# My God....What a beautiful singing voice. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [December 23, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592 "2003-12-23T03:27:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/1 "2003-12-23T03:27:36Z")
My daughter is listening to a cd and I ask her who is that? EVENESENCE (SP?) she says. Lemme borrow that I says. Someone tell me about this band! That girl has one of the most BEAUTIFUL voices I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Selkie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbce88/32.png) [@Selkie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Selkie)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/2 "2003-12-23T03:30:02Z")
Google up “Evanescence”. The singer’s name is Amy Lee, and she does indeed have an angelic voice. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/3 "2003-12-23T03:32:01Z")
Will do. ---
**Author:** ![Gadfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/aeb1de/32.png) [@Gadfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gadfly)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/4 "2003-12-23T05:04:15Z")
Amy Lee has an incredible voice. Unfortunately, the lyrics are puerile and overblown and cliched, and the band chooses a Linkin Park, bland guitar-fuzz type approach. ---
**Author:** ![Silentgoldfish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e36b37/32.png) [@Silentgoldfish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silentgoldfish)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/5 "2003-12-23T05:08:28Z")
Unfortunately she sucks live. Every time I’ve heard them sing live (tv shows and mp3’s I haven’t been to a concert) she has a real problem staying in key. Still, I like the CD :). ---
**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:** [December 23, 2003, 6:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/6 "2003-12-23T06:01:50Z")
She is gorgeous too, which doesn’t hurt either! Go to their website, [http://www.evanescence.com](http://www.evanescence.com) , and download one of their music videos (preferably “My Immortal,” which is a departure from their fuzzy/heavy guitar sound). ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 6:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/7 "2003-12-23T06:45:24Z")
The first thing I thought of when I saw the title… He’s thinking of Evanesence ---
**Author:** ![penny\_dreadful](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/71c47a/32.png) [@penny\_dreadful](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penny_dreadful)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/8 "2003-12-23T07:28:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silentgoldfish \* > \*\*Unfortunately she sucks live. Every time I’ve heard them sing live (tv shows and mp3’s I haven’t been to a concert) she has a real problem staying in key. > > Still, I like the CD :). \*\* I saw them in concert over the summer. I didn’t notice any problems with staying in key, but the guitars _did_ have a tendency to drown her out on a lot of the songs. For an encore Amy came back out and performed “My Immortal”, just her and a keyboard. It was lovely. ---
**Author:** ![Dragon\_Phoenix](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bcef8e/32.png) [@Dragon\_Phoenix](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dragon_Phoenix)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/9 "2003-12-23T09:10:27Z")
My Immortal is an absolute masterpiece. ---
**Author:** ![teleute12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@teleute12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teleute12)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/10 "2003-12-23T11:47:41Z")
If you like “My Immortal”, you might also like “Hello” and “Anywhere”. Both great songs without a lot of background noise. ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/11 "2003-12-23T13:58:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Unfortunately she sucks live. Every time I’ve heard them sing live (tv shows and mp3’s I haven’t been to a concert) she has a real problem staying in key. - - - A lot of rock/pop stars have this problem (or maybe their record producers do). They run all these gee-whiz effects in the studio that can’t be done in real life. From reverb to multiple layering and stereo splitting/separating. And not just on vocals either. So the album sounds _great_ , , , , , and live they sound… --utterly average. ~ ---
**Author:** ![jk1245](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/49beb7/32.png) [@jk1245](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jk1245)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/12 "2003-12-23T14:29:00Z")
Let’s also not forget that she is all of 21 years old. Becoming a good live performer takes time and work. Hopefully, Evanescence will outgrow their Linkin Park nu-metal junk and let her get that time on stage, cause she does have an amazing voice. ---
**Author:** ![yosemite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/3ab097/32.png) [@yosemite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yosemite)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/13 "2003-12-23T14:49:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DougC \* > A lot of rock/pop stars have this problem (or maybe their record producers do). They run all these gee-whiz effects in the studio that can’t be done in real life. From reverb to multiple layering and stereo splitting/separating. And not just on vocals either. So the album sounds _great_ , , , , , and live they sound… --utterly average. I’ve noticed that too. I always lose respect for that. I think it would be a no-brainer to not sing off key. I mean, come on! My mom is a classicaly trained singer and she always was so demanding on herself, I think she’d be utterly horrified and would refuse to sing live if couldn’t keep on key. (She does whine about her voice sometimes, but she sounds great.) I think that some of these people are pushed to go live too soon, or it is pressed upon them by the producer that it isn’t necessary to be able to do something so utterly basic like keep on key. Whatever—it’s a shame. However, with all that said, I’m listening to _My Immortal_ (thanks for the link). She sounds very good and the song is lovely. ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/14 "2003-12-23T16:25:08Z")
Try Sarah McLachlan - Angel She can do it live _a capella_. Sorry but it beats Evanescance hands down, but then I’d imagine there is hardly anything around that can get anywhere near, perhaps “Autumn Leaves” by Eva Cassidy is pretty near. ---
**Author:** ![ouisey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/9fc29f/32.png) [@ouisey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouisey)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/15 "2003-12-23T16:35:55Z")
Liz Fraser of the Cocteau Twins…and recently featured on Massive Attack’s “Mezzanine” has a voice that would knock Amy Lee or Sarah McLachlan silly. (but they have lovely voices too) ---
**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:** [December 23, 2003, 5:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/16 "2003-12-23T17:21:31Z")
Well they all pale before Ella Fitzgerald as far as I’m concerned, but Amy Lee and Beth Gibbons from Portishead knock my socks off. And that’s not even getting into other ladies of jazz. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Ashtar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ea924/32.png) [@Lord\_Ashtar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Ashtar)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/17 "2003-12-23T17:26:31Z")
If you don’t like the guitar riffs, you might want to check out some of the songs from their first CD, _Origin_. Much more mellow, almost no guitars (on the songs I’ve heard anyway). ---
**Author:** ![essohbee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/71c47a/32.png) [@essohbee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/essohbee)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/18 "2003-12-23T17:53:56Z")
[Nightwish](http://www.nightwish.com) singer, Tarja Turunen has an absolutely amazing voice. I recommend listening to a few of their songs. ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/19 "2003-12-23T18:27:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by essohbee \* > \*\*[Nightwish](http://www.nightwish.com) singer, Tarja Turunen has an absolutely amazing voice. I recommend listening to a few of their songs. \*\* You beat me to it, but she’s got an amazing voice when she goes all operatic. ---
**Author:** ![GraceTX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c4cdca/32.png) [@GraceTX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GraceTX)\ **Post date:** [December 29, 2003, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592/20 "2003-12-29T05:27:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by casdave \* > \*\*Sorry but it beats Evanescance hands down, but then I’d imagine there is hardly anything around that can get anywhere near, perhaps “Autumn Leaves” by Eva Cassidy is pretty near. \*\* Eva Cassidy had an absolutely beautiful voice. I also like her version of “Fields of Gold”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-god-what-a-beautiful-singing-voice/220592.md?page=2)