A new poll by Rolling Stone magazine dethrones Elvis Presley as the king by ranking him Number 3 on the list of all-time greatest Rock 'n' Roll singers.
See who made Number 1 and Number 2. Do you agree, or are there others on the list (or not on the list) who deserve the Number 1 and 2 positions?
http://music.yahoo.c...d/news/61852568
Best Rock 'n' Roll Singer
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Stephanie Nix
, Nov 12 2008 02:11 PM
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:15 PM
Elvis will always be number one. David Bowie, Lou Reed and Iggy Pop should be in the top 10.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:18 PM
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:19 PM
best singer??
in terms of what..pure vocal talent..
if so, iggy pop certainly doesnt make the list..
does entertainment value weigh in?
are there some metrics on this?
neil young is a favorite of mine, but he's not a great singer..
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:21 PM
links bad
agreed..comes off like a street-teamer for yahoo
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 02:59 PM
best singer??
in terms of what..pure vocal talent..
if so, iggy pop certainly doesnt make the list..
does entertainment value weigh in?
are there some metrics on this?
neil young is a favorite of mine, but he's not a great singer..
You're overthinking this.
No, it'll be stupid, and we're already doing something stupid.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 03:27 PM
Freddie f'ing Mercury.
He could do anything.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 03:52 PM
Singer is difficult. There are some very talented singers who's music I do not enjoy. ie Mariah Carrey.
Best frontman would be more a more interesting poll.
Let me take you to McDonald's and order nothing but coffee.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 03:59 PM
Badum-dum.He could not get married, in most of the United States.Freddie f'ing Mercury.
He could do anything.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:03 PM
Freddie f'ing Mercury.
He could do anything.
Apart from write a song anyone other than a person permanently mired in their junior high pretension would want to hear. No offense, Ag, but the man wrote melodramatic schlock.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:15 PM
To paraphrase the Firesign Theatre, "But it's good schlock, Mrs. Preske!" 
But I believe this thread subject is about Great Singing, not Great Songwriting (even if Freddie was responsible for writing a few good tunes)
But I believe this thread subject is about Great Singing, not Great Songwriting (even if Freddie was responsible for writing a few good tunes)
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:16 PM
Ronnie James Dio
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:17 PM
Thom Yorke.
Few beings have ever been so impregnated, pierced to the core, by the conviction of the absolute futility of human aspiration. The universe is nothing but a furtive arrangement of elementary particles. A figure in transition toward chaos. That is what will finally prevail. The human race will disappear. Other races in turn will appear and disappear. And human actions are as free and as stripped of meaning as the unfettered movements of the elementary particles. Good, evil, morality, sentiments? Pure ‘Victorian fictions.’ All that exists is egotism. Cold, intact, and radiant.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:21 PM
Ronnie James Dio
When I think of metal vocalists (in this realm of metal anyway), I think of Klaus Meine first.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:28 PM
antony hegart
Had to google that name...
Ewww.
Um...I would kindly say he's good at what he does.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:39 PM
Aretha's totally number one. Her voice is a force of nature, and she knows how to use it, unlike many divas since (thanks, Clive Davis). Everyone else is battling for second.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 04:48 PM
To paraphrase the Firesign Theatre, "But it's good schlock, Mrs. Preske!"
But I believe this thread subject is about Great Singing, not Great Songwriting (even if Freddie was responsible for writing a few good tunes)
OTM, on both.
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 05:13 PM
Please let me know of any occasions when Meine sang as well as Dio did on 'Stargazer'. Cheers.When I think of metal vocalists (in this realm of metal anyway), I think of Klaus Meine first.Ronnie James Dio
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Posted 12 November 2008 - 06:01 PM
Joey Ramone.
No, it'll be stupid, and we're already doing something stupid.
