Comments on: Whyever would I give you up?

Question: Whyever would I give you up?

markovich — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:28:58 -0800

I love the song "Never gonna give you up" by Rick Astley. What other songs have a deep voiced male lead, sappy love theme and are poppish in nature? I think it's the deepness of the voice that really makes the song so good. Not the 80s feeling of it, because I'm usually not a fan of the 80s. You know any other songs that are comparable?

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:33:53 -0800

"Chocolate Rain" Original Song by Tay Zonday.

Note that at one point he moves away from the mic to breathe.

By: low_horrible_immoral

low_horrible_immoral — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:15 -0800

Anything from The Divine Comedy - especially National Express.

By: pinto

pinto — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:34:49 -0800

Tay covering Rick Astley

By: East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:35:51 -0800

Barry White's song "Any Barry White Song"

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:36:15 -0800

You mean, other than the Man himself: Barry White? Without White, you'd have no Astley. No "Never Gonna Give You Up" without "Never, Never Gonna Give You Up."

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:38:33 -0800

A better, original studio example of the Maestro: "Can't Get Enough Of Your Love."

And then you have the mostly instrumental goodness of "Love Theme."

By: chowflap

chowflap — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:46:20 -0800

For deep-voiced love songs, you can't go wrong with the Magnetic Fields.

By: desjardins

desjardins — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:46:29 -0800

IIRC, Michael McDonald had quite a deep voice. No YouTubage from work, though.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:56:57 -0800

Johnny Gill, Rub You The Right Way

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:14 -0800

One more for good measure ... the voice that always strikes me as most similar to Mr Astley's is not so much Barry White's, but Michael McDonald's. Particularly, the younger Michael McDonald who played with the Doobie Bros: "What A Fool Believes."

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:01:11 -0800

Sorry ... meant to YT that. "What A Fool Believes"

By: essexjan

essexjan — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:02:12 -0800

On the Wings of Love, Jeffrey Osborne.

Free, Will Downing

By: grabbingsand

grabbingsand — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:05:10 -0800

Ah, yes ... Johnny Gill. He of "My, My, My" fame. Because you know, how could anyone resist a song that ends with a parade of 36 possessive adjectives?

My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:33 -0800

Scott Walker.

By: hal_c_on

hal_c_on — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:34:10 -0800

Chocolate Rain doesnt have a love theme. Try Milli Vanilli.

By: eponymouse

eponymouse — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:45:50 -0800

Some things by Magnetic Fields (Epitaph For My Heart, I Don't Want To Get Over You) are catchy as all hell and sung by a deepish-voiced guy. Sappy is perhaps not the word which springs to mind, but they are sentimental in a droll sort of way.

By: zenja72

zenja72 — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:51:07 -0800

My favorite songs by the Magnetic Fields:
I Thought You Were My Boyfriend
I Don't Want to Get Over You
It's Only You
I Don't Believe you
I Think I Need A New Heart

By: zenja72

zenja72 — Fri, 09 May 2008 14:58:03 -0800

Erm, that's It's Only Time, not It's Only You. Forgive me :)

By: wsg

wsg — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:32:58 -0800

The Righteous Brothers

By: ludwig_van

ludwig_van — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:53:25 -0800

Yeah, Magnetic Fields! Almost anything from the triple album 69 Love Songs.

By: moonlet

moonlet — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:36:46 -0800

The Psychedelic Furs!

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:45:01 -0800

Slighty more country, but -- Johnny Cash? Josh Turner's "Will you go with me?" (LOVE the video.)

By: SpecialK

SpecialK — Fri, 09 May 2008 19:45:20 -0800

(err, that's "Would You Go With Me")

By: dhartung

dhartung — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:34:52 -0800

Matt Berninger of The National has a scarily deep voice, but he uses it more for dolorous and oblique indie (hey, one album is called Sad Songs for Dirty Lovers).

For a more direct pop treatment, you may want to consider Jens Lekman: "You Are the Light", for example, or "Pocketful of Money" which descends into pure basso-profundo overload as he samples Calvin Johnson of Beat Happening.

Then, of course, there's Jarvis Cocker and Pulp ...

By: softlord

softlord — Fri, 09 May 2008 22:44:17 -0800

No mention of The National? also a lot of these artists are very very different from Rick (not knocking him) and only have in common the musical range of their voices.

By: evilcolonel

evilcolonel — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:32:03 -0800

I give you Rick Astley's country equivalent, Randy Travis
Forever and Ever Amen

By: bondgirl53001

bondgirl53001 — Mon, 12 May 2008 15:28:45 -0800

Rick Springfield - Jesse's Girl
Patrick Swayze - She's like the Wind
Try a Boyzone song - Ronan Keating's voice is pretty hot.
Or David Bowie.