Posted on 04/27/2020 10:01:03 AM PDT by PROCON
If we are starting at the top down.....Burton Cummings.
Great range - and a very good jazz vocalist, to boot. (Also an underrated guitarist).
Plenty of choices with Van Morrison.
Damn straight on the Alvin Lee!
He still does.
I’m older than you, and my son turned me on to Nirvana in the 90s. He left his cassettes behind when he went off to university & I too crank ‘em up on occasion.
The Patti version is a whole ‘nother animal— haunting & desperate & employing surprising instrumentation. A banjo? Or is that a mandolin?
87 posts before anyone mentioned MAH GIRL! Stevie Nicks.
LOL0LOL.
Btw, I’ve been to probably a dozen Dylan concerts. Some, in small venues, were sublime. Most were godawful.
CDs are better. The sound engineers can dial down the nasal wheeze.
Foreigner’s “I wanna know what love is” and “Urgent”. Lou Graham had a great voice.
Well, I scrolled through the replies and a couple were on to something with Heart. Not a fanboy here but in regards to Vocal Performances the ABSOLUTE MOST MOVING performance I’ve ever seen was Heart covering Stairway to Heaven (@ Britain’s equivalence to Kennedy Center?) and drop dead killing it IN THE PRESENCE OF REMAINING MEMBERS OF LED ZEPPELIN !!! Robert Plant could hardly keep himself composed! Tears in their eyes. It was the best performance of any song, anywhere, I’ve ever heard...
...But “Because” by The Beatles isn’t a rock song either.
How many Rock songs have a Harpsichord solo and 9 point vocal harmony?
If Brian Wilson singing “God Only Knows” counts there is no reason to eliminate Orbison on “Pretty Woman.” PW is definitely more ‘rocky’ than GOK.
I’ll submit that Because is not even the best vocal on the Abbey Road album. McCartney’s incredibly intense vocal on “Oh! Darling.” is much more impressive.
Can we also include Greg Allman in that mix?
Since classic rock is typically from mid to late 70’s to early 90’s and considering careers instead of single songs....
Male
1. Freddy Mercury
2. Steven Tyler
3. Robert Palmer
4. Michael Aday (Meatloaf)
5. Sammy Hagar (Van Hagar not Van Halen)
Female
1. Stevie Nicks
2. Deborah Harry
3. Ann Wilson (Heart)
4. Deborah Harry
5. Chrissy Hynde
Guilty Pleasures...Just Because
Suzy Quatro
Phil Collins
Jim Kerr (Simple Minds)
Lita Ford
As a song writer Joni Mitchell is a true genius.She has written at least a half dozen of my all-time favorite songs,including Both Sides Now...which Judy Collins performed so marvelously.But I,unlike many,have never been a huge fan of Joni's *performing style".Different strokes for different folks I guess you could say.
Oh yes... pretty much anything with Tate was gold. What part of Bama are you in? I’m down in Daphne.
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