Your top 10 favorite singers!!

[TheBrazilianFly]

Not the best but your favorite singers!

1. Bono
2. Bruce Springsteen
3. James Hetfield
4. Mick Jagger
5. Freddie Mercury
6. Brian Johnson
7. Elvis Presley
8. Ozzy Osbourne
9. Lemmy
10. Bruce Dickinson

 

[IWasBored]

not in any particular order:

-joe strummer
-shane macgowan
-the guy from the pinkerton thugs who sings "never again"
-al barr
-bono
-bruce springsteen
-steven page
-greg graffin
-ed kowalczyk

whoops...that was only 9...
-hmm...maybe the guy from idlewild


as you can clearly tell, it's not the 'ability to sing' that i'm necessarily going for here...it's all about the vocals sound withing whatever band these guys are singing in. honestly, i don't care for female vocals as a general rule. i'm not sure WHY, i just don't.

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

as you can clearly tell, it's not the 'ability to sing' that i'm necessarily going for here...it's all about the vocals sound withing whatever band these guys are singing in.

Same here.

 

[smooshcat]

not in any particular order:

-hmm...maybe the guy from idlewild

Yay, Roddy's definately on my list. Based on the last 2 albums and not his voice on Hope Is Important.

- Bono
- Roddy Woomble (Idlewild)
- Michael Stipe
- Shirley Manson (Garbage)
- Gwen Stefani
- Grant Nicholas (Feeder)
- Ryan Adams
- Damien Rice
- Cerys Matthews (Catatonia)
- Bjork

I was just going for the voices I like, and some of them are so full of character, without detracting from the music.

 

[dsmith2904]

Don't know if I can make it to 10, but these are people whose voices I just absolutely love.

Elvis Costello
George Michael
Ann Wilson (Heart)
Andrea Corr
Michael Hutchence
Van Morrison

 

[BVS]

Bono
Stipe
Tim Booth
Vedder
Sinead
Ryan Adams
Thom Yorke
Grant Lee Phillips
Peter Garrett
Jeff Buckley

 

[MrsSpringsteen]

Bono
Bruce
John Lennon
Art Garfunkel
Michael Stipe
Sarah McLachlan
Tori Amos
Van Morrison
Roy Orbison
Elton John

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

Don't know if I can make it to 10, but these are people whose voices I just absolutely love.

Elvis Costello
George Michael
Ann Wilson (Heart)
Andrea Corr
Michael Hutchence
Van Morrison

No Bono?

 

[TheBrazilianFly]

John Lennon
Van Morrison
Roy Orbison
Elton John

 

[WinnieThePoo]

1.Elvis Presley
2.John Lennon
3.Freddie Mercury
4.Peter Gabriel / Phil Collins
5.Ringo Starr
6.PJ Harvey
7.Bono
8.Kurt Cobain
9.Anthony Kiedis
10.Jim Morrison

 

[dsmith2904]

No Bono?

Bono is fantastic but his voice doesn't consistently send ripples through my body the way those other singers do (especially Elvis).

 

[Bonochick]

1. Ryan Adams
2. Bono
3. Jesse Malin
4. Conor Oberst
5. Leona Naess
6. Mick Jagger
7. Dave Gahan
8. Michael Hutchence
9. Elton John
10. Huey Lewis

 

[FelipeVox]

Bono
Morrissey
Ryan Adams
Tori Amos
PJ Harvey

 

[pub crawler]

Bono
Robert Smith
Robert Plant
Chris Cornell
Justin Hawkins
Bill Withers
Bowie
Sinatra
Klaus Meine
Beck
Roland Orzabal
Madonna (in small doses)
Marley (in big doses)
Peter Garrett

 

[jkayet]

not in any order...voices I love:

Bono
Guy Garvey (elbow)
Nick Drake
Neil Halstead
James Walsh
Morrissey
Beth Orton
Ed Harcourt
Roddy Womble (idlewild)
Michael Stipe
Thom Yorke

 

[Strato Edge]

Springsteen
Stipe
Ian Curtis
Morrissey
Julian Casablancas
Bono
Thom Yorke
Jeff Tweedy
David Byrne

 

[shari schultz]

Bono
Van Morrison
Paddy Casey
Springsteen
Kurt Neumann
Sam Llanas
Casey Stratton
Keb Mo
Gwen Stefani
Eric Clapton

 

[Saracene]

Bono
PJ Harvey
Nick Cave
Lisa Gerrard
Tori Amos
Bjork
Joe Strummer
Jim Morrisson
Kate Bush
Beth Orton

 

[OzAurora]

In no set order,

Bono
Perry Farell (Janes Addiction)
Neil Young
Paul Kelly
Madonna
Tim Freedman (The Whitlams)
Paul Simon
Lisa Gerrard (Dead Can Dance)
Dean Martin
Xavier Rudd

 

[AcrobatMan]

1) steve wilson (PT)
2) david gilmor(PF)
3) bono(U2)
4) dave gahan(DM)
5) michael hutchence(INXS)
6) thom yorke(RH)
7) chris martin(CP)
8) liam gallagher(Oasis)
9) ian curtis(JD)
10) evan johansen(magnet)

 

[U2zoogirl]

Bono
Ozzy Osbourne
the guy of led zeppelin... (I can't remember his name )
Jim Morrison
Janis Joplin
James Hetfield
Kurt Cobain
Bjork
Robert Smith
michael Hutchence
B real... well he's not exactly a singer... anyway

 

[Jack In The Box]

Bono
Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals)
Paul Banks (Interpol)
Guy Garvey (Elbow)
Bj?rk
Thom Yorke
Chris Martin
Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey
John Lennon

 

[Laura M]

Brian Kennedy
Bob Geldoff
Bono
Sarah Mc Lachlan
Dido
Beth Orton
Bruce Springsteen
Natalie Merchant
Paul Weller
Eric Clapton

 

[cass]

Bono
Freddie Mercury
Emmylou Harris
Annie Lennox
Sinead O'Connor
Archie Roach
Elvis Presley
Marvin Gaye
Luka Bloom
Edge

and lots and lots of others

 

[Bono's shades]

Bono
Jeff Buckley
Roy Orbison
Bruce Springsteen
Aretha Franklin
Marvin Gaye
Prince
Annie Lennox
Michael Hutchence
Elvis Costello

 

[beli]

Billy Idol
George Michael
Michael Hutchence
Roy Orbison
Peter Gabriel
Jim Morrison
Youssou N'Dour
Neil Diamond
Neil Finn
Barry White

I fogot to add some girlies:
Deborah Harry
Thelma Houston
The chick from Alabina (Ishtar?)
Thingie from Clannad (Enyas big sister)
Whosit from Transglobal Underground

 

[U2girl]

Not necessarily in that order:

Frank Sinatra
Elvis
Roy Orbison
Paul McCartney/John Lennon
Johnny Cash (smaller doses than the rest on this list)
Freddie Mercury
Bruce Springsteen
Michael Stipe (smaller doses)
Neil Finn
Bono



Most recently, I kind of like Chris Martin and I'm getting to know Elvis Costello's voice. Also honorable mention Eddie Vedder (in limited amounts) and Leonard Cohen (also limited amounts), and on occasion, Thom Yorke.

 

[meegannie]

Ed Harcourt
James Walsh (Starsailor)
Guy Garvey (Elbow)
Roddy Woomble (Idlewild)
Gruff Rhys (Super Furry Animals)
Tom McRae
Bono
Ryan Adams
Neil Halstead
Emma Pollock (The Delgados)
Anna J?rvinen (Granada)
Neil Finn
Sondre Lerche

 

[meegannie]

not in any order...voices I love:

Thom Yorke

 

[Angela Harlem]

Michael Stipe
Natalie Merchant
Neil Finn
Michael Hutchence
Ambrosia Parsley (or Paisley or whatever the crap her name is)
Paul Simon
Gavin Rossdale
Shirley Bassey
Ella Fitzgerald
Ed Kowalczyk