Best-est Female Vocalist ~ BH's pick

EVERYTIME I need to get down to doing some adult like serious stuff eg preparing for that presentation or writing some board paper, I end up doing something totally unrelated.

Nyek……..was spending some time going through my storage procedure for the huge amount of CDs. You see, I had once upon a time packed them in alphabetical order, then I created a subcategory of “all time favourite CDs within easy reach”, subsequently I started another anime related category……..then everything became a mess la, coz I simply forgot where which one belonged to. Neeways, was going through the drawers of CDs and decided to do a BEST-est of BEST Female vocalist ranking! ( Oh ya, and I decided to start a Ah Lao and Potential Ah Lao sub-category as well)

BH’s pick of BEST-est of best female vocalist ranking

1) 椎名林檎
Looks, Voice, Talent, Character – she has what it takes.
Anyone tried singing her songs at Karaoke? You will know what I mean. Its damn difficult. She can sound mellow and screechy at the same time, HAIR STAND lor.
つよし (in my humble biased opinion) is easily one of the better singers and when he did a cover of ここでキスして…. It was disastrous.

• PV remake of one of her early hits - She is totally NUTS!!!! I Love her! PV showcases all the diff phases our Queen has been through.

• Performance with Saito Neko. Look at how her voice just morphs in and out of the various moods. And no one does the tongue curling thing as well as her.

2) 黒猫
Vocalist of 陰陽座. Her voice is so crystal clear and her stamina is so good, when she hits the solo portion and if you happen to blast your 3D surround sound system, you cannot even hear her breathing. Powerful lungs, but looks she lacks la. And the songs she writes are somehow not as good as those written by the rest of the members in 陰陽座。　

陰陽座's live perf of 妖花忍法帳(one of their bestest hits after debut! Anyone who can sound that good in a crappy livehouse must be good la!)

Oh, someone told me 黒猫 starting to look good these days. Aha.....able to afford their own make-up artists lei! Check out 黒衣の天女PV ( although I think the song is not that great. Their recent releases are quite faggot la.)

3) 中村由利―Garnet Crow
I like由利, it comes as a surprise to many. I like the way she performs on stage, totally bochap and quirky. But oh-how-powerful her vocals are esp in hitting the low notes. Her style needs getting used to. Usually she starts a song like she cannot be bothered, but when she hits the chorus, she becomes unstoppable. Much of my liking for Yuri is also because Garnet Crow itself as a band is so lovable. Furui (keyboardist) is one of the most highly paid music arrangers in Japan. (read the credits of other CDs and you will see his name pop up all the time). Garnet Crow’s guitarist is also a darling – he can sing, but usually he just leaves the limelight to Yuri.

If only garnet crow on a whole can improve on their dress sense!

Clip contains VARIOUS segments of the 2006 Twilight tour。I think it really showcases 由利's versatility.