Rolling Stone Readers Best Lead Singers #7

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  • gecko
    gecko Posts: 1,712
    You can always count on Rolling Stone - 100 greatest singers of all time:
    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-greatest-singers-of-all-time-19691231/aretha-franklin-19691231
  • robthepjfan
    robthepjfan Posts: 647
    wheres Scott Stapp on this list? kidding
  • SatansFuton
    SatansFuton Posts: 5,399
    robthepjfan wrote:
    wheres Scott Stapp on this list? kidding

    He's one spot above William Hung and one spot below that alien singer with the crazy looking lips that performed in Jabba's Palace.
    "See a broad to get dat booty yak 'em, leg 'er down, a smack 'em yak 'em!"
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,360
    The only three i never got see live are .

    Lennon
    Morrison
    Mercury

    I'm going with Plant ....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Tboz51
    Tboz51 Posts: 2,808
    ...and no Joe Cocker or Yoko Ono?

    This RS list was obviously fixed!

    :-)
    "Honesty will always be construed as negative to a dumbass"
    :-)
  • PilateOfTheStorm
    PilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    i mostly agree with the list

    Robert Plant is #1,no one can top him IMO
    Jim Morrison, Roger Daltry, Freddie Mercury, Mick Jagger - all great singers, great frontmen too
    Eddie completely deserves to be in the list, should be higher than Bono

    cool list
  • Cool Face Ryan
    Cool Face Ryan Posts: 1,254
    and the vid they use for Eddie is Alive from MSG night 2 2010. :thumbup:
    MSG II 5/21/10
    Tres Mts. Gramercy Theatre 3/26/11
    *formerly manutd3581
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,017
    manutd3581 wrote:
    Eddie Vedder at #7. Kurt Cobain at 10

    Nice to see things are finally starting to swing Eddie's way in this debate. It would have swung years ago if Kurt didn't kill himself.
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    I think Bono is a few spots to high up the list. He should be around where Ed is.

    You folks are hilarious. Love Eddie, but Bono, Jim Morrison and Plant are just about where they should be. I never really got the U2 hate around here. When it comes to selling out stadiums and keeping rock alive in the mainstream (face it, most people beyond are jamily don't even know PJ is still making music), Bono and his voice will always get my respect.
    My Pearl Jam Road: 10/22/90 Seattle | 12/22/90 Seattle, Moore Theater | 9/29/92 Seattle, Magnusson Park, Drop in the Park | 9/5/93 The Gorge, with Neil Young and Blind Melon | 7/20/06 Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with Sleater-Kinney | 7/22/06 The Gorge, 10/21/06 Mountain View, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Bridge School Benefit | 9/21/09 Seattle | 9/22/09 Seattle | 9/26/09 Portland, OR | 7/14/2011 Eddie Vedder, Portland, OR | 11/29/13 Portland, OR
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    I think Bono is a few spots to high up the list. He should be around where Ed is.

    You folks are hilarious. Love Eddie, but Bono, Jim Morrison and Plant are just about where they should be. I never really got the U2 hate around here. When it comes to selling out stadiums and keeping rock alive in the mainstream (face it, most people beyond are jamily don't even know PJ is still making music), Bono and his voice will always get my respect.


    because bono all of a sudden cares about africa when u2 is releasing a cd. i'm sure pearl jam would still be in the news if they hopped on the donating bandwagon before every album release.
    sadly, they do it 24/7 with no media coverage. stupid pearl jam.

    (edit: this sarcasm is in no way directed towards you. it's just my annoyance with the praise bono gets)
  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    I think Bono is a few spots to high up the list. He should be around where Ed is.

    You folks are hilarious. Love Eddie, but Bono, Jim Morrison and Plant are just about where they should be. I never really got the U2 hate around here. When it comes to selling out stadiums and keeping rock alive in the mainstream (face it, most people beyond are jamily don't even know PJ is still making music), Bono and his voice will always get my respect.


    because bono all of a sudden cares about africa when u2 is releasing a cd. i'm sure pearl jam would still be in the news if they hopped on the donating bandwagon before every album release.
    sadly, they do it 24/7 with no media coverage. stupid pearl jam.

    (edit: this sarcasm is in no way directed towards you. it's just my annoyance with the praise bono gets)

    Not very good sarcasm. In fact, for sarcasm to work, it has to be infused with irony that is based on some biting truth. Bono's work with Africa is hardly of the bandwagon variety. The man has been named Person of the Year by Time and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work to end poverty as we know it. Indeed, he is most active when U2 is on hiatus, not when they're promoting an album. Beyond the fact that he uses his celebrity to advance mankind and to speak for those without a voice (something that I admire in Pearl Jam as well), Bono's voice is iconic.
    My Pearl Jam Road: 10/22/90 Seattle | 12/22/90 Seattle, Moore Theater | 9/29/92 Seattle, Magnusson Park, Drop in the Park | 9/5/93 The Gorge, with Neil Young and Blind Melon | 7/20/06 Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with Sleater-Kinney | 7/22/06 The Gorge, 10/21/06 Mountain View, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Bridge School Benefit | 9/21/09 Seattle | 9/22/09 Seattle | 9/26/09 Portland, OR | 7/14/2011 Eddie Vedder, Portland, OR | 11/29/13 Portland, OR
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    Not very good sarcasm. In fact, for sarcasm to work, it has to be infused with irony that is based on some biting truth. Bono's work with Africa is hardly of the bandwagon variety. The man has been named Person of the Year by Time and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work to end poverty as we know it. Indeed, he is most active when U2 is on hiatus, not when they're promoting an album. Beyond the fact that he uses his celebrity to advance mankind and to speak for those without a voice (something that I admire in Pearl Jam as well), Bono's voice is iconic.

    good for him. he sleeps in his billion dollar mansion, wearing his million dollar sunglasses, and yet he has the balls to preach to the rest of the world about poverty? the guy is the ultimate hypocrite. but if time says he's the man of the year, i gotta believe it.
    and when i mentioned the sarcasm, i was talking about when i called pearl jam stupid for doing poverty work 24/7 with no media coverage... implying that if there was coverage they would be more popular (referring to your statement that most people outside of the pearl jam family don't know PJ is still making music). sorry it was over your head.
  • HailHailVitalogy
    HailHailVitalogy Posts: 6,049
    Folks, that video is WHY MSG IS THE GREATEST
    2003: Uniondale, MSG x2 | 2004: Reading | 2005: Gorge, Vancouver, Philly | 2006: East Rutherford x2, Gorge x2, Camden 1, Hartford | 2008: MSG x2, VA Beach | 2009: Philly x3 | 2010: MSG x2, Bristow | 2011: Alpine Valley x2 | 2012: MIA Philly | 2013: Wrigley, Charlottesville, Brooklyn 2 | 2014: Milan, Amsterdam 1 | 2016: MSG x2, Fenway x2, Wrigley 2 | 2018: Rome, Krakow, Berlin, Wrigley 2 | 2021: Sea Hear Now | 2022: San Diego, LA x2, MSG, Camden, Nashville, St. Louis, Denver | 2023: St. Paul 1, Chicago x2, Fort Worth x2, Austin 2 | 2024: Las Vegas 1, Seattle x2, Indy, MSG x2, Philly x2, Baltimore, Ohana 2 | 2025: Florida x2, Atlanta x2, Pittsburgh x2
  • bicyclejoe
    bicyclejoe USA Posts: 1,203
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    Not very good sarcasm. In fact, for sarcasm to work, it has to be infused with irony that is based on some biting truth. Bono's work with Africa is hardly of the bandwagon variety. The man has been named Person of the Year by Time and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work to end poverty as we know it. Indeed, he is most active when U2 is on hiatus, not when they're promoting an album. Beyond the fact that he uses his celebrity to advance mankind and to speak for those without a voice (something that I admire in Pearl Jam as well), Bono's voice is iconic.

    good for him. he sleeps in his billion dollar mansion, wearing his million dollar sunglasses, and yet he has the balls to preach to the rest of the world about poverty? the guy is the ultimate hypocrite. but if time says he's the man of the year, i gotta believe it.
    and when i mentioned the sarcasm, i was talking about when i called pearl jam stupid for doing poverty work 24/7 with no media coverage... implying that if there was coverage they would be more popular (referring to your statement that most people outside of the pearl jam family don't know PJ is still making music). sorry it was over your head.

    Sorry, I thought I was dealing with another adult on an Internet forum. It is just an internet forum. Apparently, I was mistaken.
    My Pearl Jam Road: 10/22/90 Seattle | 12/22/90 Seattle, Moore Theater | 9/29/92 Seattle, Magnusson Park, Drop in the Park | 9/5/93 The Gorge, with Neil Young and Blind Melon | 7/20/06 Portland, Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with Sleater-Kinney | 7/22/06 The Gorge, 10/21/06 Mountain View, Shoreline Ampitheatre, Bridge School Benefit | 9/21/09 Seattle | 9/22/09 Seattle | 9/26/09 Portland, OR | 7/14/2011 Eddie Vedder, Portland, OR | 11/29/13 Portland, OR
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    bicyclejoe wrote:
    Not very good sarcasm. In fact, for sarcasm to work, it has to be infused with irony that is based on some biting truth. Bono's work with Africa is hardly of the bandwagon variety. The man has been named Person of the Year by Time and has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize for his tireless work to end poverty as we know it. Indeed, he is most active when U2 is on hiatus, not when they're promoting an album. Beyond the fact that he uses his celebrity to advance mankind and to speak for those without a voice (something that I admire in Pearl Jam as well), Bono's voice is iconic.

    good for him. he sleeps in his billion dollar mansion, wearing his million dollar sunglasses, and yet he has the balls to preach to the rest of the world about poverty? the guy is the ultimate hypocrite. but if time says he's the man of the year, i gotta believe it.
    and when i mentioned the sarcasm, i was talking about when i called pearl jam stupid for doing poverty work 24/7 with no media coverage... implying that if there was coverage they would be more popular (referring to your statement that most people outside of the pearl jam family don't know PJ is still making music). sorry it was over your head.

    Sorry, I thought I was dealing with another adult on an Internet forum. It is just an internet forum. Apparently, I was mistaken.

    that's okay. pobody's nerfect.

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