CRF's Greatest Singers Voting Thread

[Soot and Stars]

I sing in the shower, in the car and anywhere else I can get away with it.
here is who I tend to sing:

1. Peter Gabriel
2. Tori Amos
3. Bob Dylan
4. Jeff Buckley
5. David Bowie
6. Fiona Apple
7. Jon Anderson
8. Bjork
9. Greg Lake
10. Kate Bush
11. PJ Harvey
12. Morrisey
13 Guy Harvey
14 Jimmy Gnecco
15 Eddie Vedder

Aktivator, I actually had Jimmy Gnecco on my list but replaced him. He's got an amazing range and one of the most powerful vocals I've heard!

 

[Groovy Man]

Range is overrated.....

some of the most annoying singers have big ranges.

A singer's tone is more important, imo.

 

[Soot and Stars]

Range is overrated.....

some of the most annoying singers have big ranges.

Oh definitely, there's a lot of more technically gift singers I don't like myself Groovy but when you like the vocal AND they can do more with it it's twice as good IMO.

 

[Groovy Man]

Oh definitely, there's a lot of more technically gift singers I don't like myself Groovy but when you like the vocal AND they can do more with it it's twice as good IMO.

I edited in: ''A singer's tone is more important, imo.''

Some people get carried away with ''range''...and think it's the most important thing in judging a singer.

Tone, tone, tone.

 

[Mr. T]

This was brutal... here goes.

1. Geoff Tate
2. Glenn Hughes
3. David Coverdale
4. Robert Plant
5. Ronnie James Dio
6. Steve Perry
7. Steven Tyler
8. Rob Halford
9. Jon Anderson
10. Ann Wilson
11. Paul Rodgers
12. Tony Bennett
13. Bobby Kimball
14. Jeff Scott Soto
15. Todd Rundgren

 

[Soot and Stars]

I edited in: ''A singer's tone is more important, imo.''

People get carried away with ''range''...and think it's the most important thing in judging a singer.

Tone, tone, tone.

I can't pick one over the other as their are different cases in artist I like, etc. A lot of times I'll like a vocalist just because they are great songwriters and know how to write music that brings out their voice and they are great storytellers. They sing in a way that I know 100% it's them. It's interesting though, a great modern folk singer Ray LaMontagne says that (not exact words) "All it takes is one note to draw an audience in!" He's got an amazing tone as well but he's right. In some cases less is more!

 

[b.o.b.]

1. Freddie Mercury
2. David Coverdale
3. Bruce Dickinson
4. Ronnie James Dio
5. Ian Gillian
6. Robert Plant
7. Rob Halford
8. Paul Rodgers
9. Ozzy Osbourne
10. Geoff Tate
11. Roy Khan
12. Klaus Meine
13. Ian Astbury
14. Michael Kiske
15. Mikael Åkerfeldt

 

[electric funeral]

01 - Robert Plant
02 - Ronnie James Dio
03 - Phil Mogg
04 - James Dewar
05 - Jeff Buckley
06 - Steve Walsh
07 - Bon Scott
08 - Bruce Dickinson
09 - Paul Rodgers
10-Rob Halford
11 - Rob Flynn
12-Ian Gillan
13 - Ann Wilson
14 - Ozzy Osbourne
15 -Peter Gabriel

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

I'm tweaking my list a wee bit...


#1 - Freddie Mercury
#2 - Ronnie James Dio
#3 - Steve Perry
#4 - Paul Rogers
#5 - Janis Joplin
#6 - Elton John
#7 - Axl Rose
#8 - Meat Loaf
#9 - James LaBrie
#10 - Mike Patton
#11 - Pat Benatar
#12 - Steven Tyler
#13 - Justin Hawkins
#14 - Ann Wilson
#15 - Matthew Bellamy

 

[Cosmic Harmony]

Ok, so it seems that the majority of the votes are in so over the next two-ish weeks I'll let any remaining votes trickle in before officially closing the polls on Friday the 8th.