Who is your favorite female lead singer?

[SiouxJ]

Let's limit this to women known for fronting a BAND. No solo artists this time. Sorry Bonnie, Patsy and Sheryl etc. :-)

I vote for Chrissie myself. I'd also write in Margo Timmins but since she's not really well known I left her out of the poll.

Vote AND feel free to write in your own.

[MountainLaurel]

1. However to choose?

I love them all!

Though my first thought was Chrissie Hynde, I went with Annie Lennox, because it seeing her in an early video that spurred by mother to exclaim "Good God, that woman is built like a brick shithouse," which was my introduction to the phrase.

[Maddy McCall]

2. Chrissie for me too...

Pretenders--too awesome for words...

[Sal316]

3. Chrissie Hynde is the epitome of cool.

Got some "Brass in Pocket"?

:hi: Sioux!

[SiouxJ]

5. Hey Sal!

Yes! She is! She is truly awesome!

:hi:

[Coffee Coyote]

4. gonna use my fingers...

... and vote for Chrissie on this list.

Favorite off list, not enough colors on this poll chart to do that... :-)

[SiouxJ]

8. "Gonna us my legs"

Wow! This Poll is attracting Zonies with good taste! :hi: fellow Zonie! Welcome to DU!

[sister_rosa_refried]

6. From my own group

Sister Anita Tortilla. That gal can jam, dears.

[RandomKoolzip]

7. Write in votes:

Corin Tucker
K. McCarty
Sandy Denny
Exene Cervenka
Penelope Houston
"Spanky" of Spanky and Our Gang
Lydia Lunch

[SiouxJ]

9. I thought about including Exene

I love her! Nice list!

[RandomKoolzip]

13. Lisa Kekula of the Bellrays I shoulda mentioned.

is another: A soulful, hot black girl fronting a rampaging Detroit-style punk group. Sounds like Tina Turner fronting the MC5. Amazing!

[SiouxJ]

14. Yeah

the list is very "white" but I was going for well known lead singers so more people could relate and would be able to vote. I even thought about including say, Diana Ross and Tina Turner but I really wanted there to be a strong "band" tie in. That's another reason why I asked for the write-ins. Someday we should do a favorite "obscure" female lead singers poll and you should definitely contribute! You seem to be extremely up on things! :thumbsup:

[RandomKoolzip]

15. Yeah, i like obscure stuff, but

If I can get one person into say, K. McCarty of Glass Eye, then I can die a happy man (she's awesome!)

[newyawker99]

73. Congrats RandomKoozip!! 200 posts!

:toast:

[ProfessorGAC]

10. I Voted For Ann Wilson, But. . .

. . .Chrissie is the coolest overall. I also like Annie Lennox a lot as well, for the overall cool. But i think Ann has the best voice and power to burn. Just that the later material was not as good as the early Heart stuff. They got a little sappy.

If i hadn't voted for Ann, i would have chosen Shirley.
The Professor

[SiouxJ]

11. Well said

(as usual)

I know, early Heart never gets enough recognition IMO. They were awesome until the 80's came around and they turned into corporate rock. Their early albums are great though!

:hi:

[mac56]

28. Hi SiouxJ and Professor -

I went with Ann for many of the same reasons the Prof listed.

:hi:

[SiouxJ]

33. Hey Mac!

Fancy meeting you here ;-) :hi:

Yes! Ann is tough to beat - just based on kick ass voice alone!

Thanks for posting on my first ever DU2 thread (not to mention poll) .

:loveya:

[mac56]

35. My pleasure.

Ain't this cool?!

If you have a minute, vote on my Peter Sellers poll.

My second choice, btw, would be Natalie Merchant. Her voice sounds like every girl I ever had a crush on in high school.

:loveya:

[SiouxJ]

38. Oh shit!

I didn't know that was yours! Of course I'll go vote! I love Peter Sellers. I think these polls are kinda cool. I don't know if people realize that you can vote without having to offer up any reason as to why you voted that way via a post. Vote people!!! It's our duty as Dems! ;-)

[MissMillie]

12. Should have left Margo Timmins in....

She's wonderful.

Aimee Mann once fronted 'til Tuesday.... she makes a good candidate as well.

As does Allison Krauss and Jennifer Nobel.

[AverageJoe]

16. Leaning in your corner like a candidate for wax

Sidewalk social scientist don't get no satisfaction
from your cigarette it's ten till ten
time is running out....


Debbie Harry and Blondie: Accept no substitute!!

[SiouxJ]

20. I'll admit

I tried to skew the poll :spank: So sioux me :D

Debbie rocks! She's still got it too! I saw her about a year ago in Vegas WITH Blondie! She was amazing!

[Bossy Monkey]

17. Natalie Merchant...

who really qualifies from my point of view, because I only liked her in 10,000 (now 9,999?) Maniacs. Also Chrissie, Exene, and where the hell is Johnette Napolitano?

[SiouxJ]

21. Another one I considered . . .

Johnette. CB is awesome! I love them! :thumbsup:

Natalie actually came closer to making the list though, as everyone knows her. She's a great live performer! I've seen her many times. There is someone posing as her in 10,000 Maniacs now. She's doing her impersonation of Natalie but she doesn't even come close.

[mitchum]

52. I'm the complete opposite

I love Natalie Merchant as a solo artist, but I detested 10,000 Maniacs. I always thought that they were a really lame pop band with really cool friends

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

18. Johnette Napolitano..Lead singer for Concrete Blonde!

Powerful voice reminiscent of Grace Slick but with a lot more feeling!

[SiouxJ]

22. I agree!

Hey! I wonder if she's related to Janet Napolitano, the Dem governor of AZ? I never thought about it before but that would be cool!

[Aristus]

31. I wondered that myself. I adore Johnette.

She's like a tough-talking, soft-hearted, cool, artistic, peace-loving biker chick.

[SiouxJ]

34. Excellent description!

you nailed it!

[mitchum]

53. you forgot strident

[opiate69]

61. Johnette!

Damn skippy! She's an incredible singer, fronting an incredible band!

[roughsatori]

71. I love her voice

She does such a great version of Leonard Cohen's "Everybody Knows." I even have her "Vowel Movement" CD and the one she did with Mark Moreland "Pretty and Twisted" I think it's called. I think I will go put some Concrete Blond on now.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

72. I'm listening to Mexican Moon right now!

I like Moreland too..I was a big Wall of Voodoo fan.

Check it out they have a new album too!
http://www.concreteblondeofficialwebsite.com/

[blondeatlast]

19. I love Chrissie too, but she ain't no fan of feminism.

Far from it. Some of the things she says about it would make your short and curlies curl.

[SiouxJ]

23. I don't know what you're talking about

perhaps you could be more specific? :shrug:

[Aristus]

24. Johnette Napolitano of Concrete Blonde.

You left her out of the poll. She's as tough as Chrissie Hinds, poetic as Annie Lennox, and as soulful as Stevie Nicks. All in one package. Plus, she really, really ROCKS!

[myomy]

25. Anyone in my shower.

.

[AngryWhiteDemocrat]

26. Juliana Hatfield

...for very personal reasons.

[Psychlone]

27. Gracie!

Grace Slick, then, now, and always.

[SiouxJ]

29. Uhem

well then give her your vote! She still has zero! Poor Gracie! I think she kicks ass too but apparently we're in the minority :shrug:

[primavera]

30. Etta James

I drool over her Willow Weep for Me... pant, pant...

Hi, Sue! :hi:

[SiouxJ]

32. Hey Kevin!!

:hi: :loveya:

Etta rocks! I was going more for "band" lead singers, but that's ok, you can write in whomever you want, just 'cuz I like you! ;-)

[GOPisEvil]

36. I voted for Maria McKee just for that voice.

OK, more than just the voice; let's be honest! }(

But, my favorite is Chrissie! :-)

[SiouxJ]

39. Hey! And I've met both of them!

both your picks - how odd is that? I actually got to talk to Maria longer. She was standing next to me - sorta "sharing my seat" at a U2 show that Lone Justice opened for. She's actually very tiny. I admire your honesty btw ;-)

Hey! This is my first reply to you on the new DU! Woo hoo! :hi: :loveya: .

[GOPisEvil]

41. I've noticed something...

...that a lot of "tiny" women have these HUGE voices. Kelly Willis is like that, too, but Kelly's fairly tall.

As far as I'm concerned Maria makes the Pulp Fiction soundtrack worth owning. :-)

:hi::loveya:

Our first mutual replies on DU2! Awwww!

[SiouxJ]

42. Mona is still ogling David ;-)

She's hot for his marble :D

[GOPisEvil]

44. *snarf*

David knows what that sly grin is all about! :D

[devilgrrl]

37. Kate Bush and Siouxsie Sioux

[SiouxJ]

40. I'll admit that I swapped out (at the last minute)

Siouxsie to help broaden the poll by adding a little Country ;-) . Really, I had her on the list! I agree - great frontwoman!

[newyawker99]

74. Congrats devilgrrl!! 400 posts!

:toast:

[waldenx]

43. rbnyc

is my favorite.

[rbnyc]

70. That is so sweet!

Thank You!

:loveya:

[Breezy du Nord]

45. Me, of course!

lol.

[binaryline]

46. Caithlin De Marrais

of Rainer Maria. Also Corin Tucker in her less screamy moments.

[MojoKrunch]

47. What? No Gwen Stefani?

Damn.

Mojo

[NightTrain]

48. Write-in vote...

...for the immensely talented Darlene Love, whose pipes graced the Phil Spector Wall of Sound not only as a soloist, but also as the lead voice of the Crystals and Bob B. Soxx & The Bluejeans.

[SiouxJ]

49. Yes! Excellent write-in!

We sometimes neglect the older artists. I love Love!! ;-)

[ProfessorGAC]

50. How Could You Hear Her Voice?

Once Spector got done puking all over the song with his grotesque overproduction, i don't know how you could tell if Darlene was great or not.

He had some very talented people working with him, and IMO, ruined almost everything he ever touched.

Dreadful production work. For this, he's considered by some a genius.

Go figure.
The Professor

[SiouxJ]

51. It is now neck and neck

between Stevie and Annie. Sadly Chrissie is being left in the dust :-( . I'm finding this very interesting though.

[rbnyc]

54. Kristin Hersh!

:loveya:

[SiouxJ]

55. Hey, I don't know if you're allowed to vote

since you are now a candidate ;-).

[mitchum]

56. Chrissie Hynde:

"No, it's fuck you, not fuck me" Sadly, she seems to be alone in this sentiment among contemporary female singers

[SiouxJ]

57. It's very close

so I'm kickin' it up for the evening crowd (and to see if Chrissie can pull ahead ;-) )

Thanks for voting everyone!

[catpower2000]

58. Voted for Chrissie...

Just for Brass in Pocket alone.

Cat :)

[SiouxJ]

67. Thanks Cat!

:hi:

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

59. I voted for Stevie.

Sorry, Sioux! :)

[SiouxJ]

65. That's ok!

at least you voted and I love Stevie too! :hi:

[Jeebo]

60. What about Linda Ronstadt?

She fronted a band, the Stone Cold Ponies in the 60s, before she became a solo artist. That woman had the best pop music voice I've ever heard. She could sing opera! I saw her once on Saturday Night Live as the musical guest singing light opera. Add Linda Ronstadt to your list and she gets my vote.

Ron

[Character Assassin]

62. Debora "I might like you better if we slept together" Iyall

Go baby, go!

[DrBB]

63. Can't stand Annie Lennox so had to vote Chrissie

...who I like hugely, not only because of her relationship with Ray Davies--who is, as we know, a GOD--but also because of that slow vibrato of hers and her many cool songs. Had to offset Lennox's one vote (at the moment) edge. Honest, what do you see in her?

Hey, how about Aimee Mann?

[Coventina]

64. What about Terri Nunn of Berlin?

I'm also surprised Belinda Carlisle of the Go-Go's hasn't been mentioned, although she turned into a soft-rock sell-out post Go-Go's.

[SiouxJ]

66. I've seen both of them recently

Nunn rocked! But Belinda sucked and I had that experience stuck in my head, so I didn't put her up there.

[Iverson]

68. Maire Brennan (Clannad)

Joan Baez is great, but she doesn't usually front for a band.
Etta James is awfully good too.

[KadeCarrion]

69. Loreena McKennitt!

Her voice is simultaneously haunting and earthy - I'm waiting impatiently for her next studio album (it's been almost 6 years! )

[playahata1]

75. What about GRACE SLICK and JANIS JOPLIN?

How can you leave out those two?

[SiouxJ]

76. I didn't forget Grace

Look again.

True, Janis probably should have been included but there were, after all, only 10 spots. That's why I asked for write-ins. I think you are the first person to write her in (I'd have to go look back to be sure) but if that's the case, then my decision not to include her may have been valid. :shrug:

[playahata1]

77. Didn't read the list carefully enough.

Sorry.

[mvd]

78. I would have preferred Susanna Hoffs, but..

I couldn't resist Annie. She could be evocative while reading an encyclopedia.

[SiouxJ]

83. I agree

on Annie and I love her new CD too! I was thinking the same thing - the songs don't even have to be so great, her voice is the thing! It is nice that she writes her own stuff though.

[rasputin1952]

79. G'Evening SouixJ...

I had to go with Grace Slick, (being the old goomer I am).
The raw power and range, plus the quality of that voice just take
me straight into heaven. And when those eyes hit me, I'm in :loveya:

She may not be as beautiful as you are, but then again, I don't know if you can sing!

[SiouxJ]

84. Like I always say . . . Flattery will get you

everywhere ;-). You're very sweet :loveya: . You just like me cuz I'm half Russian though - I know the truth ;-) .

Grace still kicks ass! I love her attitude too. Always the rebel!

:hi:

[BGAL1965]

80. Darlene Love

Ronnie Spectre, Martha Reeves, Linda Rondstat,Janis Joplin, Stevie Nicks, Annie Lennox.

[mvd]

81. Linda's incredible!

She didn't write much at all, but she made covers into definitive versions. She's that good! There are some who are very hard to choose from. I can choose my male singer more easily.

[SiouxJ]

85. I reallly loved her fronting a band

in the early days. She had a lot of charisma.

[mvd]

87. I know "Different Drum," but not anything else from that era

That song does show a lot of charisma.

Night! :hi:

[Rhiannon12866]

82. One guess who I voted for?!!

Rhiannon:D

[SiouxJ]

86. I was wondering where you were

it's about time ;-) :hi: I saw Stevie about 2 years ago with Sheryl Crow, Natalie Maines, Don Henley, Mick and Lindsey. Lindsey was a surprise. It was in her home town - Phoenix. She does a lot of benefits there for the Heart Association. Great show!