Most amazing voice you've ever heard?

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  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Well thanks - backatcha, tempo!
  • tempo_n_groove
    tempo_n_groove Posts: 42,158
    Yarden said:

    Tim Buckley
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxvXI1i9cw

    Laura Nyro
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskKlS2EFJk

    Kate Bush
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY-1Pzdc5R4

    Susanne Sundfør
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3euca_r464

    these are the ones that come to mind right now..

    I just watched a Geffen special and he LOVED Nyro but she was never interested in pursuing it further. All the talent but no ambition.

    I need to hear her more!
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    My gosh (nothing more to say).

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h1TQRJWLZ3s
  • vito
    vito Chicago Posts: 2,029
    edited July 2016
    Wow this is tough and I'm just going by artists that I've seen...and even then it's very difficult!

    Male- Jeff Buckley Cabaret Metro 1995...I was 5 feet from him.
    Female- Sinead O'connor Chicago Theatre 1990...3rd row dead center.
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  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    vito said:

    Wow this is tough and I'm just going by artists that I've seen...and even then it's very difficult!

    Male- Jeff Buckley Cabaret Metro 1995...I was 5 feet from him.
    Female- Sinead O'connor Chicago Theatre 1990...3rd row dead center.

    Sinead O'Connor was a FORCE live! And such a chameleon... always strong, but really different from show to show, depending on her mood. But I don't think I ever saw anything short of a great show, and I saw her several times. So sad that she seems to struggle so much now. :(
  • JH6056
    JH6056 Posts: 2,437
    hedonist said:

    Bittersweet. Beautiful.

    And eternally wild with power!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26ELh7P2ZtA

    Awwww that was REALLY SWEET to see! I saw them several times and they were SO GOOD live, and yeah, Michael, what a frontman!
  • Yarden
    Yarden Posts: 820
    tempo_n_groove said:

    Yarden said:

    Tim Buckley
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pxvXI1i9cw

    Laura Nyro
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qskKlS2EFJk

    Kate Bush
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZY-1Pzdc5R4

    Susanne Sundfør
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3euca_r464

    these are the ones that come to mind right now..

    I just watched a Geffen special and he LOVED Nyro but she was never interested in pursuing it further. All the talent but no ambition.

    I need to hear her more!
    interesting. can you watch it online?
    she was very talented.
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    Loveliness covering beauty :)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpEDjIxSNMs
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    And again. For the love of Pete!

    (and David, always)

    Fuck just for one day - I'll take even a minute or three.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wSX9F6ETTDQ
  • hrd2imgn
    hrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,940
    Don't think I had Ed K from Live, in either Lightning Crashes or TBD
  • eddiec
    eddiec Posts: 3,978
    Tim Buckley probably tops my list. I love Jeff but his dad had the better voice.

    Marvin Gaye
    Jewel- I've always had a thing for her voice
    Art Garfunkel
    Joni Mitchell
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,871
    One of my all time favourite singers is Foy Vance. As much as I love Eddie, Mark Lanegan and Michael Stipe, Foy has the ability to just stop me in my tracks whenever I hear his voice. I first saw him live in 2007 in a pub in London with about 30 other people and I've seen him a lot over the years in bars and clubs and even stadiums (he supported Ed Sheeran last year, I went just for Foy).
    Most of the time he can be found in the bar with the fans before and after his gigs and he is one of the nicest, most down to earth guys you could ever hope to meet, with a wicked sense of humour.
    I'll be seeing him again in September, the only gig I've got lined up for 2016. Check him out on Youtube; pretty much everything on there is worth seeing.

    Closed Hand, Full of Friends

    https://youtu.be/QEj8bBHq4s4

    She Burns (this is a truly beautiful video)

    https://youtu.be/1IoMTmJ7SKw

    Shed A Little Light (live)

    https://youtu.be/lCBtCjSVfjI

    Ziggy Looked Me In The Eye

    https://youtu.be/y-wQCPEmtT8
    “Do not postpone happiness”
    (Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)

    “Put yer good money on the sunrise”
    (Tim Rogers)
  • jburneyko
    jburneyko Posts: 122
    Jeff Lynne from ELO has always been near the top for me

    thought I would see his name pop up in here, but I haven't
  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    Has anyone mentioned Damon Albarn yet? I don't know that he has the most amazing voice. Maybe just an understated and lovely voice, but that's fine by me.
    https://youtu.be/XHOSPtgcRzM

    https://youtu.be/EnssC0G2AYw
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,247
    Daniel Greaves of The Watchmen. He often does an a capella tune or two at their live shows. it's a religious experience. 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MPgtK1ZHplY

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krJA6DbTZKw
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,247
    Big's Wreck's Ian Thornley (often referred to as the Canadian Chris Cornell for his incredible voice) was on the same festival bill as Danny's post-Watchmen band Doctor. Danny came out to guest sing during Thornley's set, and Ian introduced him as "the best voice in rock". That's SOMETHING coming from Ian Thornley. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    HFD, I have heard you mention The Watchmen in a few threads now, and I am so happy you posted videos! Otherwise, I probably never would've heard that amazing voice.I haven't  even watched the second video yet. The first one is so beautiful. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,247
    the second video is of him performing the Start Spangled Banner before a Winnipeg Jets game. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Posts: 40,247
    OffSheGoes35 said:
    HFD, I have heard you mention The Watchmen in a few threads now, and I am so happy you posted videos! Otherwise, I probably never would've heard that amazing voice.I haven't  even watched the second video yet. The first one is so beautiful. 
    youtube "Neverending White Lights - This Longing". It is a collaborative project called Neverending White Lights. It is all different singers. Danny G is on This Longing. it's a haunting track. the picture it paints in my head is one of a soundtrack to a movie scene.....maybe someone moving slowly in and out of a car at a funeral.....all black and white......interspersed with memories of love scenes of the person lost. yes, sounds cliche, but I love it.

    Raine Maida from Our Lady Peace is also on one called Liar. Also good. 
    Your boos mean nothing to me, for I have seen what makes you cheer



  • OffSheGoes35
    OffSheGoes35 Posts: 3,517
    The first song I could listen to several times...there's something in the musical arrangement that keeps it from being too dark. The second song kind of guts me . Even though I think it is a good song, I don't know that I would put that one on rotation.The lyrics probably hit too close to home, maybe?Thank you for the recommendations. I enjoyed all of those choices and will pay closer attention from now on when you mention a singer/band.

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