Most talented vocalist of our time?

reversedarwinism

Joe2TheRevenge wrote:

Such as?

Not for you is a great recording of his voice.

Ed Ved's voice is so easy for anyone to recognize. I listen to PJ, so people around me hear it mixed in with everything else. People who are not fans at all say, "He has a beautiful voice". And that is what Ed has. Its is very distinct and just beautiful sounding. Once you get into PJ you hear the way he chooses to use his voice. The words are second to the sound he makes and he does it his own way. (something that is missing from most of today's rock music). I honestly don't think any band has ever, ever been better at covering songs and 90% of that is because he has such great voice for singing fucking anything.

In terms of talented vocalist: YES for Vedder, definately with Cornell and others; because that includes more than range and ability

In terms of best singer overall: Cornell, I've never heard anyone better. And its the ability, the range, the choice of vocal melodies, the whole package.

pjoasisrule

Joe2TheRevenge wrote:

i get that this is a PJ bulletin board, but seriously....

Ed Vedder is NOT a good singer at all. At all. Not even close.

Whether it was the early records with the fake baritone (ok, he has a deep voice, but he totally overextended it ala Scott Stapp when he was young) to the fact that now he is older he is mumbly, whiney, and nasal....

Not good. i love pearl jam, but Ed's voice is pretty much never anything better than "good". Never great, never exceptional.

I have no idea why you listen to PJ. Eddie has amazing vocals, easily one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Seriously, get off this forum and go to the Chris Cornell forum. I would take Eddies deep voice over Chris Cornells screeching vocals any day. Listen to the vocals on Release, In Hiding, and Setting Forth and say that again, if you agree with what you said......you are deaf.

By the way, here are my favorites
Richard Ashcroft
Eddie Vedder
Jim Morrison

facepollution

I think Nothingman is a great showcase of Ed's voice, no over-singing, just pure and heartfelt.

muppet

pjoasisrule wrote:

I have no idea why you listen to PJ. Eddie has amazing vocals, easily one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Seriously, get off this forum and go to the Chris Cornell forum. I would take Eddies deep voice over Chris Cornells screeching vocals any day. Listen to the vocals on Release, In Hiding, and Setting Forth and say that again, if you agree with what you said......you are deaf.

By the way, here are my favorites
Richard Ashcroft
Eddie Vedder
Jim Morrison

Eddie Vedder isn't the only member of Pearl Jam. I think he's got a good voice but it isn't exactly the best. Different tastes for different people.

DCGARDEN

Shannon Hoon had an amazing voice. I prefer the singers who you can clearly identify the second you hear them. Eddie alone, for spawning so many imitators should be acknowledged. I think Axl has one of the coolest voices in rock history. I love Plant, Cornell, and Roger Waters may one of my favorites, if not my favorite.

dirtyT

sanjia

in_hiding79

Steve Perry!!!

In our time...Cornell, Eddie Vedder and Shannon Hoon as mentioned above was great!!

josevolution

well if you go by word pronouciation and clarity voices ...

ian anderson jethro tull

jon anderson ...yes

come to mind .....

soclose

I guess I'd have to vote for Jeff Buckley. I'm not a huge fan, but he was certainly impressive.

I seem to prefer singers with terrible yet memorable voices. I'll take character over technique any day.

ladygooddiva

Chris Cornell

reznors edge

It doesn't get any better than Maynard Keenan. Don't even try to put Eddie in the same league as him, please. It's no accident that his services have always been in such high demand with guys like RATM, Deftones and Trent Reznor.

BTW, Jim Morrison is one of the most overrated and terrible vocalists of all time. I blame him too for Scott Stapp.

DiRtyFranK38

chris cornell for dynamic
eddie vedder for personal favorite
layne staley for uniqueness

pjoasisrule

muppet wrote:

Eddie Vedder isn't the only member of Pearl Jam. I think he's got a good voice but it isn't exactly the best. Different tastes for different people.

The vocals are almost key to liking any band, I cant think of enjoying a band enough to join a forum if I dont even like their singer.

pjoasisrule

in_hiding79 wrote:

Steve Perry!!!

In our time...Cornell, Eddie Vedder and Shannon Hoon as mentioned above was great!!

I forgot about Steve Perry, he has a killer voice whether you like their music or not.

Jeremy1012

The three most talented mainstream vocalists since the late 80s are Jeff Buckley, Chris Cornell and Mike Patton. No doubt in my mind.

Not my favourites mind, except Buckley who is up there.

jamie uk

If by last 20 years or so, we can mean 20-40...then it's Robert Plant all the way.

redmosquito10

i'll throw freddy mercury up there also in addition to a lot of the others already mentioned.

DOSW

pjoasisrule wrote:

I have no idea why you listen to PJ. Eddie has amazing vocals, easily one of my favorite vocalists of all time. Seriously, get off this forum and go to the Chris Cornell forum. I would take Eddies deep voice over Chris Cornells screeching vocals any day. Listen to the vocals on Release, In Hiding, and Setting Forth and say that again, if you agree with what you said......you are deaf.

By the way, here are my favorites
Richard Ashcroft
Eddie Vedder
Jim Morrison

I think Ed has a great voice, it's just that early "yarl" thing he did in songs like Jeremy which is pretty bad. It's weird, because I used to love it, but now I think it's really weak.

Schoki

Just to judge it by voice and range not by music

Whitney Houston
Mariah Carey

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Easy...Bjork.

Patton is the only one even remotely close to her. Her vocal chords are from Pluto or something.