If you could have one singer stand by your bed (or some other part of your house) and sing to you all night for free, who would it be? Me, it would be Ella Fitzgerald. The woman could sing the phone book and send shivers down my spine, the way she can caress a lyric with her velvet voice is amazing. i only discovered her in the last 2 years, when I rekindled my love of jazz. (I hadn't really bothered with jazz vocalists before.) ANYWAY, any thoughts on who you'd want to have singing to you in your wherever, for free?
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Billy Boyd
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
Diamanda Galás
Posted by twinky (Member # 693) on :
Hmmmmmmm... maybe Norah Jones...
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
Alison Krauss came to mind first, but Norah Jones is probably a superior choice.
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
I loved Billy Boyd's song in Return of the King. It was a nice touch to have that in the movie. It is that Billy Boyd, isn't it?
[ November 12, 2004, 07:37 PM: Message edited by: Cashew ]
Posted by Danzig avoiding landmarks (Member # 6792) on :
If they are a vocalist for a band, do they get their band backing them up?
Posted by Cashew (Member # 6023) on :
Depends on how big your bedroom is I guess. I was kind of thinking of solo singers, not lead singers in bands, but a singer is a singer.
Posted by Teshi (Member # 5024) on :
Yes it is that Billy Boyd. Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
That first one didn't count -- it was a joke.
Serious answer: I'd probably have to go with Mahalia Jackson.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
I suppose it would depend on my mood. My first choice is Harry Connick Jr. Ahhhhhh. I love his voice. We could probably cram the piano into my bedroom too.
But if I was feeling classical, I would want Dawn Upshaw in tandem with Placido Domingo. They would probably keep me awake though.
edit: drat this slow computer at work!
[ November 12, 2004, 07:48 PM: Message edited by: Narnia ]
Posted by Vána (Member # 6593) on :
My beloved Viggo Mortensen. His music can be depressing (in a socially aware kind of way), but that voice. And, you know, Viggo in my bedroom? Can't argue with that! Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :
Mmmmm, Billy Boyd.
Posted by NdRa (Member # 2295) on :
Nina Simone. Mahallia would be a close second.
Posted by Ben (Member # 6117) on :
Biz "The Diabolical" Markie
or Mike Patton
[ November 12, 2004, 09:35 PM: Message edited by: Ben ]
Posted by Noemon (Member # 1115) on :
Assuming that he was a healthy, living human being, George Harrison. But I have to admit that I'd probably want to spend as much time talking to him as listening to him play and sing.
If we can pick mythological figures, I'm going to go with Orpheus. Or maybe a siren, as long as I'm tied down to the bed securely (and she doesn't just walk over and slit my throat or something).
Posted by breyerchic04 (Member # 6423) on :
Raia, because if she were singing in my bedroom, I'd see her a lot more often.
Posted by Sara Sasse (Member # 6804) on :
Um, I dunno.
Leonard Cohen
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
If he would be allowed to bring in his guitar and an amplifier, Mark Knopfler. He could sing a grocery list, and I'd be transfixed, provided he put a guitar solo in it.
If no instruments are allowed, then maybe I'd go with Jasmine Rodgers. Her voice is angelic, and I certainly wouldn't argue with having her in my bedroom. . . .
Of course, I don't know how well she does a capella. In that case, maybe Rockapella would be a better choice. They don't even need instruments to make great backing music.
Edit: But you said one singer, didn't you? So Rockapella wouldn't work. Maybe David Bowie. Or . . . oh! Oh! Utada Hikaru!
[ November 12, 2004, 09:50 PM: Message edited by: Verily the Younger ]
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
In my bedroom it would probably be Lisa Loeb. Any other room in my house it would be Blake Swarzenbach.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
In order of preference: Joan Baez, Connie Dover,Tony Williams (of The Platters) I suppose that Sarah McClaughlin would recieve honorable mention.
Posted by Verily the Younger (Member # 6705) on :
Ooh, Lisa Loeb. Good one. I want her, too!
Oh, no! I've got it! Sarah Brightman! Sarah Brightman!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuuce.
Posted by punwit (Member # 6388) on :
Lenny Bruce?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
ha ha.
Posted by Ophelia (Member # 653) on :
Damien Rice He has a sexy, sexy, sexy voice.
Posted by signal (Member # 6828) on :
hmm, this is a tough one, but I've narrowed it down to either Norah Jones or Jason Mraz. Can I have Jason in the morning and Norah at night?
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
I would be creeped out if anyone was standing by my bed singing to me all night. Posted by Anti-Chris (Member # 4452) on :
Danny Elfman singing songs from Nightmare Before Christmas.
Posted by littlemissattitude (Member # 4514) on :
Bono - absolutely, definitely, and unequivocally.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
Jewel, singing her folk songs.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Man, hard to choose. Lisa Loeb is just insanely cute (What with those glasses and all ). But I think Norah Jones would work better (Speaking of which, I wonder if her music will actually help my insomnia...)
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Natalie Merchant, maybe.
Posted by Raia (Member # 4700) on :
Frank Sinatra.
Posted by Hobbes (Member # 433) on :
Annie.
Hobbes Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
If I could have only one Singer. . .
appliance, it would be a huge air conditioning unit. Yeah, that'd do the trick right quick. Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Hmm... I can think of several instrumentalists I would want, but not one singer comes immediately to mind....
Maybe Barry White (who is no longer alive, so doesn't count)
[ November 13, 2004, 08:58 AM: Message edited by: Farmgirl ]
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Are the girl posters all choosing guy singers? And vice versa - the guys are choosing female singers?
That would make sense -- I mean if the singer is going to be in the bedroom Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
How about no one. I wouldn't be able to sleep.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
MEC, True! Or, you would be asleep and not hear them.
Posted by Lucky4 (Member # 1420) on :
Ron Sexsmith, on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Rufus Wainright, on the others.
Posted by vwiggin (Member # 926) on :
"That would make sense -- I mean if the singer is going to be in the bedroom."
Hey, what are you implying. Posted by Ralphie (Member # 1565) on :
quote: Nina Simone
Oooh... good choice, Sandy.
I would have to go with either Maire Brennan, Loreena McKennit, Paul Simon, or if I was feelin' randy John Mayer. (Just cause he's dreamy.)
Wait, that's... [counts on fingers] four. When pressed, Maire Brennan for non-randiness, John Mayer if randy.
Posted by Synesthesia (Member # 4774) on :
Whatg a difficult decision! There are so many musicians and I love these days.
Probably Dmitri Hvorostovsky... He has the best baritone ever. Then there is SHIINA RINGO TO CONSIDER. Gaw.. she is such a BABE... but there is also tori and sarah and Ella....... and Kyo...
Posted by BunnV (Member # 6816) on :
It would be creepy to have a stanger at your bed side. But just for fun:
m.j.k., Dido, or Thom Y.
Posted by Zalmoxis (Member # 2327) on :
dra:
Well see now your coolness factor just keeps increasing. Sure, it makes sense for the pseudo-academic white boy to drop the name of one of the greatest Gospel singers and female vocalists of all time. I mean the only way I could have been more cliched would have been to say Ella (no offense to cashew -- I'm just sayin').
But you've got street cred.
Dang, there's just no out-coolin' Sandy.
Posted by Princess Leah (Member # 6026) on :
I'd have to second what Noemon said. I'd like to wake up to George Harrison singing to me, then just talk with him for the rest of, oh say, my life.
I second Bono and Danny Elfman, who are 2 of the 3 sole-ly vocalists that I look up to the most.
The third is Mick Jagger and if he was in my bedroom, I would not want him *singing*.......
Posted by MEC (Member # 2968) on :
quote: MEC, True! Or, you would be asleep and not hear them.
actually though, I don't know who I would really want.
[ November 15, 2004, 02:46 PM: Message edited by: MEC ]
Posted by Billy Joel (Member # 5357) on :
For you, Yozhik... I just might. I just might.
Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
Lisa Girrard!
Posted by Carrie (Member # 394) on :
If it's going to be in my bedroom and I'm going to be sleeping, then Donny Osmond. Man, if he'd sung me to sleep as a small child, I think I'd be a much happier person.
If I'm not going to be sleeping... then I don't know. I'll have to get back to you on that.
Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Can't I have a duo? I would pick the Indigo Girls, if so.
If not, then Melissa Etheridge. Or Paul Simon. Or Dick Van Dyke. ::remembers switched question in bait and switch thread and awaits the innuendo-filled replies ::
Posted by Eruve Nandiriel (Member # 5677) on :
quote: Billy Boyd
*adds Teshi and Cashew to "Cool List"*
I would have to agree. I would LOVE to have Billy Boyd singing to me! *melts*
Posted by Vv009vV (Member # 2568) on :
norah jones.
Posted by Billy Joel (Member # 5357) on :
quote: If it's going to be in my bedroom and I'm going to be sleeping, then Donny Osmond. Man, if he'd sung me to sleep as a small child, I think I'd be a much happier person.
Hatrack's Donny Osmond is a liar.
Posted by dem (Member # 2512) on :
Don Williams
Peaceful, relaxing voice. (For those that don't know him, think Randy Travis but even easier to listen too.)
Between my freshman and sophmore year in high school (1983 or 84) my family took a car trip to California from Georgia. Each person got to buy one tape to take on the trip. The three kids (9/14/17) each got a current pop star/group (Michael Jackson, Van Halen, etc.) Mom brought Simon and Garfunkel and dad brought Don Williams. By the end of the second day, the kids were requesting to skip their tapes turn in the rotation to listen to the good stuff (Williams and S&G).
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