Where would you put Eddie Vedder on a list of Top 20 Rock Lead Vocalists?

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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,679
    If that lists refers to vocals only, it is WAY off. If it refers to frontmen, then yes, i would put ed in the top 5. Plant is #1 either way. Young shouldnt be on either list.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,679
    And where is axl rose? Or scott weiland?
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  • danny
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,754
    paulonious said:

    If that lists refers to vocals only, it is WAY off. If it refers to frontmen, then yes, i would put ed in the top 5. Plant is #1 either way. Young shouldnt be on either list.

    I actually laughed when I saw Neil's name on there, and I'm a HUGE fan.
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,679
    PJ_Soul said:

    paulonious said:

    If that lists refers to vocals only, it is WAY off. If it refers to frontmen, then yes, i would put ed in the top 5. Plant is #1 either way. Young shouldnt be on either list.

    I actually laughed when I saw Neil's name on there, and I'm a HUGE fan.
    He is like bob dylan to me. Great songs....when sung by eddie vedder. Lol

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,754
    edited March 2015
    paulonious said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    paulonious said:

    If that lists refers to vocals only, it is WAY off. If it refers to frontmen, then yes, i would put ed in the top 5. Plant is #1 either way. Young shouldnt be on either list.

    I actually laughed when I saw Neil's name on there, and I'm a HUGE fan.
    He is like bob dylan to me. Great songs....when sung by eddie vedder. Lol

    Oh my. I'll have to back away from this conversation before I get weirdly defensive on behalf of Neil Young and Bob Dylan. :lol:
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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,679
    Lol
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    They have Neil Young at #10 for vocals???????

    Neil is a great songwriter and I like his work, but singing is in no way his strength.

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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,754
    Jason P said:

    They have Neil Young at #10 for vocals???????

    Neil is a great songwriter and I like his work, but singing is in no way his strength.

    Well it is one of his main strengths iMO - his voice is a large part of what makes his music so amazing. But his vocal sound is just too weird to be on a list like this.
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  • Jason P
    Jason P Posts: 19,327
    They have McCready at #19 in rock guitarists

    1. Jimi Hendrix
    2. Duane Allman
    3. Eric Clapton
    4. Jimmy Page
    5. Jerry Garcia
    6. Dickey Betts
    7. Stevie Ray Vaughan
    8. Jeff Beck
    9. Carlos Santana
    10. Ritchie Blackmore
    11. David Gilmour
    12. KIrk Hammett
    13. John Frusciante
    14. Keith Richards
    15. Tony Iommi
    16. Steve Howe
    17. Dimebag Darrell
    18. Mark Knopfler
    19. Mike McCready
    20. Pete Townshend
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  • ItIsAllAboutPJ
    ItIsAllAboutPJ S.B., CA Posts: 829
    pdalowsky said:

    im quite happy to see him at #2

    Agree.....
    I'm actually very surprised with the list, I respect all those vocalists and most of them never get any props. Yeah for the list! :)
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Jason P said:

    They have McCready at #19 in rock guitarists

    1. Jimi Hendrix
    2. Duane Allman
    3. Eric Clapton
    4. Jimmy Page
    5. Jerry Garcia
    6. Dickey Betts
    7. Stevie Ray Vaughan
    8. Jeff Beck
    9. Carlos Santana
    10. Ritchie Blackmore
    11. David Gilmour
    12. KIrk Hammett
    13. John Frusciante
    14. Keith Richards
    15. Tony Iommi
    16. Steve Howe
    17. Dimebag Darrell
    18. Mark Knopfler
    19. Mike McCready
    20. Pete Townshend

    Obviously click bait. Every other guitarist there is massively influential and/or the driving force in their respective bands.
  • i_lov_it
    i_lov_it Perth, Western Australia Posts: 4,007
    Well IMO Ed is up there as one of the best.
  • Plapier
    Plapier Upstate NY Posts: 2
    Freddie Mercury
    Robert Plant
    Mick Jagger
    Elvis Presley
    Janis Joplin
    Joe Cocker
    Ed
    Kurt Cobain
    Chris Cornell
    Grace Slick
    Bono
    John Lennon
    Roger Daltry
    Neil Young
    Bob Dylan
    Axl Rose (I know he can be a jerk but the dude could sing back in the day.)
    Little Richard
    Chuck Berry
    Buddy Holly
    James Hetfield

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    I would put Ed as the best frontman of all time.  Would be a tight race though with Bono and Bruce.  I think Ed makes a better connection with the crowd.  
  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,876
    edited January 2024
    I would say Ed would be top 5 easy, with mucho consideration for No 1. Everyone knows his voice, how many lead singers made money imitating? Too many (looking at you lead singer of Creed)
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  • Foriginal Sin
    Foriginal Sin Scottsdale, AZ Posts: 1,876
    DewieCox said:
    They have McCready at #19 in rock guitarists 1. Jimi Hendrix 2. Duane Allman 3. Eric Clapton 4. Jimmy Page 5. Jerry Garcia 6. Dickey Betts 7. Stevie Ray Vaughan 8. Jeff Beck 9. Carlos Santana 10. Ritchie Blackmore 11. David Gilmour 12. KIrk Hammett 13. John Frusciante 14. Keith Richards 15. Tony Iommi 16. Steve Howe 17. Dimebag Darrell 18. Mark Knopfler 19. Mike McCready 20. Pete Townshend
    Obviously click bait. Every other guitarist there is massively influential and/or the driving force in their respective bands.
    Are you saying Mike doesn’t deserve to be on that list? I personally think Mike is extremely underrated because of Ed (not Ed’s fault). Mike is a fucking amazing guitar player, if you think he only knows PJ songs you are very very mistaken. Dude creates music 
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,758
    2-feign-reluctance said:
    Numero uno


  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    edited January 2024
    Top five for me. 
    1. Cornell
    2. Mercury 
    3. Plant
    4. Vedder
    5. Lennon
    6. Daltrey
    7. Patton
    8. Stayley
    9. Morrison
    10. Cobain

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  • JT167846
    JT167846 Posts: 996
    edited January 2024
    Maynard James Keenan and Scott Weiland deserve a little bit more love in my opinion. So versatile and Maynard's lungs are among the best in the business (army and cross country training paid off).

    I think if you looked solely at baritones Ed would be right at the top. So many people tried to do the same in the wake of Ten, some sounded good but never had the impact Ed did for me.

    Weiland wasn't one of the Ed wannabes. Mighty Joe Young was doing their thing with a lot of Core songs before PJ formed. And Tiny Music should have disspelled any myths.

    Cobain and Lennon are in similar boats for me too. Such beautiful and accessible voices which played huge parts in making their bands what they are-just guess they didn't perform the vocal acrobatics Cornell Halford et al did in the eyes of a lot of people.
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