Muley Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 101B*llocks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 lol - I know how you feel Muley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Green Gartside sang two songs at The Incredible String Band evening at The Barbican last sunday .... it was an evening of String Band music with Mike Heron and Clive Palmer ( ISB original members ) plus a troupe of friends which included Richard Thompson , Robyn Hitchcock , Alasdair Roberts and er .... Green Gartside of Scritti Polliti . He sang a song called God Dog ... and it was as if as soon as he sang the first note he had made the song his own , just like he had always sang it ... his voice was perfect for the song ... I would never have thought he was an ISB fan ... however he used to go to Martin Carthy gigs in the late 70s .10 out of 10 for captivating vocals ...oh yeah .... saw Peter Hammill at the QE Hall on the south bank in the 90s , he put the mic to one side and bellowed at the top of his lungs for one song ... I remember I was sat very near the back of the hall and I felt like I was pinned to the back wall of the theatre . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 25, 2009 Share Posted July 25, 2009 Muley Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Honaloochie, how could you miss out William> Shatners legendary version of 'Lucy In The Sky> With Diamonds'?Because it didn't captivate me. Made me laugh. At it. But I wasn't moved or interested by it.The ones I mentioned had a capacity to move/excite.Me at least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 104 post in 3 days and not one mention of Eddie Vedder. Dear me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atila Reincarnate Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Paul Rogers has to be the greatest white blues/soul singer ever. His voice is awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Agreed he's a fime singer AR, I never got the Queen thing though, seemed an odd combination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Sol Seppy, especially on "Enter One". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atila Reincarnate Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 HonaloochieB Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Agreed he's a fime singer AR, I never got the> Queen thing though, seemed an odd combination.No I could not get that round my head at all, didn't do his credibilty a lot of good. Grat singer though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pk Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 man - donny hathawaywoman - anita baker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reetpetite Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Neil Diamond Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woofmarkthedog Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Barry ManilowOhh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeremy Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 HB, Linton Kwesi Johnson would be a good addition to your non-singing list, I would say.Brendan, not sure about Vedder/Pearl Jam. I guess one man's "captivating" is another man's "insincere angst". If we're gonna go with a singer from that whole scene/era, I'd go with Mark Lanegan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HonaloochieB Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Good spot Jeremy, I'm kicking myself for not thinking of it.Wat About Di Working Class? would be my nomination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeanMacGabhann Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 good shout on that one Jeremy - his albums with Isobel Campbell get played regularly round mine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flapjackdavey Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 woofmarkthedog Wrote:-------------------------------------------------------> Barry Manilow> > > > Ohh yeahgetoutofit ! Val Doonican . Des O Connor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbadwolf Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Peter Andre and Shabba Ranks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Dave Grohl's voice in "Best of you" is pretty powerful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Btw Keef, it was Harriet Wheeler. I wouldn't call her shivers down the spine, more like your favourite pair of slippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 To each their own, I don't know loads of their stuff, but the way they did Wild Horses was pretty haunting IMO.Just shows what you can do with a load of reverb! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jah Lush Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Hmmmm....there are singers - George Jones, Bobby Womack and Aretha Franklin for example and then there are vocalists - Lou Reed, John Lydon, Eek-A-Mouse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mockney piers Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Don't get me wrong keef, I love the Sundays, have everything they ever did. Good songs, lovely kind of Englishness washes all over their stuff and she was elfin and cute, what's not to like. But her voice doesn't have power or amazing emotion, it is however perfect for what they do which is to relax and comfort you, hence the slippers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moos Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Some people who haven't been listed so far, I think:-Ella FitzgeraldMaxi Jazz from FaithlessPrinceFunny, I've had to leave off some of my favourite singers as when it comes down to it their voices just aren't all that amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andystar Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 Frank Black/Black Francis/Charles Michael Kittridge Thompson IV, whatever you call him, he rocks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giggirl Posted July 27, 2009 Share Posted July 27, 2009 I couldn't agree more Andy. Sadly, there are some forumites of dubious taste who may not agree. Are you going to Brixton? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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