Norman Verona Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 My collection includes many other singers that will catch your attention. Problem is they are not known outside the Yorkshire folk singing circle. One of the voices I like, but maybe because my friend played in the band, was Elton John. The early years. I have every Bob Dylan album ever produced but that's more about lyric than voice. Carly Simon is good but rich girls (she the daughter of Simon from Simon & Shuster the New York book publishers) can't always be taken serious. Son of a gun. Another real voice is, of course, Joan Baez. HM doesn't normally like my music (she just doesn't understand John Coltrain & Mile Davis) but I dragged her to Nottingham to see Joan live a few years ago and she began to understand. I'm off now (if you believe that, you'll believe anything) to listen to more Ella. And that's made me think (always dangerous) does everyone know who I'm talking about when I say "Ella"? Answers on a post please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonclancy Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Lianne La Havas for a new voice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppy504 Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Tina Turner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7sRWild Posted November 18, 2012 Share Posted November 18, 2012 Oh, you mean Ella Fitzwollop, she used to live down our street..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted November 18, 2012 Author Share Posted November 18, 2012 You wish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
7sRWild Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Lets face it Norm, there's only one Ella... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pistonbroke 2 Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 a tisket a tasket (. know what i mean ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 So do I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Joan Baez's voice is excrutiatingly fragile. I am on edge waiting for the inevitable imperfection - it never happens. Kate Rusby is perfect at her genre, as was Ella, Otillie Paterson (sp?), Cleo Laine, and many others. Anna Netrebko as Violetta makes me cry... Why limit yourselves with one favourite? A taste of the exquisite Netrebko as Mimi in la Boheme: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M444TTB Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 I'm not sure I've ever been a fan of a anyone that you'd call a technically great singer. Most of the bands I've always liked have been a bit 'shouty'. To that end Dave Grohl! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 MOTCO, agree about Joan Baez. However her early stuff was far more robust than the singing over the last 20 years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Colonial Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 You've all already mentioned some great voices, and I'd add Katie Mellua and Dido to that list on the female side on my list, and Debbie Harry when she sang "Rapture" makes me melt. But for me, it's kind of hard to separate as the lyrics are so important. I'm sure there are singers out there who are wonderful, but if the lyrics are rubbish, that side of my brain switches off. Ella...wasn't she the woman who married the baddie in the Star Wars films and became Ella Vader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Verona Posted November 19, 2012 Author Share Posted November 19, 2012 That's her. You can read about it HERE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Man On The Clapham Omnibus Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Carole King? 'You Make Me Feel Like a Natural Woman' is, for me, one of the most suggestive songs ever written. "Come'n'geddit" in song! She isn't beautiful, but she's very sexy - even now. Then (1971) aged 29 and now (2009) aged 67 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
V8grunt Posted November 19, 2012 Share Posted November 19, 2012 Paul Robson..."Dat ode mon Ribber" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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