Vocal music

I want watmm to help me find good quality vocal music. And when I say quality I didn't mean flac files, but good singing! It can be classic, it can be swing, it can be pop or opera, just as long as you love it and want to make me love it!

So far I loved the singing of Garm from Ulver, Freddie from Queen and some singers from Phillip Glass or some other composer that has vocals. In other words I know close to nothing of good singing, and thus need help of you, broad minded, musically experienced people.

Three two, one, GO!

dunno if it's the kind of thing you're after, but Eva Cassidy has a very nice voice.

Ok, I just remembered a few more I'd say I love for the singing: Nick Cave, the guy from band Beirut, Jamie Lidell (except sometimes when he overdoes stuff), singer of Opeth, Camille, probably left out a few good ones.

Anyway, I'd love some serious vocal music, possibly with man chorus or something.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfMjJ2oMXI8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ww9JS8dJ9fY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cIjariCM-c

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KzWVWY5QUzg

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vA123xHvrJo

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

josephine foster has a strong opera-trained voice and she uses it beautifully in a many different ways:

old school kinda psych rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8ZdyBHNVM&feature=related

simple folky music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwHCAtIIojo&feature=related

weird ass shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l34RDPnfQxI

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

get all of the carmina burana its epic and thats all u need to know.

Some of it (xxx fuuu...) has already blown my mind. So far thank you very much, but do go on!

Dear Gaarg,

I'm pretty sure what you're looking for is R Murray Schafer. He's kinda like Philip Glass, only he's Canadian, he writes mostly choral music, and his music is more usually more fast-paced and less ambient. He's a genius with cluster chords and voicing. Here are some examples:

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

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anyIEOSQ9YQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYpvTMEzmzQ&feature=related

Sometimes his work reminds me of Fol4 by Autechre, except with voices instead of noise.

Iron and Wine.

It's more of a speak-sing-whisper, but he has my favourite voice of all time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G_1Zz9ud83I

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnWf7TmxFMo

some of my (not-so) recent youtube favourites maybe...

[youtubehd]1e0u11rgd9Q[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]Im3Mf7Kl-WI[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]KUJpMdM9fuY[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]C3elbKuH_Tc[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]pyMd19sE6U4[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]PYZa70LOXm8[/youtubehd]

[youtubehd]XqkP4YORpZk[/youtubehd]

I like both singers in The Fiery Furnaces (Eleanor and Matthew Friedberger). They don't sound like they're trying too hard.

Half of the time they're narrating and not singing though. My starter album was Bitter Tea.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ds6B6MPlrLA

fast forward to 1:50. i love this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BPZM6A1-Cfo

i recommend kanon pokajanen by arvo pärt

Dunno if this is what you're looking for, but The Beach Boys have really inspired me since I discovered how incredible they were recently...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OcUeSDMll5s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hz7hPArVUqM

Brian Wilson was a perfect pitch genius bastard... All the vocal layering is just so milky fresh. Makes pop vocalists these days just seem like a bunch of half arsed clowns.

The Zombies were similar in ways, and definitely worth checking out their "Odyssey and Oracle" album.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWfRbW-ObHk

Oh and Roy Orbison

sorry, all pretty oldschool music, but people knew how to fucking sing back then...

  On 7/26/2010 at 2:31 PM, eugene said:

josephine foster has a strong opera-trained voice and she uses it beautifully in a many different ways:

 

old school kinda psych rock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Co8ZdyBHNVM&feature=related

 

simple folky music:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwHCAtIIojo&feature=related

 

weird ass shit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l34RDPnfQxI

This is beautiful. Really delighted that she exists.

Gregorian Chant is some of my favorite. I've never heard anything that comes so close to capturing the simplicity and beauty of religious experience. Very relaxing and profound.

+1 for Sigur Ros

I love Serj Tankians voice, a very impressive vocal range. I dont usually like rock shit but these guys are cool in my book.

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

The chemical brothers have had some awesome guest vocalists over the years, check out Hope Sandoval and Beth Orten -

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pk9w_f2y4Qg&feature=avmsc2

FUCKIN PROPER TUNE THIS ONE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGj-dntDsVY

Ursula Rucker has an amazing voice too, she is mainly a poet though but is very distinctive.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QpEKBGFZOFY&feature=related

Great thread :)

cocteau twins

my bloody valentine

neutral milk hotel

The Swingle Singers (the old group from the 60's, did a record with Modern Jazz Quarter which is brilliant)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuYGE8nhNE8&feature=artist

*edit - ignore the gay picture

  On 7/26/2010 at 8:26 PM, happycase said:

 

Gregorian Chant is some of my favorite. I've never heard anything that comes so close to capturing the simplicity and beauty of religious experience. Very relaxing and profound.

fall / winter 09

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

where's Messian where you need him?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_R3m4igIfIg

Joanna Newsom

[youtubehd]BRxvUneWcdQ[/youtubehd]