Who's got the Best Male Voice in Rock, or Pop?

[Johnny Vinyl]

Joe Cocker.... talk about bringing emotion and feeling to the table.

 

[MiTT]

Joe Cocker.... talk about bringing emotion and feeling to the table.

Agreed, and along the same lines and time period, I think Harry Nielson has always been under appreciated.

 

[Andre Marc]

Yep

The best one ever? Freddie Mercury... 4 octaves!!

And too bad the 2011 Queen remaster series sounds like dog poop.

 

[Andre Marc]

I am throwing in Paul Rodgers.

 

[NorthStar]

John Lee Hooker :b ...He's Rock/Blues too. :b

 

[Mike]

Scott Walker
Bryan Ferry
Joe Strummer

All candidates

 

[Ronja]

Don't forget:

Colin Blunstone (the Zombies)
Jeff Buckley
Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)

 

[NorthStar]

-- Hi Ronja, and Welcome! :b

Here's three more:

* Chris Cornell (Soundgarden - Audioslave)
* Trent Reznor (NIN)
* Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Bob

 

[GaryProtein]

If anybody says "Bob Dylan" we can safely disregard anything else he has to say!!!!

 

[NorthStar]

-- Bob Dylan has a good nose.

 

[GaryProtein]

Peter Cetera and Barry Manilow are pop singers who have very good voices.

 

[NorthStar]

-- Manilow? ...Ain't my cup'a'tea.

Cetera? ...Who's he? ...From the same band as Manilow?

Gary, about Tom Jones?

 

[jadis]

Peter Cetera and Barry Manilow are pop singers who have very good voices.

Both have distinct voices, like when you hear them sing any song you can identify them instantly. I grew up with Manilow songs in high school, and being in a co-ed high school, the girls love to talk about his voice and songs, as his hits are mostly of the 'love song' nature, very romantic and meaningful to those who are in a relationship or even out of it. If I recall right, he's still performing in Vegas of late.

 

[Nightlord]

Marian Gold - Alphaville

For rock, Jack Black of Tenacious D is probably sadly overlooked due to the comedy style act, but the man can sing classic hard rock like few

 

[Ronja]

-- Bob Dylan has a good nose.

Maybe a good subject for a new forum thread?
In that case I throw in Colin Blunstone again.

 

[Ronja]

-- Hi Ronja, and Welcome! :b

Here's three more:

* Chris Cornell (Soundgarden - Audioslave)
* Trent Reznor (NIN)
* Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

Bob

Thnks NorthStar/Bob! Chris was the 4th on my list above but I wanted to stick with 3.

 

[GaryProtein]

-- Manilow? ...Ain't my cup'a'tea.

Cetera? ...Who's he? ...From the same band as Manilow?

Gary, about Tom Jones?

The thread doesn't ask if you necessarily LIKE him, it asks about the voice, but I do like some of Manilow's recordings.

Peter Cetera was a lead singer in the group Chicago for many years.

Tom Jones, uh-uh. He sings with affectations kind of like the white boys (also white girls, black boys and black girls--EVERYBODY) on American Idol or America's Got Talent (who's contestants by and large don't have any) when they sing a soul song because they think it's cool (and they all suck at it) because they exaggerate what they think it is supposed to sound like.



We should have a companion thread to this one, "Singer-Songwriters who should have someone else sing their songs because their voices suck."

 

[Johnny Vinyl]

I don't think he ranks as one of the greats, but I really like Chris Rea.

 

[NorthStar]

-- Yes Gary, I'm familiar with the band Chicago. ...I just didn't remember that Peter Cetera was its lead singer. ...I feel bad. ...I have a special place in my heart for Chicago.

* Tom Jones too was popular with the ladies.
...And I think Neil Diamond too; and James Taylor as well.

 

[Gregadd]

Unfortunately he does not have the complex material or a large body of work but vote goes to Sly Stone http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NdiRhzTsSnk

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