A friend who's gone through extensive vocal training for Opera, and who looooooves her some Michael McDonald says his unique delivery comes from his excellent palate lift.
Anthony Hopkins
Peter Ustinov
Spock
Tina Turner
Ken Nordine
Biz Markie
Richard Burton
Jeremy Irons
Jeff Bridges
Bobcat Goldthwait
Ertha Kitt
Connery
Q-Tip
Stephen Fry
Ian McKellen
people with funny accents who's first language isn't English
I second about 80% of all the ones nominated so far.
Especially the spoken word voices.
Not too many non-American, a few Brits, a few Jamaicans, and Dr Wu might have done the only African's.
Miriam Makeba
Bernice Regan
Marianne Faithful
Mavis Staples
Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis (for real)
Pops Staples
Jimmy Scott
Muddy Waters
Cesaria Evoria
Juan Luis Gerrea
Pape Seck
medoune Diallo
Nicolas Menheim
George Jones
Doc Boggs
DocMcCoy"Go and laugh in your own country!" 5,917 Posts
A few favourites;
Eddie Kendricks
Sandy Denny
Shirley Jones
Luther Vandross
Chaka Khan
Ibrahim Ferrer
Gary Brooker
Kenny Rankin
Joyce
Richard Manuel
Cowboy
Laura Nyro
The D.O.C.
Scarface
Dennis Brown
Steve Winwood
Paul Rodgers
last time you mofo's did this, the thread was almost this long when I had to say OZZY for the first time wtf sometimes you people srsly
You should meet a yam-yam.
But I think any Brit who's been to Brum would tell you there's nothing that unusual about Ozzie Osbourne. Besides, swearing is used as punctuation by many people in most of the UK. I admit Ozzie's a funny fucker though.
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shock g
james carr
easy e
mc lyte
neil young
lee scratch perry
vicki anderson
sade
Wanda Jackson
Hank Williams Sr
Yes.
johnny osbourne
dennis brown
freddie mcgreggor
top cat
super cat
pinchers
pat kelley
some non-music picks
the dude that narrates most Frontline episodes
the dude that narrates a bunch of Ken Burns joints (Jazz, The War)
Mighty Mike-Cee
Ced-Gee
The Almighty KG
Snagglepuss
Hans Conried
Rod Serling
Sun Ra
Alfred Hitchcock
Lee Moses
Ken Boothe
Lauren Hill
Paul Rodgers
boner-killer
One name long.
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Lou Rawls
Kate Bush
Tim Rose
Tony Joe White
Tim Buckley
Jaques Dutronc
Yukimi Nagano (Little Dragon)
Michelle Amador
Alice Russell
Joe Dukie (Fat Freddy's Drop)
Omar
Ronnie Drew and Luke Kelly (The Dubliners)
Shane McGowan
Sinead O'Connor
Tippa Irie
Tenor Fly
Cutty Ranks
Ninjaman
Elephant Man
Anthony Hopkins
Peter Ustinov
Spock
Tina Turner
Ken Nordine
Biz Markie
Richard Burton
Jeremy Irons
Jeff Bridges
Bobcat Goldthwait
Ertha Kitt
Connery
Q-Tip
Stephen Fry
Ian McKellen
people with funny accents who's first language isn't English
Red Foxx
Steven Wright
Sivio Dante
Sivio Dante
Especially the spoken word voices.
Not too many non-American, a few Brits, a few Jamaicans, and Dr Wu might have done the only African's.
Miriam Makeba
Bernice Regan
Marianne Faithful
Mavis Staples
Johnny Cash
Jerry Lee Lewis (for real)
Pops Staples
Jimmy Scott
Muddy Waters
Cesaria Evoria
Juan Luis Gerrea
Pape Seck
medoune Diallo
Nicolas Menheim
George Jones
Doc Boggs
Eddie Kendricks
Sandy Denny
Shirley Jones
Luther Vandross
Chaka Khan
Ibrahim Ferrer
Gary Brooker
Kenny Rankin
Joyce
Richard Manuel
Cowboy
Laura Nyro
The D.O.C.
Scarface
Dennis Brown
Steve Winwood
Paul Rodgers
Tilahun Gessesse is Ethiopian.
I like them high and I like them low - Bounty Killer
Mr T
Sam Kinison
Bobcat Goldthwait
Tommy Chong
Nardwuar
You should meet a yam-yam.
But I think any Brit who's been to Brum would tell you there's nothing that unusual about Ozzie Osbourne. Besides, swearing is used as punctuation by many people in most of the UK. I admit Ozzie's a funny fucker though.