Who do you wish you could sing like?
 

This was hard to search for so i don't know if this has come up before.

If you could sing like anyone, who'd it be. For me it'd probably be Jeff Buckley, he has such an amazing voice. Although i like to think that i am not too bad a singer (although thats in my own head where my voice resonates differently) i really wish i could reach some of the notes he could. Its funny though, cause sometimes i don't like listening to Grace or other albums cause i can't remotely sing along to the song cause i sound so bad :p
Also, it'd be so much easier to serenade a girl if i could sing somehwere in the realms of this guy, although thats another issue.

so yeah, for me Jeff Buckley and also rest in peace, another muscian who died way, way too young :(

if i could sing as well as play the guitar as well as Matt Bellamy (Lead singer Muse) it would have to be him,
or if i could write lyrics as well as sing, it would have to be Chris Martin (Coldplay),
but if it was just singing...hmm this is hard...
it has to be old skool Michael Jackson, from his Dangerous and Bad days, not the recent stuff. He had a great voice.

@dnd
alas someone else who like muse!
check out the other thread i started

nice choices though

Richard "Bob" Greene, bass singer of The Bobs.

Certainly John Davis from Korn.

Geddy Lee

Man, can that guy wail!!!

Dave Matthews

Good question. Probably Freddie Mercury. He hit some ridiculous notes, and the funny thing is that his highest, most powerful notes weren't recorded until after he was quite sick from AIDS.

I'd also like to sing with the range of Jason Mraz. I don't like many of his vocal inflections (he gets a little breathy, and inserts an "h" before many vowels) but he really hits some great notes as well.

Biz Markie

I was gonna say Chris Cornell, but I just can't beat that answer.
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Louis Armstrong

Robert Plant and Jim Morrison

Sting would be awesome to, or maybe Bryan Adams, get that raspy sound that drives women crazy

Chris Cornell, undoubtably

Rusty Cage... damn

Brendan Perry from Dead Can Dance

Man, that is tough...so many great voices out there. I'd have to go with either Plant, Ozzy or Dio or Bruce Dickinson--all great and distinct voices.

I would love to sing like Freddie Mercury. I also think Tom Jones has got a great voice for big songs.

if i could sing, id sing like Maynard James Keenan from Tool. excellent vocalist. another good rock vocalist is Chris Cornell, From Soundgarden and Audioslave.

Stevie Wonder

Daryl Palumbo from Glassjaw.

I can't imagine ANYONE mimicing that voice, much less myself. Wish I could.

...Daryl Taberski's (Snapcase) and Jello Biafra's (Dead Kennedys)too.

I want your answer. He didn't even cross my mind until I saw your post, but now that I think about it, he has a nice rich low voice. I like Dead Can Dance to sooth my spirit when stressed out, his voice helps a lot.

Hmm though I might like to have a voice that would broaden my abilities as a front man and make me more versatile and be able to sing grunge, metal, alternative, classic rock, choral styles, etc. Like some of my older favorites (Freddy Mercury) and some of my newer ones (Daniel Johns) I don't think I'd want to have anyones voice but my own. I have a pretty good one and I can sing a pretty good number of styles only thing I can't really do is scream out a note whether it be something like Brett Scallions on Innocent or Daniel Johns on Spawn Again or Chino on Digital Bath, Serj on Spiders (I don't think I can do that..never tried), Vedder on Black, etc. It'd be nice to and all but ya know if I was meant to be able to scream like that I would have been given that ability. Instead I'll just sing period like many of the other good vocalists out there like Don Mclean and Jim Croche, Justin Hayward, Adam Duritz, Darius Rucker, Chris Martin, etc. They do just fine without it and if I work at it I could to. Never know until I can actually front a band for real what exactly I'll be capable of but maybe some day I'll be lucky enough to find out.

Asta!!

Anthony Kedis from Red Hot Chili Peppers. He can do some really interesting and beautiful things with that voice.. very agile, plus the band just rocks :D

Placido Domingo... or Nat King Cole...

thats kind of mood dependent

Maynard James Keenan from Tool/A Perfect Circle.

My first thought was Robert Plant, then I thought maybe Jim Morrison, and now I can't decide.

I wish I had a wider vocal range, and I ws just listening to some Zeppelin. Then I started thinking that I always wish I could match the vocals while listening to The Doors.

Robert Plant or Rob Halford

The lungs on those bastards are incredible.

Pavarotti

James Dean Bradfield from the Manic Street Preachers

Robert Plant and Chris Cornell close after.

bjork. very unique voice.

also tori amos.
or maybe fiona apple.

Isaac Hayes -- oh man that would be so sweet.

Without a doubt, Leonard Cohen.

Mike Sandman

call me sissy..

Peter Heppner from Wolfsheim

Mike Patton. His vocal talent and range is amazing.

For me, Jim Morrison, even though I really don't like the guy, or 99.99% of the music his band produced. I can sing like Black Francis from the now-defunct Pixies, sort of. :D

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Brian Stokes Mitchell. yeah, you all probably have no idea who he is. but he can sing like the dickens.

Devin Townsend. Listen to the song Suicide off the "Accelerated Evolution" album and tell me he hasn't got the greatest voice in progressive metal.

Definitely Dave Matthews. I think Liam or Noel Gallagher would be close second and third though.

I wouldn't mind being able to sing like the guy from Cake.

Charlotte Church beautiful voice!!!

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great answer

Maybe Adam Duritz or Bob Dylan

I'd love to be able to sing with such emotion and conviction as Bob Dylan. Or Bing Crosby. Bing Crosby always had a cool singing voice.

Brian Johnson of AC/DC :)

How hard could it be to sing like the guy from cake? :)

Asta!!

Mike Ness, which is funny because I am a girl.

J.C. Fogerty, from CCR. I would just keep belting out "I Put A Spell On You" all fucking day.

Frank Sinatra

Oh fuck yeah! I did the same thing when I got the CD! For those that ain't heard it yet where the fuck you been?!

<a href="http://www.angelfire.lycos.com/hiphop3/k-wise0/I_Put_A_Spell_On_You.mp3">Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You</a>

Asta!!

Maynard, no question about it, altough I am a girl so that's probably be weird. So in girls I liked Shakira before she sold out to the american market

Peter Steele has an amazingly strong and deep voice which has the power to hold any woman in sexual rapture.

Bowie too, he can do so much with that voice of his.

Jeff Buckley had the most amazing voice ever....
But I kinda like mine too.

robert plant, he can do rock, ballad.... just about anything and he has a great tage presence aswell



and jack black. i know he hasnt been around that long, but i love his voice. the song he sings in high fidelity... fucken love it

I'd love to have Sebastian Bach's range, or even the lead guy from steelheart (or am I the only one who remembers//liked them??)

i'm 80% Dave Matthews at the moment... the quick yodel falsetto he does 'open up my head and let me out' is quite straining...

my only problem is, I haven't got the coordination to sing and play at the same time :(

i'd love to be able to sing like:::: Robert Plant, Chris Cornell, Harry Connick Jnr.

I dont know his name but the singer from Crash Test Dummies.

mark lanegan

I'd have to go with Maynard from Tool.

He can go from soft and mellow to dark and angry very seamlessly.

Peter Steele (Type O Negative - Black No.1)
Mike Patton (Faith No More - Falling To Peices)
James Hetfield (Metallica - Blackened)
Jonathan Davis (Korn - Blind)

chris cornell - high notes and actual singing
maynard - low notes and aggression
nate (finch) - screams and poppy style singing

Lisa Gerrard!

Mike Patton... the legend. Can't believe i read Anthony Keidis before Mike Patton..... Patton taught keidis everything her knows!

I'd want my voice to sound like Brandon Boyd's from Incubus, if I had a choice.

Freddy Mercury

had the most passion and emotion for the music. imo best frontman ever.

Thom Yorke.

James Hetfield - Metallica

Great! And with me singing like Brendan Perry, we can start our own group. How do you like the name "Dead Can Dance"?

ditto

Guy Harvey from Elbow. Definitely.

Cedric (dont know last name) from The Mars Volta...talk about a crazy fuckin' voice, its all over the place.

Definently David Gilmour from the Floyd.

Being female i'd have to say either Janis Joplin, or Fiona Apple. But if i were male, either Jim Morrison, David Gilmour or Julian Casablanca. Tough choice.

Stephen Malkmus of Pavement/Jicks. Nothing too special about it but it works.

Chris Carraba

If I had to choose one, I would say Adam Pascal (the original Roger from the musical RENT.) He's amazing in every recording that I've heard.

Other than that. . .James Taylor, Bob Dylan (more ealier bob than later bob), maybe Art Garfunkel. . .

Uh...anybody. I can't sing worth shit.

Your not the only one but I think we may be in the minority here :rolleyes: . I even have She's Gone and I'll Never Let You Go on my current playlist.

Thom Yourke from Radiohead.

Adam Duritz, Todd Snider or Jason Trachtenburg

Johnny Cash

tim armstrong... great singer of rancid

Chris Cornell

Stevie Ray Vaughan or Dave Matthews. I like that rough sounding voice.

Definitely Freddie Mercury

Maynard or Emerson Hart

Sarah Vaughan!

Ella Fitzgerald is a close, close second because I'd love to have infallible intonation, but Sarah Vaughan's range is amazing AND she scats like a horn player blows. Gotta love that edge. Add Billie Holiday's rasp and you'd have a voice made in heaven.

louis armstrong - you can hear the grin on his face...

I've always wished I could sing like Brad Nowell (Sublime)

Ed Kowalcyk from Live. When I've seen them live he sounded just like on the CD. Also, Maynard would have to be a consideration. Justin Timberlake also has a really good voice.

Hmm hard choice.......Since someof the one's I'd pick already have been spoken for I'll go with Shannon Hoon of Blind Melon

Tom Waits. He has the coolest, most gravely voice I've ever heard.

John Popper from Blues Traveler

His voice is so amazingly cool.

And call me crazy, but I'd like to be able to sing like Davey Havok, lead singer of AFI. To sing so pretty sometimes, and just scream your lungs off at other times.

Woodie Guthrie. You don't realise how difficult it is until you try.

I'd like to sound like Norah Jones. Her voice is so sexy and mature but it sounds so natural.

Well it definately ain't Axl Rose.... he sucks!
Dennis DeYoung- Styx

Either Brian McKnight or Freddie Mercury depending on what type of songs I feel like singing.

I think i would like Chris Martin (Coldplay) ... i dont know... when im by myself I try to sing along to the music... i think he's a little better though...

Hey it worked for him... he got gwyneth paltrow

Daniel Johns from Silverchair. The new stuff, he has excellent range and, uhm, he has a really emotional tone to it.