Saturday, December 4, 2010

serenade me.

wow, it's been 9 months since my last post! wth? it's not like i've been doing anything important or anything. anywho, this post will be short and sweet. this has been swimming around in my head for awhile, so, i am using this post to put my thoughts into order.

there are just certain voices that soothe me. i'm sure you can think of a few on your own, but this is my list... take that! mark's voice is so soothing that i often fall asleep (hi, honey! this is your shout-out!) - just kidding... but the voices i am referring to are singing voices! who has the best voices in the biz? well, i am compiling a list, and this is what i have come up with so far.

the men's side

umm... hello? number one, my favorite norwegian - mr. erlend øye. i can't even put into words how amazing this gentleman is. i can't even stop going on about it, so i will have to end it here.

jeremy greenspan from junior boys - love him! it wasn't until i heard his collaboration with morgan geist did i realize, "man, his voice is nice."

sufjan stevens - of course.

james mercer (the shins, broken bells) - you know, it's interesting, because while i don't think his voice is traditionally beautiful, when i hear his voice, it just makes me feel like i'm home - it's comfortable, it's familiar. there's something very intriguing in invoking that sort of emotion.

the women

emily haines. i fell in love with her voice when i first hear broken social scene. i mistakenly bought two metric cds, just so i could enjoy her pipes, but yeah, i don't care for metric. they average three catchy songs a cd, and 3 out of 10 is 30%. you do the math.

leslie feist. there are no comparisons. when i heard the kings of convenience cd, i had to seek out that voice. she does not disappoint.

maria taylor.

inara george (the bird and the bee).

sarah cracknell (saint etienne).

róisín murphy. this girl is seriously amazing. why is she not more famous? formerly part of moloko, i play her "overpowered" cd all the time! in addition, she sometimes wears outrageous clothes - i just thought i'd throw in that little tidbit.

those are just some of the names off the top of my head, as i am sure i am missing many "classics". in my defense, there's just too many musical artists. maybe next time i will name off the voices that i find annoying.