Sweet Sounds

I've been trying to come up with a list of the greatest speakers of the last century and/or people you just love to hear recite or do spoken word. It's an eclectic bunch but I would love to hear who others love to hear. I'm thinking as much in terms of the delivery as whether you agree with the message. Here's mine so far:

Martin Luther King
Malcolm X
Lenny Bruce
Lydia Lunch
Henry Rollins
Jello Biafra
William S. Burroughs
Allen Ginsberg
Diamanda Galas
Ronald Reagan
JFK
Shelley Berman (comic)
Oksana Zabuzhko
Johnny Cochrane (Amazing Attorney)
Jack Kerouac
Jack London
Dr. Seuss
Antonin Artaud

Anyways, feel free to add and specify what in an orator makes you tingle. For me, it is a visceral appreciation of style as much as the message. I will generally give credit where it is do as long as the message is not utterly vile.:thumb:


OEC

Simon Templeman
Michael Bell

Tony Jay
Paul Lukather
David Hayter
David /Jahn Kassir/casir
Tim Curry

Lots of others. :thumb: *

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Originally Posted by BrightStar

Simon Templeman
Michael Bell

Tony Jay
Paul Lukather
David Hayter
David /Jahn Kassir/casir
Tim Curry

Lots of others. :thumb: *

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Curry - My first omission. Thanks, he's great :rryumy:


OEC

Jeremy Irons
Christopher Lee
Jason Isaacs
John Geilgud
Ralph Fiennes
Colin Firth
Jeremy Northam
Ridley Scott
Richard Burton



(I love my English boys.....)

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Originally Posted by MistressJennifer

Jeremy Irons
Christopher Lee
Jason Isaacs
John Geilgud
Ralph Fiennes
Colin Firth
Jeremy Northam
Ridley Scott
Richard Burton



(I love my English boys.....)

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oooo GREAT voices! *practices his Manchester in-TO-nations*


OEC

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Jeremy Irons
Christopher Lee
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Doh! I forgot them! Jeremy Irons Rocks! :thumb:

Oh yeah, all the people in the Lord Of The Rings Trilogy Series from the new version also sound awesome!

John Rhyn Davis is amazing !

Beau Billingsleigh (Jet from Cowboy Bebop)
William S. Burroughs (lived 20 miles from me)
Mahatma Ghandi
Clancy Brown
John F. Kennedy
Peter O'Toole
Kathleen Turner (love the bourbon voice)

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Originally Posted by hewhoisagod

Beau Billingsleigh (Jet from Cowboy Bebop)
William S. Burroughs (lived 20 miles from me)
Mahatma Ghandi
Clancy Brown
John F. Kennedy
Peter O'Toole
Kathleen Turner (love the bourbon voice)

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Jet's voice is awesome.

Vegita's voice also rocks!

adolph hitler

i dont like the guy, not many do, and those who do are morons, but the guy could definately give good speeches or no one would have followed him in the first place.

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Originally Posted by BrightStar

Jet's voice is awesome.

Vegita's voice also rocks!

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Don't forget Clancy Brown dude............. not only did he play Kurgan in Highlander, he also is the voice of Lex Luthor for all the Superman related cartoons.

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Originally Posted by morbid_lady

adolph hitler

i dont like the guy, not many do, and those who do are morons, but the guy could definately give good speeches or no one would have followed him in the first place.

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That was true, unfortunately. I hate Hitler and what he did to Eastern Europe and the specific targetting of jews. Those who like him are reactionary idiots with no knowledge of history.


OEC

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Originally Posted by hewhoisagod

Beau Billingsleigh (Jet from Cowboy Bebop)
William S. Burroughs (lived 20 miles from me)
Mahatma Ghandi
Clancy Brown
John F. Kennedy
Peter O'Toole
Kathleen Turner (love the bourbon voice)

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Gandhi was an amazing combination of a great human being and a great orator.:thumb:


OEC

Oh yes, forgot the girls:

Lauren Bacall (NUMBER ONE CHOICE OF ALL TIME)!!!!!

Greta Garbo

Marlene Dietrich

Mae West

Catherine Deneuve

Kathleen Turner

All far too new for me. I'd like to hear Socrates and Cicero speak.

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Originally Posted by MistressJennifer

Oh yes, forgot the girls:

Lauren Bacall (NUMBER ONE CHOICE OF ALL TIME)!!!!!

Greta Garbo

Marlene Dietrich

Mae West

Catherine Deneuve

Kathleen Turner

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Marlene is my favorite out of those.


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Originally Posted by Nightingale

All far too new for me. I'd like to hear Socrates and Cicero speak.

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Cicero was an amazing orator. I'd love to hear Quintilian too.


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Constantine The Great...any man who could play both the religious and political game to such absolute brilliance is a man I want to talk to...love the man.

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Originally Posted by Nightingale

All far too new for me. I'd like to hear Socrates and Cicero speak.

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I wouldn't mind listening to Plato or Aristotle either. Homer could also probably tell a good story.

Far as more recent figures go, the only one I can think of to add to the list is Sean Kennedy. His speeches are definitely worth a listen.

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Originally Posted by TheWalkingGlitch

I wouldn't mind listening to Plato or Aristotle either. Homer could also probably tell a good story.

Far as more recent figures go, the only one I can think of to add to the list is Sean Kennedy. His speeches are definitely worth a listen.

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Who is Sean Kennedy?


OEC

Sean Kennedy was/is a guy who appeared a lot on pirate radio stations (Rant Radio to be specific--he still has a show there). He is convinced, quite rightly I'd say, that everything is pretty well fucked, and recorded a series of rants on why, how this happened, what (according to him) is really going on, and the like. Eventually he got a fairly significant following and started an organization, Kult, dedicated to trying to do something about it. Kult has since disbanded and reformed into two entities, both of which confusingly enough still call themselves Kult.

Information on Kult shouldn't be hard to find if you're curious; I'd drop links to applicable sites, but I can't do that yet.

Dr. King
JFK
Winston ChurHill
CPRB

.........hehehhe

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Originally Posted by OneEyedCat

Cicero was an amazing orator. I'd love to hear Quintilian too.

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Having read everything from him that I could get my hands on ... yes, him too.I'm reading through Kallendorf's Humanist Educational Treatises (from Harvard, 2002) at the moment, and Quintilian is one of the writers recommended for a sound education - and that was back in 1424 or so! He still holds good today.

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Originally Posted by CPRB

Dr. King
JFK
Winston ChurHill
CPRB

.........hehehhe

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Churchill was very good, sadly he died when I was 5 so I didn't get to listen him him live.

Henry Rollins
Snoop Dogg
Winston Churchill
Ice T
JFK