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View Poll Results: who has the best/ most distincitve voice?
Natalie Merchant 3 10.34%
Chrissy Hines 3 10.34%
Chris Cornell 2 6.90%
Jimi Hendrix 0 0%
Janice Joplin 1 3.45%
Kate Bush 0 0%
Cyndi Lauper 3 10.34%
Nina Simone 2 6.90%
Brody Dale 0 0%
Johnny Cash 1 3.45%
Neil Young 1 3.45%
Robert Plant 2 6.90%
Perry Ferrel 0 0%
Ozzy 0 0%
Shannon Hoon(Blind Melon) 0 0%
Arlo Guthrie 0 0%
David Bowie 0 0%
Axle 0 0%
Anthiny Keidas 0 0%
Alanis Morrisette 0 0%
Freddy Mercury 9 31.03%
Bob Dylan 1 3.45%
Eddie Vedder 1 3.45%
Tori Amos 0 0%
Hope Sandoval (mazzy star) 0 0%
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Old 11-01-2008, 10:33 PM   #1
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best singing voice

it's one of those polls
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:21 PM   #2
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Best and most distinctive aren't necessarily the same thing. For example, Peter Garrett (Midnight Oil) and Dave Matthews are quite distinctive, but they wouldn't be in my best-of list.

I can't pick just one, but Karen Carpenter would definitely be up there...they say she had perfect pitch.
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:29 PM   #3
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I wish Tarja Turunen was on the list. She is my fave! I ended up voting for Johnny Cash
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:31 PM   #4
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i can't choose
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:32 PM   #5
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I couldn't tell you which one is the best, but I'd like to register an anti-vote for Bob Dylan. His voice makes my bowels weak. Only other people should be allowed to sing his songs.
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:42 PM   #6
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early Dylan
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i can't choose
So, you decided to try and set the rest of us up, you son-of-a-bitch!
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Old 11-01-2008, 11:53 PM   #8
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i wound up going with Chrissy Hines. but man...it's not easy
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Old 11-02-2008, 12:08 AM   #9
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early Dylan
Better than late Dylan, I'll agree, but still irritating. There's no power behind it, no diaphragm. It's all throat.
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Old 11-02-2008, 12:31 AM   #10
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Robert Plant for his amazing masterful musicality.

Cash is distinctive, and a close second.
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Old 11-02-2008, 12:50 AM   #11
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Of those on the list, I had to go with Chris Cornell. I idolized him in high school...Goddamn, that dude can wail. Listening to "Slaves & Bulldozers" by Soundgarden still gives me chills.
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Old 11-02-2008, 12:52 AM   #12
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Hey, did anyone else read that LZ is threatening to tour without Robert Plant...WTF?!
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Old 11-02-2008, 12:58 AM   #13
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Zoli - from Ignite
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Glenn Danzig
Fergie
Bruce Dickinson - aka The Human Air Raid Siren
King Diamond
Aja Kim (Bruce "Lee" Chickinson)

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Old 11-02-2008, 08:18 AM   #14
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Sting
Bono
Both so distinctive, can make the hairs on my arms stand up.

Neil Finn - has such great range and is effortless in the higher registers.

Christina Aquilera - not my style of music, but man she can belt them out. When she happens to sing a song I like, I really admire her voice.
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Old 11-02-2008, 10:11 AM   #15
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No Sarah McLachlan? No Frank Sinatra?
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