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I'm voting for Hope Sandoval or Kahmi Karie

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 19 September 2002 02:08 (twenty-three years ago)

RuPaul

― B:Rad (Brad), Thursday, 19 September 2002 02:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Right now? Silverman's Anna Dennis - www.silvermania.co.uk - they are so rocking my boat right now.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 02:20 (twenty-three years ago)

that girl who sings the prettier sloan songs.

― brian badword (badwords), Thursday, 19 September 2002 02:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Corin Corin Corin

― electric sound of jim (electricsound), Thursday, 19 September 2002 04:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Julie London.

― JC (JC A.), Thursday, 19 September 2002 04:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Hello? Ronnie Spector!

― Justyn Dillingham (Justyn Dillingham), Thursday, 19 September 2002 04:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Sarah Cracknell? Ah gowaaaan.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 04:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Wendy James

(sits back, awaits fireworks)

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 04:50 (twenty-three years ago)

Maybe an unpopular choice? Harriet Wheeler.

― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Stella Chiweshe, Sheryl Crow, Martha Davis

― dave q, Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Brigitte Bardot.

― Captain Sleep (Captain Sleep), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Nina Persson, Julie London, Raissa, Kahimi Karie, Francoise Hardy, Keren Ann, (an unknown girl who sings on Gene's "The Accidental"), Natacha Atlas, France Gall and April March.

― kinski (kinski), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Three words: Bilinda Jayne Butcher.

Did anyone else read the interview with Debbie Googe where she says Bilinda audtioned for MBV by singing Dolly Parton's "Bargain Store"!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:39 (twenty-three years ago)

Her out of the Divinyls.

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 September 2002 06:46 (twenty-three years ago)

uhhh, the amazing one in the New Pornographers? Whassername?

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Neko Case

― paul cox (paul cox), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:10 (twenty-three years ago)

that's the one. uuuuuuuuhhhhhh....

ahem. sorry.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 07:13 (twenty-three years ago)

Cat Power!

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 19 September 2002 09:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Khia. Amerie. Harriet Wheeler sort-of. Good call on Sheryl Crow, too.

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Heather Nova, Tanita Tikaram, Diamanda Galas (ha!)

― Siegbran Hetteson (eofor), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:01 (twenty-three years ago)

Sinead O'Connor has a potentially v sexy voice but never sexy material.

The Shangri-Las! "Close...very, very...close."

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:05 (twenty-three years ago)

i like the voice of the female singer in Len

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:22 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, and Paula Kelley on Kick The Tragedy, of course!

― gareth (gareth), Thursday, 19 September 2002 10:22 (twenty-three years ago)

nancy wilson!
listen to her boiling version of marvin gaye's "come get to this"... ohhhh boyyyyyy.
"i want to feel what i felt all alone, come here baby, get to this..."

― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 19 September 2002 11:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Patty Donahue on "Everything's Wrong if My Hair is Wrong."

― dave225 (Dave225), Thursday, 19 September 2002 11:27 (twenty-three years ago)

That female vox on Dntel: Anytime, Anywhere track - super sexy sublime

― DJ Martian (djmartian), Thursday, 19 September 2002 11:36 (twenty-three years ago)

Margaret Fiedler (Laika, Moonshake).

"Shut off, curl up / If it hurts, push harder"

Damn, girl.

― Ernest P., Thursday, 19 September 2002 12:26 (twenty-three years ago)

beth orton. not dirty sexy but sexy all the same.

― michael wells (michael w.), Thursday, 19 September 2002 12:57 (twenty-three years ago)

Allyson Goldfrapp

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 September 2002 13:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Chan Marshall (aka Cat Power)! Beth Orton's got a lovely voice as well.

that girl who sings the prettier sloan songs.

Jennifer Pierce from the dearly departed Jale (later The Vees).

Plumtree had the cutest voices, but that was just they were the ultimate Power Puff Girls band.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 19 September 2002 13:10 (twenty-three years ago)

Beth Gibbons
Nina Simone
PJ Harvey
Avy (ala Sharkboy).

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 19 September 2002 13:25 (twenty-three years ago)

Lata Mangeshkar

― Tom (Groke), Thursday, 19 September 2002 13:27 (twenty-three years ago)

do you mean sexy vocals (the actual singing) or sexy singers (the way they look)? Anyway, your two choices fit both bills i'd say.

― g (graysonlane), Thursday, 19 September 2002 14:20 (twenty-three years ago)

anyone remembers a french band called Spring?

― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 19 September 2002 15:15 (twenty-three years ago)

Hey Martian, that's Mia Doi Todd from the Dntel record. Her solo album is out now - am I actually breaking off some info for DJ Martian!!?

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:31 (twenty-three years ago)

Dusty Springfield

― Burr, Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:49 (twenty-three years ago)

Another vote for Dusty Springfield, maybe all-time great.

Rebecca Gates's singing also really hits me, uh, there.

― wl (wl), Thursday, 19 September 2002 16:54 (twenty-three years ago)

"do you mean sexy vocals (the actual singing) or sexy singers (the way they look)?"

I was thinking along the lines of how they sing.

I second Brigitte Bardot, and Patty Donahue

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:11 (twenty-three years ago)

hey Joan - Spring joy ! I always thought i was the only one (in my world at least) who appreciated how marvellous/sexy/groovy that Anglophile Franco-Spanish trio were. And mmm what a sexy voice she had.

― Darren, Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:32 (twenty-three years ago)

Mary-Jane Girls

― James Blount (James Blount), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:37 (twenty-three years ago)

hey darren: you were not the only one! at least there's also lawrence from felt who thinks the same!
she's currently doing some new stuff under the name of suburbia, but it hasn't been released yet.

― joan vich (joan vich), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Sarah Moore (nee Nixey), Emma Pollock, Susan Dillane, Neko Case, Shirley Simms...

― Mr Swygart (mrswygart), Thursday, 19 September 2002 17:45 (twenty-three years ago)

for some reason lately the Kelis-sung chorus of Ol' Dirty Bastard's "Got Your Money" has struck me as the sexiest thing on earth, no idea why. that (particular instance of) metronomic robot blankness is oddly appealing for some reason

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 19 September 2002 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

oh, and Lisa Stansfield, esp. the first album

― M Matos (M Matos), Thursday, 19 September 2002 18:18 (twenty-three years ago)

Dusty Springfield, Ronnie Spector.

― Sean (Sean), Thursday, 19 September 2002 18:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Sia Furler

― Saskia, Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:48 (twenty-three years ago)

Peggy Lee, the girl in the Trogg's "Come Now", Judy Nylon & Patti Paladin.

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 19 September 2002 22:19 (twenty-three years ago)

And Joan Jett!

― Arthur (Arthur), Thursday, 19 September 2002 22:38 (twenty-three years ago)

Sia Furler

so, so right. Wonderful.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 23:16 (twenty-three years ago)

Kate Bush

Elizabeth Fraiser

― brg30 (brg30), Thursday, 19 September 2002 23:59 (twenty-three years ago)

Who does the singing in Massive Attack's Dissolved Girl? She has a beautiful voice.
A friend of mine did a *great* impression of an indie boy at a Donnas concert today, which I couldn't possibly do justice to by describing, although I wish I could.

― lyra (lyra), Friday, 20 September 2002 00:16 (twenty-three years ago)

I'll just throw a nomination for Mavis Staples out there...

...but when Corin starts going... yow.

― jM, Friday, 20 September 2002 02:21 (twenty-three years ago)

Neko Case, Blonde Redhead, Toko Yasuda (also with Enon), Skye Davidson of Morcheeba, and Beth Orton, in an odd way.

― Steph (Steph), Friday, 20 September 2002 04:22 (twenty-three years ago)

Oh, and both the múm twins.

― Steph (Steph), Friday, 20 September 2002 04:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Sarah Nixey from Black Box Recorder--there's one sexy bitch.

― Steph (Steph), Friday, 20 September 2002 05:33 (twenty-three years ago)

lil kim.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Friday, 20 September 2002 05:37 (twenty-three years ago)

I can't believe it took that long for Lil Kim to get mentioned.

― James Blount (James Blount), Friday, 20 September 2002 06:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Dinah Washington - mad about her, I am...

― Charlie (Charlie), Friday, 20 September 2002 07:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Second Rebecca Gates. Sarah Harmer, Liz Phair, Toni Halliday.

― Underclocked, Friday, 20 September 2002 10:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Tracey Thorn

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Friday, 20 September 2002 10:15 (twenty-three years ago)

...but then you see the face.

― michael wells (michael w.), Friday, 20 September 2002 10:35 (twenty-three years ago)

Might come up with someone else if I thought about it but the one that springs to immediately mind is Martine on Maxinquay.

― ArfArf, Friday, 20 September 2002 10:42 (twenty-three years ago)

Barbara Windsor

― george gosset (gegoss), Friday, 20 September 2002 11:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Chilli from TLC.

― My name is Kenny, Friday, 20 September 2002 13:52 (twenty-three years ago)

kim gordon.

― di smith (lucylurex), Sunday, 22 September 2002 03:27 (twenty-three years ago)

Uptown Top Ranking!!!!!

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Sunday, 22 September 2002 03:30 (twenty-three years ago)

toni holliday

mirah

misia

chrissie hynde

deborah harry

― mike (ro)bott, Sunday, 22 September 2002 03:53 (twenty-three years ago)

one month passes...

Bjork is the only woman I've heard whose voice strikes me as sexy. None of those mentioned above do in the least.

― meirion john lewis (mei), Thursday, 7 November 2002 18:41 (twenty-three years ago)

All-time sexiest was Marilyn McCoo in The 5th Dimension. Right now, Lilian Vieira from Zuco 103. These two are followed closely for me [in no particular order] by Julieta Venegas, Monie Love in her heyday, Astrud Gilberto (not now, although she has aged pretty well), Michael Steele out the Bangles, Maki Nomiya from Pizzicato Five, and Ms. Ann Peebles (see "I'm Gonna Tear Your Playhouse Down" and "I Can't Stand the Rain").

(Speaking of that last song, how about Missy Elliott, pre-scary/sudden-weight-loss? Although I'm probably just stepping on Jody Beth's toes here....)

― Matt C., Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:17 (twenty-three years ago)

Damn how did I forget Erykah Badu and Allison Moorer and Gigi? Damn why am I so obsessed with this?

― Matt C., Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:24 (twenty-three years ago)

Alison Statton from YMG/Gist and Roxanne Faith Healer have their sexy moments.

― dan (dan), Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

Bjork, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Ani DiFranco, Emmylou Harris, Billie Holiday, Hope Sandoval, Aretha Franklin, Jill Scott, Lauryn Hill, and that girl called Ara or Asa or something that sings on some of the tracks on Talvin Singh's Sounds of the Asian Underground CD.

― nickalicious, Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:33 (twenty-three years ago)

I'm completely ashamed of myself for forgetting Edie Brickell, Gillian Welch, and Natalie Merchant. :D

― nickalicious, Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:37 (twenty-three years ago)

rough, dirty, animal sexy: carla bozulich. nina simone, sometimes.

chilled sexy: tracey thorn, lisa stansfield, kate rogers (on AIM's last album)

and so may more.

― bucky wunderlick (bucky), Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:43 (twenty-three years ago)

Anita Lane

TMFTML
http://intonation.blogspot.com

― TMFTML (TMFTML), Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Can't remember her name but the lead singer of Mazzy Star was very sexy. Anyone know them?

I find Nico's voice very alluring. That icy and distant voice, haunting but very seductive.

― Juan, Thursday, 7 November 2002 19:59 (twenty-three years ago)

"lead singer of Mazzy Star" = Hope Sandoval

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 7 November 2002 20:03 (twenty-three years ago)

Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields

― Curt (cgould), Thursday, 7 November 2002 20:35 (twenty-three years ago)

charo

― gygax!, Thursday, 7 November 2002 20:55 (twenty-three years ago)

"Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields..."

AHA! So THAT's her main project!

I've become very familiar (obsessed?) with her sexy-as-sin voice thanks to the Loveage: Music to Make Love to Your Old Lady By album featuring herself, Mike Patton (a sexy beast of a voice on that guy too), and Dan the Automator. Only, all this time I didn't know what group she came from. Thank you kindly, sir!

― nickalicious, Thursday, 7 November 2002 21:12 (twenty-three years ago)

Anggun on the lovely slinky jazzthing "Summer In Paris" on (DJ) Cam's new album Soulshine has a voice that makes me go all gooey. And you don't wanna see *that* too often.

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 7 November 2002 21:39 (twenty-three years ago)

ya, jennifer is awsome in lovage; also shirley manson, nina persson and bille holiday are my picks.

― dyson (dyson), Thursday, 7 November 2002 23:57 (twenty-three years ago)

miho hatori, fa sho'. also whoever the female singer from mono is. and definitely andrea zollo from pretty girls make graves.

― webcrack (music=crack), Friday, 8 November 2002 01:44 (twenty-three years ago)

nina persson has the un-sexiest voice ever .-9

i think in the lines of annpeebles / missy ((i think she was cooler before she loss all that weight)
also björk, peaches, the shangri-a one...

― Jens (brighter), Friday, 8 November 2002 14:16 (twenty-three years ago)

singer from mono = siobhan de maré.

― dyson (dyson), Friday, 8 November 2002 18:06 (twenty-three years ago)

Mary Timony -- she's straaaawwwwwwng!

― Leee (Leee), Friday, 8 November 2002 19:08 (twenty-three years ago)

Roisin Murphy from Moloko, Francoise Cactus from Stereo Total, Mary Weiss from the Shangs, P.P. Arnold, Gal Costa.

― Tag, Friday, 8 November 2002 20:52 (twenty-three years ago)

Dominique Durand from Ivy
for proof listen to their cover of Steely Dan's
"Only a Fool Would Say That"
mmm, soft rock is foxy.

You say Kahimi Kari? Sexy?
Are you a pedophile by any chance? :)

― sherri, Sunday, 10 November 2002 03:58 (twenty-three years ago)

three weeks pass...

Oh, i think i've got to say Sarahs Nixey and Cracknell definitely... and the Shangri-La's, quite a mix of the tough and tender vocal timbre to their voices.
Kate Bush sometimes; particularly the track, "The Sensual World" i'm thinking of, the ode to Joyce's final bit of "Ulysses", "Penelope"; fantastic and indeed an alluringly delivered song. Oh, and "The Dreaming", the album as a whole, from what i remember.

― Tom May, Monday, 2 December 2002 23:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Interestingly, on "One Beat" I think Corin Tucker gets reeealll hot on the chorus of "Oh" and horrifically unattractive on the worthless "Prisstina" when she overemotes "rock'n'roll". I've never heard somebody be so charged and so painfully affected on the same album, except maaaybe PJ Harvey (who probably taught her how to ruin the concept of and say Rock'n'roll - or maybe it was Greil Marcus).

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Monday, 2 December 2002 23:35 (twenty-three years ago)

I always found Lisa Germano's voice to be captivating.

― Bruce Urquhart (Bruce Urquhart), Monday, 2 December 2002 23:54 (twenty-three years ago)

Aretha Franklin, easily.

― polyphonic (polyphonic), Monday, 2 December 2002 23:58 (twenty-three years ago)

i think the voice of the singer from Ultracynic (of Nothing Lasts Forever fame) is lovely

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:08 (twenty-three years ago)

that should be Nothing Is Forever

― gareth (gareth), Sunday, 15 December 2002 02:11 (twenty-three years ago)

NATACHA ATLAS! NATACHA ATLAS! NATACHA ATLAS!

...and Sarah Cracknell

― t\'\'t (t''t), Sunday, 15 December 2002 03:11 (twenty-three years ago)

The girl who sings backup on Black Flag's "Slip It In".

― Helltime Producto (Pavlik), Sunday, 15 December 2002 06:03 (twenty-three years ago)

five months pass...

Okay, add:

PJ Harvey
at least 3 of the Slits
Kathleen Hanna
Nicolette
Kat Bjelland
Karen O
Kim Deal

― mei (mei), Friday, 30 May 2003 16:26 (twenty-three years ago)

Donna Summer

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 30 May 2003 16:40 (twenty-three years ago)

Princess Superstar's voice can be sexy as god-damn (like when she slows down a bit and gets kinda breathy).

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Friday, 30 May 2003 16:53 (twenty-three years ago)

No one mentioned Terri Nunn (Berlin) yet?

― Tijn, Friday, 30 May 2003 17:14 (twenty-three years ago)

Natascha from the Dirtmitts

and

Amber Valentine from Jucifer

and

Bilinda. Fooking DUH!

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Friday, 30 May 2003 18:23 (twenty-three years ago)

Etta James, Kim Deal, Mama Cass

― beanz (beanz), Friday, 30 May 2003 22:55 (twenty-three years ago)

Siouxsie Sioux

― Jrvision (visionjr), Friday, 30 May 2003 23:07 (twenty-three years ago)

No mention of Aaliyah yet? C'mon people!

― Jrvision (visionjr), Friday, 30 May 2003 23:12 (twenty-three years ago)

four months pass...

Chan Marshall
Julie London
Rebecca Gates
Etta James
Astrud Gilberto (innocent sort of sexy)
Peaches (hells yeah)
Aretha
The lead singer in "Chic"
Holly Golightly
April March
Beyonce
Madonna (when she wants to be)
J-LO ( " ")

I hate Ella Fitzgerald in general (sorry)

― , Sunday, 12 October 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

pink, baby spice, beth ditto, cindy and kate B52, and several of the ladeez already mentioned.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Sunday, 12 October 2003 08:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Kim Gordon onKool Thing takes some beating.

― Jim Robinson (Original Miscreant), Sunday, 12 October 2003 14:12 (twenty-two years ago)

Seriously? Petula Clark.

― Joe (Joe), Sunday, 12 October 2003 14:23 (twenty-two years ago)

The girl from the Cardigans! (Help us out here)

― Joi Raida (Joi Raida), Monday, 13 October 2003 03:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronnie Spector, Miho Hatori, Aaliyah, Roberta Flack

― Mike Ouderkirk (Mike Ouderkirk), Monday, 13 October 2003 05:10 (twenty-two years ago)

eight months pass...

my vote is for JULIE ANDREWS in dear lill

― joseph payne, Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:23 (twenty-one years ago)

Oh wow, Marta Sebestyen. "Teremtes". Yum.

― Dadaismus (Dada), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 12:26 (twenty-one years ago)

Bobbie Gentry on Mornin' Glory with Glen Campbell

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 16:33 (twenty-one years ago)

SYLVIA ROBINSON!

― briania (briania), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 17:24 (twenty-one years ago)

Kelis's voice is really sexy sometimes - the aforementioned "Got Your Money," "Trick Me," other times not so much.

― miloauckerman (miloauckerman), Tuesday, 15 June 2004 21:14 (twenty-one years ago)

Ronnie Spector
Wanda Jackson
Yoko Ono (occasionally)

― Myonga Von Bontee (Myonga Von Bontee), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:00 (twenty-one years ago)

shana nelson, beth gibbons, kelli dayton, the chick out of the cowboy junkies, louise rhodes, dusty springfield, holly golightly

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Alizee.

― Allyzay, Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

If gem meant Shara Nelson, then that's about the most stereotypically trip hop post evah. ; )

― Leeefuse 73 (Leee), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:34 (twenty-one years ago)

lynee breedlove

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 02:48 (twenty-one years ago)

i did mean shara nelson actually, i like triphop, stereotyped or not. not sure where the cowboy junkies, dusty springfield and holly golightly fit into the triphop music map though?

― gem (trisk), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 03:02 (twenty-one years ago)

Ladybug/Mecca/that chick in Digable Planets

― oops (Oops), Wednesday, 16 June 2004 06:02 (twenty-one years ago)

one year passes...

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:46 (twenty years ago)

chrissie hynde

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

mark kozelek

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

no, no no you've got it all wrong.

― Special Agent Gene Krupa (orion), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 00:50 (twenty years ago)

ada

― jergins (jergins), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:00 (twenty years ago)

tracy chapman

― Susan Douglas (Susan Douglas), Tuesday, 7 March 2006 05:15 (twenty years ago)

eleven months pass...

some interesting choices upthread

i'll go with anneke van giersbergen, kazu makino, bjork, early cat power (something changed about her voice), that girl who sang that one part of that one kyo single, billie holiday in her golden-throated heyday, neko case, juliana hatfield, stina nordenstam, charlotte gainsbourg...

sorry for reviving this. i'm bored and not tired

― Charlie Howard (the sphinx), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:17 (nineteen years ago)

paris ? ah. sorry. ok : ciara, francoise hardy, elli medeiros...

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:22 (nineteen years ago)

jennifer charles

― m the g (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 8 February 2007 16:35 (nineteen years ago)

Karen Carpenter

― Daniel Peterson (polkaholic), Thursday, 8 February 2007 18:08 (nineteen years ago)

singing in french is cheating

― If you fuck with Jimmy Mod, you call down the thunder (The Famous Jimmy Mod), Thursday, 8 February 2007 19:11 (nineteen years ago)

beth ditto. mmmm.

the girl from cansei de ser sexy.

dani siciliano.

i still find tori incredibly sexy.

georgia from yo la tengo.

― Emily Bjurnhjam (Emily Bjurnhjam), Thursday, 8 February 2007 19:38 (nineteen years ago)

singing in french is cheating

yup. good, innit?

― m the g (mister the guanoman), Thursday, 8 February 2007 21:59 (nineteen years ago)

Sade

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Thursday, 8 February 2007 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

Hope Sandoval

― is anyone anticipating the new Baaderonixx? (baaderonixx), Thursday, 8 February 2007 22:11 (nineteen years ago)

adaesi ukairo
regina spektor

― kleight (kleight), Friday, 9 February 2007 04:23 (nineteen years ago)

Surely must be Jane Birkin, eh?

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Friday, 9 February 2007 04:41 (nineteen years ago)

Ronnie Spector
Wanda Jackson
Yoko Ono (occasionally)
-- Myonga Von Bontee

Can't believe I left out Donna Summer!

― Monty Von Byonga (Monty Von Byonga), Friday, 9 February 2007 10:50 (nineteen years ago)

why would singing in french be cheating ??
in this case, the thread title should be : "sexiest female english vocals"...
in this case : Françoise Hardy in English !
(+ claudine longet in english).

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 9 February 2007 11:45 (nineteen years ago)

[i]"Jennifer Charles of Elysian Fields..."
AHA! So THAT's her main project!

Fourhted. PJ Harvey, check.

[i]The girl from the Cardigans! (Help us out here)[/i]

Dolores o'Rihordan or something

― the Dirt (FunkDirt), Friday, 9 February 2007 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

I'm such an internet loser. someone remind me how to make cursive?

― the Dirt (FunkDirt), Friday, 9 February 2007 12:05 (nineteen years ago)

why would singing in french be cheating ??

because singing in french immediately ups the sexiness level by exactly 247.2%. even paris hilton might have a chance of sounding sexy in french.

but probably not.

― m the g (mister the guanoman), Friday, 9 February 2007 12:08 (nineteen years ago)

ahah. I think she actually sings/says something in french on her album. not sure though.
might just be some "jeu de mot" on her name...

― AleXTC (AleXTC), Friday, 9 February 2007 12:34 (nineteen years ago)

[i]The girl from the Cardigans! (Help us out here)[/i]

Dolores o'Rihordan or something

gold.

― internet loser (kit brash), Saturday, 10 February 2007 01:56 (nineteen years ago)

She doesn't really sing much, but every word that comes out of Beth Nottingham's mouth (drummer for The Black Lipstick) is sexy as hell.

― dlp9001 (dlp9001), Saturday, 10 February 2007 02:04 (nineteen years ago)

because singing in french immediately ups the sexiness level by exactly 247.2%.

in that case, i vote for thrillpillow's "franch"

― Lawrence the Looter (Lawrence the Looter), Saturday, 10 February 2007 03:00 (nineteen years ago)

jennifer herrema to thread

― mr. me three (xave), Saturday, 10 February 2007 18:12 (nineteen years ago)

i read this thread as "sexist female vocalists." highly disappointed.

― critique de la vie quotidienne (modestmickey), Saturday, 10 February 2007 18:22 (nineteen years ago)

but anyways, rita lee from os mutantes circa "baby" (1971 english version) is the correct answer.

― critique de la vie quotidienne (modestmickey), Saturday, 10 February 2007 18:31 (nineteen years ago)

NOT Samantha Fux

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Saturday, 10 February 2007 18:55 (nineteen years ago)

[i]The girl from the Cardigans! (Help us out here)[/i]

Nina Persson. Everything she sings is close to porn. Youtube the video for "I Need Some Fine Wine (And You Need to be Nicer)"

That was easy!

― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Saturday, 10 February 2007 21:33 (nineteen years ago)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctKCerpRtsQ

"Sit. Good dog. Stay. Bad dog. Woo!"

― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Saturday, 10 February 2007 21:35 (nineteen years ago)

I mean, terrific song, Nina as dominatrix, sleeping maid and Nina looking very Veronica Mars'ish while cat and dog fly about in slo-mo and glasses and cups break. There is no bad here.

― Grey, Ian (IanBrooklyn), Saturday, 10 February 2007 21:46 (nineteen years ago)

one year passes...

Listening straight through her Chess Box Set and I gotta say, without reservation, Etta James.

― Mordy, Saturday, 31 January 2009 06:28 (seventeen years ago)

Patti Smith. Call me an androgyne, call me what you will.

― mose def (kenan), Saturday, 31 January 2009 06:38 (seventeen years ago)

woah. Not as sexy as when she does this as a duet with Glen Campbell (as mentioned above), but pretty crazy here. She's so sleepy.

― dan selzer, Saturday, 31 January 2009 07:56 (seventeen years ago)

Dominique from Ivy, and in her own inimitable way: Sharon Jones.

― ellaguru, Saturday, 31 January 2009 22:13 (seventeen years ago)

T-boz of TLC

― Christyles, Sunday, 1 February 2009 11:41 (seventeen years ago)

I love a lot of different female voices. Here are some in alphabetical order:

- Isabelle Adjani
- Emma Anderson (Lush)
- Laurie Anderson
- Joan Baez
- Sally Barker
- Jane Birkin
- Kate Bush
- Bilinda Butcher (My Bloody Valentine)
- Camille (also singing for Nouvelle Vague)
- Jennifer Charles (Elysium Fields)
- Caroline Crawley (Shelleyan Orphan)
- Julee Cruise
- Kim Deal (Pixies)
- Sandy Denny (Fairport Convention)
- Tanja Donelly (Throwing Muses)
- Sally Ellyson (Hem)
- Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
- Charlotte Gainsbourg
- Lisa Germano
- Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
- Allison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp)
- Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth)
- Francoise Hardy
- Angie Hart (Frente!)
- PJ Harvey
- Juliana Hatfield
- Billie Holiday
- Chrissie Hynde (Pretenders)
- Rickie Lee Jones
- Valérie Leulliot (Autour de Lucie)
- Joanne Loughman (Glee Club)
- Aimee Mann
- Shirley Manson (Garbage)
- Chan Marshall (Cat Power)
- Nathalie Merchant (10,000 Maniacs)
- Joni Mitchell
- Stina Nordenstam
- Sinead O'Connor
- Mary Margaret O'Hara
- Dolores O'Riordan (Cranberries)
- Annette Peacock
- Madeleine Peyroux
- Poe
- Sade
- Hope Sandoval (Mazzy Star)
- Michelle Shocked
- Nina Simone
- Kendra Smith (Opal)
- Patti Smith
- Margo Timmins (Cowboy Junkies)
- Suzanne Vega
- Gillian Welch
- Harriet Wheeler (Sundays)
- Lucinda Williams

― alex in mainhattan, Sunday, 1 February 2009 13:21 (seventeen years ago)

Belinda Carlisle

― Mahatma Blagojevich (redmond), Sunday, 1 February 2009 14:08 (seventeen years ago)

When I think "sexy vocals" all I can think of is that Jim Backus / Phyllis Diller "Delicious" thing.

But otherwise, probably Sue from Life Without Buildings (?)

― Tourtiere (Owen Pallett), Sunday, 1 February 2009 14:41 (seventeen years ago)

m m o'hara cosigned.

― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Sunday, 1 February 2009 14:48 (seventeen years ago)

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