Tuesday, August 29, 2006
Women's Voices
'Til human voices wake us and we drown.
Except for the naughty bits, and perhaps good looking, bare extremities, oh, and the face--that goes without saying--one of the best things about a woman is her voice. It's so much more complex and pleasing than a man's. We men even hear it in a different part of our brain. It's a great attribute, that is, of course, if the woman has a good voice. Here are some women who I believe have a good voice:
Kathleen Turner (she of the great neo-noir film Body Heat 25 years ago--one of the few films to have the plot turn on violation of the Rule against Perpetuities) has a great voice--rich, vibrant, sexy, just about the feminine ideal. Of course, if you've seen her lately on TV previews for Nip/ Tuck you know that the past 25 years have not been kind and a good voice is about all that's left of her sultry seductiveness. But a really outstanding voice.
Claudia Black has a good voice, especially when she's wearing tight black leather, but I don't know why that is. It doesn't hurt that she has an Aussie/Anglo accent.
Barbara Jefford had a great voice, but I'm going back a way for that one. She was Molly Bloom in the film of Ulysses, Hippolyta in the great BBC '68 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the screen voice of the best Bond girl, Tatiania Romanova, in From Russia with Love.
Here are some women who do not, alas, have good voices:
Hillary Clinton--she sounds at times like a Magpie that learned to talk in a house with a couple who screamed at each other all the time.
Cindy Sheehan--Valley girl intonations way, way past time for that and a tone that's like grating chalk, the exact opposite of sexy, indeed a black hole for sexy.
Mary Lacy--I would rather listen to cats fight than hear another word from her, especially in tedious, lame explanation of her mistakes as Boulder's DA. If indeed her expert said he needed an official cop like DNA mouth swab of former suspect Karr, then she was poorly advised rather than just an idiot, but still takes the blame for believing it.
I will say this for Boulder DA Lacy, at least when the DNA doesn't match, she drops the charges; unlike the Durham DA, Mike Nifong, who, having promised that the DNA he took from all the white lacrosse players at Duke would identify the rapists, said, when the DNA came back negative for all the players, well, you don't need DNA when you have a 'victim' as strong as I have. But I see I've strayed from my original subject. Time for bed.
Except for the naughty bits, and perhaps good looking, bare extremities, oh, and the face--that goes without saying--one of the best things about a woman is her voice. It's so much more complex and pleasing than a man's. We men even hear it in a different part of our brain. It's a great attribute, that is, of course, if the woman has a good voice. Here are some women who I believe have a good voice:
Kathleen Turner (she of the great neo-noir film Body Heat 25 years ago--one of the few films to have the plot turn on violation of the Rule against Perpetuities) has a great voice--rich, vibrant, sexy, just about the feminine ideal. Of course, if you've seen her lately on TV previews for Nip/ Tuck you know that the past 25 years have not been kind and a good voice is about all that's left of her sultry seductiveness. But a really outstanding voice.
Claudia Black has a good voice, especially when she's wearing tight black leather, but I don't know why that is. It doesn't hurt that she has an Aussie/Anglo accent.
Barbara Jefford had a great voice, but I'm going back a way for that one. She was Molly Bloom in the film of Ulysses, Hippolyta in the great BBC '68 version of A Midsummer Night's Dream, the screen voice of the best Bond girl, Tatiania Romanova, in From Russia with Love.
Here are some women who do not, alas, have good voices:
Hillary Clinton--she sounds at times like a Magpie that learned to talk in a house with a couple who screamed at each other all the time.
Cindy Sheehan--Valley girl intonations way, way past time for that and a tone that's like grating chalk, the exact opposite of sexy, indeed a black hole for sexy.
Mary Lacy--I would rather listen to cats fight than hear another word from her, especially in tedious, lame explanation of her mistakes as Boulder's DA. If indeed her expert said he needed an official cop like DNA mouth swab of former suspect Karr, then she was poorly advised rather than just an idiot, but still takes the blame for believing it.
I will say this for Boulder DA Lacy, at least when the DNA doesn't match, she drops the charges; unlike the Durham DA, Mike Nifong, who, having promised that the DNA he took from all the white lacrosse players at Duke would identify the rapists, said, when the DNA came back negative for all the players, well, you don't need DNA when you have a 'victim' as strong as I have. But I see I've strayed from my original subject. Time for bed.
# posted by Roger Fraley @ 9:22 PM 
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Rog,
Just out of curiosity--not that I disagree w/ your assessment--but are there any conservative women out there whose voices are like fingernails on a blackboard? I'm just wondering you understand as all the women commentators on NPR have voices that are as velvety as the whiskey we sometimes share.
Meanwhile, for assassination w/ a camera, check out the front page of the Rocky Mountain News today, 8.30.06. There are 4 photos of Mary Lacy, each one designed to make her look foolish. This happens often to the president and even though I think he's foolish, I do not approve of picking through the film and showing people at their worst, unless of course you are dealing w/ someone w/ no redeeming characteristics like Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, the late and unlamented Abu Musab al Zarqawi, Hassan Nasrullah, and just so you don't think I am playing the race card, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il, or Robert Mugabe.
Regards,
T
Just out of curiosity--not that I disagree w/ your assessment--but are there any conservative women out there whose voices are like fingernails on a blackboard? I'm just wondering you understand as all the women commentators on NPR have voices that are as velvety as the whiskey we sometimes share.
Meanwhile, for assassination w/ a camera, check out the front page of the Rocky Mountain News today, 8.30.06. There are 4 photos of Mary Lacy, each one designed to make her look foolish. This happens often to the president and even though I think he's foolish, I do not approve of picking through the film and showing people at their worst, unless of course you are dealing w/ someone w/ no redeeming characteristics like Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, the late and unlamented Abu Musab al Zarqawi, Hassan Nasrullah, and just so you don't think I am playing the race card, Hugo Chavez, Kim Jung Il, or Robert Mugabe.
Regards,
T
# posted by 
: 9:40 AM
: 9:40 AM
In one of the books Neal Stephenson co-wrote under a pseudonym some political experts are watching a soundless feed of a debate or something like it by two opposing candidates and the experts know just from how one guy looks that he's lost. After that passage, I noticed the incidence of bad photos in the papers and bad tape on the TV. Thank God the old media stranglehold is over. Kathleen Turner is a liberal, so is Ms. Jefford. I can't tell with Black.
"...are there any conservative women out there whose voices are like fingernails on a blackboard?"
Laura Ingraham, definitely. It's not just the voice itself, but the phrasing and intonation.
Laura Ingraham, definitely. It's not just the voice itself, but the phrasing and intonation.
I like Laura (most of the time) and if her voice has any flaws, I'll put up with it to hear the good new music she plays constantly. But that was not a stretch on your part.
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