Friday Five

[ericcoleman]

Top Five Favorite Rock Lead Singers
1 - Roger Daltry - The Who
2 - Michael Been - The Call
3 - Angelo Moore - Fishbone
4 - Chrissie Hynde - The Pretenders
5 - Maynard James Keenan - Tool

Comments

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

VAN MORRISON (he could sing the phone book & I'd listen), Ray Davies, Ray Thomas, Neil Young, Ann Wilson.

[mike46.livejournal.com]

Well, my list is off the top of my head, and probably influenced by what I've been listening to lately ... I'm definately missing tons of singers I like

1. Ronnie James Dio
2. Rob Halford
3. Blackie Lawless
4. Tony Martin or Alice Cooper
5. Noddy Holder

[ericcoleman]

We were just talking about Van right after I posted the list. Van transcends everything. There needs to be a list that is top 5 Van Morrisons, and he is all five.

I cannot stand Ann Wilson, she has yet to meet a song that she doesn't feel the need to yell through.

Ray and Neil will most probably be on my list of songwriters, Ray definitely, Neil probably.

I just can't take most of the Moody Blues stuff, it's gorgeous and amazing, but it's just too bland for me.

[ericcoleman]

Freddie is on an upcoming list ... Greg ... I love Greg's voice, ELP just aren't high enough on my music radar for him to show up.

[ericcoleman]

Alice could be on another list that is coming up. Noddy could be on this list easily, depending on how recently I have been listening to Slade (not recently enough). I love both Dio and Halford, but don't like either band they are in enough to listen to them often enough. Tony has always seemed a little generic to me. I am hoping that the Blackie thing is a joke.

[coburnsteeth.livejournal.com]

Lisa Kekaula from The BellRays/MC5

MONSTER voice. Think Aretha Franklin fronting a punk band.

[mike46.livejournal.com]

Nope ... I actually love Blackie's voice. It's a great hard rock/metal voice. What can I say, I like what I like.

[jcw-da-dmg.livejournal.com]

Must I?

[bammba-m.livejournal.com]

i have no idea why i am so continually surprised by your musical tastes. but i totally am. and you rock, by the way.

Yeah ... you must

[ericcoleman]

Sounds like the sort of comment my Dad would make.

The MC5 had a BIG soul influence in their music. Rob Tyner could have very easily been a white soul singer.

[ericcoleman]

My comment on my record collection was Abba to Zappa ...

Name a genre and I am likely to have it in my collection ... this of course is the invitation for some gerbil to comment with some obscure sub-section of some sort of music that no one is really interested in, except people who are trying to impress other people with how diverse they are.

[wylderwolf.livejournal.com]

Gotta agree with Maynard, specifically. Of course, part of my love for him (aside from the brilliant music and vocal layers) is the fact that he's a complete freak of a minimalist. At least, he was at one point when I saw a "Cribs" show on him. Basically a good sized apartment that had a bed roll, a computer, some instruments, and not much else.

Mine, In No Particular Order

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

1. Meat Loaf
2. Roger Daltrey
3. Annie Lennox
4. Steven Page
5. Alice Cooper (not much technique, but there is no better salesman of his songs)

Re: Mine, In No Particular Order

[ericcoleman]

Meat could make my list sometimes, as could Annie. Alice is a much better singer than folks give him credit for, but as I said elsewhere, he may make another list in a few weeks.

Re: Mine, In No Particular Order

[ericcoleman]

Oh, and I love Steven's voice, but not enough to make it to a top 5 for me.

[ericcoleman]

The "of a minimalist" part just isn't necessary. This is the man who spent one whole tour singing from in back of the drum riser. He's just a complete freak.

[wylderwolf.livejournal.com]

I'd forgotten about that part.

He may be a freak, but he's a genius of a freak.

[rose1thorn.livejournal.com]

Van Morrison, absolutely! I can't believe you left him off the list. Although I suppose you can make the argument that he's more jazz than strictly rock in the sense of Daltry, for example.

I'm in total agreement with ericcoleman. I just do not understand why people think she's so good. If someone could explain...

For what it's worth...

[rose1thorn.livejournal.com]

I'll throw in my $.02

1. Dave Matthews. I've never heard someone so completely vocally uninhibited, aside from...

2. Freddie Mercury

3. Meatloaf. You gotta love how he can belt out a song. He is amazing.

4. David Lee Roth. I'll just say I'm never bored by his vocals.

5. Tommy Shaw for pure clarity of tone.

edit to add something almost completely off topic: My dear daughter recognizes and loves your guitar work. :-)

Re: Mine, In No Particular Order

[filkertom.livejournal.com]

I could throw in Freddie Mercury, but he had a voice that transcended rock, y'know?

Re: For what it's worth...

[ericcoleman]

Dave Matthews doesn't sound like he is singing, he sounds like he is coughing up a furball. I have never heard such mannered, throat closed mumbling in my life. I LOVE the band, incredible music, and if they had a decent singer I could stand to listen to them.

Diamond Dave is not a great singer, but he is very possibly on another list coming up soon.

Tommy Shaw, at least he isn't that castrati guy in Styx.

The rest I have commented on elsewhere in this thread

Re: Mine, In No Particular Order

[ericcoleman]

There are several reasons Freddie didn't make this list.

One - I feel that the band betrayed themselves completely from about halfway through A Day At The Races on ...

B - What you said.

3 - I haven't been listening to a lot of Queen lately.

He will be on next week's list.

Re: For what it's worth...

[ericcoleman]

alymid described my style perfectly. She called it my "Hillbilly Punk Strum".

I'm not a great guitar player, but I am fervent.

[ericcoleman]

She has big breasts and she yells a lot ... what else could a boy want ???

However, I LOVE Nancy Wilson's voice ...

[ericcoleman]

Between this and Gundo's whole Boston fascination ... I just don't know what to say