Your favorite vocalists of all time

[The Cysko Kid]

@roycerolls said:

Freddy Mercury

Bob Seger

Ben Harper

Josh Homme

Thomas Giles

Josh homme is an interesting pick to me. I wouldn't consider him a great vocalist bUT I really like some of his stuff.

[The Cysko Kid]

Another guy who I really enjoy that I think is an incredibly clever lyricist with an excellent range and sense of timing is Max Collins of Eve 6

[The Cysko Kid]

And I've rediscovered a great love of David Byrne and the talking heads of late. Byrne is a weird dude but his vocals can be incredible

[RoyceRolls]

@the-cysko-kid said:

Josh homme is an interesting pick to me. I wouldn't consider him a great vocalist bUT I really like some of his stuff.

Yeah, for vocal talent or technical ability alone, he would never make a top 50 even, but I really dig his style. Actually, A former band member of Homme's, Mark Lannegan, would probably be more suitable for this list.

[RoyceRolls]

And talking heads kick ass

[The Cysko Kid]

"Go with the flow" is a song I always crank up

[Tour2ma]

@the-cysko-kid said:

And I've rediscovered a great love of David Byrne and the talking heads of late. Byrne is a weird dude but his vocals can be incredible.

If you can find a copy of The Heads' Stop Making Sense on DVD grab it... you will not be disappointed (although the Bryne-less, Weymouth led Tom Tom Club Genius of Love seems out of place) ... or your money back...

The SQ is amazing... the show is imaginative as you'd expect... and Byrne's opening, solo, acoustic rendition of Psycho Killer alone is worth the price of admission.

[The Cysko Kid]

I've had stop making sense on cd for years

[The Cysko Kid]

There's really some great songs on it. My understanding is that "genius of love" was going on while Byrne was changing into the iconic big suit

[The Cysko Kid]

My favorites on there are "found a job", "life during wartime", and "making flippy-floppy" although the whole show is incredible

[Westside Steve]

Another guy who's really good is Joe Lynn Turner.

WSS

[Tour2ma]

@the-cysko-kid said:

I've had stop making sense on cd for years

Ditto... the DVD's visual accompaniment is worth adding... I mean, ya gotta love "the big suit"...

Plus (depending on your surround SQ) the multi-channel adds a nice "being there" atmosphere...

[syd]

The Fucking KINKS

Been singing about human equality since the beginning

buy if we are talking about relevent bands Robert Been is the mother fucker

[syd]

thom yorke god bless his mother of his kids died yesterday (Dr.Rachel Owen)

[syd]

so i am guessing A Moon Shaped Pool had something to do with her impending death

[mjp28]

Among the other great music of the late 1960s and early 1970s I always liked Led Zeppelin and Robert Plant.

But there were a whole lot more to pick from....unlike most crap today.

[Axe]

@westside-steve said:

Another guy who's really good is Joe Lynn Turner.

WSS

This!