Best voice on the planet?

[BurtWorm]

Amy Winehouse?

http://youtube.com/watch?v=7Oi3Cq_cl4A

[Broken_Hero]

1. female voice

my gut reaction is Sarah Mclachlan...best male voice, Keith Caputo....:D

[TheBaldyMan]

2. Florence Foster Jenkins, a matchless voice n/t

[enigmatic]

5. HA!

I've actually playeed a couple of her "songs" on my overnight show. I first read about Florence in The Book Of Lists:

[TheBaldyMan]

21. I love "Murder on the high C's"

it always gives me a lift. ;)

[leftofthedial]

3. bonnie raitt

[enigmatic]

4. George Jones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua3YzTLGDW4

[chknltl]

6. President Pelosi's

:patriot:

[BurtWorm]

7. kick

[Little Wing]

8. Christopher Lee

[NewJeffCT]

9. James Earl Jones or Bob Shepherd

Or, do you mean singing voice?

[AllegroRondo]

10. Got to second James Earl Jones

"this is CNN"

[sarge43]

18. Third that

Aaron Copeland's Lincoln Portrait with the Seattle Symphony

"Whatever differs from this, to the extent of the difference, is no democracy!"

[Indy_Dem_Defender]

24. fourth that on JEJ

[applegrove]

55. James Earl Jones for sure.

[Phillycat]

11. Singing voice? Ella Fitzgerald, Aretha, and Emmylou Harris for the ladies

Tom Waits, Elvis Costello, and Chris Cornell for the gents.

Speaking voice? Vin Diesel. :drool:

[BOSSHOG]

12. John Facenda - The voice of NFL films

Now deceased but he provided an awesome commanding narration to the old NFL films.

[Burma Jones]

13. Spoken - John Huston and Emma Thompson

Classical - Luciano Pavarotti and Kathleen Battle

Rock/Pop/Folk/Country - Iris Dement and Van Morrison




IMHO

[ironflange]

14. If that's the case. . .

She must have been having a really bad day.

Edit: This was supposed to go under the Amy Winehouse post. Sorry.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

15. how much non english music do you hear?

[BurtWorm]

17. Do I hear or listen to? English-language or English-nation?

A lot! Most of my favorite music is non-English-nation, and a huge chunck is non-English-language.

[mvd]

16. Amy sounds great

My choices would be Elvis for the men, and a tie between Patsy Cline and Aretha for the women.

Unless you mean STILL on the planet.

[mainegreen]

19. Mike Patton possibly.

Themes for Voice and the first Fantomas album demonstrate his vocal prowess.

[Strawman]

20. Pure voice? Yma Sumac's voice is pretty amazing

http://www.sunvirgin.com/

[Left Is Write]

22. Singing voice - Raul Malo.

[Wetzelbill]

45. Oh girl, any moment, I may ....

kiss your lips... Oh it's been awhile... since I felt like this... oh what a thrill... :)

[Left Is Write]

50. My all-time favorite Mavericks song!

And it's tough to pick a favorite...

[Wetzelbill]

56. mine too

Used to be a staple in my shower singing routine. :)

[noonwitch]

23. Annie Lenox

She has an amazing voice.

[idgiehkt]

25. Rasha

Her song Salib Fuadi is the most spiritual song I've ever heard in my life. It is something about the tone of her voice that is almost holy, or I should say it is holy. It never fails to affect me in a positive way when I listen to her, it's like she was touched by the heavens when she was born or something.

Here is a song from youtube, a Nubian song. This is nothing like Salib Fuadi but it does showcase her beautiful tone
Diyo Wo Ailan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hmd9xvhne2A

I also love Christine Kane's voice and Laura Love as well, not because of range but because of their spirituality and how it comes through in their music.

[querelle]

26. Renee Fleming n/t

[Dulcinea]

27. Chris Cornell-male, k.d. lang-female.

Either one could sing the phone book & I'd listen.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

28. Speaking or singing?

Speaking -- Orson Welles, Burgess Meredith, Sean Connery.

Singing -- Thomas Hampson, known as Thomas Handsome to opera groupies. He's a baritone and has a CD out of Stephen Foster songs. Pavarotti was good thirty-five years ago. As far as tenors go, Placido Domingo still has his dignity & his voice.

Bryn Terfel.

Women -- Teresa Stratas, Beverly Sills for coloratura noodling, Cyndi Lauper, Linda Ronstadt.

Rock singers -- John Lennon & Paul McCartney & Harry Nilsson. Mushy stuff -- Josh Groban.



NOTE: Andrea Bocelli is NOT an opera singer. He doesn't have the technique for it. Sorry. He's a pop singer and decent but not outstanding.

[bigwillq]

29. Pre-Crack Whitney Houston

The best evah!

[graywarrior]

30. Dean Martin.

[hellbound-liberal]

31. No question, Sarah Brightman. Here's proof!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSGv8g93bm8

[GOPisEvil]

32. I'm partial to Neko Case's signing voice.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=-XJ4qi-PeMs

[hippywife]

33. Sam Elliot. n/t

[BurtWorm]

34. Showing the influence on her of the one of the greatest voices ever on the planet

(Dinah Washington)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rakv-LKhdow&mode=related&search=

[Straight Shooter]

35. Chris Isaak, singer; James Earl Jones, speaker.

My brain is tired, there are so many incredible female singers, I can't choose. Nina Simone comes to mind for female singers, though, and there will never be another Janis Joplin for pure gut-wrenching emotion.

edit to add: I always loved Enya's voice, too.

[anti-everything]

36. Joey Ramone

[BurtWorm]

38. Now that was a voice!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=NkgpCQWFML4

[anti-everything]

40. Joey was the greatest

Thanks for the vid.

[Seabiscuit]

37. Currently?

Male vocalist: Andrea Boccelli. Best. Tenor. Ever. And there have been some damned good ones.

Female vocalist: toss up between Sarah Brightman and Celine Deion.

[yurbud]

39. yeardley Smith--Lisa Simpson

[mark414]

41. sam cooke

no question

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tjsz8VGXLqs

[usaftmo]

42. Michael Buble

While living in Italy I heard him singing Frank Sinatra's "My Way" in Italian. If you think that song sounds good in English...hearing it in Italian is incredible!

[Joe Fields]

43. Disagree. It's Joni Mitchell, hands down.

[Katherine Brengle]

59. Amen.

That woman makes my soul tremble when she sings.

[Rob H.]

44. Jeff Buckley nt

[Wetzelbill]

46. Katie Hundere

Just who is that? This girl I work with. If a glass of smooth whiskey could speak it would sound like her voice. I badly want to get her to do some narration for a film project I am working on.

[begin_within]

47. At this time, Andrea Bocelli

[Ivan Sputnik]

48. Eva Cassidy

www.evacassidy.org

[silvermachine]

49. Peter Hammill...

...http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hammill

[maveric]

51. Morgan Freeman or Peter Coyote

Many documentaries voice-overs and still going strong.

[hippiechick]

52. JEREMY IRONS

Oh. Ohh. Ohhhhhhhhh .... :loveya:

[Blue-Jay]

53. An anagram of his name:

Jeremy's Iron.

[Guava Jelly]

54. Luciano Pavoratti

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tLE3yXAqBxc
If god sang it would sound like this

[Dean Martin]

57. Beyonce

I used to think she was strictly lightweight, especially compared to Mary J Blige, but the more I hear her latest album and the Dreamgirls soundtrack, the more I'm really beginning to realize what a great singing voice she has.

[JanMichael]

58. GILBERT GOTTFRIED!!

All hail.

He is the absolute best because of his absolute uniqueness.

[BurtWorm]

60. I have to hand that one to you. He slipped my mind somehow.

:crazy: