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re: Best Vocally Aesthetic Rock Front Men 70s- early 80s

Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:57 am to
Posted by Novastar
Member since Jan 2023
678 posts
Posted on 6/9/24 at 10:57 am to
Freddy Mercury
Robert Plant
Lou Gramm
Brad Delp
Steve Perry

That’s the list, that’s it.
Posted by Ace Midnight
Between sanity and madness
Member since Dec 2006
94811 posts
Posted on 6/9/24 at 1:15 pm to
quote:

Didn’t want the thread turning into a Waters v Gilmour pissing match.


Neither did I - sticking strictly to the topic, no one seriously thinks that Roger Waters was a better vocalist than David Gilmour. Not David, not Roger, not their mums, wives, etc. All the rest is subjective and based on what you like, and so forth.
Posted by Jester
Baton Rouge
Member since Feb 2006
34717 posts
Posted on 6/9/24 at 4:39 pm to
Yeah, I think Roger is 10 times the songwriter David is, but David is 10 times the singer. That said, The Trial is one of my favorite PF tunes.
Posted by kingbob
Sorrento, LA
Member since Nov 2010
69347 posts
Posted on 6/9/24 at 5:30 pm to
Freddie Mercury, Steve Perry, and Sammy Hagar
Posted by Pels_Yaz
Member since Apr 2023
11544 posts
Posted on 6/9/24 at 11:15 pm to
quote:

Yeah, I think Roger is 10 times the songwriter David is, but David is 10 times the singer. That said, The Trial is one of my favorite PF tunes.


Bitchass no one cares what you think.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
41652 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 7:17 am to
Mick Jagger



Steven Tyler

Posted by Cdawg
TigerFred's Living Room
Member since Sep 2003
61628 posts
Posted on 6/10/24 at 10:02 am to
Geddy Lee

Posted by AlxTgr
Kyre Banorg
Member since Oct 2003
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Posted on 6/10/24 at 10:28 am to
For me, it's Burton Cummings.
Posted by Bayou nights
Nashville
Member since Aug 2019
955 posts
Posted on 6/11/24 at 8:48 pm to
Yeah I agree, you can’t have any better voice than Paul Rogers, pretty sure I read in the Zeppelin book the Jimmy wanted him as their singer but he turned him down but I think that turned out best for everyone in that situation.
Posted by Quesadilla Superman
SELA
Member since Aug 2020
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Posted on 6/12/24 at 4:18 pm to
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Yeah I agree, you can’t have any better voice than Paul Rogers, pretty sure I read in the Zeppelin book the Jimmy wanted him as their singer but he turned him down but I think that turned out best for everyone in that situation.


That was the original plan.

I also learned not long ago Ronnie Van Zant idiolised Paul Rodgers.
Posted by Bayou nights
Nashville
Member since Aug 2019
955 posts
Posted on 6/12/24 at 4:40 pm to
Makes sense, dude had an incredible voice.
Has not had, he can probably still get it done.
This post was edited on 6/12/24 at 4:42 pm
Posted by PowerTool
The dark side of the road
Member since Dec 2009
22914 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:58 am to
Saw Bad Company open for ZZ Top in 2019, and we were all blown away by how good Paul Rogers still sounded.

Cheap Trick was at that show and sounded pretty good too.
Posted by hillrosetiger
BR
Member since Jul 2011
234 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 1:11 pm to
Perry
Rodgers
Henley
Mercury
Seger
Gilmour
Posted by Duane Dibbley
Red Dwarf
Member since Nov 2011
1752 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 3:20 pm to
A couple that I haven't seen mentioned are Steve Walsh and Robby Steinhardt of Kansas.
Posted by nealnan8
Atlanta
Member since Oct 2016
4000 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 3:33 pm to
Yeah, I think Roger is 10 times the songwriter David is, but David is 10 times the singer. That said, The Trial is one of my favorite PF tunes.
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Agree with you on this. Roger's voice is not melodic, but strange and somewhat manic. But his voice is perfect for a selection of PF songs (Not Now John, for example).
Posted by Big Scrub TX
Member since Dec 2013
38521 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 6:36 pm to
Lennon and Mercury.
Posted by SingleMalt1973
Member since Feb 2022
22424 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 7:01 pm to
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Paul Rodgers


Posted by dchog
Pea Ridge
Member since Nov 2012
26716 posts
Posted on 6/14/24 at 10:50 pm to
Hagar took voice lessons and his voice is as strong as it was when he was much younger.
Posted by Red Boarman
Member since Oct 2023
642 posts
Posted on 6/15/24 at 12:17 am to
I did not picked Paul Rogers from the outset, but yeah. He sounds great at all levels.

I still prefer Brad Delp. Wrong as I may be. If I was putting together a band that would sell tens of thousands of 8 tracks, and fill your head from the back dash, I would get Delp.





Posted by KiwiHead
Auckland, NZ
Member since Jul 2014
36016 posts
Posted on 6/17/24 at 3:44 pm to
Hutchence is not usually thought of as a great lead singer like Rodgers and Plant, et al. But he had an unusual range and a good voice. What he was was a great entertainer and really everything you would want as a rock front man. He could get a crowd going and had great energy on stage.

It also helped that INXS was one of those rare bands that sounded just as good live as they did on the record. It helps when the core of the band was all brothers that were playing together all their lives.
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