baldynappa 0 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) Van Morrison by a country mile! Best of the rest: Paul Buchanan from the Blue Nile Brian and Carl Wilson from the Beach Boys Richard Manuel form The Band Marvin Gaye Dusty Springfield Richard Ashcroft The bloke out of Talk Talk Smokey Robinson Edit: Roy Orbison, Bruce Springsteen Edited December 4, 2007 by baldynappa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 90 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Van Morrison by a country mile! Best of the rest: Neil Buchanan from Art Attack and no. 73 Brian and Carl Wilson from the Beach Boys Richard Manuel form The Band Marvin Gaye Dusty Springfield Richard Ashcroft The bloke out of Talk Talk Smokey Robinson Edit: Roy Orbison, Bruce Springsteen FYP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14021 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Depends on what context? Physical ability or nice to hear? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Crikey. My favourite group is Free, so on that basis I'd say Paul Rodgers. Why restrict this to rock music though ? Does anyone have a case for classical singers, for instance ? There are many singers that aren't my cup of tea, but I would acknowledge they are great voaclists. Some of the Tamla Motown singers, especially Levi Stubbs and Diana Ross [which I also like], were simply brilliant too. I've not read the whole thread but Rodgers was my first thought too. I've seen him live too - makes the hair stand on your arms. Apologies if these are duplicated (I'm sure they must be by now) but here's a few who I think should be up there (not all of them are my taste, but they are clearly good): 1. Mercury (obviously) 2. Cocker 3. The guy from Hootie and the Blowfish 4. Jon Bon Jovi 5. When not being a dick, Axl Rose had a fair range on him and carried the power behind it 6. In his day, Rodger Daltry 7. Robert Plant It's easy to list a few who are very good, but for me Rodgers takes it. I think with Freddie you have to separate the fact he was such a showman and compare his vocals pound for pound against the others. He still fairs well like! As for female singers, none of the warbly ones should really be considered as despite their talents they blow it by warbling all over the place. Ask them to hold a single note for a sustained period of time. Now that's clever! Aretha Franklin managed to be good without warbling all over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maggiespaws 0 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Nat King Cole by a country mile. I don't often listen to him but is voice is absolutely fantastic.Dean Martin wasn't too shabby either, far superior to Sinatra. Yeah, I'd say they deserve a mention too. Agree with the sentiments of Martin over Sinatra too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) I've got a quality old vinyl album of Nat King Cole and Dean Martin singing Xmas songs. Absolutely class it is. Can't believe I forgot Marvin Gave and Smokey Robinson btw. Love Martha Reeves and Dionne Warwick too. Edited December 4, 2007 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James_coDurham Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) Serious. The song 'Run To You' by Whitney just proves her as having the best voice ever. Chorus=immense. Edited December 4, 2007 by James_coDurham Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Serious. The song 'Run To You' by Whitney just proves her as having the best voice ever. Chorus=immense. I used to like it (years ago now ) when Sasha used to layer acapella versions of her songs over house tracks. Her old pop stuff is canny. 'I Will Always Love You' did my head in though. Did you see James Blunt on Top Gear btw? Canny funny tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest James_coDurham Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Serious. The song 'Run To You' by Whitney just proves her as having the best voice ever. Chorus=immense. I used to like it (years ago now ) when Sasha used to layer acapella versions of her songs over house tracks. Her old pop stuff is canny. 'I Will Always Love You' did my head in though. Did you see James Blunt on Top Gear btw? Canny funny tbf. Aye, over-played syndrome that. I tend to avoid that song, as well as I wanna dance with somebody. Didn't see the top gear. His sense of humour or personality doesn't interest me anyway, I just like his music Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zico martin 90 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Serious. The song 'Run To You' by Whitney just proves her as having the best voice ever. Chorus=immense. I used to like it (years ago now ) when Sasha used to layer acapella versions of her songs over house tracks. Her old pop stuff is canny. 'I Will Always Love You' did my head in though. Did you see James Blunt on Top Gear btw? Canny funny tbf. Aye, over-played syndrome that. I tend to avoid that song, as well as I wanna dance with somebody. Didn't see the top gear. His sense of humour or personality doesn't interest me anyway, I just like his music shit I didn't realise he had either of those, better watch top gear which i recorded tonight now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luckyluke 2 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Tbf to Blunt, I watched Top Gear and he seemed fairly down to Earth and likeable. He also has a (speaking and singing) voice of a little girl. He admitted his songs are rubbish, which rather makes a mockery of Mr Co Durham's aggressive defence of them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15869 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 He admitted his songs are rubbish Self-defence - the first mechanism against the mockery of Bigger Boys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Hey you don't like Patrokles/Verlaine/Ben fine but don't go dishin' Elizabeth Fraser. Although to be fair, he does deserve a little poke for daring to mention Marissa Nadler in a list of all-time greats. Nice girl, lovely voice, but howay now. Cheeky sod! Don't forget how you even know who she is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 (edited) Also, Martin! all fairly noteworthy vocalists, some of whom could lay claim to 'best ever,' but that's really way too subjective to call. A couple are only really good because their voices just work with the lyrics and music. But most have fantastic voices. Edited December 4, 2007 by Patrokles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15869 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Fair enough. I may have stopped reading your post halfway through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I may have stopped reading your post halfway through. Noooooooooo??? There is an unlikely event on a message board! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Patrokles Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Fair enough. I may have stopped reading your post halfway through. Expected better from you, tbh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Meenzer 15869 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Fair enough. I may have stopped reading your post halfway through. Expected better from you, tbh. Well, the thread's called "greatest vocalist of all time". I suggested two, others have gone for several, but there's a limit to how much the brain can take in of a long list of names. And yes, I know you ultimately didn't claim they were all in line for the title, but you know what I mean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus 0 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Mike Patton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sammynb 3640 Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Mike Patton Read the thread old man! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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