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[MAC]'s greatest female vocalists:

 
  • [MAC]'s greatest female vocalists:



    1. Björk (63 points)
    2. Nina Simone (40 points)
    3. Beth Gibbons (Portishead) (37 points)
    4. Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins) (36 points)
    5. Kate Bush (27 points)
    6. Siouxsie Sioux (Siouxsie & The Banshees) (21 points)
    7. Ella Fitzgerald (20 points)
    8. Patti Smith (16 points)
    8. Annie Lennox (Eurythmics) (16 points)
    8. Karin Dreijer (The Knife) (16 points)
    8. Billie Holiday (16 points)


    Post your top 10 below.

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    Edited by wrdlbrmpf on 28 Jan 2009, 18:40
  • 01.Nina Simone
    02.Björk
    03.Billie Holiday
    04.Charlyn “Chan” Marshall
    05.Joanna Newsom
    06.Siouxsie Sioux
    07.Patti Smith
    08.Karin Dreijer
    09.Leslie Feist
    10.Beth Gibbons

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  • I feel like I am copying halfdozen, lol.

    1. Beth Gibbons of Portishead
    2. Ali Rodgers of Puracane
    3. Karin Dreijer of The Knife
    4. Lou Rhodes of Lamb
    5. Loreena McKennitt
    6. Björk
    7. Róisín Murphy
    8. Margaret Fiedler of Laika
    9. Geike Arnaert of Hooverphonic
    10. Kelli Ali of Sneaker Pimps

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  • 1. Elizabeth Fraser
    2. Nina Nastasia
    3. Rickie Lee Jones
    4. Faye Wong
    5. Björk
    6. Chan Marshall
    7. Maki Nomiya
    8. Karen Carpenter
    9. Dionne Warwick
    10. Lucinda Williams

    anyone willing to bet against Björk winning this?

    Edited by wrdlbrmpf on 20 Feb 2008, 01:55
  • 1. Kate Bush
    2. Björk
    3. Diamanda Galás
    4. Elizabeth Fraser
    5. Siouxsie Sioux
    6. Lisa Gerrard
    7. Patti Smith
    8. Sheila Chandra
    9. Sinéad O'Connor
    10. Yoko Ono

    The list is subject to change, but no, I'm not joking about Ono.

    • [Deleted user] said...
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    • 13 Jan 2008, 23:48
    I'm sure this will change ... depends on my mood how I define "great". ;)

    1. Lucinda Williams
    2. Karen Dalton
    3. Janis Joplin
    4. Annie Lennox
    5. Camille Dalmais
    6. Patience Hodgson of The Grates
    7. Macy Gray
    8. Dolly Parton
    9. K.D. Lang
    10. Miriam Makeba

    • [Deleted user] said...
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    • 13 Jan 2008, 23:50
    wrdlbrmpf said:
    anyone willing to bet against Björk winning this?


    I think she's likely to. Even though Björk would be on my list of 10 most annoying voices. Can't please everyone!

    • [Deleted user] said...
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    • 15 Jan 2008, 10:47
    1. Sandy Denny
    2. Marianne Faithfull
    3. Patti Smith
    4. Beate Krause (Carol Of Harvest)
    5. Aretha Franklin
    6. Sarah Vaughan
    7. Nina Simone
    8. Mahalia Jackson
    9. Monika Edvardsen (Atrox, Tactile Gemma)
    10. Agnete M. Kirkevaag (Madder Mortem)

    • cjcarne said...
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    • 15 Jan 2008, 13:21
    1. Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
    2. Jane Siberry
    3. Ann Magnuson (Bongwater)
    4. Rosie Cuckston (Pram)
    5. Dagmar Krause
    6. Diamanda Galas
    7. Kristen Hersh
    8. Jean Smith (Mecca Normal)
    9. Marion Coutts (Dog Faced Hermans)
    10. Trish Keenan (Broadcast)

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  • 1. Ella Fitzgerald
    2. Annie Lennox
    3. Kate Bush
    4. Sheila Chandra
    5. Cassandra Wilson
    6. Nina Simone
    7. Yildiz Ibrahimova
    8. Björk
    9. Siouxsie Sioux
    10. Beth Gibbons

    • [Deleted user] said...
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    • 26 Jan 2008, 01:08
    I'm not sure who I like best, and there might be "greater voices", but I'm just gonna spill out some names

    1. Beth Gibbons
    2. Elizabeth Fraser
    3. Siouxsie Sioux
    4. Fontella Bass
    5. Björk
    6. Shirley Manson
    7. Sia
    8. Nico
    9. Alison Goldfrapp
    10. Lydia Lunch

    • [Deleted user] said...
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    • 24 Jan 2009, 00:45
    • TommyLP said...
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    • 24 Jan 2009, 15:55
    1. Sarah Cracknell (Saint Etienne)
    2.Kate Bush
    3.Nina Simone
    4.Beth Gibbons
    5.Björk
    6.Karin Dreijer (The Knife)
    7.Alison Goldfrapp
    8.Shirley Manson
    9.Trish Keenan (Broadcast)
    10.Chan Marshall (Cat Power)

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  • 1. Rokia Traoré
    2. Gaya Arutunjan (of Deti Picasso)
    3. Beth Gibbons
    4. Björk
    5. Nina Simone
    6. Lou Rhodes
    7. Colette Magny
    8. Carla Bozulich
    9. Catherine Jauniaux
    10. Janis Joplin

  • 1. Ella Fitzgerald
    2. Aretha Franklin
    3. Billie Holliday
    4. Nina Simone
    5. Marie Callas
    6. Sarah Vaughan
    7. Diana Krall
    9. Bjork
    9. Mary Lou WIlliams
    10. Stevie Nicks

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    • k_nikki said...
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    • 28 Jan 2009, 18:11
    1. Regina Spektor
    2. Laura Marling
    3. Patience Hodgson of The Grates
    4. Karen Orzolek of Yeah Yeah Yeahs
    5. Alison “VV” Mosshart of The Kills
    6. Becky Ninkovic of You Say Party! We Say Die!
    7. Annie Hardy of Giant Drag
    8. Laura-Mary Carter of Blood Red Shoes
    9. Emily Haines (of Metric)
    10. Jenny Lewis of Rilo Kiley

  • The greatest female vocalist has to be Betty Davis


    Not only does she have a totaly unique voice, but she gets extra points for introducing her husband Miles to the more freaky ends of the music spectrum

    'We're gonna be clocking up quite a few hours in the Rascal, but i've fitted a blaupunkt system so you got any sounds, please bring 'em along. 'No dance bollocks, if i wanna hear electronic bleeps and farts i'll put my foot through the windscreen of the rascal and listen to the alarm going off!' Tommy Saxondale
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