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| Poll: Who do you like better? |
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| Billie Holiday |
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66% |
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| Ella Fitzgerald |
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33% |
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| Total Votes : 12 |
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control 
- #1
- Posted: 09/20/2020 02:44
- Post subject: Billie Holiday vs Ella Fitzgerald
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Ok once and for all, I want to see who has a soul on this site or not (of course this is hyperbole).
Vote accordingly and then post your vote please.
Bonus points for some kind of reason why.
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Spyglass
Resident Metalhead
Gender: Male
Location: The red dot on the map
- #2
- Posted: 09/20/2020 02:56
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I'm not a big fan of either but I respect them well enough. I remember loving Ella's work with Louis Armstrong so Ell gets my vote. But in that vain (although she made her mark a little bit later), my pic is Nina Simone followed by Ette James.
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baystateoftheart
Neil Young as a butternut squash
Age: 31
Location: Massachusetts
- #3
- Posted: 09/20/2020 02:59
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Billie Holiday had a better voice and sang better material. One of the GOAT singers. I don't dislike Ella Fitzgerald though. Need to check out more from her.
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Hayden
Location: Vietnam 
- #4
- Posted: 09/20/2020 03:09
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Thumbnail. Click to enlarge.
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Doubles & Conch
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ChadMiles
Gender: Male
Location: Salt Lake City
- #5
- Posted: 09/20/2020 03:51
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This was a difficult vote but went with Ella. Her Cole Porter songbook recordings alone give her the edge, and I was just listening to some of her Duke Ellington recordings last night. But Billie Holiday is amazing too.
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craola
crayon master
Location: pdx
- #6
- Posted: 09/20/2020 05:17
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Billie Holiday performing Strange Fruit was possibly the bravest and boldest moment in music history and gets a pretty easy vote from me.
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- #7
- Posted: 09/20/2020 05:55
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When Billie recorded “Strange Fruit”, Ella was recording junk like “A-Tisket, A-Tasket” and “The Muffin Man” with Chick Webb. Ella was a gifted singer, but Billie was a flat out genius improviser. Billie, no contest.
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- #8
- Posted: 09/20/2020 09:31
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God that was closed. I went for life affirming Ella rather than beautiful despair Billie (although in a sense life-affirming too, I know). I love both.
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RoundTheBend
I miss the comfort in being sad
Location: Ground Control
- #9
- Posted: 09/20/2020 23:56
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Ok, BEA does have a soul. 🤣
EDIT: fantastic analysis.
Last edited by RoundTheBend on 09/21/2020 01:25; edited 2 times in total
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Spyglass
Resident Metalhead
Gender: Male
Location: The red dot on the map
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