Blade Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I can NOT believe no one said Robert Plant. Roberts range, creativity, and control of his early days is one of the most spine-tingling male voices I've ever heard. Led Zeppelin is still considered one of the greatest bands of all time because of that voice far more IMHO than because of Page's guitar work (which was pretty phenominal too). To add a few more: Lead singer of Sound Garden (Chris Connell?) Lead Singer of Alice in Chains (unplugged album was incredible) Elton John - fantastic diversity, control and creativity All of the dudes in the Temptations John Anderson of Yes Lead singer of Rush Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 John Lee Hooker Such depth and soul.. unmatched in my ear. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NorEastNCFan Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Chris Cornell of Soundgarden and Audioslave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbear Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I guess I'll be different from most on here, but I'm going to go with Phil Collins. Honorable mention: Art Garfunkel (sp?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
codeorama Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Originally posted by Blade I can NOT believe no one said Robert Plant. Roberts range, creativity, and control of his early days is one of the most spine-tingling male voices I've ever heard. Led Zeppelin is still considered one of the greatest bands of all time because of that voice far more IMHO than because of Page's guitar work (which was pretty phenominal too). To add a few more: Lead singer of Sound Garden (Chris Connell?) Lead Singer of Alice in Chains (unplugged album was incredible) Elton John - fantastic diversity, control and creativity All of the dudes in the Temptations John Anderson of Yes Lead singer of Rush Great post... I agree with you. IMO, Led Zep is the greatest band of all time because all four musicians can easily be argued to be the best at what they do. If you listen to John Paul Jones bass work, you will realize fast how good he was, and everyone of course considers Bonham as the best, if not one of the best drummers... Alice in Chains singer Layne Staley was awsome, too bad he had the drug addictions, they are IMO one of the best bands of their short time as well. I still listen to their cd's regularly. Personally, I really like Maynard James Keenan of Tool. He's creative and sounds great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waldo da Magnificent Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Originally posted by Bang John Lee Hooker Such depth and soul.. unmatched in my ear. ~Bang :applause: I'd also add: Sam Cooke Otis Redding Elton John Marvin Gaye Prince Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMac Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 As for best voice Im gonna go with the new and rising star Josh Groban. That man has the most incredible pure voice. For those who dont who Im talking, he did the song at halftime of the Superbowl giving Tribute to the Space Shuttle. "You raise me up" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Sick Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Jim Nabors - hands down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ECU-ALUM Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Marvin Gaye Elvis Luther Vandros Kenny Rogers Bruce Springsteen Seal (I love his version of "Fly like an eagle") Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy70 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Lot of good ones listed. Let me add Patsy Cline and Roy Orbison. Also "Off the Wall" era Michael Jackson, Andrea Bocelli. I just "discovered" someone that you should all check out. His name is Angie Aparo. Talent like this is rare, he might be one of the best singers I've ever heard. I just ordered all of his albums from Amazon. Go to his site and check out the 'songs' area if you have the time... http://www.angieaparo.com/main.html Listen to his version of Spirit's "Nature's Way". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endzone_dave Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Best non-singing voice of all time is Randy "Macho Man" Savage. Oooooh Yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BG Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Marvin Gaye. No doubt. Many of the artists metnioned here, except Bono, can't perform as well live. Listen to Marving Gaye sing live. No one will ever come close. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingdaddy Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 J.R. Cash, the man in black Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarkLadyRaven Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 James Taylor, Barry White, And Marvin Gaye ( listening to accapella singing sexual healing and its better then the accompanied edition thats out on the radio) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bang Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Originally posted by ECU-ALUM Seal (I love his version of "Fly like an eagle") Seal's first album is one of the great underrated discs you can get. Phenomenal record. ~Bang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sir Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Smokey Robinson, most definitely Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Punani2 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Layne Staley Alice in Chains just kicked a$$... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 My best Steve Malkmus - Pavement Frank Black - Pixies Sage Francis Tom Waits Jeff Buckley Rivers Cuomo(not a weezer fan, but the guy has a sweet voice) Guy Picciotto - Fugazi Eric Clayton - Savior Machine Keep in mind I was very limited by the fact that you said my lifetime, which means nothing earlier than May 2, 1983. I decided to count Tom Waits because even though he was around well before I was born he did his best work when I was very young. Swordfishtrombones came when I 4 months old and Rain Dogs came when I was 2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kilmer17 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Categorically speaking Rock- Chris Cornell. Nobody comes close, dont try to argue. You would be wrong. Jazz- Sinatra R&B- Barry White, with Marvin Gaye VEEEERRRRYYYYY close. Opera/Theater- Michael Crawford and Pavaroti. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Nostril Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 I'm going to argue only because you asked me not to Freddie Mercury is a much more technically proficient singer than Chris Cornell (Cornell knows what he's doing though, I just hate audioslave). Sinatra isn't Jazz Marvin Gaye is signifcantly better than Barry White I don't know enough about opera to say anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbooma Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Depends what do you consider our lifetime?? I think in todays world one of the best voices is Harry Connick Jr, no one else sounds like him If you count all the way back to the 50's and 60's then you would have to start with Sinatra, Elvis, etc... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dannyboy70 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Originally posted by Mr. Nostril My best Steve Malkmus - Pavement Frank Black - Pixies Sage Francis Tom Waits Jeff Buckley Rivers Cuomo(not a weezer fan, but the guy has a sweet voice) Guy Picciotto - Fugazi Eric Clayton - Savior Machine Keep in mind I was very limited by the fact that you said my lifetime, which means nothing earlier than May 2, 1983. I decided to count Tom Waits because even though he was around well before I was born he did his best work when I was very young. Swordfishtrombones came when I 4 months old and Rain Dogs came when I was 2. I forgot about Jeff Buckley! His voice was something else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essex03 Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 Umm, I believe you are all incorrect. There is only one voice thats head and shoulders above the rest, and that one voice belongs to: John Facenda. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhayunga Posted March 31, 2004 Share Posted March 31, 2004 jhayunga Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Luca Brasi Posted March 31, 2004 Author Share Posted March 31, 2004 Originally posted by jbooma Depends what do you consider our lifetime?? I think in todays world one of the best voices is Harry Connick Jr, no one else sounds like him If you count all the way back to the 50's and 60's then you would have to start with Sinatra, Elvis, etc... jbooma, I've seen him twice, once at the Kennedy Center and once at Wolftrap. His dad was in the audience at Wolftrap and came up to do a couple songs. It was a great show, and you're right, he's one of the only guys that can perform that style of music nowadays. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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