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regardless of the quality of the lyrics or rest of the song

Billie Holiday: God Bless the Child
Horace Andy: Spying Glass
Marvin Gaye: What's Goin' On

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Slim Smith: The Time Has Come

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Pelt me with rocks and garbage, but Bjork's vocal turns on "Joga" and "Bachelorette" are pretty fucking awe-inspiring.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:09 (twenty-three years ago)

http://www.wayno.com/words/hollerin.jpg

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:15 (twenty-three years ago)

as are her yelps in "Pluto." actually, that whole album is pretty awe-inspiring.

hard to pick just one favourite for me, but Brendan Perry's voice in Dead Can Dance's rendition of "I Am Stretched On Your Grave" is nothing short of gorgeous.

for sheer giddy maniacal glee, i also love Barney Sumner's delivery of the vocal for "Face Up."

for sheer icy coolness, Sarah Cracknell's delivery on St. Etienne's cover of "Stormtrooper in Drag."

― janni (janni), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Shirley Bassey, "Goldfinger"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:27 (twenty-three years ago)

I was only half-kidding re. Hollerin'.

Perhaps... Peggy Lee, "Don't Smoke in Bed"?

No: Connee Boswell on the Boswell Sisters' "It's Written All Over Your Face." Oh, Lord, search search search search sigh.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:29 (twenty-three years ago)

But god, there are so many. Like Dang, I'm a voice-nerd, so maybe I'll do some real thought on this and compile a list.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, my choices were fairly arbitrary. I've mentioned elsewhere I think that I respond to the human voice above all else. This might as well be "Your Own Fucking Ten" as I'm concerned.

Peggy Lee is very hit-or-miss, but Connee Boswell was always, always ace. There will always be a place for her on any list I make.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Jeff Buckley - "Last Goodbye"

― My name is Kenny (My name is Kenny), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:37 (twenty-three years ago)

Didn't mean to limit it to just one (as you can see from my initial picks) so let it be:

FAVORITE VOCAL PERFORMANCES

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Bjork: Birthday

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:40 (twenty-three years ago)

The Ronettes, "I Wish I Never Saw the Sunshine" (esp. for the transition from the slightly melismatic "everywhere I go" in the bridge to the "ohhhhh baby" leading into the final chorus -- Ronnie ducks down a step before attacking the "ohhhh" and then really lets it rip when she gets back up to the note).

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Tim Buckley "Sweet surrender"

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 February 2003 22:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Linda Thompson, "Sweet Surrender"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:05 (twenty-three years ago)

Most of Diana Ross's performances w/Supremes.
I took her voice for granted after hearing it everywhere my whole life, but now I really dig it

(keep 'em coming Jody)

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Perry Farrell "Three days".

mint.

― scott (worrysome-man), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:12 (twenty-three years ago)

I find that Bob Mould softly cooing '8 miles high' is bracing voice to wake up to on a cold dark Monday morning in Winter.

― panico (panico), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Particular songs aside, certain vocalists I really like would include:

Bjork ("Bachelorette", "Birthday", "Hyperballad", "Joga", "Pagan Poetry")
Robert Smith ("Lullabye", "Harold And Joe", "Prayers For Rain", "Kyoto Song")
David Gahan ("Useless", "Shake The Disease", "I Feel You")
Martin Gore ("Somebody", "A Question Of Lust", "Home", "Comatose")
Jill Scott ("Gettin' In The Way", "Gimme", "A Long Walk")
Christine Goerke (Britten "War Requiem", Alice in "Falstaff")
Renee Fleming (Hayden "Creation")
Rene Pape (Beethoven "Fideleo", Hayden "Creation")
Ian Bostridge (Britten "War Requiem")
Jose Van Dam (Verdi "Falstaff")
Susanne Metzner (Mozart "Mass in C-Minor")
Horace Andy ("One Love", "Man Next Door", "Angel")
Sinead O'Connor ("Troy", "I Am Stretched On Your Grave")
Shara Nelson ("Safe From Harm", "Unfinished Sympathy")
Thom Yorke ("Climbing Up The Walls", "Pyramid Song", "Paranoid Android")

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:18 (twenty-three years ago)

The parts of Stevie Wonder's "Living For the City" when he's bouncing that odd vocal harmony off the synth riff.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:21 (twenty-three years ago)

The Staples Singers "Freedom Highway", "Will the Circle Be Unbroken", "Don't Knock", "John Brown"
Beach Boys "God Only Knows"

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Mighty Diamonds--"Why Me Black Brother Why" (although the singing throughout the Right Time album is beyond beautiful)

(good call on 'God Only Knows)

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:24 (twenty-three years ago)

the floaty high notes on the Beach Boys' "Surf's Up"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Everything Phillip Bailey sang with Earth, Wind and Fire.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Stevie Wonder's cameo in Gary Byrd's The Crown. Made me cry the first time I heard it.

― gaz (gaz), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:27 (twenty-three years ago)

the gruff, pervy, melancholy John Doe on X's "White Girl"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:28 (twenty-three years ago)

Q-Tip on "Bonita Appelbaum".

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:34 (twenty-three years ago)

oooo, i wasn't even thinking on a hip hop level
In that case, muthafuckin' Nas on "The World is Yours"

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:44 (twenty-three years ago)

"The Prophet's Song" by Queen.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Claire Dietrich on Swayzak's "Make Up Your Mind" (equally alluring and annoyed)

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Thursday, 13 February 2003 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

George Jones, "Mr. Fool" and "Will the Circle Be Unbroken"

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Charley Patton, "High Water Everywhere"

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Heptones--"Make Up Your Mind"
(I think I could fill an entire thread w/just reggae performances)

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Yer gonna laugh, but Glenn Danzig's vocals on "Hybrid Moments" by the Misfits and the live version of "Sistinas" by Danzig are wa-hey hecka grand!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Stupendous vocal performances from the two CDs I got in the mail yesterday:

Susana Baca - "Maria Lando"
Mary Lou - "Wish Someone Would Care"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Labelle's backing vocals on Laura Nyro's Gonna Take a Miracle album -- oh, like I need to explain why.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Christina Aguilera on "Beautiful" (the bridge, when her voice starts to get carried away on its own momentum and her high notes get really trebly and just a little in-the-red) (also the way the final few notes of the song collapse into something very easy and lovely -- "don't you bring me down" (pause) "ooooh" (and then without breaking the phrase or the breath she connects the "ooooh" to the "today," preserving the integrity of her final word by not overkilling it with frippery).

It's fucking AMAZING.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:25 (twenty-three years ago)

no it's not. It's cloying and unlistenable. Sorry, Jody.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:28 (twenty-three years ago)

(almost) any song sung by June Tabor on 'Aleyn'

― t\'\'t (t\'\'t), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Alex, you're so wrong.

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:31 (twenty-three years ago)

jeff buckley - grace
3d on massive attack's risingson
hope sandoval on halah by mazzy star
nick drake - river man
mimi parker on low's "laserbeam"
sarah nixey on black box recorder "the art of driving"

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:34 (twenty-three years ago)

Sandy Denny (Fairport Convetion) - "I'll Keep It with Mine"

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) - "The Rain Song"

― Joe (Joe), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:51 (twenty-three years ago)

Beefheart, "Moonlight on Vermont"
Elis Regina w/Tom Jobim, "Waters of March"
Alex Chilton, "O, Dana"
Prefab Sprout, "Cars and Girls"

― chicxulub (chicxulub), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:58 (twenty-three years ago)

Au contraire, Jody, I am SO RIGHT!

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Elmore James - Dust My Broom
There's just something that's *Damned* about the sound of his voice in that song. The entire song is actually about the most amazing sonic texture and atmosphere ever recorded by humankind.

― Davlo (Davlo), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon - "Insane Asylum"

― Jody Beth Rosen (Jody Beth Rosen), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:04 (twenty-three years ago)

"When a man loves a woman". It's mostly improvised and aches like a broken knee.

― Lynskey (Lynskey), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:07 (twenty-three years ago)

Jody you are so OTM re. the LaBelle/Nyro record. Have you seen a first pressing of the LP? It had this ribbed cardboard sleeve which just adds to the loveliness of the cover design (nice font, eh?).

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Koko Taylor and Willie Dixon - "Insane Asylum"

o yes!

― gaz (gaz), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:28 (twenty-three years ago)

I totally back Jody up on Xtina.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:52 (twenty-three years ago)

I think these singers are almost always very good, but here are some mentions of songs that I like them in:
David Bowie - "heroes"
Bryan Ferry - "If There was Something"
Jaques Brel - "Jaures"
Mimi Parker - "Coattails"
Julee Cruise - "Rockin' Back Inside My Heart"

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:02 (twenty-three years ago)

I would also say Kilian has some good picks.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:04 (twenty-three years ago)

I wonder if Julee Cruise is a good singer of just the beneficiary of a very patient and talented team of producers (namely Angelo Badalamenti and David Lynch), because her appearances outside of her albums and the stray singles produced by this team have failed to impress me. Floating into the Night is the greatest thing ever, but I have no objective vantagepoint on it. It's been hardwired to my brain since I was 13.

To great vocal performances I would like to add

Bob Dylan, "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue"
Emmett Miller, "Take Your Tomorrow"
Scott Walker, "It's Over"

Miller is probably the definition of "not for all tastes," though

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Also Charlie Feathers, "Wedding Gown of White."

I sang that and "Defrost Your Heart" over and over and over to myself while wandering around deserted Boston neighborhoods taking photos the year before last. So they're two of the songs where I can anticipate every nuance of the vocal, even ape them with some success.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:42 (twenty-three years ago)

the best vocal performance ever is by the guy that sings "rock your baby"

― Evan (Evan), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Tina Turner-"A Fool in Love"
Reg Presley-"I Can't Control Myself"
Roky Erickson-"You're Gonna Miss Me"
Donovan-"Barabajagal"
John Lydon-"Bodies"
Colin Blunstone-"Time of the Season" (there's probably better examples for him, just can't think of any at the moment)
Bryan Ferry-"When She Walks in the Room"

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Martin Fry, ABC's "The Look of Love." ("Sisters and brothers!")
Ella Fitzgerald, live version of "How High the Moon" where she just fuckin' goes off on a Middle Eastern rant and then ends up growling.
Gustavo Cordero on Bersuit Vergabarat's "La Petisita Culona"
Pharcyde, "I'm That Type of Nigga" (everyone is on fire here, so band award)
Ann Peebles, "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down."
Sam and Dave, "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby." ("SHO Nuff!")
Isaac Hayes, "By the Time She Gets to Phoenix," especially the spooky rap with the agonized echoes.

James Brown [total catalog]

― Neudonym, Friday, 14 February 2003 06:19 (twenty-three years ago)

The whole Real Bahamas CD, but esp. "Numberless As the Sands on the Seashore" (a beautiful song title if ever there were).

Otis Clay, "Let Me Be the One" (had the great privilege of hearing him perform several Impressions songs at a memorial for Curtis Mayfield--he was an unannounced guest)

Arthur Alexander, "Rainbow Road"

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Cee-Lo on "Gettin' Grown" and whatever that song was he did with Lauryn Hill

Bjork on "Hyperballad" and "It's Oh So Quiet"

Serj Tankian on "Sugar" and "Deer Dance"

Angelo Moore on "Unyielding Conditioning"

Miho & Yuka harmonies on "Moonchild" and "Clouds"

Georgy's "Here Comes the Sun"

Mike Patton on "Sweet Charity" and definitely "Goodbye Sober Day"

take your pick of any number of Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan performances

Jeff Buckley on "Hallelujah"

Lateef and Lyrics Born on the opening track of The Album

Gift of Gab, Saul Williams, and Lyrics Born in "Release"

Jill Scott with The Roots at Bogarts in 2000

Stevie dealin' it out on "Don't You Worry 'Bout a Thing"

Kurt Cobain doing "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" on MTV Unplugged

David Byrne & All on "Houses In Motion" and "The Great Curve"

Phish in the closing moments of "You Enjoy Myself"

Ol' Dirty Bastard in "I Can't Wait", "Got Your Money", ah hell all of 'em

Gene Ween in "Freedom of '76" is definitely a keeper

Peter Gabriel, Shinehead O'Connor, & Youssou N'Dour in "Your Eyes"

I better stop now before I kill the thread.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Prince on "If I Was Your Girlfriend" and "Kiss"!!!!

John Lydon on "Home" (far and away his finest hour).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Ann Peebles--"I Can't Stand the Rain"
Ibrahim Ferrer--"Dos Gardenias"
Otis Redding--"Sitting on the Dock of the Bay"

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 February 2003 15:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Kate Bush - This woman's work
Billy Mackenzie - The Rhythm Divine
Alison Moyet - Ne me quitte pas
Elizabeth Fraser/Cocteaus - Lorelei
Annie Lennox - Here comes the rain again
Bjork - All is full of love

― russ t, Friday, 14 February 2003 16:19 (twenty-three years ago)

HENRI CHOPIN OWNZ THIS THREAD!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Judy Garland, "In Between" and "Dear Mr. Gable"

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Jimmy Scott, "Exodus"

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:28 (twenty-three years ago)

all of the vocals on Bis' "Detour." it doesn't work nearly as well live merely because of Lois Maffeo's voice not being there (although they're generally brilliant live).

shirley bassey. "where do i begin?"
most anything involving Tim Booth
shirley manson in "hammering in my head"
tricky in "daydreaming"
polly harvey in "rid of me"
miki berenyi & emma anderson in "when i die"
bilinda butcher in "no more sorry"

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Re. Garland, I think singing that is "conversational," that conveys personality but isn't necessarily lyrical, is often underrated.

― Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Neudonym: nice one with abc...great performance, great track

― kevin brady (groeuvre), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Kate Bush: "wuthering heights" The song is just this close to collapsing under its own ridiculousness, but the fact that she sounds like a pitch-shifted sample on the whole thing saves it.

Bryan Ferry: "Both Ends Burning" It's not enough that he whips out this garish, vulgar verry ferry downward melisma at the end, he's so impressed with himself he does it another three times for emphasis.

Lydon: any and all rolled rrr's

Jody you are firing on all cylinders!

― g.cannon (gcannon), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:04 (twenty-three years ago)

Elvis Presley on 'Suspicious Minds', 'Long Black Limousine', 'Kentucky Rain' and just about anything he recorded in early 1969.

Pleased to see so many mentions of Bryan Ferry above, though.

― James Ball (James Ball), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Bob Marley's "Redemption Song"
Robert Plant & Tori Amos duet on "Down By The Seaside"
Tom Waits on "Step Right Up" and damned-near everything else
Tori Amos on "Winter"
Thom Yorke on "Rabbit In Your Headlights"
Kool G Rap on "Drums of Death"

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:22 (twenty-three years ago)

In fact, I'm down with every single vocal performance on that UNKLE album...even the goofy-ass Mike D one.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:31 (twenty-three years ago)

That UNKLE album is full of vocal goodness (YES even "Lonely Souls" you hatas).

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:33 (twenty-three years ago)

i think i'm a don't-like-a, not a hata

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)

I wanted to post "Lonely Souls" too, but somehow forgot the title and didn't just want to say "whatever is the one with Richard Ashcroft".

I like how it's so damned dismal and dreary all the way up to the very end, when it switches into uplifting joyous heavens-upon-high major key with the strings and all...what a gorgeous song.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:53 (twenty-three years ago)

Sheila Chandra. "Speaking in Tongues." wow.
Hanin Elias' spoken bits in "Atari Teenage Riot" and "Into the Death"
hearing Sinead O'Connor sing anything live is utterly jaw-dropping

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:02 (twenty-three years ago)

hearing Sinead O'Connor sing anything live is utterly jaw-dropping

Agreed. The thing that really bothers me about the fiasco with her tearing up the Pope's picture is that everyone forgets about her following a cappella reworked Marley tune that not-nearly-but-DID-bring-me-to-tears. Good god, for such a skinny little elf, she's got quite the lungs.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:06 (twenty-three years ago)

re: Sinead O'Connor

"Good god, for such a skinny little elf, she's got quite the lungs."

agreed completely. my sister and i (who witnessed her live together and had much the same reaction as one another) used to wonder who'd win in a singing battle if you locked Sinead and Bjork in a room together. the sheer lungpower on the both of them! i don't think either of them really need microphones, quite honestly! O.O;;;

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:10 (twenty-three years ago)

One that I really like right now is "Way Down" by Elvis Presley, because his lead sounds like somebody realizeing they're descending into hell, and being cool with it. The female backing singers sound like their getting hot pitchforks shoved in their asses, and the bass voice on the chorus is the closest approximation of Satan I've ever crossed.

Also, Sinead and Bjork's combined voices can blow away any nuclear weapon you care to mention.

― Charles McCain, Friday, 14 February 2003 19:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Yeah, and it's not even as good as "Look on Yonder Wall" and "Stranger Blues." In Elmore James's case, damned=drunk.

Charlie Rich, "Memphis and Arkansas Bridge."
Skip Spence, "Broken Heart"

Françoise Hardy is good too.

― chicxulub (chicxulub), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

John Lee Hooker--"The Waterfront"

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 February 2003 19:20 (twenty-three years ago)

'I'd Rather Go Blind' Ruby Turner
'The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face' Roberta Flack
'I'm Every Woman' Chaka Khan
'Last Chance Texaco' Rickie Lee Jones
'Respect' Aretha
and I think it was Patti LaBelle and 'I'm not going' or something - huge number.

― Tatyana, Friday, 14 February 2003 19:57 (twenty-three years ago)

I have no idea how I forgot this til now, but...

"Oh Death" by Ralph Stanley

Talk about shiver-inducing.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:15 (twenty-three years ago)

"I wonder if Julee Cruise is a good singer"

She isn't really that good of a singer, but that's partly why I like her singing. She has an amateur charm to her voice.

― A Nairn (moretap), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:16 (twenty-three years ago)

again with the singer/vocalist thing! :) there are plenty of people who are wonderful, incredibly evocative vocalists---and at the same time, might not be such technically great singers. those are also some of my favourite people.

that having been said, in a completely different vein...can't believe i didn't mention Billie Holiday's "Strange Fruit."

― janni (janni), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Kevin Rowland - This Is What She's Like
Emma Pollock - The Light Before We Land
Sarah Nixey - Child Psychology
Chan Marshall - Wonderwall
Jarvis Cocker - This Is Hardcore
Paul Robeson - Ol' Man River
The singer off Blonde Redhead - In Particular
Alun Woodward - The Drowning Years
Monica Queen - Lazy Line Painter Jane (particularly the Bowlie version)
Neko Case - Twist The Knife
Nina Nastasia - Ugly Face
Laura Cantrell - Queen Of The Coast

And, oh, loads more. Most likely I'll read this again tomorrow and wonder why the hell any of them are in there.

― William Bloody Swygart (mrswygart), Friday, 14 February 2003 20:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Tatyana-I think you mean Jennifer Holliday's "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from Dreamgirls, maybe.

I love Patti Labelle's vocals on "I Sold My Heart to the Junkman". They're so crazed and over the top for what's really a rather sweet, tame girl group song.

Also-- Desmond Dekker-"The Israelites"

― Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:24 (twenty-three years ago)

right now it's Elvis Presley doing "Tomorrow Is a Long Time," recorded in '66. melancholy and longing, mood and sigh, total fucking committment to feel, absolutely gorgeous, as good as anything he ever did.

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:28 (twenty-three years ago)

the first three songs on With the Beatles, "It Won't Be Long," "All I've Got to Do" and "All My Loving": everything you need to know about how to sing rock and roll, fast, slow, medium tempo.

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:30 (twenty-three years ago)

Prince, "The Beautiful Ones," "La, La, La Means I Love You," "Housequake"

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 14 February 2003 21:36 (twenty-three years ago)

The Congos--"Can't Come In" ... harmonies define the term 'exquisite'

― oops (Oops), Friday, 14 February 2003 22:20 (twenty-three years ago)

Standouts:

Thom Yorke - Let Down
Meat Loaf - Bat out of Hell (seriously!)
Rivers Cuomo - Butterfly (the only truly affecting thing Rivers has ever done on his own..."Only In Dreams" was a band thing)
Tom Waits - Take it With Me
Travis Morrison - I Love A Magician (Dismemberment Plan)
Nick Cave - Stagger Lee
Other voices I find appealing in general: Ben Gibbard, Matthew Good, Matt Talbott, Serj Tankian, Louis Armstrong.

and, most recently...
Jack White - You've Got Her In Your Pocket (White Stripes)

― Simon H., Saturday, 15 February 2003 00:47 (twenty-three years ago)

also, thom yorke on idioteque

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Saturday, 15 February 2003 01:02 (twenty-three years ago)

Billy Stewart - Summertime (That's an obscure one, Stewart is mostly known for crappy 60s pop-blues, but his version of Summertime is mind-blowing. I prefer it to Ella's even.)

― Dave Fischer, Saturday, 15 February 2003 01:12 (twenty-three years ago)

oooh, agreed on Thom Yorke on "Let Down." that harmony is gorgeous, too.

― janni (janni), Saturday, 15 February 2003 02:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Would it be daft to say Cyndi Lauper, "Girls Just Want to Have Fun"?

― Amateurist (amateurist), Saturday, 15 February 2003 07:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Not at all.

― Arthur (Arthur), Saturday, 15 February 2003 08:44 (twenty-three years ago)

Yep, Arthur, you're right about Jennifer Holliday, couldn't remember her name. Her vocal performance on that song is kinda reminiscent of Labelle's dramatic diva style though isn't it?

― Tatyana, Saturday, 15 February 2003 10:05 (twenty-three years ago)

kurt schwitters : merz poems. un-be-liev-able.

― voni (vonij), Saturday, 15 February 2003 10:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and let's not forget the singer from Xiu Xiu (name, anyone?). Anyone who can make the line "a-i-d-s, h-i-v / I cannot wait to die / can't you tell, can't you tell, can't you tell?" convincing rather than grating deserves some kind of medal. There's some even crazier stuff on their new album too...

― Simon H., Saturday, 15 February 2003 12:05 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm going to mention the performance of Steve Reich's Tehillim with Pamela Wood, Cheryl Bensman, Rebecca Armstrong, and Jay Clayton on vocals. I don't know how much is the voices themselves and how much is the composition but the piece always amazes me. Also David Hykes' Harmonic Choir on Hearing Solar Winds, particularly "Telescoping". M S Subbulakshmi at the 1983 UN concert. Pandit Bhimsen Joshi working with Raga Gaud Sarang. Nagamani Srinath when she performed in Ottawa in 2001. Second "Bat Out Of Hell" and "It Won't Be Long". I also like the version of "Please Mr Postman" from that same Beatles album. Maybe "Love to Love You Baby". Michael Jackson and Freddie Mercury probably deserve some mention too, not sure about specific moments.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 15 February 2003 19:47 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe Stephin Merritt on "Busby Berkeley Blues". There should be a Cee-Lo moment too, maybe all of Goodie Mob on "The Experience". Possibly "Mama Said Knock You Out".

Re Tehillim it's not just that it amazes me but I just get a certain warm, calmly joyous, almost blissful feeling from it.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 15 February 2003 19:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Ian Gillan on the Made In Japan version of Deep Purple's "Child In Time".

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Saturday, 15 February 2003 20:11 (twenty-three years ago)

''kurt schwitters : merz poems. un-be-liev-able.''

ABSOLUTELY ON THE FUCKING MARK HERE!!!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Saturday, 15 February 2003 20:25 (twenty-three years ago)

three months pass...

David Thomas in his wordless raving about half way through Pere Ubu's "Life stinks". It's a good reminder of how dull and unadventurous most other singers are.

Also, Robert Wyatt in his (again) wordless wails during the last 2 minutes of "Sea Song"

― Michael Dubsky, Saturday, 7 June 2003 04:40 (twenty-three years ago)

two months pass...

Mazzy Star--"Fade Into You"

― oops (Oops), Friday, 8 August 2003 06:30 (twenty-two years ago)

Ben Gibbard on the Superpitcher remix of Dntel's "This Is the Dream of Evan and Chan" (not the original, the remix, where every inflection tenses against the languor of the groove and redoubles in intensity as a result)
Ken Boothe, "Everything I Own"
Ella Fitzgerald, "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered"
dozens of Al Green songs

― M Matos (M Matos), Friday, 8 August 2003 08:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Dusty Springfield - The Look of Love, I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten, 24 Hours from Tulsa
Karen Carpenter - Rainy Days and Mondays, Superstar, We've Only Just Begun
Alison Limerick - Where Love Lives
Shara Nelson - Unfinished Sympathy
Whoever the bloke is on Blaze's "Lovelee Dae"
Mel Torme - Isn't it Romantic, Send in the Clowns
Jacques Brel - Ne me quitte pas, La valse a mille temps

― Angus Gordon (angusg), Friday, 8 August 2003 15:31 (twenty-two years ago)

one month passes...

Jimmy London - "I'll Be Standing By"

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 01:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Aretha Franklin, "Willing to Forgive"

― gabbneb (gabbneb), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 01:50 (twenty-two years ago)

levi stubbs on the four tops' 'its the same old song'

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 03:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Percee P on "A Day at the Races"

― oops (Oops), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 03:19 (twenty-two years ago)

Peter Gabriel ("Don't Give Up", "Mercy Street", "Supper's Ready")

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 09:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Cee-Lo's intro to "Crooked Booty" on the Dungeon Family album with the backup singers & piano is fucking ridiculously awesome. Goodness gracious that man has some fucking LUNGS on him!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 12:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Cee-Lo's voice is so distinct and powerful in a raspy way, and he has such that guy-who-been-evil-crazy-gone-good vibe, he's like the hip-hop Peter Gabriel!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 12:45 (twenty-two years ago)

Also, in the most-sickeningly-compelling category, Yamatsuki Eye from Praxis Sacrifist = OWNZ.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:31 (twenty-two years ago)

cyndi lauper on "money changes everything," lou reed on "heroin," john lennon on the last verse of "god."

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Tuesday, 23 September 2003 14:34 (twenty-two years ago)

three months pass...

John Lee Hooker "On the Waterfront"

― oops (Oops), Friday, 9 January 2004 07:39 (twenty-two years ago)

not accusing anyone of being, erm, rockist (or soulist), but a few of my favourite 'vocal performances' are in hip hop (and agree totally with the Cee-Lo people):

Jay-Z's melodic phrasing on 'Ain't No Love'
Kool Keith/Dr Octagon's surreal turn of phrase on 'Blue Flowers'
Method Man's liquid style on 'm.e.t.h.od man'
Outkast on 'Elevators'

a few others:
Morrissey on the live (Rank) performance of 'I know it's over'
Sinead O'Connor on '3 babies'
Stevie Wonder on 'They won't go when I go'

― paulhw (paulhw), Friday, 9 January 2004 21:57 (twenty-two years ago)

two weeks pass...

Hmmmm. I've missed this completely, I think.

― Rockist Scientist, Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Brian Wilson - You're So good to me
Minnie Riperton - Inside My Love
Sam Cooke - You Send Me

― angel duster, Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:38 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.ritamitsouko.org/Sleeves/LePetitTrain7.jpg

― (Jon L), Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Well are you gonna give us yours or not then, Rockist? I bet you know of some good ones that are outside the scope of most ILMers.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:52 (twenty-two years ago)

Mike Patton's Adult Themes for Voice. Every second of it (seeing as how it's all solo vocal recordings [done in hotel rooms no less]).

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 29 January 2004 20:53 (twenty-two years ago)

All the people who sing on Bob Dorough's 'Three, Is The Magic Number'

The Wright Bros on most of 0+2=1

― mzui, Thursday, 29 January 2004 21:04 (twenty-two years ago)

NoMeansNo fandom = always a good sign.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 January 2004 02:47 (twenty-two years ago)

"Because" Beatles. I still don't know how they did that.

― jim wentworth (wench), Friday, 30 January 2004 03:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Paul McCartney (The Beatles) - Got to get you into my life
Thom Yorke (Radiohead) - Backdrifts
Lou Reed (The Velvet Underground) - Black Angels Death Song
Astrud Gilberto (Stan Getz & Joao Gilberto featuring astrud gilberto)- Girl From Ipanema
Dennix Lyxzen (Refused) - Liberation Frequency
Miho Hatori (Cibo Matto) - Clouds
Wayne Kramer (MC5) - Looking At You
Noel Gallagher (The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher) - Let Forever Be
Ian Curtis (Joy Division) - Disorder
Todd Edwards (Daft Punk featuring Todd Edwards) - Face To Face

― Dude (The Yellow Dart), Friday, 30 January 2004 04:26 (twenty-two years ago)

"The Cross" Prince
"Laser Beam" Low
"Heroes", the German version where Bowie loses it

― Ian Grey (Ian_G), Friday, 30 January 2004 06:47 (twenty-two years ago)

OTM w/Low, so many great vocals there, esp Lordy (when done live they back off from the mics, sounded great in the Union Chapel in London!)

Ned, gotta love NoMeansNo style formation shouting!

― mzui, Friday, 30 January 2004 08:50 (twenty-two years ago)

'I don't know why I love you' by Stevie Wonder.
He seems to be out of breath at the beginning, never quite recovers, and for some reason this gets me every time.
Also all of Sam Cooke live at the Harlem Square Club 1963.

― Joe Kay (feethurt), Friday, 30 January 2004 16:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, gotta love NoMeansNo style formation shouting!

"JOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOYJOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOY!!!"

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 30 January 2004 17:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Roberta Flack - "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" - wonderful, absolutely heartstoppingly wonderful.

― CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 30 January 2004 17:46 (twenty-two years ago)

Jeff Mangum > Jeff Buckley in vocal performances. And everything.

― Adm Mhel (adam michel), Friday, 30 January 2004 21:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Barbra Streisand - "Anyplace I Hang My Hat"

(Favourite, not "greatest". And I didn't put a whole lot of thought into this selection..."

― Myonga Von Bontee, Friday, 30 January 2004 22:37 (twenty-two years ago)

John's solo in "This Boy"
"Here We Are"--George Jones and Emmylou Harris
"Legs"--PJ Harvey (very well-engineered, as well)
"All Apologies"--Nirvana (ditto)
"What's So Funny Bout Peace Love and Understanding"
ANYTHING by Aretha, but especially "Mary, Don't You Weep," and "I Never Loved a Man..."
"Ball and Chain" done live--Janis Joplin
"You Give Good Love"--Whitney Houston (bien sur)

― Carrie Turner (cjt), Saturday, 31 January 2004 07:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Johnny Cash - Everything
Otis Redding - Change is Gonna Come

― David Allen (David Allen), Saturday, 31 January 2004 08:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Roberta Flack - "Angelitos Negros" and "I Told Jesus"

Fuck, make that all of First Take

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Saturday, 31 January 2004 09:27 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

How about Phil Collins on "Easy Lover" -- that moment when he screams "You'll be down on your knees!" Imagine what this woman has done to him, how desperate a man cam become. Eyes closed, fist clenched, voice bubbling up from the very pit of his soul... We cann all agree that this is 100% pure, uncut, off-the-chain passion.

― Mark (MarkR), Thursday, 29 September 2005 18:14 (twenty years ago)

"Cry For A Shadow" (live) by Calvin Johnson from Beat Happening
"Speedaway star" (live) by Stephen Pastel from The Pastels

And not lo-fi:

"Song to the Siren" (Tim Buckley cover) by Elizabeth Fraser
"Surf's Up" (piano solo version) by Brian Wilson
"Amsterdam" (live) by Jacues Brel

― antonio, Thursday, 29 September 2005 19:41 (twenty years ago)

Hot Burrito #1 by Gram Parsons
Almost anything by Junior Byles

― Billy Pilgrim (Billy Pilgrim), Thursday, 29 September 2005 19:50 (twenty years ago)

Morrissey - You Know I Couldn't Last: hard-earned wisdom, resignation, coquettish woe-is-me-ism, exhaustion, and all that before the final falsetto section hits.

Bjork - All Is Full Of Love. Her voice rises so stealthily and steadily throughout the verse that when she finally jumps up a fifth to join the backing vocals in the chanting of the title, the song explodes - without moving a muscle.

Billie Holiday - Strange Fruit. The version where she coughs in the beginning. I don't even know what to say about this one.

Nirvana - When Did You Sleep Last Night. This is slightly corny, not to mention impacted by the teleological implications (like everything about Cobain) but the way he completely destroys the last two lines ("Pines -- Pines -- Sun -- Shine") destroys me with it.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:01 (twenty years ago)

"When" - "Where," argh

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:07 (twenty years ago)

OTM about that Nirvana Unplugged performance.

re: Sinead O'Connor

"Good god, for such a skinny little elf, she's got quite the lungs."

agreed completely. my sister and i (who witnessed her live together and had much the same reaction as one another) used to wonder who'd win in a singing battle if you locked Sinead and Bjork in a room together. the sheer lungpower on the both of them! i don't think either of them really need microphones, quite honestly! O.O;;;

-- janni (jannyank...) (webmail), February 14th, 2003 7:10 PM. (janni) (link)

There's a whole thread on ILM about this somewhere! I shall attempt to find it.

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:11 (twenty years ago)

I can't believe nobody's mentioned Sinatra yet (unless I missed it)! I don't know if any other performer has ever quite gotten his ability to SELL a song while hitting all the right notes. No matter what character he's stepping into, you buy it 100%. The best has got to be "New York, New York" though - the way he builds from quiet, aw-shucks confidence with "Start spreadin' the news" up to the exalting joy in the fulfillment of all immigrant dreams on the final "New York!" - there are few finer moments in all of pop IMO.

His spiritual descendent is, of course, Paul McCartney, who's gotten a little bit of love in this thread, but not nearly enough...go listen to "Hey Jude" again, and let that first smooth, clear, gently forceful "Hey jude" sink in. Great stuff. Also his rockers ("I'm Down," the aforementioned "Got To Get You Into My Life")...

But my real personal favorite who gets not NEARLY enough credit is Kathleen Hanna in the Bikini Kill days. The one that really sends chills down my spine is "Jet Ski." "Ain't GOOOOOOOooooooooooOooOOT, no candy for you!" Love it, love it. The Julie Ruin record has some really good understated stuff, too - she does a good job of projecting vulnerability and ambiguity through a certain scratchy, weary tone. Fabulous.

― Doctor Casino, Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:35 (twenty years ago)

Noel Gallagher (The Chemical Brothers featuring Noel Gallagher) - Let Forever Be :-O

Now, he's got a fairly unlovely voice at the best of times but that surely ain't one of his best! God I hate his 'work' on those Chems records. It's the audio equivalent of a soggy dishrag dropped onto a piece of fresh crusty bread. UGH. His best probably would be the to/fro with his brother on 'Acquiesce' I think.

― fandango (fandango), Thursday, 29 September 2005 20:44 (twenty years ago)

Praise God I'm Satisfied - Blind Willie Johnston
That's What My Heart Needs - Otis Redding

― Brooker Buckingham (Brooker B), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:00 (twenty years ago)

Mark, you okay Mark?

― milton parker (Jon L), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:04 (twenty years ago)

Almost anything by Junior Byles

Listened to him at work today, and if I had to pick a Favorite Vocal Performance of his, it'd probably be "Long Way."

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Almost anything by Gregory Isaacs

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 29 September 2005 22:58 (twenty years ago)

Neko Case's elongated vowels on "Deep Red Bells," which I could listen to for days

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Thursday, 29 September 2005 23:15 (twenty years ago)

duke of motherfucking earl

"we'll walk....... through my dukedom"

― reacher (reacher), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:05 (twenty years ago)

The non-lyrical bit on Nina Simone's "Feeling Good" is utter genius. Just saying.

― Salvador (Salvador), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:17 (twenty years ago)

Neko Case's live version of "Favorite" from The Tigers Have Spoken

― gear (gear), Friday, 30 September 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

Neko Case's elongated vowels on "Deep Red Bells," which I could listen to for days

-- Matos-Webster Dictionary (michaelangelomato...), September 30th, 2005.

I wholeheartedly sympathize.

― Salvador (Salvador), Friday, 30 September 2005 01:00 (twenty years ago)

The parts of Stevie Wonder's "Living For the City" when he's bouncing that odd vocal harmony off the synth riff.

The last verse of this, when he switches to that low, growling, mean-Stevie voice, coupled with the harmonies in the chorus, is just an astounding, fucking towering performance.

― Keith C (lync0), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

There should be some Ray Charles on this thread. "Hard Times," which has a massive contrast in style between the first two verses and the final verse (Charles Brown followed by Brotha Ray), is one of his best.

― Keith C (lync0), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

Neko's a fount of fantastic vocal turns. I love the studio version of "Favorite", but on the live version she just holds the notes a little longer, for maybe half a second to a second, and she really nails something completely ineffable.

― gear (gear), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:34 (twenty years ago)

Neko, Carolyn Mark and Kelly Hogan doing a cover of the Everly Brothers' 'Trouble's Back In Town'...

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:45 (twenty years ago)

Wilburn Brothers, I mean...

― Jimmy Mod wants you to tighten the strings on your corset (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Friday, 30 September 2005 04:47 (twenty years ago)

http://images.amazon.com/images/P/B0000072LJ.01._SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg
HA HA HA

― blunt (blunt), Sunday, 2 October 2005 04:13 (twenty years ago)

David McAlmont, "What's the Excuse This Time?"

plus a crapload of the others listed above (except that Noel Gallagher vocal)

― Dyngus Tatis, Sunday, 2 October 2005 04:28 (twenty years ago)

Jackie Wilson's "Doggin' Around"; I don't think anyone could go from belting to cooing so smoothly, plus it kinda sounds like he has a slight rasp from a cold that makes it all the more deep and buttery in some spots, marvelous song.

― tremendoid (tremendoid), Sunday, 2 October 2005 09:51 (twenty years ago)

one year passes...

These stick with me. in no particular order

Death Vessel "Nothing Left to Bury"
Loved Ones "Everlovin' Man"
Talk Talk "Wealth"
Bowie "Moonage Daydream", "Teenage Wildlife"
Bill Moss "Number One"
Galaxie 500 "Tugboat"
Judee Sill "The Kiss"
Blues Creation "One Summer Day"
Xiu Xiu "I luv the Valley Oh!"
Tarnation "A Place Where I know"
Hidden Cameras "Builds the Bone"
Frog Eyes "The Fence Feels Its Post"
Tom Waits "Tango til They're Sore"

― Drooone, Saturday, 5 May 2007 10:01 (nineteen years ago)

pharcyde "passing me by"

Man it just hit me that most of my non-rap records are instrumental.

― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Saturday, 5 May 2007 10:09 (nineteen years ago)

..I also like Om's "At Giza"

― Drooone, Saturday, 5 May 2007 10:23 (nineteen years ago)

does it count as vocal performance if u suspect it's a cut 'n paste job?

― Surmounter, Saturday, 5 May 2007 18:46 (nineteen years ago)

Tom Waits "Tango til They're Sore"

Correct, but it helps that he's singing some darn cool lyrics.

My personal choices would be

jarvis cocker - "wickerman" (there was a thread on this recently, and deservedly so)
andy partridge - "complicated game" (xtc's most underrated song, probably)
matt johnson - "out of the blue (into the fire)"
matt johnson - "shrunkenman"
beth gibbons - "half day closing" (i mean, like, duh)
andy falkous - "lightsaber cocksucking blues" or "you should be ashamed, seamus"
laurie anderson - "from the air" (why? because i've got eyes in the back of my head)
guy garvey - "newborn"
those two from blood brothers - "cecilia and the silhouette saloon"

― Just got offed, Saturday, 5 May 2007 19:45 (nineteen years ago)

^^ good choices, except for newborn

― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 6 May 2007 04:49 (nineteen years ago)

does it count as vocal performance if u suspect it's a cut 'n paste job?

"Let's Stay Together" was stitched together out of dozens of takes, so yes.

― Dimension 5ive, Sunday, 6 May 2007 05:05 (nineteen years ago)

one from each artist

freddie mercury - don't stop me now
kazu makino - top ranking
robert plant - that's the way
kate bush - get out of my house
jeff tweedy - california stars
bjork - play dead
mike patton - kindergarten
elliott smith - angeles
tom waits - alice
billie holiday - miss brown to you
layne staley - junkhead
mark lanegan - hotel
chris cornell - outshined
nick cave - jack the ripper
ian curtis - day of the lords (live at les bains douches)
nina simone - just like tom thumb's blues
bob dylan - sara
tim kasher - sierra
nick drake - things behind the sun

― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 6 May 2007 08:06 (nineteen years ago)

Wow, no mention of John Lennon "Twist and Shout" on teh whoel thread?

― ledge, Sunday, 6 May 2007 08:14 (nineteen years ago)

thanks for the Get out of my house mention charlie. Kate Bush Pull Out the Pin surely.

Twist and Shout otm.

― Surmounter, Sunday, 6 May 2007 15:21 (nineteen years ago)

pleasure

― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 6 May 2007 15:23 (nineteen years ago)

twelve years pass...

ctrl f grapevine 0/0

― deems of internment (darraghmac), Saturday, 9 November 2019 13:27 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7un80ER27qc

― Maresn3st, Saturday, 9 November 2019 13:34 (six years ago)

James Brown "Cold Sweat"

― cwkiii, Sunday, 10 November 2019 05:38 (six years ago)

laurie anderson - "from the air" (why? because i've got eyes in the back of my head)

we are going down.
we are all going
down,
together.
and i said, uh-oh--
this is gonna be some day.

stand by.

― difficult listening hour, Sunday, 10 November 2019 07:57 (six years ago)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDQ-Erg3KlQ

― calzino, Sunday, 10 November 2019 10:21 (six years ago)

Olivia Newton John - Magic

― Manitobiloba (Kim), Sunday, 10 November 2019 14:43 (six years ago)

Wow, no mention of John Lennon "Twist and Shout" on teh whoel thread?

B-b-but how did you know?

― Irae Louvin (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 November 2019 14:46 (six years ago)

Ordinary Joe, by Terry Callier

― Dr X O'Skeleton, Sunday, 10 November 2019 16:25 (six years ago)

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