Fav/best vocalist

[JamesHunt]

OK, so we had the best drummer/lead/bass threads, so now we need to add vocals. If you was a member of a band with the best instrumentalists, who would you want singing their heart out up front :?:

[rockabilly]

1. Chris Cornell
2. Rob Halford
3. Hope Sandoval

Those are my picks.

[Trans Mission]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XQ7p623CBvI

Macabre lyrics, talented musicians and twenty years old. Talent trumps faux, manufactured crap.

How is this guy a vocal virtuoso? He did the sound effects for "I Am Legend."
Seriously, the lion sound effects for that movie were produced by the uber-cool, Patton.

Hear it and weep, folks!

This is a great song for Karaoke nite.

[JamesHunt]

Ian Fraser Kilmister

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9e5cqe_JE0Q

[giovanni_hotel]

Chris Cornell.

Sings like he grew singing in a Black Southern Baptist gospel choir.

[Peacetalks]

.....

[TylerDurden68]

Freddie Mercury

[TylerDurden68]

Freddie Mercury

[cookiepuss]

Klaus Nomi

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuSrsGzhD9U

[farang]

Joe Strummer or Joey Ramone or if it were a bird it would have to be Deborah Harry.

[cookiepuss]

Rob Halford

Chris Cornell

Ronnie James Dio

Lemmy Kilmsiter

Shane Macgowan

Joey Ramone

Jello Biafra

[BellaBellucci]

eddie vedder and adam duritz of counting crows.

also, co-sign on chris cornell.

~BB~

[Trans Mission]

Wow, Chris Cornell was my initial nominee but felt he was too mainstream. Great to see others appreciating this belter O' music.

Another eligible candidate is Geoff Tate of Queensryche. Guy can belt one out! "Jet City Woman" does him vocal justice. As evidenced by.....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1c8UdpiF_T8

[DJ_Asia]

Freddy Mercury
Geoff Tate
Ian Gillan

[Dirky]

Guys ~

Iggy Pop
Nick Cave
John Lydon
Curtis Mayfield
Lou Reed
Eddie Kendricks (The Temptations)
Marvin Gaye
Stiv Bators
Lemmy
Genesis P-Orridge

Gals~

Francoise Hardy
Marriane Faithfull
Nico
PJ Harvey
Ronnie Spector
Holly Golightly
Genesis P-Orrdige

[TsJANIRA]

LOVES....HOPE SANDOVAL (((( HALAH & INTO DUST ARE MY FAVES))))



Apart from her i also love,, Sade, Nina simone, and Nina Pastori

[SarahG]

My top 5 would be, in no particular order;

Susan Ballion
Sonya Scarlet
Petr Štěpán
Monica Richards
Liv Kristine

But the hard part comes in deciding whether to pick vocalists who are really talented, talented but working in bands whose direction I can't stand. To use a "for instance," if Mozart were brought back to life, he'd still be abnormally talented, but if he were performing something I can't stand (like say he was doing nothing but writing house music), I'd probably gloss over picking him as a composer. There are probably a wealth of numetal, country, and r&b vocalists who I would think to consider, if they were doing music closer to what I like instead of what they are doing now.

I am guessing if we were picking vocalists we would have control over what they're singing, how they're singing, what the genre is- so this suddenly becomes much harder. In that case it would be tempting to list Sharon Adel, Tarja Turunen, Simone Simons, Serj Tankian, Dero Goi- artists who normally I can only stand in small dosages because of the stuff they perform currently. To put it another way, if Tina Root had only ever made music that sounded like her one solo album, I doubt I would even know who she is.

[farang]

My favourite is Susan Boils.

[Willie Escalade]

Freddie Mercury
I'm with you on that. Steven Tyler as well.

Lou Rawls and Donny Hathaway had two of the best voices ever placed on wax IMHO. Luther and Barry had some pipes as well.

[cookiepuss]

As Dirky mentioned, I'd add Iggy and Johnny Lydon as well. Really like PIL.

And I'll and Prince to the list as well as Mike Ness. (great combo huh?) Mike Ness is as true as he was when he was 16!!!

My all time favorite guitarist/singer, hands down Robert Johnson! Those scratchy recordings just add to the eerie words and picking! Just my opinion!


And yes, Elvis had talent but ripped off the other locals.

[cookiepuss]

Art Garfunkel "For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her"

and where paired with Paul Simon, the two sound as one!!!

Gordon Lightfoot, not just because of "The Wreck..."

Leon Russell!

[DD Philly]

Freddy Mercury
Geoff Tate
Ian Gillan
Wow DJ Asia, you named two of my all-time favs, Freddie & Ian Gillan. You have to listen to Freddie's body of work to really appreciate him and as far as Ian Gillan, Deep Purple's Made in Japan is still one of the best live performances I've ever heard. Not to mention Jesus Christ Superstar.

On the soul side, Marvin Gaye and Levi Stubbs stand out as a couple favs.

[fred41]

Surpirsed no one said Ozzy Osbourne...not one of the best vocals in the world, but that voice is memorable....early Sabbath rocked. Blast "Children of the Grave" a couple of times..that shit never gets old.

[fred41]

...Paul Rodgers was pretty good too..come to think of it.

[franks]

David Ruffin
Marvin Junior from the Dells

[blakpadi]

Big Mama Thorton/Big Maybelle/Jackie Wilson/Sam Cooke...there are many from the European school and classically trained with great pipes but for me if theres a church background involved it's got soul.

[bte]

1: Uffe Nylin
2: Dax Riggs
3: Christopher Hall

[lupinIII]

Our good esteemed un-gentleman. Nick Cave.

http://www.music-atlas.com/images/nick_cave_1.jpg

[irvin66]

Bruce Dickinson

Rob Halford

James Hetfield

Hank von Helvete! :rock2
Is some examples.

[bassman2546]

This is a more interesting category because it depends on what you classify as best. Style, quality, type, reputation? I go by quality rather than the band they play in. Thereforre, I wouldn't be voting for the legendary Freddie Mercury because I don't think he has the best voice. So, that being said, here are my picks.

Guys:

Chris Cornell (unique and absolutely amazing)
Brad Delp (the 4 octave man left us too soon)

Girls:

Ann Wilson (Listen to Dreamboat Annie)

[Coroner]

Hm, I´m not paying attention to the vocals but here are a few:

John Arch (Fates Warning)
Rob Rock
Rob Halford
Gino Vannelli
James Rivera

[Nicole Dupre]

LOVES....HOPE SANDOVAL (((( HALAH & INTO DUST ARE MY FAVES))))



Apart from her i also love,, Sade, Nina simone, and Nina Pastori

LOVE Sade, and the rest too.