Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

I understand that taste is relative. Albatross and I have had discussions before but at least it came down to "I don't like it, this is why" as opposed to "That sucks, it's so fake, it's just generic and pointless, she's a man, etc." There's more to it than people generally get and I'd at least like a glimmer of open-mindedness or an admission that people haven't cared to look beyond the very surface before passing utter judgment. People would rather be threatened by something or trivialize it as common without ever really getting to know if that's the case.

MGS wrote:Kate Bush was on the pub jukebox the other day and some oik described her as a 'screetchy bitch' and went and put some Cheryl Cole on instead.
I hope he falls under an omnibus!!

Seconded. The state of taste in this country is absolutely woeful. I bet that same idiot probably thinks that Florence and The Machine sounds a 'bit like Kate Bush (because that's what those eminent taste-makers at Closer magazine told me to think.)'. She honks away like a fething GOOSE! Terrible! Kate Bush rules.

But I digress.

I was brainwashed as a young child by my mother and aunts with constant Kate Bush music.

Experiment IV kicks ass!

And so does The Dreaming. That song is pretty sick.

...Then they told us
All they wanted
Was a sound that could kill someone
From a distance.
So we go ahead,
And the meters are over in the red.
It's a mistake in the making.

American viewers will note a very young Hugh Laurie in this video.

I guess my favorite musical chick would have to be Annie Lennox (of the Eurythmics).

I know Imogen Heap was already mention. My favorite song of hers:



I was in love with this song way before Jason Derulo went and bastardized it. Seriously, guy. Exercise some creativity and show some originality instead of ripping the work of an artist with some actual talent.

Cannerus_The_Unbearable wrote:I understand that taste is relative. Albatross and I have had discussions before but at least it came down to "I don't like it, this is why" as opposed to "That sucks, it's so fake, it's just generic and pointless, she's a man, etc." There's more to it than people generally get and I'd at least like a glimmer of open-mindedness or an admission that people haven't cared to look beyond the very surface before passing utter judgment. People would rather be threatened by something or trivialize it as common without ever really getting to know if that's the case.

Having listened to pretty much all of her music, and researching her life and career (because I like to understand something before I dislike it), I can tell you that I honestly, sincerely, and totally, meant everything I said. I gave her a chance....but hey man, nobody is stopping you from putting in "The Fame", cranking it up and...

What the Feth!! No mentions of Nina Simone or Aretha Franklin......Really Dakka be ashamed.

Some for you to check out are Regina Spektor and

Karin Dreijer Andersson, (The Knife and Fever Ray)

Stunning in thier individualism!

Of late (last 3-4 years) I'm digging Sia.

I can definitely agree with the love thrown Tracey Bonham's way.

Heart was Legion back in the days before Ann Wilson ate her beautiful sister Nancy.

cant believe no one said Elly Jackson (aka La Roux)

Lady GaGa sux balls.

Anyway, my favourite Dutch band The Gathering, to bad the original vocalist left :(

Now this is music

I feel amazingly stupid (since I started this thread) at not mentioning Wendy O Williams....not the most tallented vocalist of her time..but she sure made up for it with a gak load of "Feth You!"...

Talking about Wendys...

Wendy James & Transvision Vamp



Same era:
Roxette (Marie Fredriksson)





Decent voices, cute blondes, or perhaps a bit of each...

OOO I almost forgot one of my all-time Faves...

Alice Cooper!!11

(What? How doesnt that fit? ... Huh.... but the lead singer is named Alice...... Its a guy?... No way.... well gak....)

Never mind....

Chrissie Hynde. My god, she could feth you with that voice of hers alone.

Fafnir wrote:Chrissie Hynde. My god, she could feth you with that voice of hers alone.

Have you heard the Ramones Tribute Album "We're a Happy Family"? The Pretenders do "Something to Believe In." Just hearing Chrissy say the line 'if people werent such d***s' is enough to send shivvers.

helgrenze wrote:Hmm.. a topic after my own heart..... I probably listen to more music in this catagory than ..... most.

Where to start?..... Cheri Currie from the Runaways, as well as Lita Ford, Doro Pesch, Johnette Napolitano from Concrete Blonde
The Original Metal Queen - Lee Aaron,

Does Jazz now but still has pipes.

Ah, Lee Aaron. She had a great sound, though I heard that at the time, her releases didn't get to the US (thanks to mismanagement of the label execs)? If that's the case, she probably would have been a lot bigger.

One I've been listening to is Steffanie Borges. I don't think she had a release outside of Japan, even though she was an American artist and sang all in English. I would recommend her if you like Lee Aaron or Warlock/Doro, though I think she's a bit less heavy. Of her two albums, I would say her second (Pink Noise) is harder/heavier than the first (Hideaway) but both are good.

I have one word. That word is 'Duffy'.

She is, simply put, a truly awesome talent. She's pretty much my favourite contemporary female artist at the moment, and she's only released one album!

Here's a few tunes by her - if you haven't heard her before, I urge you in the strongest possible terms to listen, and listen good.







Just a class act.

Daba wrote:Ah, Lee Aaron. She had a great sound, though I heard that at the time, her releases didn't get to the US (thanks to mismanagement of the label execs)? If that's the case, she probably would have been a lot bigger.

Actually, At the time that Lee Aaron was in her first recording contract, MTV was being looked to as the leading edge for what was "popular". Unfortunately a lot of American record company execs were, at the time, looking for the "next Madonna" and while Lee was recording some awesome music, she didn't fit that mold. Happened to a lot of female artists from the 80s,

Dabba wrote:One I've been listening to is Steffanie Borges. I don't think she had a release outside of Japan, even though she was an American artist and sang all in English. I would recommend her if you like Lee Aaron or Warlock/Doro, though I think she's a bit less heavy. Of her two albums, I would say her second (Pink Noise) is harder/heavier than the first (Hideaway) but both are good.

She sounds a lot like Betsy from the band Bitch.

I've not heard of them before. I might check them out. Anyone else similar?

Another band I listen to is Girlschool, probably most famous for heir Mötorhead collaboration.

Daba wrote:I've not heard of them before. I might check them out. Anyone else similar?

Another band I listen to is Girlschool, probably most famous for heir Mötorhead collaboration.

Oh boy.... thats a loaded question..... look at my previous post here.. on page 2...

Here's one of the few vids I can find for them on Youtube.... Probably the best of the ones YT has.





Automatically Appended Next Post:
Daba... Heres another one you may like... band is called Saraya. Also look up Chrissy Steele and Romeo's Daughter.