OT: G.O.A.T Singers
Patsy Cline
History may put Rhiannon Giddens on the list eventually
Karen Carpenter
Patsy Cline
Freddy Mercury
Robert Plant, Bono, Freddie Mercury, Whitney, Eric Clapton (better with the guitar, yeah, but I love his music)... In no particular order.
IMHO, the very best female singer. Great vocal range, and could easily change from soft and whispery volume to belting out with the best of them.
Agreed. Highly underrated singer.
Hart too.
1. Freddie Mercury. Yeah, I'll go with the crowd on this one.
2. Carrie Underwood. You ever see that duet with Randy Travis where he's just like laughing at how good she is? Yeah.
3 tie. Edith Piaf. The female Frank Sinatra but 800 times better.
3 tie. Steve MF Perry. Arnel Pineda is excellent, but Perry is a legend.
3 tie. Meat Loaf. No one else could do Steinman like he could do Steinman, although Celine, Bonnie Tyler, and Jessica Hendy have given it a good run.
Honorable mentions: Maria Mckee, young Stevie Nicks, Johnny Cash, Neil Diamond, Elvis, Daniela Mercury, Cyndi Lauper (you wouldn't be laughing if you ever heard her live).
is ridiculously talented!! Great call.
Watch the video of her in "We are the World." She blows that entire 80s All-Star crew away.
Geddy Lee
David Gilmour
Janis Joplin
Amy Lee has the voice of an angel
Buddy Guy
Bon Scott
Frank Sinatra
Marvin Gaye
Carrie Underwood
Ray Stevens
David Seville
Weird Al Yankovich
Tiny Tim
Jeff Buckley is the correct response, in my book. He did not leave all that deep of a songbook, but the early returns were off the charts good. His best album, Grace, is per se half-baked. But the baked bits are heavenly, ethereal.
Eminem? seriously?
He created a monster cuz nobody wants to see Marshall no more, they want Shady, he's chopped liver.
Kelly Clarkson
There is a difference. Ill throw a few out based on the shows ive seen live only.
Maynard James Keenean with Tool, A Perfect Circle, Puscifer
Cedric Bixler Zavala with At The Drive In and The Mars Volta
Trent Reznor with Nine Inch Nails
Cee Lo Green with Gnarls Barkley
Mike Patton with Faith No More, Peeping Tom, Fantomas, Tomahawk
There is no debate with those two. Everyone else is so limited.
Ella Fitzgerald
Jay Black....Gene Pitney...Freddie Mercury
doesn't get enough credit:
Live it. Write it. Play it. Sing it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNpSfEDt6lg
It's really unfortunate that peoples' inner demons and suffering often produce stuff for the rest of us.