Rolling Stone: Top 100 Singers of All Time

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  • elmer
    elmer Posts: 1,683
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    To understand Bob Dylan's impact as a singer, you have to imagine a world without Tom Waits, Bruce Springsteen, Eddie Vedder, Kurt Cobain, Lucinda Williams or any other vocalist with a cracked voice, dirt-bowl yelp or bluesy street howl. It is a vast list, but so were the influences on Dylan,
    not to mention forgot Hoottie & The Blowfish :)
    Bono loves his spiel aye, the fucker can't stay out of anything! I know not how accurate he is (Cobain?) but I've heard similar eulogies about the Sex Pistols, course, I'm wouldn't for one second compare their musical legacy -if you'd call it that- to Dylan.

    List shoulda been retitled as Favourite or Influential Singers.
  • Dismantle The Sun
    Dismantle The Sun Posts: 139
    walrus wrote:
    HERE is the entire list with comments about each singer

    this is how Maynard James Keenan voted


    Actually what had happened to him in the list. He has a lovely voice.
    But whoever or whatever votes, no one will agree with Rolling Stone.

    I would have voted MJ Keenan high on the list, along with Eddie and people from the band Gomez. Peter Gabriel would be there too.
    I like Frankie Valli and glad he managed to scrape in.
    I don't know if anyone heard Victor Krummenacher singer, but that guy can sing the telephone directory and still have you in tears.
    Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun - W.H. Auden
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    It's as if they couldn't distinguish the difference between "songwriter" and "singer". Dylan and Lennon certainly would make a song-writer list, but they should NOT be on a singer list if Ed is not. :p
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  • K.LO
    K.LO Posts: 163
    Depends on what they meet by great singer. Some might consider Aretha Franklin or Whitney Houston the best singers, whereas others might choose someone like Bob Dylan or David Bowie. It depends if you're looking for more emotion, more technical talent, or a mixture of both.
  • PJGARDEN
    PJGARDEN Posts: 1,484
    K.LO wrote:
    Depends on what they meet by great singer. Some might consider Aretha Franklin or Whitney Houston the best singers, whereas others might choose someone like Bob Dylan or David Bowie. It depends if you're looking for more emotion, more technical talent, or a mixture of both.

    The RS list was compiled from a fairly lengthy list of artist and others in the music industry asking who their favorite singers were. Not the best singers. Makes a BIG difference IMO..

    Here is the list of voters and methodology.
    http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/24161972/page/101
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    whats with all the folks voting for themselves???
    weak
  • lalalalaaaaaaaa
    lalalalaaaaaaaa Posts: 2,445
    walrus wrote:
    HERE is the entire list with comments about each singer

    this is how Maynard James Keenan voted
    lol...not surprising!
  • Gonzo1977
    Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    Why Rolling Stone would hold any merit or credability towards the opinions of any of these worthless shit eating scumbags is beyond me.

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  • Rock Fossil
    Rock Fossil Posts: 47
    If you read who developed the methodology for processing the votes you will find that it was Ernst & Young. Perhaps they should stick with being accountants, although given the state of the economy the methodologies that are being employed in that field aren't working out too well either.

    I have been a Bob and Neil fan for over 30 years and would have them top in a singer/songwriter list every time. However on a list of vocalists I would have Eddie Vedder ahead of both of them.

    I can't argue with Aretha at the top and don't begrudge Cobain his spot, but generally this list is a joke and those who have voted must have been confused as to what they were voting for. It just bounces between the sublime and the ridiculous all the way down.
    Now I'm livin' out here on the beach,
    but those seagulls are still out of reach.
  • AlBorland
    AlBorland Posts: 117
    no love for the greatest smokey baritone in the land? stuart staples needs to be on the list.
    Skeletons ain't got nowhere to stick their money.

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