Top Ten Vocalists of ALL TIME

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  • MapleTea
    MapleTea Posts: 50
    res perv wrote:
    dont be ignorant. give me someone better than mercury
    Vedder eats him for him for breakfast!
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  • Echoes
    Echoes Posts: 1,279
    MapleTea wrote:
    Vedder eats him for him for breakfast!


    nice try there
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  • swede
    swede Posts: 558
    res perv wrote:
    dont be ignorant. give me someone better than mercury

    to me - eddie vedder is better than mercury, actually - my entire list i think are better. i dont care what notes they are hitting if i dont like the sound as much.

    otherwise lets go get ourselves some opera singers to sing for us
  • Irish Robbie
    Irish Robbie Posts: 3
    I am going for people here who are vocally so talented, and distinct in their own way. In no particular order though first two are a bit biased.

    Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
    Eddie Vedder
    Amy Lee (Evanescence)
    Luciano Pavarotti
    Maynard James Keenan (a perfect circle)
    Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
    Annie Lennox
    Paul Stanley (Kiss)
    Chris Robinson (Black Crowes - He shone on his solo album New Earth Mud)
    Freddie Mercury
  • kdpjam
    kdpjam Posts: 2,303
    john
    paul
    george
    david bowie
    roger daltrey
    pete townshend
    eddie vedder
    jim morrison
    michael stipe
    robert smith
    bono
    morrissey
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  • Cannabis
    Cannabis Posts: 59
    OZZY OSBOURNE
    RONNIE VANZANT
    scott stapp
    axl rose
    brian johnson
    david draymon
    bret michaels
    james hetfield
    sully erna
    josh todd from the mighty Buckcherry
  • spnoone
    spnoone Posts: 633
    tom waits
    eddie vedder
    chris cornell
    mark lanegan
    axl rose
    thom yorke
    juliana hatfield
    perry farrell
    mick jagger
    shawn smith
  • Bradass
    Bradass Posts: 88
    Axl and Eddie
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  • satur9
    satur9 Posts: 10
    Men:
    Mike Patton
    Maynard James Keenan
    Freddie Mercury
    Robert Smith

    Women:
    Anneke Van Giersbergen (The Gathering)
    Beth Gibbons (Portishead)
    Elizabeth Fraser (Cocteau Twins)
    Bjork
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    http://digitaldreamdoor.com/forum1/viewtopic.php?t=2857&start=0

    Theres my list. I'm going to update it soon...
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    sadprofessor wrote:
    I love the fact that whenever someone makes a thread like this people inevitable post a bunch of people that in the grand scheme of rock music really don't matter at all and won't be remembered for shit, past like, I don't know, next week?

    Or people post singers who, while successful in the careers, quite honestly have god awful voices.

    I will leave it to you guys to figure out exactly what "vocalists" i am talking about.

    It's just people posting thier favorites. Maybe if it was, "Top 10 most important/greatest vocalists..." then it would be more accurate.
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    there is no way that u can say to me that im wrong or that my opinion sucks or anything to that effect since this is all purely subjective

    Of course it's subjective, because people are just posting thier FAVORITE vocalists. But, if anyone in here seriously thinks that Vedder is better (that, as in more skilled, talented..) than Mercury, then I probably wouldn't take them seriously either. No offense.
  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    res perv wrote:
    dont be ignorant. give me someone better than mercury

    The only one who comes close to Mercury is Jackie Wilson, and he might be better than Mercury...
  • swede
    swede Posts: 558
    JamnPearl wrote:
    Of course it's subjective, because people are just posting thier FAVORITE vocalists. But, if anyone in here seriously thinks that Vedder is better (that, as in more skilled, talented..) than Mercury, then I probably wouldn't take them seriously either. No offense.


    if u just want good singers or whatever - just get an opera singer and throw em in a rock band. they hit more notes than mercury i bet

    oh hold on - that doesnt work does it? so really - the best isnt very measureable.. is it?

    there can be no true definition of "best" in the music world by judging performances on albums, live performances - there would need to be some form of objective testing... how that is done? i have no idea...
  • swede
    swede Posts: 558
    JamnPearl wrote:
    The only one who comes close to Mercury is Jackie Wilson, and he might be better than Mercury...

    also did i see james labrie from dream theater on ur list? cause that guy can sing - he can do so many of the voices on ur list and he has his own style...

    just an interesting exclusion in my view

    but nehow - ur list, its subjective no matter how much u dont think ur list is
  • ladygooddiva
    ladygooddiva Posts: 4,169
    chris cornell
    andrew wood
    lhin straight
    Layne
    eddie vedder
    peter cornell
    aron lewis
    chino moreno
    justin sullivan
    gevin rosdalle
  • Squidge
    Squidge Posts: 145
    IMO, Annie lennox has a better voice than most of the lists here. Rock singers aren't the best vocalists...they scream well and can hit notes but when your talking best vocalist of all time..........Axl Rose, Eddie Vedder, James Hetfield (cummon....him? pfft) just don't cut the mustard.

    No order, just chicking them out there:

    1. Annie Lennox
    2. Elton John
    3. Tracy Chapman
    4. Freddie Mercury
    5. Sinatra (??)
    6. Celine Dion (Annoying but by God that girl can sing)
    7. Whitney Houston (Smacked down nowadays but back then? Pheww)
    8. Michael Jackson
    9. John Denver
    10...........................Can't think.........................
  • Jeremy1012
    Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Cannabis wrote:
    OZZY OSBOURNE
    RONNIE VANZANT
    scott stapp
    axl rose
    brian johnson
    david draymon
    bret michaels
    james hetfield
    sully erna
    josh todd from the mighty Buckcherry
    while i respect that it is your faves and you are entitled to your opinion, scott stapp is a third rate vedder rip-off and including him over eddie is ridiculous. its like rating godsmack over alice in chains.

    plus bret michaels is a posing knob-end but obviously this is all your opinion and i respect that :)
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  • JamnPearl
    JamnPearl Posts: 204
    swede wrote:
    if u just want good singers or whatever - just get an opera singer and throw em in a rock band. they hit more notes than mercury i bet

    oh hold on - that doesnt work does it? so really - the best isnt very measureable.. is it?

    there can be no true definition of "best" in the music world by judging performances on albums, live performances - there would need to be some form of objective testing... how that is done? i have no idea...

    Of course opera singers are the best...but we are talking about rock correct?? It can be judged objectivly...using things such as range, control, power, versatility, etc..
  • cookie5798
    cookie5798 Posts: 396
    Layne Staley
    Eddie Vedder
    Robert Plant
    Chris Cornell
    Axl Rose
    David Bowie
    Robert Smith
    Scott Weiland
    Mark Lanegan
    Perry Ferrell
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