Your three favorite vocalists...

[Jerk Shapiro]

A thread was recently made that was top metal vocalists, but why keep it to just metal? Which three vocalists are your favorite of all-time?


1. Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin; Solo) - This guy has the ability to get super high, and then stay kind of low and mellow. But then he can go right back to those high notes that no one else can hit.
Aheeeeeeeeeeeeeeyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaeh!

2. Freddy Mercury (Queen) - Wow. That's all I can really say. This guy has a voice of velvet. He's amazing.

3. John Fogerty (Creedance Cleartwater Revival; Solo) - This may be an odd pick, but I love John Fogerty's voice. It's so different, and so easy to recognize. His voice is an amazing one, and his music really kicks ass.

[bowieee]

David Bowie

Morrissey

Joey Ramone

[Morgana]

1. Geoff Tate (Queensryche) - amazing range, amazing vibrato, amazing combination of rock and opera vocals.

2. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) - he screamed a lot, but when he wasn't screaming he showed he had a very good range, and he twisted his voice into unusual pronunciation at times, which I liked.

3. Janis Joplin - even when she screamed, she screamed perfectly on key. Her voice was gritty, and it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think she had the most emotional female blues voice ever.

[notchreturns]

Bjork - Her voice just lulls me to sleep and up again and back down again. A beautiful, fragile thing that can really rip deep inside ya at the same time. I LOVE her.

Thom Yorke - Dramatic, deep, emotional, full of highs and lows, love his falsetto, can SING literally anything and can scare the shit out of you at times... which is good! The way his voice has changed over his carrer is quite interesting.

Jeff Mangum - Errrrm... just different. Either love it or hate it, I love it.

[Annie Hall]

Stuart Murdoch (Belle & Sebastian)

Lou Reed

Robert Smith (The Cure)

[Tom Samborski]

1.Leonard Cohen
2.Bono
3.Trent Reznor

[Jason Lives]

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)

Ray Davies (Kinks)

Tom Petty

[Raymond Babbit]

Michael Stipe (REM)

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

Roger Daltry (The Who)

[POLYDISTORTION]

- Bono

- Moz

- Beth Gibbons (Portishead)

[Jess]

Amy Lee (Evanescence)

Richard Patrick (Filter)

Tie (a.k.a. I can't pick just one):
Rob Zombie and Josey Scott (Saliva)

To me, those people have very good voices.

[El Bracamonti]

Mike Patton
Doug Pinnick
Serj Tankien

Runners up: Maynard James Kennan and Josh Groban

[BakeTheMooCow]

Eddie Vedder

[Reigh Kaufman]

Nina Simone

Al Green

Kurt Cobain

[BadCoverVersion]

Scott Walker

Bjork

Jarvis Cocker

[paul calf]

tim booth-james
sean ryder-the happy mondays
prince

[The Heart Collector]

Damn, only 3?


Mike Patton (FNM, mr. bungle, fantomas, etc.)
Hansi Kursch (blind guardian)
Michael Anderson (racebannon)

[Rated R]

1. Mike Patton - Faith No More, Tomahawk, Mr. Bungle, etc.

2. Maynard James Keenan - Tool, A Perfect Circle

3. Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilots


Runner up for Jack Black of Tenacious D :D

[loserkid]

jonsey - sigur ros
morrisey - the smiths
thom york - radiohead

[Grebdron]

Linda Perry (4 Non Blondes)

Geddy Lee (Rush)

Freddy Mercury (Queen)

Johnette Napolitano (Concrete Blonde)

[bankholdup]

Solo artists
1. Frank Sinatra
2. Jack Johnson
3. Norah Jones


Artists in bands
1. Bradley Nowell (Sublime)
2. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
3. Tom Petty (Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers)

[one_crow_sorrow]

Kurt Cobain
Jim Morrison
Scott Weiland

Runner-up: Trent Reznor

[lynchfan_714]

Morrissey (Solo & Smiths)

Beth Gibbons (Portishead)

Harriet Wheeler (Sundays)

only listing three sucks but, it's cool to see a lot of my fellow shmoes have great musical taste as well as movies!

[piglet5]

1. Jim Croce
2. Al Green
3. Stevie Ray Vaughan

[Luke-Abbott]

1) Amy Lee - Evansecene
2) Freddy Mercury - Queen
3) Bon Jovi - Bon Jovi

Although there are others but I only had a selection of three.

[bankholdup]

Originally posted by piglet5
1. Jim Croce



That was a runner-up for me.

[TheAxeGrinder]

Bon Scott (RIP) - AC/DC

Billy Corgan - Smashing Pumpkins

Bono - U2

I also can't help but mention Johnny Cash.

[ak]

Freddie Mercury is the all time number one vocalist. No one matches his talent. Indeed, a lot of people aren't aware of his vocal range. Just watch their unbelievable Live at Wembley 86' performance and tell me otherwise.

[fevers]

Conor Oberst

Gabe Hascall

Ben Gibbard

[jeo4]

Originally posted by Morgana
1. Geoff Tate (Queensryche) - amazing range, amazing vibrato, amazing combination of rock and opera vocals.

2. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains) - he screamed a lot, but when he wasn't screaming he showed he had a very good range, and he twisted his voice into unusual pronunciation at times, which I liked.

3. Janis Joplin - even when she screamed, she screamed perfectly on key. Her voice was gritty, and it's not everyone's cup of tea, but I think she had the most emotional female blues voice ever.

Awesome choices, Morgana. Geoff Tate is an amazing talent. Staley and Joplin were great, too.

[jeo4]

My top three:

1. Sammy Hagar - Van Halen

2. Scott Weiland - Stone Temple Pilots

3. Bono - U2

Runners Up:

David Draimand - Disturbed
Geoff Tate - Queensryche
Chester Bennington - Linkin Park