Best female singer voice

[JimmyDavid]

I just love those chilling deep voices that some female singers have, like the lead singer of Vixtrola or Kidneythieves.
Wich is the best female voice out there these days, in your opinion? I vote AMY LEE

[JAdkins2451]

Ill have to say Gwen Stefani, Or brody Armstrong From The Distillers

[HeatherRose]

Man, Brody's voice is awesome. I'd go with her or Bif Naked...I like Gwen Stefani if she's singing old No Doubt stuff. Joan Jett is also a HUGE favourite of mine.

[clint545]

P.J Harvey Karen O
If you can find the album "Beast of Dreams" by Pain Teens check it out

[JAdkins2451]

I agree with Heather, Only if Gwen is singing her old stuff. I also Like Joan Jett And Ann And Nancy Wilson From Heart

[corr]

Gwen Stefani, Dianna Krall, Chrissie Hynde, Pink...

[seann]

Brody Dalle The Distillers!

[justinO]

the female singer from L'ame Immortelle gets my first vote. Girl from BlutEngel is a close second.

justin

[Leviathan]

Amy Lee, Fergi, the girl from Elf, Jann Arden and Emmy Rossum (from the new Phantom of the Opera)

[Asian Jon]

Britney Spears lol j/k j/k...

Gwen Stefani's old stuff all the way!

[Katt]

The girl from Evanescence. Everytime we hear her sing, shivers down the spine. My Immortal has brought us to tears.

[joey]

bjork
amiee mann

[spidergecko]

Maybe my ear has matured.

Whitney Houston (before Bobby Brown and the drugs)
Lauryn Hill (but I don't like her music style)
Christina Aguilera (and not just because of her "Dirty" video (Mmmm!))
Karen Carpenter

These two have voices fitting to their music style that no one can match for beauty and meaning:
Sarah Mclachlan
Joni Mitchell

George Michael has the BEST male voice I have ever heard.

[philli]

amy lee.she's pretty hot too.

[crucified]

id have to say Liv Kristine Espenaes Krull of Leaves' Eyes

[noname]

India Arie, I'm not a huge Evanessence fan, but Amy Lee is beautiful and has a decent voice, also Bjork is so unique that I've never heard another voice like hers.

[JimmyDavid]

Katt, the female singer you are talking about is AMY LEE (that was my first choice too, and most people's here).
I must include the singer from Nightwish also, she has a glass-breaking voice; and why not the girl from Guanno Apes?

[Katt]

>laugh< Thanks, I don't follow music or bands or any of that, so I had no clue what her name is.

[Matt_K]

Originally posted by spidergecko
George Michael has the BEST male voice I have ever heard.

I think he has the best female voice too! As well as Boy George..

[joey]

HA HA

....that's what I was thinking too, Matt.

j.

[sneaky_boa]

don't know her name but the female vocalist from Portisehead and Shenade (sp??) O'Connor (but only as a guest vocalist on the moby and massive attack albums.

And yes...of course Bjork!!!

[Invictus]

- Sarah Brightman
- Emmy Rossum
(BOth of the above were Christine in one production of Phantom.. but nobody will ever beat Sarah!)

- Tarja from Nightwish

- I'm with Crucified on this one: Liv Kristine of Leaves' eyes (Formerly of Theatre of Tragedy)

- I'm totally with JustinO on L'Ame Immortelle (I love the song Gefallen) and BlutEngel (Seelenschmerz gives me CHILLS)

[JimmyDavid]

Ah, i knew you would pick Sarah Brightman.

Have you ever heard Jamie Blake bust some vocals? If you enjoy electro-goth chances are she'll give you spine chills. Here's a tip, go to : www.sampler.freenetrecords.com/
choose VIXTROLA - Hurricane. Enjoy

[chas*e]

Gwen Stephani
Shania Twain
Christina A
George Michael
Faith Hill

[Tim and Julie B]

Rosanne Barr after a 40 oz and a couple of cigars.

[Slipknot]

Tarja and Amy Lee

[Kara]

Kidneythieves, Guano Apes, Queen Adreena(?) and Amy Lee have some very good vocals.
For something different, Jack off Jill is fun too!!

[AshleyL]

Lauryn Hill
Fiona Apple

[spidergecko]

Originally posted by Matt_K
I think he has the best female voice too! As well as Boy George..

:rolleyes:

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

EVERYONE:

Yup Gwen Stefani indeed.

http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/s/stefani_gwen/az_official/376x180.jpg

http://www.mtv.com/bands/az/stefani_gwen/artist.jhtml

Tony

[Invictus]

For those of you who think that females have no place in death metal or black metal, I recommend the following bands:

Hanzel Und Gretyl
Arch Enemy
My Ruin

Now THAT is some POWERFUL female vocals!

[Tim and Julie B]

Lauren Hill from the Fugees. She's racist so I wouldn't buy any of her crap, but man she was blessed with a gift for singing!

Julie

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

KEN:

Originally posted by Invictus
death metal or black metal

Man I only thought there was just metal music, man how do they determine the differences :D

LOL

Tony

[Invictus]

Are you kidding Tony? Metal has more sub-genres than any other musical style on earth. Examples:

speed metal
thrash metal
death metal
black metal
death metal
power metal
gothic metal
glam metal
industrial

and that's only the major ones. I'm probably even missing a few. :)

[JimmyDavid]

I'm probably even missing a few. [/B]

Maybe you mean that you are REPEATING a few, hehe. Check "death metal". ;)

[Invictus]

DOH! Err, I mean, that was deliberate.... death metal is so cool, I wanted to say it twice! Yeah.... ;)

[zero&stich]

Are you kidding Tony? Metal has more sub-genres than any other musical style on earth. Examples:

speed metal
thrash metal
death metal
black metal
death metal
power metal
gothic metal
glam metal
industrial

How bout old school metel and new school metal? :P And you forgot Classic metel such as Sabbeth for example. hehe..

Only Goth band I like is Type O Negative.

[JimmyDavid]

I Like NU-METAL.
Rap mixed with rock. Yeah!

Linkin Park
Popa roach
Limp Bizkit
Hed-pe

But This thread is about female voices.

[Double J]

Originally posted by JimmyDavid
I Like NU-METAL.
Rap mixed with rock. Yeah!

Linkin Park
Papa roach
Limp Bizkit
Hed-pe

But This thread is about female voices.

Hey,,

I am a metal fan..... but the only time I could ever put the word "metal" beside the band Linkin Park would be if I were referring to them as "Crap metal" :)

As much as I dislike Linkin Park, do actualy quite enjoy Limp Bizkit on some level. It is just fun to listen to. As for metal bands, a few of my faves include but are not limited to:

Cannibal Corpse
Gore Rotted
Cradle of Filth
Mercyful Fate
Deicide (ooohhh..they are wicked!!!!!)
Carcass.

Now for those who are not familiar with metal, and may find it disturbing... keep in mind that metal listeners should not be pigenholed into the stereotype of aggressive and depressed, masochistic, drug-using devil-worshippers. You would be surprised at the amount of... well... I hate to use the term... normal....people that listen to death metal either regularly or on occasion. The lyrics can actually be quite comical, and at the same time well crafted and poetic.. if a bit gorey. I find the lyrics of a number of metal bands such as Cannibal Corpse and Gore Rotted to be... almost funny at how outrageously over the top they are. I actually do not see them as sinister, the way most people think of them.
The musicianshp in metal can be incredible as well... one of the main reasons I like it. Blast beats are very energetic.. and there is some wicked guitar work in these songs. And you have to respect the vocals. Sure.. these are not always comparable to Pavarotti in terms of classical style..... but they are a different sort of singing. Tell me... how many of us can hold a deep, scratchy growl for more than a few seconds without coughing up a lung?

If people can get over that silly 1960's and 1970's mentality of "heavy music is evil"...... you may find an interesting genre of music that is both entertaining.. but will not turn you into a pick-axe murderer. As an old movie once put it.... metal is just like Beethoven, Bach and Mozart...... only louder. This is not an exact quote.... I can't even remember the name of the movie.... but it gets the point across.


Now to get back on topic..........

I really enjoy the voice of the woman in Evanescence. I am not the biggest fan of the music...... but she has a big, powerful, and beautiful voice.

[JimmyDavid]

I can see you're more into black metal, so it's understandable why Linkin park doesn't please you. I bet you like Dimmu Borgir and others like that...

I'm not too deep into the whole metal thing but i agree with most of the stuff you posted. People will always label those that look or sound a bit freaky to them. It's the same about reptile-keepers, we are the weirdos.

[BOAS_N_PYTHONS]

KEN:

I knew I was going get a metal teaching lesson, LOL.
But it all sounds the same to me :D

Tony

[clint545]

Double J , keeping in the realms of this thread. With the deep growling, without coughing up a lung, how about the women that can do it? My 2 all time favs for this Karyn Crisis(Crisis) and Alicia Morgan(very obscure women doom band from the 90's - 13)
2 others that come to mind, Thorr's Hammer and Arch Enemy!

[zero&stich]

Double J- I agree 100% of everything you said. I come from a family that enjoys jazz, classic rock and country. Only thing I enjoy out of my family is classic rock, other than that, I enjoy a wide range of metel and it never ceases to amaze me how much of an impact the genre of metal has effect the different types of music as a whole. My favorate band thus far is White/Rob Zombie for metel. Amazing stuff. His music is definatly orginal.

Anyway back on topic, for female singers, AMY LEE! :D

[loveispretend]

I can't forgive Amy Lee for her rendition of "Heart Shaped Box" yet.

I hate, hate, hate country music, but I think Martina McBride has an incredible voice.
Love Janis Joplin's voice. Lauryn Hill was incredible before she went totally insane. Same for Whitney Houston, even though she sang crap. Aretha Franklin, of course.

[fateamber]

Free Dominguez from Kidneythieves
Tarja Turunen from Nightwish
Amy Lee from Evanescence
But I'd say Sharon den Adel from Within Temptation has the best voice!

[sneaky_boa]

OooooOOO...just thought of another INCREDIBLE female voice that hasn't been metioned yet:
the late great Ella Fitzgerald! Who can forget her?

[oscar]

i am so suprised that sarah mclachlan was only mentioned once. i would have to give her the nod as my favorite.

i also didnt see Poe. she's pretty cool and is very emotive in her vocals.

my vote for worst just has to go to ashlee simpson. :p

[Pontus]

gwen shes hot and great voice and yes gota give some nods to sarah mclachlan as well

[honduranfreekk]

I say Faith Hill all the way and it helps that she is veryyyyyyyyyyy sexy;)

Ya I know country music:) I love it lol

Holds head up proud:) lol ;)

Kelvin@Brigitte

[JimmyDavid]

Oscar gave me an idea. Along with the best it could be funny to choose the worst as well :) .
And the award for the worst female voice among all singers goes to..... Alanis morisette

[tdherper]

Kate Bush, Sarah Mclachlan, the Wilson girls from Heart and how about Ashlee Simpson!!! See Orange Bowl Highlights...

[oscar]

jimmy.. that list would be never ending.. i mean i can come up with a dozen in 30 seconds:

britney (too easy)
hilary duff
ashlee (already mentioned)
lindsey lohan (her vids on mute are nice though :p)

ok.. i'm stuck. but thats only cause i immediately change the station when a crappy artist comes on.

[joey]

Kate Bush yikes!

[oscar]

got another.. i know some people love her, but janis joplin gets grates on my ears.

[Tamizan]

Sheryl Crow :P

[JimmyDavid]

The other day i was listening to some radio station and Sheryl Crow was on. But
that was just for a few minutes, after that they played music... ;)

[fateamber]

After hearing Evanescence covers of heart shaped box, and thoughtless, I would like to take Amy Lee off my list!

[joey]

madonna
britney
lopez
any of those bubble gum nauseating type

[Slipknot]

Worst female voice: Rosanne Barr

[Slipknot]

Fateamber:

Love the sig! The Game by Disturbed! One of my faves! :cool:

[JimmyDavid]

I also thought of Rosanne Barr (how strange) !!!!!!!

But she desn't sing, or does she?

[BAZ]

Chaka Khan

Sarah Mclachlan

Gwen Stephani

Christina Aguilera (She may be a pop tart but she has a good powerful voice)

Lauren Hill

Erica Badu

Faith Evans

Beyonce




... Black women have good voices.

[Slipknot]

Rosanne Barr sang the National Anthem once...OMG! It was SO horrible! LOL

[fateamber]

Originally posted by Slipknot
Fateamber:

Love the sig! The Game by Disturbed! One of my faves! :cool:

It is a good song, he makes lots of funny noises in it too

'Eeeeeeyaa'

:p

[Slipknot]

:cool: You have the CD?

[fateamber]

Yeah, I have it, I wanted to buy believe, but it cost like twice as much :D

[Slipknot]

Believe is well worth the money in my opinion. ;)

[fateamber]

Hehe yeah, I have it now, it was reduced to £8.99 or something a few months ago. :D

[Slipknot]

What's your favorite song off it? Mine's Rise. :D

[fateamber]

Probably awaken, I really like remember too though, I like most of them!

[Slipknot]

Oh, and I like Darkness...he has a great voice. :)