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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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    Sharon den Adel Susan Boyle Enya Avril Lavigne

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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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      jeron1
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      Emmylou Harris. Anne Wilson.

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      • I Ian Shlasko

        Janis. Because, well.... Janis. Q.E.D.

        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
        Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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        9082365
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        Does she not fall outside the 20 year scope? I'd have gone for Streisand at her peak if we're talking further back but I did say 20 years!

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

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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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          Johnny J
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          Justin Bieber? :confused:

          Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
          Anonymous
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          The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
          Winston Churchill, 1944
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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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            Justin Bieber? :confused:

            Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
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            The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
            Winston Churchill, 1944
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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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            jeron1
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            I bet she'd sound better doing an underwater concert (see thread from yesterday), now where's that anchor....

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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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              stoneyowl2
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              Right now... 1. China Forbes - lead singer of Pink Martini 2. Colleen Duffy - lead singer of Devil Doll 3. Randy Crawford

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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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                Lost User
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                Kacey Musgraves[^]

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                  Sharon den Adel Susan Boyle Enya Avril Lavigne

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                  I h8te Avril lavigne.

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                    I h8te Avril lavigne.

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

                    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                    Anonymous
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                    The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                    Winston Churchill, 1944
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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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                    • 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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                      Gary Wheeler
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                      Rachelle Ferrell[^] Dianne Reeves[^]

                      Software Zen: delete this;

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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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                        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
                        Anonymous
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                        The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                        Winston Churchill, 1944
                        -----
                        I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                        Me, all the time

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                        • 9 9082365

                          Does she not fall outside the 20 year scope? I'd have gone for Streisand at her peak if we're talking further back but I did say 20 years!

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

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

                          Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                          Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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                            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
                            Anonymous
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                            The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                            Winston Churchill, 1944
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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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                            stoneyowl2
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                            The phrase "..outside the classical tradition..." leaves quite a bit of wiggle room for niche vocalists maybe.

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                              Does she not fall outside the 20 year scope? I'd have gone for Streisand at her peak if we're talking further back but I did say 20 years!

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

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                              W Balboos GHB
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                              Ahhh - fooey. You're just getting rid of the real competition so those of the last twenty years have anything like a chance. And, being the contrarian I love to be: Grace Slick in the early Jefferson Airplane

                              Ravings en masse^

                              "The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits." - Albert Einstein

                              "If you are searching for perfection in others, then you seek disappointment. If you are seek perfection in yourself, then you will find failure." - Balboos HaGadol Mar 2010

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                                The phrase "..outside the classical tradition..." leaves quite a bit of wiggle room for niche vocalists maybe.

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                                Missed that. You're probably right...

                                Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                Anonymous
                                -----
                                The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                Winston Churchill, 1944
                                -----
                                I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                Me, all the time

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

                                  Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                  Anonymous
                                  -----
                                  The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                  Winston Churchill, 1944
                                  -----
                                  I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                  Me, all the time

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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:

                                    Anything that is unrelated to elephants is irrelephant
                                    Anonymous
                                    -----
                                    The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                    Winston Churchill, 1944
                                    -----
                                    I'd just like a chance to prove that money can't make me happy.
                                    Me, all the time

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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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                                      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
                                      Anonymous
                                      -----
                                      The problem with quotes on the internet is that you can never tell if they're genuine
                                      Winston Churchill, 1944
                                      -----
                                      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!)

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

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

                                        Proud to have finally moved to the A-Ark. Which one are you in?
                                        Author of the Guardians Saga (Sci-Fi/Fantasy novels)

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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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                                        "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
                                        "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt

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                                        • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                                          Sharon den Adel Susan Boyle Enya Avril Lavigne

                                          Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...

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                                          'nother vote for Within Temptation :thumbsup:

                                          Bastard Programmer from Hell :suss: If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^][](X-Clacks-Overhead: GNU Terry Pratchett)

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