# Name a singer with an "unusual" voice. **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 3, 2017, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882 "2017-10-03T16:56:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Nema98](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d2c977/32.png) [@Nema98](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nema98)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/141 "2017-11-13T02:23:04Z")
Okay, no one mentioned Aaron Neville!! Very distinctive voice, no singer who made it in the industry sounds like him. There may be some undiscovered soul out there, but as it stands no one. Some of the voices mentioned have soundalikes. Maybe not dead ringers, but still enough to nullify their distinctiveness. Examples include: Frank Sinatra-Tony Bennett kind of sounds like him. Sting-Tony Lewis of the Outfield could sometimes remind one of Sting. Tom Petty and BOB Dylan, whom I think sometimes sounded similar. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [November 13, 2017, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/142 "2017-11-13T18:07:32Z")
Kevin R. Starrs of [Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpsffboOAc). He has some sort of falsetto going on, I thought it was a lady singer at first. Great riffage though. ---
**Author:** ![Patx2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/73ab20/32.png) [@Patx2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Patx2)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 1:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/143 "2017-11-14T01:02:56Z")
> [@BeeGee](#): > > Iris DeMent > Marog Timmins of Cowboy Junkies > Natalie Merchant > Cindi Lauper Yes, I was going to post Natalie Merchant. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/144 "2017-11-14T03:26:35Z")
John Darnielle of the Mountain Goats. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/145 "2017-11-14T04:10:53Z")
John Fogarty. ---
**Author:** ![Shakester](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shakester/32/437_2.png) [@Shakester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shakester)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 9:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/146 "2017-11-14T09:41:24Z")
[Jon Anderson of Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKftiJS30Cs). Took me a while to get used to his voice, but now I like it. If anyone mentioned him already, I missed it. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/147 "2017-11-14T10:18:20Z")
> [@FoieGrasIsEvil](#): > > The entire thread went by without Neil Young being mentioned? When I saw the title of the thread just now, I thought of Adam Levine, also unmentioned, in one second, and Neil Young a second after that. ---
**Author:** ![Grumbacher\_Red](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/85e7bf/32.png) [@Grumbacher\_Red](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grumbacher_Red)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/148 "2017-11-14T18:14:37Z")
> [@Shakester](#): > > [Jon Anderson of Yes](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKftiJS30Cs). Took me a while to get used to his voice, but now I like it. > > If anyone mentioned him already, I missed it. Which puts me in mind of the country singer John Anderson, who has that whispery nasally thing going on. It’s weird, but somehow works. ---
**Author:** ![purplehearingaid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@purplehearingaid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehearingaid)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/149 "2017-11-14T21:23:10Z")
John Sebastian has an “unusual” voice to me . ---
**Author:** ![Lobot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ce7236/32.png) [@Lobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lobot)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2017, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/150 "2017-11-14T22:42:46Z")
Peter Gabriel, especially when he fronted Genesis. ---
**Author:** ![Lips\_Obsession](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bbce88/32.png) [@Lips\_Obsession](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lips_Obsession)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2017, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882/151 "2017-11-15T15:55:17Z")
> [@Machine\_Elf](#): > > Subject line pretty much says it. Name a singer you’ve heard whose voice is…unusual. Not necessarily in range or skill, but in sound. > > [Brad Roberts](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Roberts) from Crash Test Dummies comes to mind. The standard claim is that he’s got a low voice. Really it’s not that low, but it has an unusual timbre to it, an odd sort of clarity that makes it feel somehow lower than its actual fundamental frequency. As I read this question, I was literally listening to “God Shuffled His Feet” and thought, he would be a perfect candidate for this question, but you beat me to it… [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-a-singer-with-an-unusual-voice/797882.md?page=7)