Top 20 Favorite Vocalists

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  • Yefa
    Yefa Posts: 1,134
    Neil Young
    Aretha Franklin
    Frank Sinatra
    Diamanda Galas
    Ronnie James Dio
    Eddie Vedder
    George Jones
    Dinah Washington
    Dax Riggs
    Marvin Gaye
    Hank Williams
    Billie Holiday
    Ian Curtis
    Mikael Akerfeldt
    Eddie Hinton
    Thalia Zedek
    Prince
    Bruce Dickinson
    Sandy Denny
    Emmylou Harris
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  • sj.brodie
    sj.brodie Posts: 468
    craigb wrote:
    1. Eddie Vedder
    2. Chris Robinson
    3. Robert Plant
    4. Neil Young
    5. Stephen Stills
    6. J Mascis
    7. Julian Casablancas
    8. Liam Gallagher
    9. Paul McCartney
    10. Stephen Malkmus
    11. Raine Maida
    12. Alison Krauss
    13. Jack Bruce
    14. Layne Staley
    15. Jerry Cantrell
    16. Nic Cester
    17. Steve Winwood
    18. Thurston Moore
    19. Kurt Cobain
    20. Keith Relf

    Definitely agree with Alison Krauss. I'd probably have her higher on the list. A show of her's has surfaced on Zomb Torrents!

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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    No particular order

    eddie vedder- pearl jam
    neil young-csny, buffalo springfield, solo/w/crazy horse
    chris cornel- soundgarden, audioslave, solo
    issac brock-modest mouse, ugly cassanova
    jeff tweedy- wilco, uncle tupelo
    josh homme- QOTSA (guitarist in kyuss)
    mark lanegan- screaming trees, solo, twighlight singers, qotsa and many others
    jim morrison-doors
    j mascis- solo and dinosaur jr
    ryan adams- whiskeytown and solo

    Those are probably my 10 favs taking into account singing and lyrics I might as well throw bob dylan on there too.
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  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Kinda surprised nobody's mentioned Sebastian Bach...he's got some insane pipes...gotta respect even if you hate hair metal!
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  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    Off the top of my head (I'm probably missing some other of my faves):

    1. David Bowie
    2. Layne Staley
    3. Ben Harper
    4. Chris Cornell
    5. Eddie Vedder
    6. Roger Daltrey
    7. Shannon Hoon
    8. Chino Moreno
    9. James Hetfield
    10. Trent Reznor
    11. Bruce Dickinson
    12. Geddy Lee
    13. Jerry Cantrell
    14. Axl Rose
    15. Saul Williams
    16. Maynard James Keenan
    17. Zach De La Rocha
    18. Scott Weiland
    19. Robert Plant
    20. Wyclef Jean

    Edited to include BEN HARPER (how could I forget him?)
  • drlovemonkey
    drlovemonkey Posts: 394
    1. Eddie Vedder
    2. Ann Wilson
    3. Robert Plant
    4. Jim Morrison
    5. Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
    6. Shannon Hoon
    7. Chris Robinson
    8. Phil Anselmo (Pantera, Down)
    9. Ed Kowalczyk (Live)
    10. Jerry Cantrell
    11. Kevin Martin (Candlebox)
    12. Raine Maida (Our Lady Peace)
    13. Bradley Nowell
    14. Dolores O'Riordan (The Cranberries)
    15. Kurt Cobain
    16. Eric Burden
    17. Layne Staley
    18. Maynard Keenan
    19. James Hetfield
    20. Jeff Keith (Tesla)
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,101
    Kermit has a great voice :lol:
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    Lifted wrote:
    in the spirit of all the lists we've been doing, i figured this could be a cool one. your top 20 favorite vocalists of all time. without much thought, (not much needed) here's mine..

    1. Bob Dylan
    2. Conor Oberst (Bright Eyes)
    3. Jim James (My Morning Jacket)
    4. Neko Case
    5. David Crosby (The Byrds, CSNY)
    6. John Lennon (Beatles)
    7. Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
    8. Jerry Garcia (Grateful Dead)
    9. Michael Jackson
    10. Win Butler (Arcade Fire)
    11. Lauryn Hill (Fugees)
    12. Jeff Tweedy (Wilco)
    13. Paul McCartney (Beatles)
    14. Bonnie Raitt
    15. Marvin Gaye
    16. Ray Charles
    17. Etta James
    18. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
    19. Kevin Drew (Broken Social Scene)
    20. Erykah Badu

    Edit: let's try and note where they're from if neccessary. i've never heard of some of these people. i think most of mine are pretty obvious, but ya never know.

    funny what a difference a year makes. this is a nice list, but i think i would edit it quite a bit if i were to re-do it right now.
  • samjam
    samjam New York Posts: 9,283
    Cool thread, this is pretty tough!! In no particular order:

    1. Eddie Vedder
    2. Paul McCartney
    3. Paul Simon
    4. James Taylor
    5. Chris Cornell
    6. Dave Matthews
    7. Michael Stipe
    8. Marvin Gaye
    9. Adele
    10. Neil Young
    11. Ben Harper
    12. Jack Johnson
    13. David Gilmour
    14. Jeff Tweedy
    15. Chris Robinson
    16. Adam Duritz
    17. John Mayer
    18. Robert Plant
    19. Layne Staley
    20. Stevie Wonder
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