# Have you ever fallen in love with a voice? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 15, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156 "2005-08-15T22:02:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/1 "2005-08-15T22:02:30Z")
You know what I’m talking about. You’re sitting around listening to music and then you hear this voice. It stops you in your tracks. And you MUST listen to it again. My “voice” is Sarah Buxton. I had never heard of her, nor anything that she’s sang, but she sings background on Cowboy Troy’s track, “If You Don’t Wanna Love Me.” The song itself is pretty good, but I just listen for her. ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/2 "2005-08-15T22:05:12Z")
Kate Bush. mmmmm. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/3 "2005-08-15T22:07:24Z")
Annie Haslam. Mmmmmm and a half. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/4 "2005-08-15T22:11:35Z")
If spoken-word recordings count, I fell in love with the voice of Sir John Gielgud when I was 12 years old. I used to listen over and over to an LP of Gielgud’s “Ages of Man,” in which he read from Shakespeare. Didn’t know until many years later that Gielgud was gay. A girl can dream. ---
**Author:** ![Loopus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loopus/32/15343_2.png) [@Loopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loopus)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/5 "2005-08-15T22:12:28Z")
Dido. I first heard her in Eminem’s “Stan,” and fell in love with chorus which is Dido from her song “Thank You.” I don’t even like many of her songs, but I love her voice. ---
**Author:** ![ErinPuff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@ErinPuff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ErinPuff)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/6 "2005-08-15T22:12:58Z")
Anthony Warlow. Guh. ---
**Author:** ![Ultraviolet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/c77e96/32.png) [@Ultraviolet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ultraviolet)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/7 "2005-08-15T22:15:13Z")
Although I am a lesbian, I love deep British male speaking voices. Jarvis Cocker (frontman from Pulp), gives me the shivers when I listen to his speaking parts in songs. As far a singing voices go, Nick Cave (another deep voice), Beth Orton and Neko Case. ---
**Author:** ![Sensibility](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f6c823/32.png) [@Sensibility](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sensibility)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/8 "2005-08-15T22:18:30Z")
Got a friend whose voice melts me every time I hear it - Yep, very much into voices! ---
**Author:** ![TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/51bf81/32.png) [@TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TLDRIDKJKLOLFTW)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/9 "2005-08-15T22:19:06Z")
Sarah Nixey from Black Box Recorder. She really “does it” for me. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/10 "2005-08-15T22:20:10Z")
The closest I’ve come is Carolyn Faye Fox, resident punster on NPR’s _Says You!_ Every week, more radios are tuned to _Says You!_ than any other appliance. ---
**Author:** ![Caprese](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a9a28c/32.png) [@Caprese](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Caprese)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/11 "2005-08-15T22:25:16Z")
Rupert Everett. Oh, man. ---
**Author:** ![beckwall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b487fb/32.png) [@beckwall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beckwall)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/12 "2005-08-15T22:33:43Z")
My stock broker. It’s probably some sort of conversion reaction, since he was also my dad’s stock broker, and I can’t help but think of my dad when I get to talk commodities with this man. He must be in his 60s by now, but he has this sexy radio voice. Sigh. If only he didn’t charge commission. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/13 "2005-08-15T22:33:47Z")
Kim Deal (The Pixies, Breeders), for some reason. Not a particularly great or angelic voice, but very sexy to me. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/14 "2005-08-15T22:38:47Z")
Karen Carpenter. Annie Haslam. Evelyne Taylor. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/15 "2005-08-15T22:43:50Z")
The provider rep at one the insurance companies I deal with sounds almost exactly like Felicity Kendal. I could listen to her talk for hours. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/16 "2005-08-15T22:44:21Z")
If you’ve played the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, you’ve heard Carth Onasi, with the voice of [Raphael Sbarge](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0768620/). Mmm, damn I love that voice. _growl_ On a more talent-appreciation level, I love the voice talent of [Rob Paulsen](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0667326/). He’s done just a ton of work, but probably most people have encountered him as the voices of Yakko Warner and Pinky from the cartoon Animaniacs, Raphael from the TMNT cartoon, or a whole ton of voices on the GI Joe and Transformers cartoons. If you don’t watch cartoons (shame!) he’s also the voice of “Mr. Opportunity” in the latest Honda car ads. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/17 "2005-08-15T22:49:10Z")
Forgot - for both speaking and singing, David Draiman from the band Disturbed. I could listen to him all day… ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/18 "2005-08-15T22:53:56Z")
Scots accent so sexy ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 10:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/19 "2005-08-15T22:55:35Z")
> [@VCO3](#): > > Sarah Nixey from Black Box Recorder. She really “does it” for me. Good call. I was going to name Sarah, along with Beth Gibbons from Portishead, Neko Case, Shirley Manson from Garbage, and even though she wasn’t terribly attractive, she had the voice of a playful angel: Ella Fitzgerald. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2005, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/20 "2005-08-15T23:35:23Z")
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