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I gave up on my idea of making a playlist of guys who really sound like girls. There's only two I could come up with, Jeff Hanson and Joel Thibodeau of Death Vessel. Oh, I found a lot of artists that people say sing like girls, but they don't. Guys singing falsetto sound like guys singing falsetto, pretty much. It doeesn't matter if it's the Bee Gees or the singer in Placebo or Justin Hawkins of The Darkness or Justin Timberlake or some 11-year old hearthrob pop star -- they might sing high, but they only sound like female singers if you aren't paying attention. Whereas Jeff and Joel have voices that can be described as sopranos.

Anyway, I lent some music to amoveodivus, and I was trying to describe what kind of a voice Joanna Newsom has. I probably overdid it a bit, but she has a voice that some people can't listen to. I'd forgotten that Sky is a huge fan of Tom Waits. Weird voices don't bother him at all -- in fact he usually likes them.

So... I decided to make a playlist of "Great Voices". As in, singers I like that many people might claim have no singing voice (or at least, a very odd voice). ^_^ Here's some of what I put on my list:

Joanna Newsom - -Sawdust and Diamonds
Joanna Newsom -- Sprout and Bean
Tom Waits -- Chocolate Jesus
Tom Waits -- Rain Dogs
Bob Dylan - Isis
Bob Dylan -- As I Went Out One Morning
The Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
The Boomtown Rats (Bob Geldof) - Wind Chill Factor Minus Zero
Bjork - Bachelorette
The Pogues (Sean MacGowan) - The Sunny Side of the Street
Patti Smith - Ghost Dance
Blind Willie Johnson -- Motherless Children Have A Hard Time
Neil Young - Heart of Gold
Mike Ness (of Social Distortion) - Don't Think Twice, It's Alright
Marianna Faithful - Hold On, Hold On

(Good, but not half as awesome as Neko Case's original version). But Neko has an amazing voice.

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( Today's Song: Hold On, Hold On by Neko Case )