Sexy Voices

[B_Hickboy]

Michelle Malone
Sheena Easton
Lou Rawls
Jim Morrison
Roger Daltrey
Sinatra
Nicolette Larson
and others

 

[Gillette]

A hell yeah goes out to those who mentioned...
Sade
Nina Simone
Patsy Cline
Toni Braxton
Chris Isaak
Morton Harket-yes yes
Stevie Nicks
Ann Wilson
KD Lang
Holly Cole
Sarah McLaughlin
Tori Amos
Mark Knopfler
Queen Latifah

MUST ADD...
Peter Steele - Type O Negative, dark, goth and soooooo hot
Seal, "my power, my pleasure, my pain"
Shirley Bassey
Sophie B. Hawkins
Robert Plant - solo, "Ship of Fools" rocked my boat
Erykah Badu
Alicia Keys
Prince
Geoff Tate - Queensryche, "Silent Lucidity"
Mike Patton - Faith No More
James Hetfield - Metallica, growly= hot
Chad Kroeger - Nickleback
Tyler Connelly - Theory of a Deadman
Freddie Mercury
George Michael

And lastly I must beg to differ. MICHAEL HUTCHENCE of INXS!!!

 

[Shelby]

Allison Kraus

Doc Watson

Mel Blanc

 

[Nelly Gay]

A simple question: Which singers, male and female, do have what you consider a sexy voice? For me it's Angela Basset, Linda Ronstadt, Emmilou Harris, Cass Elliott, Nancy Sinatra, Suzi Quatro (girls), and for the guys it's Eric Burdon, Billy Ray Cyrus, Louis Armstrong, Sam Cooke, Mark Knopfler, Lou Reed, Ray Davies...

Speaking voices
Adrienne Barbeau in John Carpenter's "The Fog".
Great husky voice ....

 

[D_Melburn Pudmuncher]

Girls:
Anita Baker
Rickie Lee Jones
Mary Chapin Carpenter
K.D. Lang (only if I don't visualize her...well forget that one, I just visualized her !)
Gwen Stefani
Nora Jones

Guys

Michael Buble'
Donnie Hathaway
Baby Face
Jose' Feliciano
Tom Shane (Yes...of the Shane company)

 

[tacvbo]

Maynard James Keenan

 

[The Dragon]

I have a passion for Sade.
Her voice is just liquid silk.
Sexy and smooth.

 

[earllogjam]

Issac Hayes (chef)
Barry White
Kenny Chesney
Chris Daughtry

LeAnne Rimes
Lea Salonga (Broadway's Miss Saigon)

 

[JamieBoy]

Eva Cassidy / Pebo Brysan

 

[psidom]

elizabeth fraser (cocteau twins)
bjork (when she gets quiet)
tori amos (older stuff)
Pj Harvey
Chan Marshall (cat power)
Peter Murphy (bauhaus)
Perry Farrell
siouxsie sioux (the creatures)

 

[Kevbo]

I'll mention a few interesting voices, not necessarily sexy:

PEOPLE I LIKE LISTENING TO
Amy Grant - I'm surely the only poster to bring in a Christian recording artist :->, but she has this amazingly breathy timbre.

Daniel Schorr - yes, the (very) senior news analyst on NPR. I love listening to his little monologues. I also like the rare appearance of Henry Kissinger or Zbigniew Brzezinski.

Alanis Morissette, Anna Nalick, Karen O - elastic-voiced rock/pop femmes

Jewel - okay, her poetry is best left in the drawer, but "Who Will Save Your Soul" is a pop-singing tour-de-force...

Mika - ...as is "Grace Kelly"

Vienna Teng, Rachael Yamagata, Fiona Apple - piano pop songstresses

Chris Martin (Coldplay) - esp. "Politik" and "The Scientist"

Berfu Guven - cute-as-a-button anchor on "Business: Turkey" on CNBC

Cheng Lei - Shanghai reporter for "Business Tonight" on CNBC; breathy way of speaking that makes me tingle...

Dave Matthews, Jack Johnson - laidback guitar pop

Dido, Feist, Paula Cole - breathy, earnest-sounding

Heather Nova - in a class all by herself... I get dizzy listening to "Truth and Bone"

Neko Case - not a huge fan of her music, but what an arresting voice!

Beth Gibbons - lead singer of Portishead; pick any song from "Dummy"

Regina Spektor, Bjork - their accented vocal gymnastics are endlessly fascinating

PEOPLE I WISH I SOUNDED LIKE
Randy Owen - lead singer of the country band Alabama; ladies, listen to "Feels So Right" and try not to melt.

Paul Young - especially on "Love of the Common People"

Damien Rice - the raw fear of commitment he shows on "I Remember" is astonishing

Chris Whitley - R.I.P. ... but what a voice on "Big Sky Country"

Ian Astbury - lead singer of The Cult; "Fire Woman" would be my audition for American Idol if I weren't too old for it -- and could actually sing :->

Iva Davies - lead singer of the '80s band Icehouse; David Bowie without the affectations :->

Jeff Buckley - R.I.P. ... best rock falsetto ever? "Hallelujah" is AMAZING

Mat Kearney - some will say that Chris Martin is the successor to Jeff Buckley, but to me the real heir-apparent is this guy -- "Nothing Left To Lose" was a big hit a couple of years ago

 

[whatireallywant]

Bryan Ferry
Chris Isaak
George Benson

Sade
Neko Case
Paula Frazer

...of the ones I can think of right off...

oh... and Habib Koite... he is one of my favorite guitarists (I mentioned him in the guitar thread), favorite singers, AND he's good-looking, too!

 

[prince_will]

right now, it's John Mayer. he totally does it for me. i believe i made up a thread about this same subject.

 

[Tattooed Goddess]

Freddy Mercury from Queen and Josh Groban.

 

[Mr. Snakey]

Kate Bush, Joan Armatrading, Naughty.

 

[klyn67]

Josh Groban, #1....... no one else comes close.
Also love: Sade, Angie Stone, Jill Scott, Nina Simone.

 

[D_Prudence_Admonition_Drightits]

I like most Shakespearean actor's voices because they are clear, loud, and makes English sound like poetry; but the one actor that does it for me is:

ALAN RICKMAN - so dreamy

 

[Mr. Bungle]

Gillette, I'm gonna agree with you on Peter Steele - I've seen Type O Negative many times, and the sheer number of goth girls who were literally throwing themselves at this dude was unbelievable. Yeah, I'm straight, but I admit, the dude's got a voice that can bring girls to orgasm!!

I've always been a fan of the female-fronted symphonic metal bands, like After Forever (Floor Jansen from The Netherlands), Epica (Simone Simons, also from The Netherlands). Both of them, especially Simone, *drool*

as for a sexy speaking voice, I'll have to go with Catherine Zeta-Jones (byfar the most beautiful woman ever) and Kathy Ireland.

 

[footballstar20]

One man sticks out in my head: Andrea Bocelli

 

[Hand_Solo]

Simone Simons has one of the most beautiful voices I've ever heard. Shawn Colvin is up there too.

As far as sexy, Bjork's voice always manages to stir my loins.