Most important female voice in current mainstream rock?

[Orrex]

Poll question: Most important female voice in current mainstream rock?

[tigereye]

1. Bjork?

Joan Osborne should be.

[Orrex]

3. I love Bjork, but I kind of can't stand Joan Osborne

She's much beloved here on DU, though!

on edit: And I can't spell, either

[tigereye]

4. what, are you dead? (just kidding.)

She has the greatest bluesy, loud, ballsy voice. Love her.

[Orrex]

5. I can't get past "What if God was one of us"

I heard it 24/7 for about six months after it came out, because I lived in a college town where such music was perceived as deep or meaningful. No fault of Ms. Osborne's, of course, but it's left a years-long bad taste in my mouth.

[tigereye]

7. yes, I can see that

but Spiderweb, St. Theresa and Righthand Man are so, so good. That whole album is just amazing.

Despite having heard most of the album endless times, I still really like most of the songs.

but, suum quique.

[fudge stripe cookays]

40. I like "Ladder" too. n/t

[Rockit]

13. Everything but that track

That album used to be my favorite album so many good songs, but that "god-b.s.' song is ridiculously bad. It really doesn't fit with the sound or flow of the rest of the tracks. I was so excited about her follow up, but was ultimately so disappointed with it.

[mvd]

24. I love that song

The reason it's different is it's the "rock" song of the CD, and a very good one. It's kind of blues-rock and still fits IMO.

Joan is very talented.

[idgiehkt]

31. yes, it killed her career before it even started.

and the sad thing is, that album is just about flawless. It's one of the most solid albums I've ever heard...so many great songs. I despise that 'god' song with every ounce of my being because I love the rest of that album so much. Btw, they did the same thing to L7 on the Bricks are Heavy album by making them release 'Pretend We're Dead' as a single when it was bubble-gum pop, just to appeal to the masses. That song sucked equally bad but at least it was satire.

I really believe if "One of Us" had been left off of that album Joan would still be around and would be a lot more famous than she is now. And respected.

"Relish" is one of the finest debut albums you will EVER hear by a female artist though.

[tigereye]

43. yeah, the songs from her most recent album

didn't grab me the same way.

But she has a great set of pipes, overall.

[Ramsey]

36. She's not a nice person

I know her and she is kind of a bitch. But her brothers are the hottest men on the planet!

On edit: Joan Osborne that is. I don't know Bjork!

[fudge stripe cookays]

41. She's pro-choice and speaks out about it.

That's enough for me!

[Droopy]

2. That chick from Flyleaf

I forget her name, but she's got a great rock-n-roll voice.

But you are right. There aren't a whole lot of women singing rock right now, especially hard rock. I'd like to hear more of them.

[Spider Jerusalem]

6. Let's see...

Polly Jean Harvey, maybe?

[Orrex]

8. Holy moley--I haven't thought of her since "Little Fish, Little Fish"

She was great on Nick Cave's Murder Ballads, and who'd've thunk that Kylie Minogue had that kind of darkness in her?

[Spider Jerusalem]

10. Her last album ("Uh Huh Her") was pretty good...

worth checking out, anyway...

And since you like Björk, here's the 2 of them covering the Stones' "Satisfaction"...

[Spider Jerusalem]

12. dammit...forgot the link in the other post.

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

[mvd]

30. Her albums Uh Huh Her and Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea

..are pretty awesome. Would love for her to break through. I still haven't been able to get her older albums.

[idgiehkt]

39. I like Rid of me the best

I just think Rid of Me is the shit.

[idgiehkt]

38. Polly Jean for sure.

Out there alone in the void.

[zingaro]

9. Mainstream? Why - Paris Hilton, of course! No, really...

The only important female voice in mainstream rock I can think of is Sarah McLachlan, who is a Goddess In Her Own Right.

Tracy Bonham, Dido, Fiona Apple, Beth Orton, k.d. lang, Tori Amos - important voices, but not mainstream.

[Orrex]

16. Sarah McLachlan sucks

She totally ignored those thousand hand-written letters I sent her and then had the nerve to slap a restraining order on me when I tried to camp out on her roof.

[zingaro]

21. That was you on the roof? I saw you but was too busy

trying to bribe my way in to wave.

Forgive me for the antisocial behavior, eh?

:)

[fudge stripe cookays]

42. So YOU'RE the one she wrote the stalker song abote! n/t

[lavenderdiva]

11. Pink?

I love her new album, and the last couple of albums were pretty great too!

[mvd]

23. Hi, lavenderdiva!

I almost forgot her.. thanks for the reminder. All of her albums are great except for Can't Take Me Home, which still stacks up well against the modern R&B.

[lavenderdiva]

26. Hey, mvd!!!

good to see you! I just love her new album 'I'm Not Dead', which has several great tracks on it. I think she's really coming into her own...

[mvd]

29. Good to see you, too!

I'd love to mod again with you, but the call is late this time. Pretty soon, I'll e-mail Skinner about when the changeover might be.

What are your favorite songs on I'm Not Dead? Mine are "Dear Mr. President," "Cause I Can," "Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely,)" and "Runaway."

[lavenderdiva]

45. my favorites are:

Dear Mr. President (of course!), Stupid Girls, Who Knew, Leave Me Alone (I'm Lonely), U & Ur Hand, and there's an untitled track at the very end, where Pink is singing with her father, and they are singing a song that she dedicates to veterans called 'I Have Seen The Rain'. Its a war protest song.

I look forward to modding with you again too! I hope its sooner rather than later.... :pals:

[mvd]

48. I forgot about that hidden track

I agree that it's touching. You can tell it means a lot to both of them.

[mvd]

50. BTW

"Dear Mr. President" has another of my favorite rock artists - or folk/rock - The Indigo Girls.

[Rockit]

14. Where have all the female voices gone?

Let me know and I'll mapquest it.

[Orrex]

15. Welcome to DU, Rockit!

:hi:

[Taverner]

17. Well Madonna wins on influence alone

And while I think she added a lot, her music is myopic and simplistic pop - and as a result most pop hasn't gone anywhere since 81

[mvd]

25. Not really a rocker, but I love Madonna

Pop's gotten better in the 00s since there aren't so many that imitate her, but not as well.

[XNASA]

18. James Blunt nt

[Bjornsdotter]

19. I love James Blunt

.....but that was damn funny.

Cheers :toast:

[genie_weenie]

20. Holly Golightly!

[mvd]

22. I love Sheryl Crow, Melissa Etheridge, Avril Lavigne,

Kelly Clarkson, Pink, and Sarah McLachlan. I also love The Veronicas, but I'm not sure they went mainstream here. I'm a Regina Spektor fan, and she's broken through on the charts. KT Tunstall's also pretty good. Not much else in the top 40 at least.

[SteppingRazor]

27. In my job as a music journalist, I do the usual year-end Top 10 of the year...

for 2006, my number one album was Neko Case's Fox Confessor Brings the Flood.

My boss, who was the paper's music columnist for eight years before I took the job, disagreed slightly. He put Neko on his Top 10, but Album of the Year went to Cat Power.

So, I guess my response to your question would be, where are all the good male voices in rock?

Admittedly, both of the people I mentioned aren't terribly mainstream, but both those albums went gold, so you can't say they're terribly underground, either.

[Orrex]

33. Fox Confessor is a great disc!

Love it. LOVE IT! Star Witness is one of the flat-out fines songs I've ever heard over the airwaves.

But does Case have a lot of influence, outside of indy and college stations? I would be glad to hear that she does.

[tigereye]

44. good point, Neko Case has a stellar voice

and writes very interesting songs.

[Radical Activist]

28. Maybe we need another Lilith fair.

That would be nice.

My answer would be Catpower. She puts on a great show but I'm not aware of her getting on mainstream radio much.

[Broken_Hero]

32. Amy Lee

My favorite female voc is Sarah Mclachlan though, but she isn't rock(at least I don't think so).

[Ramsey]

37. Have to agree

Although she's almost the only female rocker out there, along with Sheryl Crow and Melissa Etheridge, neither of whom have done much lately.

[Orrex]

34. What about Dresden Dolls?

I'm not terribly familiar with them, but I've liked what little I've heard.

Not sure that they're "important" in terms of general influence, though.

[Hippo_Tron]

35. Not rock by any stretch of the imagination, but Loreena McKennitt gives me chills

[opiate69]

46. Let's see here....

Tori Amos, Cristina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Tarja Turunen (Nightwish), Johnette Napolitano, Skin (formerly of Skunk Anansie), Otep Shamaya, Poe....

[AmandaRuth]

47. KT Tunstall!!!

I love her, does she count?

[ornotna]

49. Gen

From Genitorturers. Gotta go with the local talent.

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=643688698

[opiate69]

51. Heh.. I was gonna say Mistress Gen too, but figured she wasn't "mainstream" enough for the OP

Awesome band.

[ornotna]

52. Yes they are

And they put on a hell of a show.

:headbang:

[opiate69]

53. That they do..

my wife and I go see them every time they come to Seattle.

:headbang: