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 Post subject: "Magical" voices
PostPosted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:57 pm 
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You know the artists I'm speaking about:
They're the ones who can sing ANYTHING and make it sound beautiful; make the ABCs melt your heart.

Who are those singers by whose mere presence a song is elevated to greatness (or near greatness)? Who, when they sing, can do no wrong?

My picks:
Sam Cooke
Willie Nelson
Nina Simone
Van Morrison
Otis Redding

Think of it... magic.

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I'm thinking that list needs nothing.......
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Aretha Franklin
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At one time I would've said Grant Lee Phillips, but in recent years he keeps trying to prove me wrong.
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I knew I was missing one from my list.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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Billie Holiday
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Percy Sledge, Marvin, Eddie Kendricks, Eva Cassidy

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Black magical.

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The touch, the feel of cotton perhaps?
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I'll go with the obvious choice of Jeff Buckley.
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I'd add Allison Krauss. God I love her voice.
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Amen.

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I will also add one Mavis Staples.

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I'll throw out one to get flamed.

Elvis Presley.

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Sen.LooGAR (D-Aladambama) Wrote:
I'll throw out one to get flamed.

Elvis Presley.


OH FUCK HOW DID I FORGET.... :shock:

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Yes yes and yes
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Tim Buckley and Nina Simone.
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Damn I forgot another one. He's well off most radars on this board, but Don Williams has one of my favorite voices, so much so that I bet he could tell me I terminal cancer and my obituary would probably include a mention of all the fucked up shit residing on my computer and I'd still think, damn, that's good....

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I bet he could tell me I terminal cancer and my obituary would probably include a mention of all the fucked up shit residing on my computer and I'd still think, damn, that's good....

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Come to think of it, yeah Don Williams would be able to do that...just awesome
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hey guys, frank.

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