If you could have one singer's voice

RH Spartan · 07-13-2007, 01:05 AM

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Originally Posted by CORNER BLITZ

While obviously a good answer, Otis Redding does not equal Try a Little Tenderness, it is just his voice singing any song. If you think someone else would sing that better or w/e, just pick strictly on voice.

Nobody sings Tenderness like Otis. Nobody. My answer remains, I would go with Otis even without the drones of women falling over me.

msufan2005 · 07-13-2007, 01:10 AM

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Originally Posted by RH Spartan

Nobody sings Tenderness like Otis. Nobody. My answer remains, I would go with Otis even without the drones of women falling over me.

I don't know about that... I do have to say I like Three Dog Night's rendition of this song quite a bit.

Dingleberryexplosion · 07-13-2007, 01:13 AM

I would have to give honorable mention, I might add, to Thom Yorke and Freddie Mercury (except I wouldn't want the affinity to p(e)nis along with the vocal ability).

Dan72 · 07-13-2007, 01:21 AM

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Barry Champlain · 07-13-2007, 01:24 AM

Assuming we're only talking male vocalists, this might be the trickiest music question I've ever faced on this board.

But I've got to agree with the other posters in this thread who said...Otis Redding. Hands down. Here, I'm reflecting, rather than jus reacting. Tenderness, Dock of the Bay, not to mention his entire performance at Monterey in '67 (thank you, DA Pennebaker

).

Next up: John Lennon (at his hardest musical core), and Van Morrison (in his youthful prime)

SCOTTS BLOATED LIVER · 07-13-2007, 01:24 AM

I will go outside the box here and go with Geoff Tate....the dude has awesome range and is trained in opera. Countdown til LWS agrees...3...2..1

takeownershiptoday · 07-13-2007, 01:26 AM

Vedder is the best baritone ever. that's the one without doubt

TheTruth · 07-13-2007, 01:35 AM

Jackie Wilson. Download his work and check him out.
Range like no other---and the women were on him like
syrup on waffles.
Sam Cooke and Sinatra close runners-up.

132 Snyder · 07-13-2007, 01:37 AM

Sam Cooke
Smokey Robinison
Otis Redding

Druidblue · 07-13-2007, 02:34 AM

Do I even need to give my answer anymore in music threads?

The Great Danton · 07-13-2007, 03:04 AM

I really don't know... if you were to ask if I could have one guitarist's guitar-playing abilities, that would be easy, but voice...

I guess I'd have to go with Brad Delp, that guy had amazing range.

Negotiator · 07-13-2007, 03:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Natron the Spartan

another great pick - what makes Buble so amazing isn't his voice or range or repotoire (even though they're all amazing) it's his phrasing. He's a true musician. Listen to his songs and the ebb and flow, crescendo and decrescendo, forte and piano.... he's a stud.

Dead on, man. It's weird how about half my apartment building has opera singers or musicians, so if you walk through the hall you can usually hear someone doing something. When my neighbors aren't home I'll listen to Fever, it's probably the only song he's got where I can come close to mimicking effectively, the range isn't too bad. He can't be touched on style like Natron said.

When I get old, shoot, maybe Tom Jones? Dude seems to be having fun at 67. Although I think the Carleton Dance will have been forgotten by then.

Venice Spartan · 07-13-2007, 03:31 AM

Roy Orbison - 4 Octaves

From the stage in Las Vegas in 1976, Elvis Presley called Orbison "the greatest singer in the world", and Barry Gibb of the Bee Gees referred to Roy Orbison as the "Voice of God." Multiple Academy Award winning songwriter Will Jennings ("My Heart Will Go On," from the Titanic soundtrack) called Roy Orbison a "poet, a songwriter, a vision," after working with Roy Orbison and co-writing "Wild Hearts." Bob Dylan, later a bandmate of Orbison's in the Traveling Wilburys, wrote "Orbison transcended all the genres. With Roy, you didn't know if you were listening to mariachi or opera. Roy Orbison kept you on your toes. Roy Orbison sang Roy Orbison's compositions in three or four octaves that made you want to drive your car over a cliff. Roy Orbison sang like a professional criminal. Roy Orbison's voice could jar a corpse, always leave you muttering to yourself something like, 'Man, I don't believe it.' Roy Orbison's songs had songs within songs. Orbison was deadly serious no pollywog and no fledgling juvenile. There wasn't anything else on the radio like him."

tKid · 07-13-2007, 03:42 AM

Are you kidding me, this far in and no:

Marvin Gaye?

Nothing more needs to be posted/said

Plate of Shrimp · 07-13-2007, 06:07 AM

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SpartyHardy · 07-13-2007, 07:03 AM

So many good choices here. But if I have to go with just one...I'll go with Roy Orbison too. His vocal range was absolutely amazing.

So many others that have been mentioned already that I like, and here's another one to add to the list...Tony Bennett.

Rule Spartannia · 07-13-2007, 07:53 AM

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Originally Posted by SpartyHardy

So many good choices here. But if I have to go with just one...I'll go with Roy Orbison too. His vocal range was absolutely amazing.

So many others that have been mentioned already that I like, and here's another one to add to the list...Tony Bennett.

I just saw Tony Bennett last month and he was amazing -- I was prepared to cut him quite a bit of slack because he's 80, but he didn't need it a bit. The interesting thing is that Old Tony Bennett >> Young Tony Bennett. There aren't a lot of singers that I can think of whose voices have improved so dramatically with age.

Nat King Cole is a favorite of mine -- totally effortless, perfect phrasing.

Young Chet Baker. He's the anti-Bennett, because when he got old he was an astonishingly horrible singer (the heroin probably didn't help). But young Chet was silky smooth and very, very hip.

As far as pop singers go, I might like to have Sting's voice.