Favorite Female Vocalist from late 70's-early 80's?

[Va Lefty]

Poll question: Favorite Female Vocalist from late 70's-early 80's?

I could easily list another 10-12 but only so many spots

[Forkboy]

1. Wendy O'Williams

[Captain Hilts]

2. I loved seeing her credited with playing the "chainsaw." nt

[Captain Hilts]

3. I voted for Lenox, but loved Lene Lovich:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tRg73iZIquM/SG2SdDLFBoI/AAAAAAAARDk/k92tweJ1YGU/s320/lene+lovich+stateless.jpg

[KG]

4. Linda Ronstadt -

Hasten down the Nipp, um, Wind

[DBoon]

5. what no Deborah Harry? (nt)

[SoxFan]

6. Siouxie Sioux

[AllenVanAllen]

53. Siouxie gets my vote.

She's puts on an excellent live show.

[mitchum]

7. Patti Smith

[BurtWorm]

47. I might have known you'd nominate my favorite

:toast:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

8. Emmy Lou Harris

[Beaverhausen]

9. Where's Kate Bush?

there are simply too many great female singers to do a poll like this.

you need a few preliminary polls, first.

[dembotoz]

18. kate then, kate now, kate always.

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. No Grace Slick?

[Captain Hilts]

32. Not doing that much in the late '70s - early '80s.

I love Slick.

[gmoney]

43. Except buildin' a city on rock-and-roll....

[Captain Hilts]

44. She did that earlier. I LOVE Slick! nt

[canoeist52]

11. Bonnie Raitt

[rocktivity]

12. Pat Benatar was everything I thought a woman in rock could be

Assertive without being aggressive, aggressive without being overbearing, feminine without being weak, sexy without being slutty. Of course, that was before she STOPPED being a woman in rock.

:headbang:
rocktivity

[Common Sense Party]

25. Yes. Pat rocked.

I hear she's touring with REO Speedwagon. I wonder how she sounds these days.

[MiddleFingerMom]

13. Rickie Lee Jones

.
Genius.
.

[Systematic Chaos]

14. Sign me up for Annie Haslam of Renaissance, please!

I'd pay to listen to that band perform the phone book.

[Seneca]

15. Dale Krantz

1980-1982, Rossington-Collins Band.

[Patsy Stone]

16. Kate Bush

:loveya:, Kate!

[muffin1]

37. Oh, yes indeed!!

We have a winner! The Kick Inside, The Dreaming, Lionheart, The Red Shoes...
I worked at a record store several years ago, and I had my eye on her box set, This Woman's Work. It cost a couple hundred dollars at the time. Well, they GAVE it to me for my going away present. OMG! :loveya:

[Patsy Stone]

54. The Dreaming

Joy. One of my all-time top tens. I've always wanted the box set. Lucky you!

[muffin1]

59. One more Kate item of note...

Have you seen her concert - from 1979, I think - 'Live at Hammersmith Odeon'?
I think it's available now on DVD. I have an old VHS copy that I have totally worn out.
Anyhow, it is FAN-FREAKING-TASTIC. You can search you tube for some of the songs from that period - 'Feel it', 'James and the Cold Gun' - and you will find some of the 'Hammersmith' performances.

Girl, if you haven't seen that concert, you are in for a huge treat. :)

[Patsy Stone]

61. I have the Singles File

and the Hammersmith show on VHS. But I haven't watched them in a dog's age, because we disconnected the VCR years ago. The Singles File is all of her videos, plus some I had never seen until I got that tape. Because, unfortunately, I didn't live in London at the time. :(

Also: this bizarre book:



Here's to you, my fellow Kate fan! :toast:

[RiffRandell]

17. Debbie Harry. n/t

[Captain Hilts]

30. Blondie is so under-rated. nt

[Skittles]

19. Chrissie Hynde

[Arugula Latte]

23. Yep. Good one.

I'm not proud of this, but I've always preferred listening to male singing voices. However, I make an exception for Chrissy and a few other women.

[applegrove]

20. I said Stevie Nicks because I can almost sing along with her voice.

[flvegan]

21. Joan Jett.

[old mark]

27. Absolutely. She is still great. stil working hard and looking good. nt

[TZ]

33. She's a local

Went to HS just down the road from me.

[Mr. Ected]

22. Marshall Chapman

She's still terrific.

[taterguy]

26. +1

[Tikki]

24. I pick Exene Cervenka...

Tikki

[Blue_Tires]

28. Elkie Brooks

[begin_within]

29. I can't believe you left off Karen Carpenter

I know DUers love to trash the Carpenters and worship Bob Dylan who sounds like a goat giving birth, but Karen's voice was pure ear candy, possibly the best alto of the 20th century.

[Captain Hilts]

31. Karen wasn't doing much in the late '70s, early '80s.

Yes, she had a terrific voice. Too bad she's not around now to balance out all the high-pitched warbling that passes as 'singing' now.

[MissMillie]

34. I'm pretty sure Annie Lennox and Sade were not around much before the mid 80s

well, I guess 83 and 84.... for Annie...

[MrScorpio]

35. I'm the only one who voted for Sade

I stand by my vote

[Captain Hilts]

36. I'd like to become more familiar with her music,

what do you recommend?

[MrScorpio]

38. Sweet

Here's a few live performances

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKPrZDMiz7A
Cherish The Day

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Op7h6uLB-k4
Sweetest Taboo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xMmrl2H0vLE
No Ordinary Love

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt5vNo_oCdM
King Of Sorrow

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzSf3iNS7Go
Your Love Is King

Enjoy

[Deep13]

39. Debbie Harry nt

[xchrom]

40. Miss Thelma Houston

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thelma_Houston

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=elIVoXUJ4V4

Ladies and Gentlemen -- let your Inner Diva out!

[xchrom]

41. Miss Phylis Hyman

c'mon you know you want to

BOOGIE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoOp0UjNXBI

[xchrom]

42. i can't help myself

here's Miss Phyllis again -- she's gone now -- but not forgotten

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pgT7AyPmjfM

[PRETZEL]

45. Carol King

still listen to her all the time.

Beautiful voice and wonderful songwriter.

[Fire Walk With Me]

46. If not for Laurie Anderson, I'd say Linda R or Kate B.

Everyone who knows me knows I'd say Laurie Anderson.

[Captain Hilts]

48. How do you feel about Lene Lovich?

[Fire Walk With Me]

49. She's nice, but I prefer...

...oh crap, can't even find it on google...my long-term memory is failing...who was the female vocalist who did the song "new york new york", with lyrics such as "we are going to another disco...roxy, madcap, danceteria!"

(plants palm on forehead)

[bananas]

60. That was Nina Hagen

lyrics: http://www.lyricsera.com/391615-lyric-Nina+Hagen-New+York+New+York.html

[Fire Walk With Me]

63. Yes! Thanks! Nina is a trip :)

[TK421]

50. I like most of those choices, but who else voted for Martha Davis?

:D

[LNM]

51. Cyndi Lauper

4 top-five singles from "She's So Unusual".

[WorseBeforeBetter]

55. Cyndi Lauper - I'm Gonna Be Strong Live in Argentina

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

Blows me away.

[LNM]

62. That's great. Thanks for sharing.

Here's one of my favorites. I used to sing it to my babies.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxjgE7gKSbg&feature=related

[SteppingRazor]

52. Tough call, but I think Emmylou Harris should be on there.

She really hit her creative peak in the mid-late 70s, from Pieces of the Sky (1975) through Roses in the Snow (1980)

[Amerigo Vespucci]

56. Voted for Ronstadt, but...

...she hit a formula with those Peter Asher-produced 70s-80s albums that got weaker and weaker with each new release. It made sense for her to step away from that completely and do the Spanish language and "standards" albums, but she never made it fully back to what made her famous. Since then her albums have had mixed creative and commercial success.

[DFW]

57. Enya, Maddie Pryor and Bonnie Raitt

I couldn't choose if I had to.

[Withywindle]

58. No Joan Jett?!?

You know she came out in a Rolling Stone article a few years ago, right?? :D

[geardaddy]

64. Patti Smith.