a handful of people outside the folk audience are even aware of it's existence (and they heard it from me!)

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        • I Ian Shlasko

          Oh, missed that. Yeah, guess she's SLIGHTLY out of range.

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          OriginalGriff
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          If we're going outside the range, then I want Patti Smith in there. And Joan Armatrading. And Aretha Franklin. And ...

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            Sharon den Adel Susan Boyle Enya Avril Lavigne

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            'nother vote for Within Temptation :thumbsup:

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            • J Johnny J

              Out of curiosity: I find that a lot of people are nominating more or less unknown singers. Why? If they had been the best, then surely they would have been more widely accepted as such, don't you think? :confused:

              Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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              I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
              Me, all the time

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              You might want to do a little research on how the pop industry works.

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                You might want to do a little research on how the pop industry works.

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                Johnny J
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                You think I should care about that? ;)

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                • J Johnny J

                  You think I should care about that? ;)

                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
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                  Mark_Wallace
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                  Listen, Kiddo, you care about what I Tell you to care about! Now go and sit quietly in the corner, while I finish my martini and think up things for you to do.

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                  • 9 9082365

                    As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                    I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                    RUs123
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                    I find Mallika Sundaramurthy has a very good voice. Anneke Van Giersbergen too - especially if she collaborates with The Gathering or Devin Townsend.

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                    • 9 9082365

                      As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                      I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                      • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                        If we're going outside the range, then I want Patti Smith in there. And Joan Armatrading. And Aretha Franklin. And ...

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                        And Sheryl Crowe and...

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                        • 9 9082365

                          As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                          I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                          Mark_Wallace
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                          OK, so most male pop singers are gay, so they kinda qualify as female, but that's not the point.

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                          • L Lost User

                            'nother vote for Within Temptation :thumbsup:

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                            Mark_Wallace
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                            What is this obsession with "Verleiding Binnen"? If it's the boobies, just bear in mind that 99.99999999999% of women have two each, so they're nothing special.

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                            • 9 9082365

                              As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                              I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                              Sander Rossel
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                              9082365 wrote:

                              Sander's SOTW thread

                              w0000t! :D I usually don't care much for vocals, so I don't really have favorite singers. The entire package must be right and a beautiful voice can be really unfitting in certain music. Putting together this top five was pretty challenging, but fun nonetheless :D In no particular order: Kimbra - Two Way Street - LIVE Studio Session[^] (posted by @BillWoodruff some time ago, became my SOTW after that. That lady has a really very good singing voice). Solefald - Tittentattenteksti[^] (was my SOTW a few weeks back, say what you want, but this lady (Agnete Kjølsrud, also in Djerv and Animal Alpha) sounds like a maniac, which is exactly what makes her, and this song, pretty awesome). The Devil's Blood - The Anti Kosmik Magick[^] (Farida Lemouchi sounds like she's somehow slightly off tune which is exactly why her voice adds perfectly to this dark psychedelic satan worship). Idina Menzel - Let It Go[^] (yes, that song from Frozen which is waaaaaay too catchy! No denying that Idina Menzel has a strong voice with a pretty wide range). Igorrr - Tout Petit Moineau[^] (this song came to me in a SOTW thread (thanks @RUs123!) and also became a SOTW. Laure Le Prunenec goes from beautiful classical singing to screaming and psychopath, awesome!) Maybe not the best singers in the world (beauty is in the eye, or in this case ear, of the beholder/listener anyway), but pretty unique and awesome nonetheless! :D

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                                As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                                I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                Mycroft Holmes
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                                You mean there has been music produced in the last 20 years!

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                                  You mean there has been music produced in the last 20 years!

                                  Never underestimate the power of human stupidity RAH

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                                  RUs123
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                                  And some of that music is very good.

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                                  • 9 9082365

                                    As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                                    I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                    Jacqui Abbott is my favourite[^]

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                                      Jacqui Abbott is my favourite[^]

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                                      I agree, always happy to listen to her singing. I would never have heard of her if it was not for Jules Holland.

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                                        I agree, always happy to listen to her singing. I would never have heard of her if it was not for Jules Holland.

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                                        Chris Quinn
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                                        She's been my favourite female singer since she joined The Beautiful South. I'm off to see her with Paul Heaton next month - for the eighth time in the last two years!

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                                        • 9 9082365

                                          As an extension of the disagreement going on in Sander's SOTW thread ... please name the best female vocalists outside the classical tradition from the last twenty years so that we can laugh hysterically nod wisely and make sage comments about your choices.

                                          I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!

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                                          xiecsuk
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                                          I'll give you three Ella Fitzgerald Karen Carpenter Elton John

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