Best male vocalist

[TpdNotts]

Sting
Tony Henry
Chris Martin
Tim Booth

[Adenauer]

lord summerisle said:

when ever i have my beautiful wife in the passenger seat... she's gripping the door handle in fear, squeeking and waving her other hand about... and everything else that distracts you out the corner of your eye

all because a lorry changed lane 1/2 mile ahead on the motorway...

dread to think what she'd be like a mountain pass!

Ahh, well I don't have that problem with mine, here she is in the passenger seat of my old Golf

[Justayellowbadge]

Peter Kingsbery, of little known '80s group Cock Robin.

His vocal on this is spectacular:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=8speLcoI3qY

[vetteheadracer]

Is a vocalist the same as a singer?

Favourite singers for me would have to be:
Matt Belamy of Muse,
Bono,
Lemmy,
Marilyn Manson,
Chad Kroger,
Dave Gilmore,
Richard Ashcroft,
Ian Gillan,
Steve Earle.

[10 Pence Short]

Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

[glazbagun]

Beniamino Gigli! He was amazing. Its a shame most of his recordings are limited by the technology of the time, but great that we have them at all. Of course, the better the technology was getting, the older the singer was...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beniamino_Gigli#The_V...

Thom Yorke

Freddie Mercury

Pretty much covers it for me.

For a "pretty" male voice, I could listen to Jeff Lynn all day.

Edited by glazbagun on Friday 4th April 10:07

[evenflow]

Ray LaMontagne
Eddie Vedder
Axl Rose
Steve Tyler
Rod Stewart
Jay Kay
Dave Grohl
Snoop Dogg
Zac de la Rocha
Chris Cornell

[glazbagun]

10 Pence Short said:

Chris Cornell
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

When I first, unknowingly, heard Audioslave, I asked if it was Eddie Vedder singing with a different band!

[Wacky Racer]

No question,... the finest singer to come out of England in thirty years..(And yes, I know he is a tt, and supports Man U), but what a voice...



I give you Mick Hucknall......









http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpHRHSLWBMw




(Ducks for cover)....

[Justayellowbadge]

evenflow said:

Eddie Vedder

Had to really, didn't you?

[JuniorD]

audidoody said:

I presume you mean best 'rock' vocalist. If so ...

Paul Rodgers and John Fogerty come to mind. Bruce Springsteen in full flight has an impressive set of pipes.


Did someone say Liam Gallagher? Surely not the one-octave-shouty-wannabe-Beatle who has worked out how to sing "I Am The Walrus" 12 different ways?

Edited by audidoody on Friday 4th April 09:40

Paul Rogers and John Fogerty for sure.
Also Robert Plant, Rob Halford, Freddie Mercury.

Couldn't understand why Rob Halford was highly rated until I heard 'Priest do Johnny B. Goode http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcXrcdEsWto

[evenflow]

Justayellowbadge said:

evenflow said:

Eddie Vedder

Had to really, didn't you?

Pretty much, yeah

[Lord B]

Easy.

Christopher Cross.

[robinhood21]

I think it all depends on ones 'mood' at the time when deciding on 'best singer'.
Bob Seger springs to mind at the moment.

If on the other hand, uf one had to judge on greatest range of voice, would have to nominate Russian singer Ivan Rebroth.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKfLinnXtjM&NR=...

[aww999]

I can't believe no-one has mentioned . . . BRUCE DICKINSON!!!!!

(Who I am going to see with his merry band in July, for the first time ever!)

[Driller]

Rob Halford
Ralph Scheeps
Tim "Ripper" Owens

[_Deano]

Joe Cocker
Lionel Ritchie
Rod Stewart
Marc Cohn
Neil Diamond
Don Henley
and Elvis to name a few

[Driller]

aww999 said:

I can't believe no-one has mentioned . . . BRUCE DICKINSON!!!!!

(Who I am going to see with his merry band in July, for the first time ever!)

Was the best vocalist but hasn't been since '84. I don't understand what he did to himself when people like Halford and Dio have managed to keep things in shape.

[RJO]

10 Pence Short said:

Jeff Buckley.

His father was much, much better.

[Adenauer]

RJO said:

10 Pence Short said:

Jeff Buckley.

His father was much, much better.

Bentan?