And I must say that most artists now are going to be compared to someone in the last thirty or forty years.
And I must say that most artists now are going to be compared to someone in the last thirty or forty years.
Some other good picks:
Robert Smith (The Cure)
Lenny Kravitz
Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
Klaus Meine (Scorpions)
Ronnie James Dio
Nobody said Mick Jagger yet (I think)
Ike Reilly
Joanna Newsom's voice is "beautiful"?
Since when? She sounds like nails on a chalkboard. I've studied quite a bit of music in my day. The quality of a singer's voice isn't entirely a matter of taste. Tone quality still matters.
But distinctive...yeah, well, certainly.
Tom Waits sounds a lot likely Captain Beefheart to me. I vote for Roger Waters.
the answer, of course, is:
JIM JAMES
of MY MORNING JACKET
best band in America, especially live.
Wolfgang Grajonca wrote:
A little suprised no one has mentioned Joni Mitchell.
Top of pg 4.
Ol Grumpus wrote:
walter wrote:Tom Waits is the winner.
I agree. Nobody else mentioned so far even comes close. Who else has repeatedly won lawsuits against major corporations who use sound-alikes in commercials?
Apparently you didn't read MY post. Who the hell else in the world sounds like Dolly Parton (with her quivering voice) or Reba McEntyre (sp?) with her constant down-home yodel voice? Pretty distinctive.
Good Call on Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Also:
Ben Gibbard
Ben Kweller
The guy from The Walkmen
Isaac Brock- Modest Mouse. No one on earth sounds like him
your mom
Willie Nelson
Devendra Banhart.
THOM YORKE?
billy corgan anyone?
Lead singer of smashin pumpkins
Rod Stewart
Diamnada Galas. And that's really the end of the story. :-)
Tiny Tim.
the lead singer of Muse sounds like Yorke sometimes
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