The Greatest Female Vocalist ever?

thebreeze

I'm partial to a bit of Rumer occasionally and I've just finished Carly Simon's book - she's not a bad singer...

Rara

So many amazing voices, so little time. Quick pick:

Peggy Lee

victorludorum

Not one mention for Barbara Steisand. I know her music's not for everyone, but even so, her voice is right up there. Same thing for Celine Dion.

I'm glad someone mentioned Ann Wilson though; her sister's not bad too.

EricTheWeary

RocknRollDave said:

I wouldn't call her the greatest but whilst we are celebrating female vocalists I'm going to mention Pink. Saw her live a couple of times, she's a powerhouse.

I was watching a couple of the clips of her doing Babe I'm Gonna Leave You which were great, the guitarist in her band is seriously impressive - he's also one of the guitarists for American Idol IIRC. 

I dont think anyone has mentioned Amy Winehouse yet? You have to separate out her singing and writing from the image and paparazzi crap to find she was rather wonderful, on form anyway. 

professorben

Apologies if anyone has said it yet but


Yoko. 

End of thread. 

Reverend

In terms of rock and metal singers I'd have to add Farida Lamouchi from The Devil's Blood. 

And Jex from Jex Thoth. 

guitars4you

Glad there is no, or barely any mention of Adele - I just don't get it at all why she is rated by so many - Same for Emeli Sande and Paloma Faith

ICBM

professorben said:

Apologies if anyone has said it yet but


Yoko. 

End of thread. 

If you're not joking...

She's actually very interesting and a much better singer than you would expect if you've only heard (or heard of) her notorious noise-art shrieking from forty years ago, or the stock jokes.

You could do much worse than start with 'Yes I'm A Witch Too' which is her most recent and is an album of reworkings of a lot of her older material with more modern musicians.

She was also 82 when she made it... remarkable.

guitars4you

EricTheWeary said:

I dont think anyone has mentioned Amy Winehouse yet? You have to separate out her singing and writing from the image and paparazzi crap to find she was rather wonderful, on form anyway. 

agree with you about Amy as a singer - as a person I could never be a fan - saw an interview with Jools Holland and Paul Weller from Jools show and them talking about a rehearsal with those 2 on piano and Amy on vocals - They just looked at each and smiled as they played and she sang - they knew it was special - yet when later when they recorded/sang live for the cameras, a few hours later, then god knows what she had been on, or doing, but apparently it was poor - My dad is big into Billie Holliday and effectively states similar stories - ditto Charlie Parker

TheBlueWolf

Amy Winehouse gets a vote from me

Although probably not the greatest, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy gets a nod from me for belching out Cookie Monster vocals

ICBM

guitars4you said:

Glad there is no, or barely any mention of Adele - I just don't get it at all why she is rated by so many - Same for Emeli Sande and Paloma Faith

I'm afraid I don't get why Eva Cassidy, Imelda May or Amy Winehouse are so rated either, but each to their own...

I don't mind Adele or Emeli Sandé (who ironically is also actually called Adele really), but I certainly wouldn't put them as favourites.

Philly_Q

TheBlueWolf said:

Although probably not the greatest, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy gets a nod from me for belching out Cookie Monster vocals

I wondered if someone would mention her.  She's retired from the band now I think, but she's still their manager.

TheBlueWolf

Philly_Q said:

TheBlueWolf said:

Although probably not the greatest, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy gets a nod from me for belching out Cookie Monster vocals

I wondered if someone would mention her.  She's retired from the band now I think, but she's still their manager.

Alissa White-Gluz has taken over on vocals

rawk100

I've always liked Lisa Kekaula from the Bellrays, she can really belt out dat rock ' n ' soul..

Reverend

TheBlueWolf said:

Philly_Q said:

TheBlueWolf said:

Although probably not the greatest, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy gets a nod from me for belching out Cookie Monster vocals

I wondered if someone would mention her.  She's retired from the band now I think, but she's still their manager.

Alissa White-Gluz has taken over on vocals

Angela is not a good example to be honest.  

There are far better women doing that sort of thing. I've heard some stories...

Reverend

rawk100 said:

I've always liked Lisa Kekaula from the Bellrays, she can really belt out dat rock ' n ' soul..

Good shout.

TheBlueWolf

That was pretty much my point @Reverend Angela is more of a personal favourite rather than the greatest

professorben

ICBM said:

professorben said:

Apologies if anyone has said it yet but


Yoko. 

End of thread. 

If you're not joking...

She's actually very interesting and a much better singer than you would expect if you've only heard (or heard of) her notorious noise-art shrieking from forty years ago, or the stock jokes.

You could do much worse than start with 'Yes I'm A Witch Too' which is her most recent and is an album of reworkings of a lot of her older material with more modern musicians.

She was also 82 when she made it... remarkable.

Not joking, I'd take Yoko over Whinehorse any day. 

Also the thread states 'vocalist' not singer, which allows some leeway. 

professorben

Only Female vocalist that give me goosebumps. 

Tori Amos 
Grace Slick
Lizzy Hale. 

ICBM

professorben said:

Not joking, I'd take Yoko over Whinehorse any day. 

Also the thread states 'vocalist' not singer, which allows some leeway. 

Excellent, I thought I was probably the only nutter here who actually likes Yoko .