Great female vocalists

CBI_2 · 12-04-2009, 05:29 PM

I'm not one that is a big opera fan but this woman, Barbara Padilla, blew me away on America's Got Talent, a show I also do not often watch.

Her singing made me feel this statement by Morgan Freeman's character from Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character put opera on the prison PA system.

"I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLamj...eature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWP7Gd7fKiU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae8pUhDncyE

RichardW · 12-04-2009, 07:30 PM

Rosemary Clooney

Yeah ...George's mom: check out this version of "By Myself" with Nelson Riddle

http://tinyurl.com/ykaaoyw

SmokeyJoe · 12-04-2009, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardW

Rosemary Clooney

Yeah ...George's mom: check out this version of "By Myself" with Nelson Riddle

http://tinyurl.com/ykaaoyw

Actually, Rosemary was his Aunt...

according to www.imdb.com

RichardW · 12-04-2009, 10:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmokeyJoe

Actually, Rosemary was his Aunt...

according to www.imdb.com

Whoops!! Aunt Rosemary was a wonderful vocalist

mikeyj23 · 12-05-2009, 07:33 AM

Madeleine Peyroux

mikeyj23 · 12-05-2009, 07:34 AM

Stacey Kent

RichardW · 12-05-2009, 10:25 PM

Summing up again (and thanks for posting clips of some fantastic vocalists that may not be as well known!!)

1) Peggy Lee
2) Julie London
3) Maria McKee
4) Aretha Franklin
5) Sarah Vaughan
6) Billie Holiday
7) Karen Carpenter
8) Diana Krall
9) Shirley Bassey
10) Ella Fitzgerald
11) Ann Wilson
12) Annie Lennox
13) Dinah Washington
14) Sinead O'Connor
15) Allison Krauss
16) Jane Monheit
17) Kim Nalley
18) Etta James
19) Celine Dion
20) Annie Haslam
21) Kelly Sweet
22) Simone Simmons
23) Pat Benetar
24) Stephanie Biddle
25) Susan Tedeschi
26) Lissie Rosemont
27) Christa Borden
28) Judy Tenuta
29) Chrissie Hynde
30) Bonnie Raitt
31) Nora Jones
32) Iris DeMent
33) Stevie Nicks
34) Jennifer Nettles
35) Patty Smyth
36) Regina Spektor
37) Deanna Johnston
38) Judy Garland
39) Rindy Ross
40) Roseanne Cash
41) Gigliola Cinquetti
42) Patsy Cline
43) EmmyLou Harris
44) Barbara Padilla
45) Rosemary Clooney
46) Alicia Keys
47) Jill Scott
48) Madeleine Peyroux
49) Stacey Kent
50) Lisa
51) Alison Krauss
52) Dusty Springfield
53) Doris Day
54) Lena Horne
55) Ethel Waters
56) Nancy Wilson

RichardW · 12-04-2009, 08:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by CBI_2

I'm not one that is a big opera fan but this woman, Barbara Padilla, blew me away on America's Got Talent, a show I also do not often watch.

Her singing made me feel this statement by Morgan Freeman's character from Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character put opera on the prison PA system.

[snip]

Love the movie, love the scene, and love Barbara Padilla. Thanks, Paul

CBI_2 · 12-04-2009, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RichardW

Love the movie, love the scene, and love Barbara Padilla. Thanks, Paul

Most welcome and some nice choices yourself. Nice idea for the thread.

12-04-2009, 05:29 PM	#1
CBI_2 Have My Own Room Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Paul Location: In my skin. Posts: 2,066 Trading: (0)	Re: Great female vocalists I'm not one that is a big opera fan but this woman, Barbara Padilla, blew me away on America's Got Talent, a show I also do not often watch. Her singing made me feel this statement by Morgan Freeman's character from Shawshank Redemption when Tim Robbins' character put opera on the prison PA system. "I have no idea to this day what those two Italian ladies were singing about. Truth is, I don't want to know. Some things are best left unsaid. I'd like to think they were singing about something so beautiful, it can't be expressed in words, and makes your heart ache because of it. I tell you, those voices soared higher and farther than anybody in a gray place dares to dream. It was like some beautiful bird flapped into our drab little cage and made those walls dissolve away, and for the briefest of moments, every last man in Shawshank felt free" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLamj...eature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWP7Gd7fKiU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae8pUhDncyE __________________ "The welfare of humanity is always the alibi of tyrants." Albert Camus Cool Cigar Themed Stuff

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RichardW Committed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PNW Posts: 993 Trading: (10)	Re: Great female vocalists Rosemary Clooney Yeah ...George's mom: check out this version of "By Myself" with Nelson Riddle http://tinyurl.com/ykaaoyw __________________ "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others", Groucho Marx

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mikeyj23 Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Michael Location: Texas Posts: 635 Trading: (10)	Re: Great female vocalists Madeleine Peyroux

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mikeyj23 Feeling at Home Join Date: Oct 2008 First Name: Michael Location: Texas Posts: 635 Trading: (10)	Re: Great female vocalists Stacey Kent

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RichardW Committed Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: PNW Posts: 993 Trading: (10)	Re: Great female vocalists Summing up again (and thanks for posting clips of some fantastic vocalists that may not be as well known!!) 1) Peggy Lee 2) Julie London 3) Maria McKee 4) Aretha Franklin 5) Sarah Vaughan 6) Billie Holiday 7) Karen Carpenter 8) Diana Krall 9) Shirley Bassey 10) Ella Fitzgerald 11) Ann Wilson 12) Annie Lennox 13) Dinah Washington 14) Sinead O'Connor 15) Allison Krauss 16) Jane Monheit 17) Kim Nalley 18) Etta James 19) Celine Dion 20) Annie Haslam 21) Kelly Sweet 22) Simone Simmons 23) Pat Benetar 24) Stephanie Biddle 25) Susan Tedeschi 26) Lissie Rosemont 27) Christa Borden 28) Judy Tenuta 29) Chrissie Hynde 30) Bonnie Raitt 31) Nora Jones 32) Iris DeMent 33) Stevie Nicks 34) Jennifer Nettles 35) Patty Smyth 36) Regina Spektor 37) Deanna Johnston 38) Judy Garland 39) Rindy Ross 40) Roseanne Cash 41) Gigliola Cinquetti 42) Patsy Cline 43) EmmyLou Harris 44) Barbara Padilla 45) Rosemary Clooney 46) Alicia Keys 47) Jill Scott 48) Madeleine Peyroux 49) Stacey Kent 50) Lisa 51) Alison Krauss 52) Dusty Springfield 53) Doris Day 54) Lena Horne 55) Ethel Waters 56) Nancy Wilson __________________ "Those are my principles, and if you don't like them ... well, I have others", Groucho Marx

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