re: How awesome was Freddie Mercury?

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However, I'd call him the greatest FRONT man for a band in my lifetime.

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As big a fan as I am of Mercury and Queen, I think when you take his relative advantage in raw, pure singing ability over some of his competitors, this competition is robust. I mean "front man" - you have guys like:

Mick Jagger

Jim Morrison

(technically) Jimi Hendrix

Robert Plant

Ozzy

Kurt Cobain

Axl


Just a shite ton of folks for whom arguments can be made for mega selling, hugely influential bands whose front man was larger than life.

Now, do I buy that oscilloscope bullshite about Axl having the greatest voice? Hell no. His voice was "right" for the late 80s/early 90s GnR music, but I would have him way, way down the list on singing ability. And he's batshit crazy and nearly impossible to work with. And he has fricked over the fans with his eccentricities dozens/hundreds of times.

Doesn't make him not one of the greatest front men of all time.