dude sings like a lady

[lex666]

There's this song on the radio in heavy rotation by the Silversun Pickups. A catchy tune, but not really my flavor...

Anyways, I caught an unplugged show on Palladia and was surprised to see the vocalist was a dude. Totally sounds like a woman...

So go ahead and list other dudes that totally sound like a woman when they sing.

Are the Bee Gee's the pioneers of this style?

[lpmarshall]

Billy Corgan
Geddy Lee

[Kam]

I love Silversun Pickups.

[loudriver23]

I've never seen video of them, I would have wagered the lead singer was female!

[Kam]

Billy Corgan
Geddy Lee

Corgan? Seriously? Dude, you've been talking to some questionable ladies...

[lpmarshall]

Corgan? Seriously? Dude, you've been talking to some questionable ladies...

Not all the time, but his voice does get up there sometimes. I thought the lead singer of Rush was a girl until I was about 15 or so.

[Kam]

Not all the time, but his voice does get up there sometimes. I thought the lead singer of Rush was a girl until I was about 15 or so.

Hmm, I guess I can see where you're coming from, when he goes into falsetto harmonies and stuff like that at least. I don't know, I think it still has a pretty unmistakable masculine edge, though.

But then, I've never thought that the singer from Silversun was a chick either so maybe I'm just more sensitive to the differences in voices between genders or some crap like that.

[subanots]

Deicide

[Agileguy_101]

Robert Plant

[DrNewcenstein]

Celine Dion
Michael Jackson

[lex666]

LOL, Celine Dion...

[sosomething]

The dude from Coheed and Cambria.

[Agileguy_101]

^^^ Yeah, Claudio has his very girly moments.

[subanots]

k.d. lang

[innerdreamrecords.co]

This song makes me puke on so many levels.

[crusty philtrum]

Jeff Buckley (described himself as a 'chanteuse')

Jon Anderson (Yes)

Jonsi (Sigur Ros)

[Oceano]

[ginormous]

[astrozombie]

While his voice is kind of smooth and high pitched, I've never thought he was a woman. I guess that's your brain telling you what you want to hear.

[astrozombie]

The dude from Coheed and Cambria.

Once again, never ever thought he was a woman, though his voice can get pretty thin.

I like the part in "everything evil" when the song gets really poppy and he's singing in falsetto:

"Stay until Wednesday,
And write me a child-like letter, pretending.
At war here in Thursday.
Let's make this our last day at home by the fence."

he sings that in his normal voice live though. bummer.