Who are your top 10 vocalists?
 

I know the responses will be most interesting.

Oh, of course they will.

1)Jamie Stewart(Xiu Xiu)
2)Chan Marshall(Cat Power)
3)Cedric whatever(ATDI/MV)
4)Joanna Newsom
5)Isaac Brock(Modest Mouse)
6)Hot Snakes/Jehu guy
7)Eric Paul(AOR/Chinese Stars)
8)Elliott Smith
9)Jewel
10)Ian Curtis(Joy Division)

In no particular order:

Pete Shelley
Nick Cave
Michael Gira
Margo Timmins
Johnny Cash
Polly Harvey
Sinead O'Connor
John Lennon
Steven Tyler
Marc Almond

Roger Waters
Jeff Buckley
Mike Patton
Neko Case
Devendra Banhart
Liz Fraser
Elliott Smith
Johnny Cash
David Byrne
John Lennon

To name a ten...

David Yow
eYe
Calvin Johnson
Kurt Cobain
Keiji Haino
Steve Albini
Nick Cave (back in TBP era)
Iggy
Adris Hoyos (at least when it comes to raging fury)
Kat Bjelland

In no order:

Kat Bjelland
Corin Tucker
Chan Marshall
Fiona Apple
Patti Smith
Lee Ranaldo
Thom Yorke
Liv Kristine
Kurt Cobain
Otep

aprox:
(m): Parsons,Ness,Curtis,Gira,Moore,Ranaldo,Mascis,Coyn e,Birgisson,Biafra,Banks,Malkmus,Brock,Reed

(f): Jarboe,Gordon,Bjork,Gerrard,Nico,Gibbons,Palmer,PJ ,Smith,Case,Styrene,Makino,Lunch,KarenO,

Elvis Presley
Holly Golightly
Nick Cave
Nick Drake
DMX
Alex Chilton
Rachael Nagy
Roy Loney
Johnny Cash
What's-her-name from the Bellrays

Jimi Hendrix
Guy Picciotto
Tunde Adebimpe
Ian Curtis
Jeff Buckley
Freddie Mercury
Marc Bolan
David Bowie
Jim Reid
Frank Black

Stephen Malkmus
Chan Marshall
Lee Ranaldo
Jemina Pearl
Bob Nastanovich (can scream, but not much else)
Daniel Johnston (he just sings his heart out)
Thurston Moore
Kim Gordon
Steve Shelley (lawlz)
Brian Ritchie

Malkmus
Thom Yorke
Lee Ranaldo
Frank Black
Bob Mould
Dez Cadena (when he sang for Black Flag)
Stephen Brodsky (of Cave In)
Curt Kirkwood
Kim Deal
Gibby Haynes

special mention: Nirmala Bisnayake (of Controller.Controller)

david yow
kurt cobain
kim gordon
iggy pop
mark e smith
keiji haino
june tyson
james brown
RA the rugged man
percee p

Damn right. Others I like alot:
Robert Johnson
John Lennon
Lou Reed
Kurt Cobain
Iggy Pop
Jandek
Allison Karuas (sp?)
Muddy Waters
Johnny Cash
Jimmy Donley
Bob Dylan

(In no order)
Jamie Stewart
Frank Black
Every Sonic voice.
Ian Curtis
Antoine from Varge! (local)
Jordan Bliley
Justin Pearson
Cedric Bixler Zavala
Jesse F. Keeler
Lou Reed

Honourable Mentions:
Sebastien Grainger
Kurt Cobain

Mimi Parker (Low)
Chan Marshall / Cat Power
Nick Cave
Neil Young
Alan Sparhawk (Low, Retribution Gospel Choir)
Serge Gainsbourg
Jeff Buckley
Judith Holofernes (Wir Sind Helden)
J. Mascis
Ian Curtis (Joy Division) {thanks Hayden}
the Scala Choir

Some more that barely didn't make it to be in my top ten list:
Eddie Vedder
Mark Lanegan
Chris Cornell
Carol van Dijk (Bettie Serveert)
Karen Carpenter
Johnny Cash
Jacques Brel

I don't necessarily like SY for the vocals, even though I don't care for most of their instrumental tunes either. Lee is my fav though

Definately nowhere close to my top list:
Kurt Cobain <insert puke smiley>

Blixa Bargeld
Fred Cole
Inca Ore
Anya Davidson (Coughs)
Sam McPheeters
U-Ron Bondage
Linda Perhacs
Mr. Vom
Tottsuan (SxOxB)
Dugald MacKenzie (Venom P. Stinger, Sick Things)

Corin Tucker (sleater-kinney)
Elliott Smith
Kim Deal (Breeders/Pixies)
Kim Gordon (sonic youth)
Kat Bjelland (babes in toyland)
Frank Black (pixies)
Wayne Coyne (flaming lips)
Evan Dando (lemonheads)
Stephen Malkmus (pavement)
Chan Marchall (cat power)

Nick Cave
Tom Waits
Mick Jagger
Lux Interior (duh)
Marc Bolan
Kate Bush
Jeffrey Lee Pierce
Iggy
Bowie
Exene Cervenka


I guess. Kinda sorta.

Uhhh.... No particular order.

Frank Black
Andy Falkous
Jello Biafra
Ian Curtis
Lee Ranaldo
Thom Yorke
Greg Graffin
Matt Good
Lou Barlow
Jamie Stewart (almost forgot about him, thanks for the reminders!)

God... there's a lot more. The girls from Sleater-Kinney, Beth Gibbons, Glenn Danzig (fuck, he's awesome!), Elliott Smith... etc...

Malky
Trent
Kurt
Thurston
Kim
Lee
Thom
Jack White
Lou
Moz

10 yoko ono
9 june tyson
8 jim o'rourke
7 nina simone
6 jaap blonk
5 francoise hardy
4 spencer yeh
3 christina carter
2 iggy
1 lou
edit - can't leave off Miguel Tomasin, Darby Crash, Henri Chopin & Neil Young

Deron Miller (CKY)
Grant Hart
Bob Mould
Patti Smith
Mike Patton
Lee Ranaldo
Jeff Pezzati (Naked Raygun)
June Tyson (Sun Ra)
Iggy Pop
Thurston Moore

Tim Buckley
Jeff Buckley
Nina Simone
Laura Nyro
Scott Walker
Thom Yorke
Björk
Paul McCartney
Liz Fraser
An Pierlé

yvonne kenny
nick cave
lee ranaldo
mjk
blixa bargeld
thalia zedek
and three others can't think drunk

Bump because I like this thread

syd barrett
mark e. smith
captain beefheart
phil oakey
john lennon

can't think of 5 others right now.

Mark Arm
Gibby Haynes
Brian Chippendale
Lemmy Kilmeister
Ozzy (Sabbath era)
King Buzzo
that guy from Ruins
Steve Albini
Kat Bjelland
Pete Shelley

Kurt Cobain
Thom Yorke
Lou Reed (his singing is terrible but his voice is so incredibly raw)
Neil young (Same reason as LR except for the rawness part)
Thurston Moore
Justin Trosper (Unwound)
Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu, Because the man has fucking grade a class)
Tom Barman (dEUS)
Iggy Pop
Kim Gordon
Lydia Lunch

Oh and of course Courtney Love and Kat Bjelland(Thanks for reminding me Kegmama)

Re-reading all of these lists in a row makes me think SY Gossip is a rather grunge-obsessed forum.

antony (antony and the johnsons)
thom yorke
morrissey
craig B (aereogramme)
andrew mears (youthmovies)
mark e smith
joanna newsom
cat power
jake bannon (converge)

Sonic Youth is a band from in the grunge-era. What did you expect? Justin Timberlake?

and kate bush!

Do you know when and where SY formed?

It wasn't Seattle, and it wasn't 1991.

Nico
Robert Hampson
Diamanda Galas
John Cale
Lee Ranaldo
Glen Campbell
Abba
Dionne Warwick
Morrisey
Nina Simone

Too right.I didn't even bother replying.

John Lennon
Lou Reed
Thurston Moore
David Bowie
Kate Bush
Michael Stipe
Robert Johnson
Elvis Presley
Ray Davies
David Byrne

All the Kate Bush mentions were a welcome surprise, as was finding nobody's Allison Krauss mention.

Yeah sure I know but isn't it natural that most fans of SY would listen to grungy bands? What I ment was they reached their peak in the grunge-era I didn't mean they were formed then.

Whatever who cares, right?

I was going to put Lou Reed on the list too.The only thing is tha up to Coney Island Baby that voice was mighty and then it just went a bit so so for the most part.