# 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:** 10\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/61 "2005-08-16T18:27:12Z")
Johnette Napolitano of _Concrete Blonde_ Martha Davis of _The Motels_ The chick that did the vocal orgasm on _Dark Side of the Moon_. I think her name is Claire Torey. Meatloaf, but he didn’t do anything for me Showing my age there… ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2005, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/62 "2005-08-16T18:35:05Z")
> [@Spatial Rift 47](#): > > Uh, also. You’re all going to think I’m crazy, but … Bob Ross. You know, that painter guy with a 'fro? As a kid I used to watch his show just to hear his voice. Hey, me too! I could listen to Bob Ross talk all day and all night. I loved his voice. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/63 "2005-08-17T01:24:07Z")
Emiliana Torrini. If I saw her in concert I’d probably faint. The best sultry-yet-demure dancy-type voice I’ve ever heard. Every one of her songs sends chills down my spine. ---
**Author:** ![betenoir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/258eb7/32.png) [@betenoir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/betenoir)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/64 "2005-08-17T01:55:06Z")
> [@PapSett](#): > > Tim Curry . That man could talk me into ANYTHING . Have to second…I mean fifth or sixth that. Of course it made a certain amount of perverse (quite!) sense when it was attached to Dr. Furter, it’s a little weirder when it turns up in cartoons. And…Lister. As in Red Dwarf. I think he’s dead sexy. Then I saw the actor on Robot Wars and realized he doesn’t really talk like that. So it wasn’t Craig, it was Lister and his (dead common) accent. I have a thing for English accents but I’ve realized the ones that really get to me tend to be the ones other Englishmen consider atrocious. As for Americans, and singers, Rufus Wainwright. For all the good that will do me. ---
**Author:** ![SolGrundy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@SolGrundy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SolGrundy)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/65 "2005-08-17T04:21:00Z")
Looks like mine have already been named. Number one is Kim Deal. Holy cow. The phrases “They were so… _quiet_ about it” and “What a gas it was to see him” have a strange power over me. Also: Neko Case. With the New Pornographers almost as much as her solo stuff. > [@Ferret Herder](#): > > 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_ Afraid I’ve got to admit to that one too. He did a voice on _Grim Fandango_ as well, the pro-union dockworker bee. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/66 "2005-08-17T08:39:15Z")
God, I could start listing names now, and not stop till morning. But, off the top of the list— [Kath Soucie](http://imdb.com/name/nm0815718/) in her “normal” voice. ( :eek: ::puppy-eyed, slackjawed drooling:🙂 And…Vincent Price, but in a platonic way. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 8:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/67 "2005-08-17T08:40:32Z")
There, you see what she does to me? 'Can’t even code right when she’s mentioned… ---
**Author:** ![kelly5078](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6f9a4e/32.png) [@kelly5078](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kelly5078)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/68 "2005-08-17T16:38:06Z")
Another vote for Sandy Denny. Still the loveliest voice I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Kitchen\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kitchen\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kitchen_Wench)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2005, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/69 "2005-08-17T16:50:09Z")
Another vote for Alan Rickman. Smooth and sexy. And what a great accent! I have to nominate my favorite NPR newsguy, Rob Gifford. Most of the time, I don’t give a damn about what he’s reporting, but I always turn it up when I hear him. And he’s cute, too. I had a client from Ohio who I’d speak to once a month. My god, his voice. Sounded just like Sam Elliot. We never talked about anything but business, but I’d have to fan myself after hanging up with him. ---
**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 17, 2005, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156/70 "2005-08-17T17:36:16Z")
> [@Seeker74](#): > > I had a client from Ohio who I’d speak to once a month. My god, his voice. Sounded just like Sam Elliot. We never talked about anything but business, but I’d have to fan myself after hanging up with him. [Sam Elliot impression] Ma’am. [/Sam Elliot impression] _(Tips hat)_ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-fallen-in-love-with-a-voice/317156.md?page=3)