Let's say Sam Cooke for the men, Billie Holiday for the ladies.

Bowie and Costello have serious pipes. Those dudes in TV On The Radio can kick it out, too.

Maynard James Keenan
Eddie Vedder

(*Ducks*)

Eddie vedder?
Seriously?

I can't get into this "best" thing...I don't see a difference between "best" and "who I like." Maybe that's my problem. Mariah Carey might have a thousand octave range but all that vibrato American Idol-approved singing sounds really bad to me. On the other hand, I love Dan Bejar. If he went to try out for your local glee club, he'd get thrown out on his fuzzy ass. But: who's the better of the two?

Bejar by a million light years!

DefinitelyNOTtheSWEDE wrote:Eddie vedder?
Seriously?

Seriously...Really

andyman wrote:

DefinitelyNOTtheSWEDE wrote:Eddie vedder?
Seriously?

Seriously...Really

first, sam prekop... i mean, his 'voice' is mostly breath... does that count?

and as for Eddie Vedder... Eddie Vedder? oh man... every time I think of the "hoo! hoo! hoo! hoo!" part of Jeremy... i mean, oh maaaan...

for active rock'nroll ladies, Katie Eastburn from the band Young People has an excellent voice. I like Chan's too... aw hell, how 'bout the Casady sisters. sure, mix it up... if we're throwing eddie vedder and sam prekop out there, why not cocorosie while we're at it.

bill callahan has a great voice.

but best voice ever?? skip james.

edit: what about cash?

or screamin' jay hawkins...

man!!!! some of you peeps be TRIPPPIN. hope sandoval? BEST female singer? pleasently atmospheric when coupled with an assfuck of reverb, oh definitely. mark lanegan???? eddie veder???? SAM PREKOP!? oh come ON now.

here are my choices and should mention that these aren't rock solid, just what i can think of for right now. my first off-hand picks....

irma thomas, curtis mayfield (duh), tim hardin (mm hmm), nina simone, joni mitchell?

Richard Ashcroft?

I'm saying John Ashcroft.

nina simone.

Jeff Buckley.. Surprised he wasn't mentioned.