Who Would I Marry Based On Voice Alone?
Raid from Raid My Minibar asked an interesting question on one of his recent posts: Who would you marry based purely on voice?
This question intrigued me, so I thought I’d give my answer to his question. In his blog, he mentions to list your top 3. It’s not particularly specified that they have to be Japanese singers, and from what I can gather, it looks like Raid’s #1 is a K-pop singer, so I don’t feel too bad having only one J-pop singer in my top 3 list. All the songs mentioned here are in my radio blog in the right sidebar, except one that’s an embedded video file. And since this question is based on voice alone, gender isn’t really a factor for me here, except for the fact that, as you will see, my favourite vocalists tend to be female.
In third place is my favourite Hello! Project member, Matsuura Aya.
I could listen to Ayaya sing ballads forever. Her voice is remarkably soothing and can truly put me into a state of bliss. This is particularly the case when she sings “Zutto Suki De Ii Desu Ka” or “LOVE Namida Iro” at a slower tempo and acoustically, as performed below.
In second place is my favourite female vocalist, Lea Salonga.
The original Kim from ‘Miss Saigon’ and the first (I don’t know if there have been more since her) non-caucasian to play the role of Cosette on a major stage for ‘Les Miserables’. I’ve added my two favourite songs from ‘Miss Saigon’ to my radio blog: “I’d Give My Life For You” and “The Sacred Bird”. “The Sacred Bird” is a particularly powerful song at the end of the musical. I’m not much of a crier in terms of listening to music or watching movies, but this song got me close to tears my first time listening to it. Of course, knowing the entire storyline of the musical helps get you into the song, but in general, she gives a wonderful performance of that song.
Also, if you don’t follow musicals, you may know Lea as the Disney princesses Jasmine from Aladdin, or Mulan. She does the singing voices for both of them. Lea’s not Japanese, but she is Filipino, so she’s a close neighbour. ^_^
And the number one person that I would marry based on their voice alone is: Taylor Hanson!
His voice is just so hot and sexy. It’s raspy and fabulous. I get very fangirly when I start talking about Taylor’s voice. When I was younger, I used his voice as my alarm in the mornings - I would set my stereo to wake me up and play track 5 (”Save Me”) from Hanson’s ‘This Time Around’ album. Hearing him sing his opening line of “Loving you…” was definitely a good way to start off my day.
May 5th, 2008 at 11:01 am
Who would I marry based on voice alone? Aya matsuura, no contest!