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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:25 PM
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Underrated singers
Edited on Wed May-05-04 01:25 PM by mvd
Like the "worst" list, this evaluates vocals only.

Many in the "worst" list IMO:

Bob Dylan
Stevie Nicks
Billy Joel
Michelle Branch (though she gets more respect than Avril)
Avril Lavigne
Alanis Morissette
Christina Aguilera (could use her voice better, though, and her material doesn't interest me)
country singers like Reba McEntire and Martina McBride
Shania Twain
Lucinda Williams
Kasey Chambers
Bee Gees singers (a little too feminine for me sometimes, but they do well on many songs)

more later maybe..
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:26 PM
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1. Sheryl Crow.
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:27 PM
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2. I'll give you Dylan, Lucinda, and Stevie.
I haven't much use for the rest, though.

Then again, YOU don't like Yoko, you... you... dum-dum-head! :D
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:30 PM
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6. And that's why I say they are underrated!
They should have more respect. :D
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:33 PM
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8. Under, over...
The earth being (roughly) spherical, what's the diff, really? :shrug:
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:34 PM
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10. The difference is in the listening
:-)
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Whitacre D_WI Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:38 PM
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12. To what? Warbling never-beens?
:P

(Dude, come on, I gave you Stevie -- I'm far too much of a music snob to budge any further)
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:40 PM
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15. Then it's a standoff
I'm not changing, either. We obviously have different perspectives on music.
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:28 PM
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3. wiLLiam hung
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curse10 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:31 PM
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7. LMAO
:spank:
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Malikshah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:29 PM
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4. Lara Fabian and Linda Eder
They live the songs and have the voices to match anyone.
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mvd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:33 PM
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9. I agree about Linda
If you hear her song "Bells of St. Paul" on Another Rosie Christmas, you'll get chills..
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southpaw Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:30 PM
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5. I've always thought Lindsey Buckingham was underrated
as both a singer and a guitarist...
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bif Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:38 PM
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11. Tony Tennille, Jonatha Brooke, Cat Power
Julee Cruise. Many others.
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:39 PM
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13. Warren Zevon
He gets a lot of credit as a songwriter, but he was a wonderful singer as well.
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Donating Member ( posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 01:40 PM
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14. In their own opinion
Jimi Hendrix & Stevie Ray Vaughan
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Westegg Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:25 PM
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16. Initially, Jimi's voice bugged me. But now?...
...Now I can't imagine anyone else singing Jimi's songs. Others have done so, with some good results ("Little Wing" etc.) . BUT Jimi's singing and playing now seem to me to be such genius of song construction. It was all very intuitively thought out. His vocals, which I've learned to love for their raw emotion and soul, and his playing , which is unparalleled, mesh together in a way that makes him utterly unique.

Though I guess I feel kinda the same way about Bert Jansch's output in the '60s. Jansch? Anyone, anyone?
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GOPisEvil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed May-05-04 02:29 PM
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17. Kelly Willis.
:-)
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