Follow the Leader: Episode 96: Mount Rushmore of Female Vocalists!
Martinex1: Happy Tuesday! Another chance to Follow the Leader (or be the leader of today's discussion). Movies, comics, literature, music, food, culture, and anything Bronze Age are all fair game. Have at it.
At last!! Because YOU demanded it!! The senses-shattering final episode of the Mount Rushmore Trilogy. There'll be thrills and spills! Cheers and tears! And it all ends happily as the evil empire is defeated...
...anyway, this time you must choose the faces of the four greatest FEMALE singers (I'll accept the lead singer in a band).
Sade Linda Ronstadt Aretha Franklin Kelly Clarkson
Also:
They Might Be Giants singing Randy Newman's "Short People"
Crowded House singing Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"
Men At Work singing The Go Gos "Vacation"
I really can't stop...
(I saw you, At the produce stand By the tangerines, Bananas in your hand We talk for five, Yeah maybe more You don’t got a girlfriend, Anymore And you’re pretty hot, And I’m around For the rebound
Gotta knock it off, Gotta go to bed You and your Bananas, Stick in my head But then you called, So I came That’s what she said, For ten days straight Take off your pants Right now For the rebound
I lost my number, Can I have yours And I’m Not positive, But I’m pretty sure That your shirt, Would look better On my floor
Tell me your name, One more time While I check you out, At the checkout line We wave goodbye, And now he knows That magic happens, At Trader Joe’s So hit me up, Cause I’m always down
For the rebound For the rebound For the rebound For the rebound).
Hmmm, just on pure shivers-down-my-spine voice? I'll go with Pink, Brody Dalle, Joss Stone, and maybe Sarah McLachlan (though I'm not really a fan of her music). Joan Jett gets an honourable mention.
At last!!
ReplyDeleteBecause YOU demanded it!!
The senses-shattering final episode of the Mount Rushmore Trilogy.
There'll be thrills and spills! Cheers and tears! And it all ends happily as the evil empire is defeated...
...anyway, this time you must choose the faces of the four greatest FEMALE singers (I'll accept the lead singer in a band).
A tough one but I'll choose:
ReplyDeleteDiana Ross
Barbra Streisand
Judy Garland
Dolly Parton
Whitney
ReplyDeleteBarbs
Ella
Aretha
Yoyo
Siouxsie Sioux
ReplyDeleteKate Bush
Madonna
Aretha Franklin
Marni Nixon
ReplyDeleteKaren Carpenter
Olivia Newton-John
Sheena Easton
Debbie Harry
ReplyDeleteKate Bush
PJ Harvey
Madonna
With a respectful tip of the hat to all the amazing artists mentioned so far.
Dang, there’s so many — off the top of my head:
ReplyDeleteK.D. Lang
Karen Carpenter
Aretha Franklin
Lady Gaga
b.t.
Just to add international flare...
ReplyDeleteBasia
Kate Bush
Patrice Kaas
Gianna Nannani
I would go with:
ReplyDeleteSade
Linda Ronstadt
Aretha Franklin
Kelly Clarkson
Also:
They Might Be Giants singing Randy Newman's "Short People"
Crowded House singing Eric Carmen's "All By Myself"
Men At Work singing The Go Gos "Vacation"
I really can't stop...
(I saw you,
At the produce stand
By the tangerines,
Bananas in your hand
We talk for five,
Yeah maybe more
You don’t got a girlfriend,
Anymore
And you’re pretty hot,
And I’m around
For the rebound
Gotta knock it off,
Gotta go to bed
You and your Bananas,
Stick in my head
But then you called,
So I came
That’s what she said,
For ten days straight
Take off your pants
Right now
For the rebound
I lost my number,
Can I have yours
And I’m
Not positive,
But I’m pretty sure
That your shirt,
Would look better
On my floor
Tell me your name,
One more time
While I check you out,
At the checkout line
We wave goodbye,
And now he knows
That magic happens,
At Trader Joe’s
So hit me up,
Cause I’m always down
For the rebound
For the rebound
For the rebound
For the rebound).
Hard to narrow it down to four, but I will say:
ReplyDeletePatty Smyth
Terri Nunn
Susanna Hoffs
and Stevie-by God-Nicks.
Billie Holiday
ReplyDeleteBetty Davis
Ann Wilson
Ofra Haza
Only four, huh? Oh wow...
ReplyDeleteDinah Washington
Basia
Marilyn McCoo
Lady Gaga
Hmmm, just on pure shivers-down-my-spine voice? I'll go with Pink, Brody Dalle, Joss Stone, and maybe Sarah McLachlan (though I'm not really a fan of her music). Joan Jett gets an honourable mention.
ReplyDeleteAretha Franklin
ReplyDeleteElla Fitzgerald
Linda Ronstadt
Emmylou Harris
Redartz: Marilyn McCoo, absolutely! Her vocals on "One Less Bell to Answer" are totally swoony.
ReplyDeleteHere's four more:
Patsy Cline
Roberta Flack
Carly Simon
Chrissie Hynde
b.t.
From Terry in Virginia:
ReplyDeleteGrace Slick
Janis Joplin
Patti Smith
Chrissie Hynde
Diana Ross
ReplyDeleteMadonna
Bjork
Kylie Minogue
Maybe not the “greatest” but my favorites:
ReplyDeleteEva Cassidy (one amazing album; died way too young)
Billie Holliday
Carly Simon
Annie Lennox
Neko Case
ReplyDeleteCorin Tucker
Tina Turner
HM to Chrissie Hynde and Anne Wilson...and Aretha Franklin and Amy Winehouse and...
--Joseph