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    "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/6/2011 7:15 PM EDT

    Probably repeating myself given mention of this band over and over.

    No, I don't mean singers that sing about killing things (death metal); I mean rock singers with haunting voices. Ghoulish.

    AIC; only live performance of "Rotten Apple" to my knowledge, but dear lord!


    ie, 2:50-3:20; 4:10-4:45

    Not great sound quality, and I think this was at the end of the tour when he started using again, but he puts most singers to shame. By a few light years, imo. That sound.

    That ghoulish sound, reveling in its menace. 

    Another side of what I think makes Jagger so damn good in Gimmee Shelter.
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/6/2011 7:21 PM EDT

    And since I'm listening to them now...       a high quality audio-only...

    From their demo tape. (a slower, worse version, ended up on facelift - "real thing")

    Puts the vast majority of new music to shame.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8hxpZbPE04

     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/6/2011 9:51 PM EDT

    What about Chris Cornell's vocal on 'Black Hole Sun'...that has its spine-chilling moments.  
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/6/2011 10:17 PM EDT

    Alice Cooper's Hard Hearted Alice always brings the chills to my spine and I don't know why.
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 7:53 AM EDT

    I am not a big fan of the Eagles but, the song, Hotel California is kind of "ghoulish".
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 8:00 AM EDT

    Peter Murphy.. Early Bowie, the late great Ian Curtis
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 10:35 AM EDT

    Leonard Cohen, at times.
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 10:54 AM EDT

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    Alice Cooper's Hard Hearted Alice always brings the chills to my spine and I don't know why.
    Posted by jesseyeric
    I saw Al walking through Macy's in a mall one night  (Burlington) when no one was around.

    I took a double take -- but he was dressed all in black, and had the trademark hair so I decided to run after him to say hello.   No shame, I admit.  :)

    I took a piece of paper I had in my wallet at the time, and asked him to autograph it, and he was glad to give me his autograph.

    I still have it. 

     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 11:16 AM EDT

    ghoulish voices or themes...?   difference there.

    "Used To Love Her" is ghoulish in theme, but darn near perky in delivery.  Yet "Mr. Brownstone" could be called a bit ghoulish in both.

    "Down By The River" is a ghoulish theme but almost a gospel-like inflection.

    Many naturally deep voices are unintentionally ghoulish.  Brad Roberts of CTD comes to mind immediately. 

    My first choice, however: Johnny Cash - "The Man Comes Around"...I dare anyone to listen to this late at night on a deserted highway.  Frightening. 
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 11:46 AM EDT

    Monster Mash by Bobby "Boris" Pickett.
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 1:18 PM EDT

    Nick Cave (and the Bad Seeds)especially on the song"Red Right Hand."

    Lux Interior of the Cramps, check out "Goo , Goo Muck" , "Strychnine" or "The Mad Daddy."
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 1:49 PM EDT

    Hey Zil, check out these original versions of:

    "Goo Goo Muck":
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djDPZnBrFxc

    and

    "Strychnine":
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Nffq0bOgE

    And is this the inspiration for "The Mad Daddy"?:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziAo_m4FI68&feature=related
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 2:16 PM EDT

    thooooommmmm yoooorrrkkkkeeeeee
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 5:34 PM EDT

    Ghostbusters, sung by Ray Parker Jr. and Haunted House, sung by country singer John Anderson, written by Robert Geddins.
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/7/2011 10:37 PM EDT

    Going back quite a few years but how about the Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace).
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/8/2011 12:15 AM EDT

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    Going back quite a few years but how about the Big Bopper (Chantilly Lace).
    Posted by AGUY1

     The Big Bopper's tone and the way he fluctuated his voice was somewhat "Ghoulish".
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/8/2011 2:04 PM EDT

    Who remembers John "Moon" Martin singing I've Got A Reason?

    Just how . . .   exactly . . .   is he going to "make you pay?"


     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/8/2011 4:47 PM EDT

    Trent Reznor kind of frightens me in a ghoulish way



    Also with the luxury of hindsight, Syd Barrett
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/13/2011 3:29 PM EDT

    I don't know if he's ghoulish, but Johnny Cash's rendition of "Hurt" is beautiful and haunting.

    I hurt myself today
    To see if I still feel
    I focus on the pain
    The only thing that's real
    The needle tears a hole
    The old familiar sting
    Try to kill it all away
    But I remember everything

     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/14/2011 4:39 PM EDT

    In Response to Re: "Ghoulish" singers:
    ghoulish voices or themes...?   difference there. "Used To Love Her" is ghoulish in theme, but darn near perky in delivery.  Yet "Mr. Brownstone" could be called a bit ghoulish in both. "Down By The River" is a ghoulish theme but almost a gospel-like inflection. Many naturally deep voices are unintentionally ghoulish.  Brad Roberts of CTD comes to mind immediately.  My first choice, however: Johnny Cash - "The Man Comes Around"...I dare anyone to listen to this late at night on a deserted highway.  Frightening. 
    Posted by MattyScornD



    Well, I was going with voices but whatever goes.

    ie, "Them Bones" from the live album, his voice drops and changes into that quality on "...are me"

    Or all of "again" from the live album.


    NIN too, as jkjband pointed out.

    ie, The Wretched; the semi-faint chorus:

    the hopes and prays
    the better days
    the far aways
    forget it




    of course Reznor manages to make instrumentals sound ghoulish, ie, Track 3 on The Fragile, Left Side.



    Alice Cooper doing part of the vocals on "The Garden" (Gn'R, illusion I), has a different sort of 'ghoulishness'.

    The "turned into my worst phobia, a crazy man's utopia; if you're lost no one can show ya, but it sure was glad to know ya."

     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/19/2011 10:41 AM EDT

    them bones is as ghoulish as it gets at parts
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/19/2011 11:36 AM EDT

    I think Eric Burdon's voice especially in The Animals "Sky Pilot" is haunting and mesmerizing. 
     

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    Re: "Ghoulish" singers

    posted at 7/23/2011 9:35 PM EDT

    Bread Roberts - Crash test dummies

    Song - Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIbcqgXh5-4