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Best British Female Singer
Just interested in this one.. Was wondering who you would say the best British female singer of all time was.. And who is currently the best british female singer..
If you could post up a video from youtube, that would be great too!! |
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Just interested in this one.. Was wondering who you would say the best British female singer of all time was.. And who is currently the best british female singer..
If you could post up a video from youtube, that would be great too!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA48IL6bQQU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0azq9GF_g Both brilliant in their own way and totally unique too. |
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Best ever:
Liz Fraser Best current (well... the best of the recent crop of female singers): Natasha Khan (check out the note at 2:10... phenomenal) |
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All time?.....Personally I'd go for a tie between the following two....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA48IL6bQQU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0azq9GF_g Both brilliant in their own way and totally unique too. Not so keen on Kate Bush but that's personal preference.. Great choices though!
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Best ever:
Liz Fraser Best current (well... the best of the recent crop of female singers): Natasha Khan (check out the note at 2:10... phenomenal) |
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Thanks for those links!! Dusty Springfield - Brilliant!
Not so keen on Kate Bush but that's personal preference.. Great choices though!http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbw-...eature=related if this doesn't move you then I'm lost for words to be honest.....gorgeous doesn't do it justice imo.....
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Dusty Springfield
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Watch this one from the Great Kate COTTON BUDS.....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzbw-...eature=related if this doesn't move you then I'm lost for words to be honest.....gorgeous doesn't do it justice imo..... ![]() I suppose I'm looking for a combination of all things - voice sound and ability - expressive ability and so forth.. That song was lovely! |
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Ahh, you see, now that one was brilliant! I've never heard her sing anything other than Wuthering Heights.. So I just thought she sounded like minnie mouse all the time.. But on that video she has a very soothing Caren Carpenter type voice! Lovely song..
I suppose I'm looking for a combination of all things - voice sound and ability - expressive ability and so forth.. That song was lovely! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsX...eature=related |
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I'm amazed you've only heard of "Wuthering Heights".....there is so much more to Kate than just that song, fabulous though it was......try this one (probably the greatest single she ever released in my opinion)....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BZsX...eature=related Thanks for that link - it has a madonna kind of sound about that song but with a much better haunting voice... Thanks
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Dusty Springfield.
So difficult to choose, but 'Going back' is a favourite as is http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y |
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Dusty Springfield.
So difficult to choose, but 'Going back' is a favourite as is http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=wyCVxPEPx5Y |
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Either Dusty Springfield or Sade for me.
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Best ever:
Liz Fraser Best current (well... the best of the recent crop of female singers): Natasha Khan (check out the note at 2:10... phenomenal) I love that song , Natsha Khan is a really talented artist IMO. |
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Best current - Kerry Ellis
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All time?.....Personally I'd go for a tie between the following two....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EA48IL6bQQU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hv0azq9GF_g Both brilliant in their own way and totally unique too. I would also personally have to consider two other female artists - Annie Lennox and Elkie Brooks, who again are at completely opposite ends of the spectrum. I think they both have very distinctive voices and have released some of the best songs in pop music history. Very difficult to choose a favourite Annie song so out of her Eurythmics career I'd probably say something like 'Love is a stranger.' However, going back a bit further and with a bit of continuity from Dusty, how about the Tourist's cover of 'I only want to be with you?' I still can't get enough of Annie's cover of "No more I love you's" despite the fact it was probably one of the most overplayed radio songs at the time - it just brings back a load of good memories from my school days! Some links... http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=_cXOesI1Aw0 -Tourists - I only want to be with you http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=jLwy2QuVOUE Eurythmics - Love is a stranger. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=cdxTKzBMPfE Annie Lennox - No More I Love You's As for Elkie Brooks... I know it's obvious but I really love 'Pearl's A Singer' - http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZQTnsT0d5SA. |
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Best current - Kerry Ellis
Agree with abve poster too, Annie Lennox is definitely one of my all time favourites.. Love her!! |
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Absolutely brilliant - I would have instantly thrown both of their names into the hat myself. I would struggle to choose between both Kate Bush and Dusty myself though both of their styles are worlds apart.
I would also personally have to consider two other female artists - Annie Lennox and Elkie Brooks, who again are at completely opposite ends of the spectrum. I think they both have very distinctive voices and have released some of the best songs in pop music history. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wa_lkpBVkXU I can't comment on Elkie Brooks as I only really know her for "Pearl's a Singer"
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Well if we're spreading the Annie Lennox love, my fave song of hers has always been Why. The emotion she puts into that song whenver she performs it live is just amazing.
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Well if we're spreading the Annie Lennox love, my fave song of hers has always been Why. The emotion she puts into that song whenver she performs it live is just amazing.
I also really love Annie's cover of 'Waiting in Vain.' |
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Claire Martin
www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1oY5glJHko Helen Baden http://helenbaden.co.uk/Documents/CD.htm Edit Oh and Elaine Paige http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s96NZoeDs68 |
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I can't comment on Elkie Brooks as I only really know her for "Pearl's a Singer" ![]() |
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Well if we're spreading the Annie Lennox love, my fave song of hers has always been Why. The emotion she puts into that song whenver she performs it live is just amazing.
Though not her song, this live version of Many Rivers To Cross is wonderful too http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=GSSQXis_M4Q ---------- Never heard of this lady till recently but this version of I Put A Spell On You knocks the spots off every other version I've heard Mica Paris & Dave Gilmore Live on Jools Holland http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=d1dscjhVQEc her voice is so smokey and lucious |
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I expect she has sung other tracks that you would know if you heard them. I bet you remember "Sunshine After The Rain," even if you can only recall the dance cover version by Berri from the early 90s. Well worth checking out Elkie's original version.
I'm super impressed with all the women which have been put forward
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Oh and Elaine Paige I've yet to hear her sing anything where I haven't heard a better version by someone else. For example, Dianne Pilkington's version of Memory is a hundred times better than EP's, even with the horrible recording quality. |
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Not so keen on Kate Bush but that's personal preference.. Great choices though!
