Whyever would I give you up?
May 9, 2008 1:28 PM Subscribe
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?
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?
Anything from The Divine Comedy - especially National Express.
posted by low_horrible_immoral at 1:34 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by low_horrible_immoral at 1:34 PM on May 9, 2008
Barry White's song "Any Barry White Song"
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:35 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:35 PM on May 9, 2008
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."
posted by grabbingsand at 1:36 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by grabbingsand at 1:36 PM on May 9, 2008
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."
posted by grabbingsand at 1:38 PM on May 9, 2008
And then you have the mostly instrumental goodness of "Love Theme."
posted by grabbingsand at 1:38 PM on May 9, 2008
For deep-voiced love songs, you can't go wrong with the Magnetic Fields.
posted by chowflap at 1:46 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by chowflap at 1:46 PM on May 9, 2008
IIRC, Michael McDonald had quite a deep voice. No YouTubage from work, though.
posted by desjardins at 1:46 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by desjardins at 1:46 PM on May 9, 2008
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."
posted by grabbingsand at 2:00 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by grabbingsand at 2:00 PM on May 9, 2008
On the Wings of Love, Jeffrey Osborne.
Free, Will Downing
posted by essexjan at 2:02 PM on May 9, 2008
Free, Will Downing
posted by essexjan at 2:02 PM on May 9, 2008
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
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My, My, My
My, My, My
My, My, My
posted by grabbingsand at 2:05 PM on May 9, 2008
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posted by grabbingsand at 2:05 PM on May 9, 2008
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.
posted by eponymouse at 2:45 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by eponymouse at 2:45 PM on May 9, 2008
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
posted by zenja72 at 2:51 PM on May 9, 2008
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
posted by zenja72 at 2:51 PM on May 9, 2008
Erm, that's It's Only Time, not It's Only You. Forgive me :)
posted by zenja72 at 2:58 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by zenja72 at 2:58 PM on May 9, 2008
Yeah, Magnetic Fields! Almost anything from the triple album 69 Love Songs.
posted by ludwig_van at 5:53 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by ludwig_van at 5:53 PM on May 9, 2008
Slighty more country, but -- Johnny Cash? Josh Turner's "Will you go with me?" (LOVE the video.)
posted by SpecialK at 7:45 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by SpecialK at 7:45 PM on May 9, 2008
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 ...
posted by dhartung at 10:34 PM on May 9, 2008
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 ...
posted by dhartung at 10:34 PM on May 9, 2008
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.
posted by softlord at 10:44 PM on May 9, 2008
posted by softlord at 10:44 PM on May 9, 2008
I give you Rick Astley's country equivalent, Randy Travis
Forever and Ever Amen
posted by evilcolonel at 9:32 AM on May 10, 2008
Forever and Ever Amen
posted by evilcolonel at 9:32 AM on May 10, 2008
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.
posted by bondgirl53001 at 3:28 PM on May 12, 2008
Patrick Swayze - She's like the Wind
Try a Boyzone song - Ronan Keating's voice is pretty hot.
Or David Bowie.
posted by bondgirl53001 at 3:28 PM on May 12, 2008
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Note that at one point he moves away from the mic to breathe.
posted by East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 at 1:33 PM on May 9, 2008 [11 favorites]