Vocalists
A list of the 5 best and 5 worst male vocalists, not ranked in any particular order
5 Best Male Vocalists
1. Eddie Vedder: Never felt like their music was all that groundbreaking, but he really had an amazing voice.2. Roger Daltry: How does a singer match up with a windmill strumming guitarist and the smashing of instruments? That's right. By swinging the mic around. And don't tell me you haven't been tempted to do the same while kareoking. You just didn't have the guts that Daltry did.
3. Old Johnny Cash: I know EMHO hated redemption song, but I could have listened to just about any cover that guy sang during his last 10 years. He even made reggae listenable.
4. Jimmy Page: Never the hugest Led Zeppelin Fan (although I wouldn't go so far to call them overrated like Mr. Controversy Petrovich), but he did influence a type of singing that fueled a generation of glam-metal bands.
5. Marvin Gaye: Particularly his earlier less-R + B songs
5 Worst Male Vocalists
1. The lead singer of Rush: Don't mean to obsess on this band, but I really can't stand the singer.2. The lead singer of Midnight Oil: His warbling kind of scares me
3. Bruce Willis: Return of the Bruno my ass!
4 and 5 David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar: Cheesey and creepy at the same time. Both of them.
posted by chuckdaddy2000 at 6:49 pm
13 Comments:
Thank you for sticking up for me sweetie. You're a modern day warrior with mean mean pride. I agree with you on Roger Daltry too, he sucks as a singer and has bad hair.
Love Geddy
I have to side with Petrovich on this. CDX, this is list is simply odd...I would like to know what set of criteria you used to arrive at this list? I wouldn't even know where to begin.
Al Jolson was a mean mofo in his day. And no one hits the high notes like Michael Bolton...
Tough crowd today. My criteria? 5 vocalists that were great. That could mean great voice (Eddie Vedder, Marvin Gaye), "distinctive voice" (Johnny Cash), or groundbreaking (Roger Daltry and, oops, Robert Plant). Like a hall of fame for vocalists.
I guess I should have been more specific or kept it to one of the above determinants. Just trying to get a discussion going...
But still Eddie Vedder? I would argue that Ray Charles or Roy Orbison kicked EV's ass. Plus EV was such a megalomaniac. Okay I can't separate his velvet tones from his personality and releasing that horrible Jeremy song.
What about Bowie?
Here's a list that's even worse than CDX's http://rateyourmusic.com/list/TheWestWind/greatest_male_vocalists_ever/
Chuckdaddy,
As somebody once sang, 'all my favorite singers couldn't sing'....
OK - here's for "worst" singers: how about Bob Dylan. Sure, no one can write a song like Bob, but his voice is little better than nails on a chalkboard. Ditto for Leonard Cohen?
How about decent female singers? I guess if you don't have some cajones you can't cut it? Can only males sing? What about -
Janis Joplin
Laetitia Sadier
Best male singer -
Nusret Fatah Ali Khan
Unless you count that guy from Queensryche, he some powerful pipes, or so I've heard.
Wow, looks like Clusterfuck-the-Daddy Day... so I'll jump right in. Chuck, your list is whacked.
Here's my eight cents worth:
Dave Matthews -- Range, timbre, control: the man can sing. Not everyone is crazy about the material, of course....
David Byrne -- Easy to overlook in the brilliant Talking Heads quirkiness and in the last 15 years of solo pap is a gorgeous tenor.
Robert Pollard -- Not the most consistent musician who ever lived, but....
Chris Collingwood -- Fountains of Wayne have at least one crap song for every good one, but they do not lack for a lead singer.
Conor Oberst -- I would give my left nut to sing like that boy.
Pete Yorn -- ...although he hasn't done much with it.
The late Curt Cobain -- the voice of a fucking angel. On heroin.
and, just because I can:
Bono -- I know, I know. But fuck y'all, he's got amazing pipes.
Over.
David Lee Roth was the clown prince of rock and roll. I miss him still.
After some critical listening last night and this morning, I'm gonna stand firmly by Dave Matthews. I'm backing way off on Pete Yorn, however.
I am willing to accept that perhaps my list was quickly and thoughtlessly made (fine, I'd heard a Pearl Jam song just the other day, he was fresh on my mind and Daltry- it was a joke. HA HA HA. A funny joke! Because he's not a good singer, but he swung the mic around. HA!), but now you guys are getting on me about assigning no women to the "Best Male Vocalist" categories? Fine. Here are my picks for the women.
1. EMHO's mom
2. Petrovich's ass
3. Michaels' Bitch Ass Ho
4. Nina Simone
5. Mariah Carey (you try to hit C above C above C above C above C)
Cyndi Lauper and Peaches? Yeah, great voices Petrovich, if your criteria is having an irritating whiny voice that is.
My Mom does belt out a mean, "A Mighty Fortress is Our God." You can catch her every Sunday at Trail Christian Fellowship.
I didn't think anybody knew about my bitch ass ho.
Why hasn't anyone mentioned "Craigeokie", I wonder? Where'd that guy go to anyhow? Is he still alive, or is he just a myth at this point?
OK Ok- that's all good and well, but isn't most interesting voice what's actually intersting?
1) Hank Sr.
2) Sinead O'Connor
3) Michael Gyra
4) Sting
5) Richard Butler
As for best vocalist, come on ya'll - be serious.
Otis Frikin' Redding! How amny time do I gotta gotta gotta na na nah!
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