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Probably THE BEST female voice in Music Today...

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  • Hector
    el Hombre de Acero
    • May 19, 2003
    • 31852

    #16
    Whitney Houston is (or was) a mezzo-soprano...meaning...she could've been an opera singer had she taken that path from childhood...but she obviously loved a different type of music.
    Last edited by Hector; Jun 5, '11, 11:00 PM.
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    • Werewolf
      Inhuman
      • Jul 14, 2003
      • 14974

      #17
      Originally posted by Hector

      Mercury...while not opera-trained nor technically designed for opera...and he was very sick at the time...still sounded pretty good singing along with Spanish soprano...Montserrat Caballé...
      Freddie had a voice for Opera. Queen, in my opinion, is like the godfather of modern symphonic metal. Had he been classically trained his voice would have been unearthly. I think we agree on Queen.

      Tarja can sing classic opera and metal. She has an smooth, strong voice with an amazing range. Not a chance in hell todays shrill, screeching pop divas like Whitney, Britney or Mariah could match someone like Tarja's voice. We are gonna have to agree to disagree on this one.
      You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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      • Hector
        el Hombre de Acero
        • May 19, 2003
        • 31852

        #18
        Originally posted by Werewolf

        Tarja can sing classic opera and metal. She has an smooth, strong voice with an amazing range. Not a chance in hell todays shrill, screeching pop divas like Whitney, Britney or Mariah could match someone like Tarja's voice. We are gonna have to agree to disagree on this one.
        Oh please...that's pure eurocentric bias.

        Opera and metal...that ain't no soul and blues.

        Tarja would simply just sound silly singing a Mariah or Houston song...Tarja has ZERO soul...ZERO blues...she's too mechanical for that type of music...soul and blues are alien concepts to her.

        Blue Meanie's singer is a way better SOUL & BLUES singer than Tarja...because Tarja ain't no soul & blues singer.

        And why do you bring Britney into this? She sucks!
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        • Werewolf
          Inhuman
          • Jul 14, 2003
          • 14974

          #19
          Originally posted by Hector
          Oh please...that's pure eurocentric bias.
          I think you mean "Icelandic."

          And why do you bring Britney into this? She sucks!
          To mess with you.
          You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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          • Hector
            el Hombre de Acero
            • May 19, 2003
            • 31852

            #20
            I knew it!




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            • Brazoo
              Permanent Member
              • Feb 14, 2009
              • 4767

              #21
              Originally posted by cjefferys
              Gah, vocal gymnastics, oversinging, melisma, whatever you want to call it, is not my thing at all, can't stand it.
              Me either. Rihanna isn't too offensive to me - she sings the song without a lot of mess and has an interesting voice. Not my kind of music though.

              Sharon Jones basically wipes the floor with anyone in this department right now for me.

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              • Brazoo
                Permanent Member
                • Feb 14, 2009
                • 4767

                #22
                Originally posted by Werewolf
                Tarja can sing classic opera and metal. She has an smooth, strong voice with an amazing range. Not a chance in hell todays shrill, screeching pop divas like Whitney, Britney or Mariah could match someone like Tarja's voice.
                Wait - TODAY'S Shill screeching pop divas? What decade is it where you are?


                Sorry man - I'm such a jerk and I totally understand what you mean, but I couldn't resist.

                I actually was trying to think of female vocalists I really like, and I was coming up with names like Neko Case and Cat Powers. Not exactly current. I'm really out of touch.

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                • Blue Meanie
                  Talkative Member
                  • Jun 23, 2001
                  • 8706

                  #23
                  Originally posted by Brazoo
                  Sharon Jones basically wipes the floor with anyone in this department right now for me.
                  Sharon Jones and The Dap Kings...here them almost every day here in NY on WFUV. The woman can sing. Daptone records is really trying to get the indy record company thing going again. Sort of like the old Stax Records. I think the Dap Kings were Amy Whinehouse's band on her record.

                  Adelle is also another singer that is AMAZING.

                  I think Joss was tapped to be Janis Joplin in a movie on Joplin. Vocally, I think she could do it....but they'd have to really "Ugly" Joss up to physically look like Janis.
                  "When not too many people can see we're all the same
                  And because of all their tears,
                  Their eyes can't hope to see
                  The beauty that surrounds them
                  Isn't it a pity".

                  - "Isn't It A Pity"
                  By George Harrison


                  My Good Buyers/Sellers/Traders list:
                  Good Traders List - Page 80 - Mego Talk

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                  • Werewolf
                    Inhuman
                    • Jul 14, 2003
                    • 14974

                    #24
                    Originally posted by Brazoo
                    Sorry man - I'm such a jerk and I totally understand what you mean, but I couldn't resist.
                    Lol, it's all good.

                    I'd just like to add all music has emotion and soul. Not just R&B. If singers like Lady Gaga and Mariah only have "soul" and Tarja doesn't, it's not something I want or need.

                    A bit of Tarja.

                    Tarja- Kuin Henkäys ikuisuutta

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMG3rPwuxaU

                    Tarja- Ava Maria

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

                    Tarja with the Scorpions

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

                    Tarja and Nightwish- Nemo

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDDA8PuvrIg
                    You are a bold and courageous person, afraid of nothing. High on a hill top near your home, there stands a dilapidated old mansion. Some say the place is haunted, but you don't believe in such myths. One dark and stormy night, a light appears in the topmost window in the tower of the old house. You decide to investigate... and you never return...

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                    • Remco Monster
                      GLOWS in the Dark!
                      • May 3, 2006
                      • 2722

                      #25
                      Neko Case

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                      • Blue Meanie
                        Talkative Member
                        • Jun 23, 2001
                        • 8706

                        #26
                        Originally posted by TCM Hitchhiker
                        Neko Case
                        From the New Pornographers...great voice. She get's a lot of airplay on WFUV also. I have to pick up her last solo CD.
                        "When not too many people can see we're all the same
                        And because of all their tears,
                        Their eyes can't hope to see
                        The beauty that surrounds them
                        Isn't it a pity".

                        - "Isn't It A Pity"
                        By George Harrison


                        My Good Buyers/Sellers/Traders list:
                        Good Traders List - Page 80 - Mego Talk

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                        • Brazoo
                          Permanent Member
                          • Feb 14, 2009
                          • 4767

                          #27
                          Yeah - I mentioned Neko Case as well - she's incredible. I just wish I could think of some newer women vocalists who blow me away like that.

                          For me with music in general, an interesting style or way of doing things goes a LONG way as oppose to skill. Singing range or the ability to hold notes isn't interesting to me as much as a raw voice with personality - for lack of a better term. Otis Redding is probably my favorite vocalist - as an example.

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                          • kingdom warrior
                            OH JES!!
                            • Jul 21, 2005
                            • 12478

                            #28
                            This is the singer that floats my boat at the moment Imelda May Love her voice and she's incredibly sexy!!!

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6F2--6ygYTY

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxj5wlXY9No

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                            • megoapesnut
                              The name says it all!
                              • Dec 3, 2007
                              • 3727

                              #29
                              I don't listen to much new music these days so I can't throw in my two cents. Give me some sweet Karen Carpenter anytime!

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