Axl Rose- He's just the best there has ever been

1. Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
2. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
3. Leonard Cohen
4. Tom Waits
5. Joanna Newsom
6. Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
7. Martina Topley-Bird (Tricky)
8. Emiliana Torrini
9. Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
10. PJ Harvey
11. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
12. Stevie Wonder
13. David Yow (Jesus Lizard)
14. Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
15. Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)
16. Steve Earle
17. Bill Callahan (Smog)
18. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
19. Kim Deal (Breeders)
20. Paul Westerburg (Replacements)
21. Bruce Springsteen
22. Gillian Welch
23. John Lennon (Beatles)
24. Black Francis (Pixies)
25. James Brown
26. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
27. Courtney Love (Hole)
28. J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
29. Jack White (White Stripes)
30. Axl Rose

Tom Waits....TOM WAITS.

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Originally posted by Stocky:
1. Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
2. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
3. Leonard Cohen
4. Tom Waits
5. Joanna Newsom
6. Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
7. Martina Topley-Bird (Tricky)
8. Emiliana Torrini
9. Karen O (Yeah Yeah Yeahs)
10. PJ Harvey
11. Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
12. Stevie Wonder
13. David Yow (Jesus Lizard)
14. Michael Stipe (R.E.M.)
15. Steve Tyler (Aerosmith)
16. Steve Earle
17. Bill Callahan (Smog)
18. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
19. Kim Deal (Breeders)
20. Paul Westerburg (Replacements)
21. Bruce Springsteen
22. Gillian Welch
23. John Lennon (Beatles)
24. Black Francis (Pixies)
25. James Brown
26. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
27. Courtney Love (Hole)
28. J. Mascis (Dinosaur Jr)
29. Jack White (White Stripes)
30. Axl Rose

I agree with about 25 of these.

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26. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

I didn't see this one coming — most people hate her. I think it's "Eliminator" on Daydream Nation when she yells "Take a walk in the park! Shit yeah!" Heh, I love that.

Edit: Creepy — I think I just willed this song to pop up on the company iTunes a few minutes after posting.

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hope spellings are correct, at work and don't have time to check. these are those I think set the "bar" in particular vocal styles:
Tony Bennet (Vegas style Pop)
Lorreta Lynn and George Jones (country)
Sam Cooke (early R&B)
Roy Orbison (50's pop)
Elvis (rock and roll)
Aretha Franklin and Marvin Gaye (soul)
Ray Charles (transcending all categories)
Steven Tyler (bluesy rock and roll)
Dylan (folk/rock)
Robert Plant (metal rock)
Janis Joplin (Ragg)
Bob Marley (Reggae)

Female
1 being top!

1. PJ Harvey (ok, that was easy.)
2. Judy Collins
3. Skin (Skunk Anansie, and I can't believe I am first to mention her, she is AMAZING!)
4. Lauryn Hill (listen to her MTV Unplugged! one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard.)
5. Stevie Nicks
6. Audra McDonald (broadway-type)
7. Tracy Chapman (deserves more credit)
8. Tori Amos/Fiona Apple (haha, I cheat.)
9. Nanci Griffith
10. Bjork (she is annoying most of the time, but no one else could ever pull off what she does, and so well).

Honorable mention to Neko Case. hehe (Fit 12 of them into 10 spots!)

Male: Geoff Tate of Queensryche.

Female: Patti Smith. I get goosebumps from listening to "Birdland."

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26. Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)

I didn't see this one coming — most people hate her. I think it's "Eliminator" on Daydream Nation when she yells "Take a walk in the park! Shit yeah!" Heh, I love that.

Edit: Creepy — I think I just willed this song to pop up on the company iTunes a few minutes after posting.

Well, Kim Gordon is one of those vocalists (you could also include Neil Young, Nick Cave, Bob Dylan) that at times sound great, other times terrible. In Kim's case, she sounds terrible when she tries to sing 'angsty', but when it's a half whisper (Tunic, Shadow of Doubt), it's soulful and sexy.

Axl Rose???

Female:
Neko Case, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Jenny Lewis

Male: Zach Condon, Andrew Bird, Ron Sexsmith, Thom Yorke, Antony

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Axl Rose???

Female:
Neko Case, Bjork, Fiona Apple, Jenny Lewis

Male: Zach Condon, Andrew Bird, Ron Sexsmith, Thom Yorke, Antony

I was watching a Pixies doco and Frank Black was talking about some classical musician meeting him backstage and the nicest thing he could say to Frank was, "You sure can holler!". That's what I have to say about Axl - "He sure can holler!"

Tim Hardin
Tammy Wynette
Jeff Buckley
Dusty Springfield
Karen Carpenter
Joni Mitchell
Merle Haggard
Bob Marley
Frank Sinatra
Billie Holiday
John Fogerty
Gram Parsons
Paul McCartney
Chrissie Hynde
Charley Pride
Bob Dylan

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Richard Buckner's quickyl becoming one of my favorite voices. I'm not sure if I've ever done a list here before, so I'll throw off a short one now. I'll probably add to it later.

Mark Lanegan
Richard Buckner
Will Johnson (Centro-matic)
Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
Elephant Micah
Jason Molina (Songs: Ohia / Magnolia Electric Co)
Matt Berninger (National)
Will Scheff
Emma Pollock (Delgados)
Matt Hales (Aqualung)
Evan Dando (Lemonheads)
Sally Ellyson (Hem)
Rosie Thomas
Gene Ween (Ween)

Chrissy Hynde- pretenders
Ian McCulloch- Echo and the Bunnymen
Bono-U2

here my list...

Chris cornell ´´soundgarden,temple of the dog, audioslave´´

Eddie vedder ´´pearl jam, temple of the dog´´

Jim morrison ´´the doors´´

Robert plant ´´led zeppelin´´

Freddie mercury ´´queen´´

Layney stanley ´´alice in chains, mad season´´

serj tankian ´´ sistem of a down´´

axl rose ´´guns and roses´´

scott weiland ´´stone temple pilots,velvet revolver´´

sarah mclachlan

dolores o´riordan

alejandro sanz

corey taylor ´´slipknot, stone sour´´

kennedy miles ´´alter bridge´´

phillip anselmo ´´pantera´´

zach de la rocha ´´rage agains´t the machine´´

lewis ´´staind´´

I think I might be the first to nominate Katie Noonan from the Australian groups Elixir and george. An amazing voice...

Another favourite of mine is Amy Lee from Evanescence. As cheesy and over-the-top as some of that band's music can be, just listen to her on the track "Hello", and tell me anyone else can sing like that.

Other somewhat more obvious ones:

* Mike Patton: duh! Like most versatile vocalist ever.

* Antony (of Antony & the Johnsons): double duh

* Tori Amos: C'mon!

* Jeff Buckley: Triple duh

* Skin: From Skunk Anansie (listen to "Licking Cream", her duet with Sevendust)

* Rufus Wainwright: his nasal voice grated on me terribly at first, but I can't get enough of his songs and voice now. Funny how that happens.

* Juanita Stein: Of Howling Bells, and formerly of Waikiki. Her voice and Australian accent is sexy as hell (see "Some Blessed Night").

* Elliott Smith: "XO"* ... enough said.

* Thom Yorke: Too easy.

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Female:
Bonnie Tyler
Bonnie Raitt
Joni Mitchell
Debra Harry
Stevie Nicks.

Male:
Meat Loaf
Tom Petty
Rod Stewart(i just love deep harsh singing)
Ronnie James DIO

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Thom Yorke and Jonsi

yay!

Brian molko (placebo)
Daniel jones (silverchair)
Sufjan stevens
Jack white
Julian casablancas

If I had to listen to only one female and one male vocalist for ever and ever amen they would be:

Female: The late Laura Nyro. Great range, tremendous power and sufficiently idiosyncratic to keep me interested.

Male: Stephen Cummings. I'm not sure how many people would be aware of him. He used to be my favourite pop voice, now my favourite singer/songwriter voice.

As Graham Parker once said, he's just "got one of those voices."

based on a quick look through my library:

Neko Case
Murdoch (of B& S)
Bonnie Prince Billy
Damien Rice
Ben Gibbard
Elliott Smith
Paul Simon
Sufjan Stevens
Tunde (from TV on the Radio)