Where are the male divas?
Discussion
So, over a beer last night the, missus and I were chatting about female divas. It then turned to why aren't there any bloke divas?
We agreed to define divas as women that had exceptionally powerful voices, huge ranges and were dynamic enough to carry off singing 'other written' songs recorded and live. My choices of what I would class (whether I like them is a different matter) as the standouts since the 80's where Whitney Houston, Maria Carey, Celine Dion & Christina Aguilera. She added Mary J Blige and I didn't have a problem with that.
Then we turned to the male issue. We couldn't think of any modern (since the 80's to keep the time frame the same) blokes that would be classed as such.
All the guys we considered as great singers were all guys in great bands and didn't really work outside of the band environment.
The only person that came remotely close was Elton John but he's still part of a songwriting team and his voice is great but it's not 'Divaesque!'.
Male Opera singers where obvious candidates but would sound rubbish singing something other than Opera.
Thoughts?
We agreed to define divas as women that had exceptionally powerful voices, huge ranges and were dynamic enough to carry off singing 'other written' songs recorded and live. My choices of what I would class (whether I like them is a different matter) as the standouts since the 80's where Whitney Houston, Maria Carey, Celine Dion & Christina Aguilera. She added Mary J Blige and I didn't have a problem with that.
Then we turned to the male issue. We couldn't think of any modern (since the 80's to keep the time frame the same) blokes that would be classed as such.
All the guys we considered as great singers were all guys in great bands and didn't really work outside of the band environment.
The only person that came remotely close was Elton John but he's still part of a songwriting team and his voice is great but it's not 'Divaesque!'.
Male Opera singers where obvious candidates but would sound rubbish singing something other than Opera.
Thoughts?
Piersman2 said:
Robbie Williams? - for the mainstream
Michael Bubble (sp?) - for the crooners
Meatloaf? Big ballards etc...
Beiber?
None of those would even come close to the singing abilities of the ladies mentioned IMHO - again it's subjective but an example I used for sheer talent and power was Aguilera going from 'Beautiful' to the performance in 'Lady Marmalade'.Michael Bubble (sp?) - for the crooners
Meatloaf? Big ballards etc...
Beiber?
Just remembered the other bloke that came up in the conversation - Adam Lambert.
Edited by Asterix on Wednesday 28th May 12:41
Asterix said:
Piersman2 said:
Robbie Williams? - for the mainstream
Michael Bubble (sp?) - for the crooners
Meatloaf? Big ballards etc...
Beiber?
None of those would even come close to the singing abilities of the ladies mentioned IMHO - again it's subjective but an example I used for sheer talent and power was Aguilera going from 'Beautiful' to the performance in 'Lady Marmalade'.Michael Bubble (sp?) - for the crooners
Meatloaf? Big ballards etc...
Beiber?
Just remembered the other bloke that came up in the conversation - Adam Lambert.
Edited by Asterix on Wednesday 28th May 12:41
A song written for a female 'diva' performer wouldn't be at all suitable for any male to sing, unless they were choir boys or castrato!
Different market place.
Bruce Springstein?
conkerman said:
Chris Cornell if he wanted to.
Add Tool's Maynard James Keenan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgDwkSlCwHw&fea...
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