Great female lead singers

[Collier11]

This Chick, I have always loved her voice


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[texaspokieokie]

linda ronstadt & grace slick

[3rdgensooner]

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[Breadburner]

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[yermom]

i'd make a distinction between vocalist and lead singer

i love Dido, but i wouldn't call her a lead singer, or Linda Ronstadt, but i never liked her. otherwise, all solid choices :D

but i want to marry Jenny Lewis:

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[waynepayne]

Johnette Napolitao has one of the most incredible voices ever, imho.


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Bloodletting is also on my top ten cd list.





nice call on Jenny Lewis, no she isnt the greatest voice but "you are what you love" amd "portion for foxes" are two of my all time favorites!

[yermom]

i've also always liked Kay Hanley:

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[waynepayne]

and those of you that know me know this is coming :D


The only chk I would totally stalk...

Neko Case.


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[yermom]

and Karen O:

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i'm kinda interested to hear Leroy's take on her, now that i think about it :D

[waynepayne]

Margo Timmins from Cowboy Junkies

Most will remember this from the Natural Born Killers movie.

Sweet Jane

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[yermom]

i didn't know that was a cover until pretty recently :O

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[TitoMorelli]

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[yermom]

yeah, Chrissie Hynde is really good. it took me a while to kinda get The Pretenders. i need to hear more of their stuff

[StoopTroup]

Bonnie Raitt

[Breadburner]

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[silverwheels]

and those of you that know me know this is coming :D


The only chk I would totally stalk...

Neko Case.

I was supposed to post that! :mad:


Also (some not already mentioned)

Lisa Lobsinger of Reverie Sound Revue and Broken Social Scene
Leslie Feist of Broken Social Scene and her solo work
Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose
Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Cat Power
Ashlin Phillips of The Eames Era
Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine
Ladyhawke
Laura Veirs
Kathryn Calder of Immaculate Machine and The New Pornographers
Regina Spektor
Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney
Sonya Kitchell
Amy Millan of Stars

There's probably more that I listen to but don't remember at the moment.

[StoopTroup]

Elton John :D

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[StoopTroup]

Coochy Coo ! ! ! Mucho Grathyass! :D

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[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

yeah, Chrissie Hynde is really good. it took me a while to kinda get The Pretenders. i need to hear more of their stuffmaybe the "best '80's band with a female lead singer"? Their CD "the Singles" has almost all their hits, and is excellent.

[A Sooner in Texas]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXVcrWO5FCg


It's not Christmas until Darlene Love sings "Christmas (Baby, please come home)".

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I think I would have picked one of the Carpenters' covers of a Leon Russell song..."Superstar" for one.

[StoopTroup]

I loved that one. Here's a little help from your Friendly Neighborhood StoopTroup. :D

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[StoopTroup]

I think I would have picked one of the Carpenters' covers of a Leon Russell song..."Superstar" for one.

That was good too. They were really hawt back in the day. When she died it was a National Event. Her death brought anorexia to the forefront.

[A Sooner in Texas]

That was good too. They were really hawt back in the day. When she died it was a National Event.

She had one of the truly great voices, IMO. I remember when she died; it was pretty sad because it was just so senseless. And thanks for posting the Darlene Love vid...I'm still clueless when it comes to posting videos. :O

[waynepayne]

I was supposed to post that! :mad:


Also (some not already mentioned)

Lisa Lobsinger of Reverie Sound Revue and Broken Social Scene
Leslie Feist of Broken Social Scene and her solo work
Nataly Dawn of Pomplamoose
Shingai Shoniwa of the Noisettes
Tracyanne Campbell of Camera Obscura
Cat Power
Ashlin Phillips of The Eames Era
Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine
Ladyhawke
Laura Veirs
Kathryn Calder of Immaculate Machine and The New Pornographers
Regina Spektor
Corin Tucker of Sleater-Kinney
Sonya Kitchell
Amy Millan of Stars

There's probably more that I listen to but don't remember at the moment.

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I am going to add one her live performances because it shows off those glorious pipes.

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[soonerinkaty]

I can't post vids on my iPhone, but Melissa Kaplan of splashdown. Most angelic voice I've ever heard.

[sooner59]

Stevie Nicks goat at the USO show.

[A Sooner in Texas]

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[bigfatjerk]

To me the best female singer of any genre is Patsy Cline.

After that it's Ann Wilson and Billie Holiday

[texaspokieokie]

i'd make a distinction between vocalist and lead singer

i love Dido, but i wouldn't call her a lead singer, or Linda Ronstadt, but i never liked her. otherwise, all solid choices :D

but i want to marry Jenny Lewis:

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Linda Ronstadt-Stone Ponies

[GKeeper316]

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suzanna hoffs and the bangles covering a great song on the soundtrack to one of the best movies of the 80s.

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[StoopTroup]

I did like this video a lot....lol;)

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[GKeeper316]

ya, id still stick my tongue so far up suzanna hoffs' *** that id lick her brain.

[silverwheels]

I forgot about Beth Gibbons from Portishead:

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[Leroy Lizard]

My vote: Neko Case. (What a voice!)

Actually, my vote goes for another lead singer, but I'd better not.

[ouwasp]

I think most of us guys that were late-teens/20-somethings in the 1980's were in lust w/ Pat Benatar. :O

Thought the female lead for Quarterflash was a pretty good imitation...

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I think most of us guys that were late-teens/20-somethings in the 1980's were in lust w/ Pat Benatar. :O

Thought the female lead for Quarterflash was a pretty good imitation...Pat's still looking pretty good, for her age, and can still belt it out with her powerful diaphragm. I saw her perform live twice in PHX within the last couple yrs. I liked Blondie just as well, or maybe even a bit better, though. I think I like Blondie's repertoir more than Pat's.

[OUthunder]

ya, id still stick my tongue so far up suzanna hoffs' *** that id lick her brain.

By the time I got done with her, she'd be tasting clam chowder.

[Leroy Lizard]

I think most of us guys that were late-teens/20-somethings in the 1980's were in lust w/ Pat Benatar. :O

Until she started singing.

[Leroy Lizard]

Pat's still looking pretty good, for her age, and can still put out with her powerful diaphragm.

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[OUthunder]

I remember wanting to do the Go-Go's as a horny teenager.

[SoonerStormchaser]

The chick from Evanescence...and of course, the one and only Cherie Currie from the Runaways. Heh!

[RUSH LIMBAUGH is my clone!]

I remember wanting to do the Go-Go's as a horny teenager.They looked pretty good to a guy in his late 30's, too.

[Breadburner]

Until she started singing.

No one asked you...You fuc k ing fag got......!!!

[Leroy Lizard]

No one asked you...You fuc k ing fag got......!!!

I'm guessing you like Pat Benatar's songs?

Why?

[GKeeper316]

I remember wanting to do the Go-Go's as a horny teenager.

i wanted to stack the go-gos up right next to the girls from bananarama and go to work like tiger woods.

[SoonerStormchaser]

forget Bananarama...British chicks age really badly...now a Go-Go's and Bangles lineup...yup!

[ouwasp]

I'm guessing you like Pat Benatar's songs?

Why?

just a matter of taste... I liked the lyrics, beat, voice, looks... a friend of mine was all over Stevie Nicks back in the day; I thought her voice was too rough... just a matter of preference...

[Leroy Lizard]

just a matter of taste... I liked the lyrics, beat, voice, looks... a friend of mine was all over Stevie Nicks back in the day; I thought her voice was too rough...

You didn't like her warble?

"Thunder only happens when its' R-r-R-r-R-r-R-raining."

Surprised no one's mentioned Joan Jett. She could rock. Loved her theme for American Choppers:

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