Zenieth: "Ian Hunter of Mott the Hoople, David Bowie.." Especially when one sings the others song: Well billy rapped all night about his suicide How he kick it in the head when he was twenty-five Speed jive don't want to stay alive When you're twenty-five And Wendy's stealing clothes from marks and sparks And Freddy's got spots from ripping off the stars from his face Funky little boat race Television man is crazy saying were juvenile delinquent wrecks Oh man I need TV when I got T Rex Oh brother you guessed I'm a dude dad All the young dudes (hey dudes) Carry the news (where are ya) Boogaloo dudes (stand up come on) Carry the news All the young dudes (I want to hear you) Carry the news (I want to see you) Boogaloo dudes (and I want to talk to you all of you) Carry the news (o: |
Shadorne, you are being a bit unfair , the Queen album is a greatest hits album whereas the others' are not, also why limit the sales to the UK ok, and not worldwide?, if so you would get a different picture, see below I think these are approximates as I do not think anyone knows for sure; The Beatles 1 billion, Elvis 1 billion, Thriller person 750m Rolling and a Stones 600m Abba 370m zed dep 300m Queen 300m Flink ployd 210m ac/dc 200m U2 140m The Who 100m Dire straits 120m Oasis 50m I would rather hear Andrea Bocelli doing rock using only only 3 notes than dear old Freddie singing his 4 octaves!lol The Queen track 'body language' ( on the greatest hits album), the worst song in the history of music, EVER! (IMHO). |
Surely you do not mean album sales? Yep Queen has the record for highest album sales in UK history beating Sgt Pepper. DSOTM, Thriller, OASIS and many others. |
Robert Plant or Freddie Mercury come to mind first. That fella Sabastian Bach from Skid Row amazed the hell out of me. His voice has a sound that I've never been able to forget. It sounds pure but gritty, controlled yet wild and serene yet lively. Always singing with a sense of passion it seems like the words were just leaping from his mouth. And when he went into those tight jean screams, man. A voice maybe overlooked by the quality of music, the band or whatever but he sure had a rock god voice to me. One of the very very few who could make a vocal on the record have the energy and fever pitch like a live concert performance in full throttle. |
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Freddy Mercury, Roy Orbison, & Elvis Presley are the first names that come to mind, but I'd also suggest that General Johnson (Showmen, Chairmen of The Board), Cornelius Harp (Marcels), Tony Williams (Platters) and a handful of other Doo Wop singers deserve consideration. The best of those guys - and there were quite a few - could really sing! Marty |
Well, there are quite a few, aren't there... I'd go for: Robert Plant, Rod Stewart, Janis Joplin, Roger Chapman, Patti Smith, David Bowie, Chris Farlowe, Jim Morrison, Amy Winehouse, Tina Turner, Bruce Springsteen, George Thorogood, Bobby Womack, Mavis Staples, Eric Burdon, Joe Cocker, Steve Tyler, Iggy Pop, Alice Cooper, Eugene Hütz, Gölä, etc. There are more, but this is my spontaneous choice of voices :) |
>>Freddie Mecury - he had a range of four octaves - nobody else comes close<< Ian Gillan of Deep Purple probably had a bigger range. Listen to Child In Time from their Made In Japan album. Having a great range helps but it doesn't translate into a great singer... Freddie Mercury and Rod Stewart are great singers. They not only have the voice but also connected with the audience in magical ways! I don't know how you can seperate the voice from the performance. Some voices work "just right" for a particular song but won't sound great with other songs. For example, Janis Joplin and Joe Cocker have great voices - but for their genre only. David Coverdale (also from Deep Purple) doesn't have a great range but I can't imagine a better voice for Soldier Of Fortune. Then you have the "screamers" at a dime a dozen. Great range but for the most part no music. So is that great singing?! How about memorable rock voices? I already mentioned David Coverdale in Soldier Of Fortune. Add Janis Joplin in Summertime, Rod Stewart in Sailing (live), Robert Plant in Stairway To Heaven, Freddie Mercury in Bohemian Raphsody, Margo Timmins in Helpless and many more... |
What a neat thread...so many great singers. I also messed up my previous post and wanted to list as my #1, Paul Rogers (especially, as someone else mentioned, singing All Right Now with Free). Names posted by others that I forgot but completely agree with Steven Tyler Rod Stewart Steve Winwood Jack Bruce |
Robert Plant Freddie Mercury Van Morrison (Van the Man...maybe not really rock, though) David Lee Roth (the REAL mouth of Van Halen) Roger Daltrey the lead singer for Boston (can't recall his name) the dude that sang for Starship in their later commercial incarnations (he could hit the stratosphere... neither my wife or I can remember his name either). Mick Jagger - I add him not so much because of vocal talent in a conventional sense but more due to a distinctive sound and style McCartney (Hey Jude...how could I forget that voice) No doubt others... I haven't read the other posts. Apologies for duplications or coming across like I was the only one to think of these. |
