Top male lead vocals-hard rock

Lovebug said:

Oh what a fun thread. Music and animals make the world go around.

So as some of you may have noticed, I like all kind of stuff.

My favorite is always Luther, Mr. Vandross that is. While his voice failed him a bit in the end 'Dance with my father' is right up there.

Long time ago, and not revealing my age, having seen Chicago in concert ( Earth, Wind and Fire opened) whas one of the highlights, so
Peter Cetera still does it

Then Deep Purple concert, so yes
Ian Gillan Sweet Child of mine

Another favorite, hopefully not forgotten
Louis Armstrong
with some Jeepers Creepers

not a great voice, but Joe Cocker, you are so beautiful


Willie Nelson, he doesn't have a great voice but he can hold a tune
Blue eyes crying in the rain

Johnny Cash - Man in black

and the one who makes me purr and my toes curl, every time, no matter what they say about him
Plácido Domingo
anything he sings

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Satchmo----What a Wonderful World--------have to youtube that one at least 2 or 3 times a week...

Logician Man said:

Satchmo----What a Wonderful World--------have to youtube that one at least 2 or 3 times a week...

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Some people just are, he's one of them. You should see my husband. He can literally tell what song by the first few notes, he is that obsessed. Music, don't get us started. :2wave:

TurtleDude said:

Tull was one of my first concerts. Ian Anderson was dressed like some sort of medieval character with an overstuffed cod piece. Martin barre was in a kilt. During a short break IIRC-Anderson stuck his flute in the cod piece so it looked like a two foot pecker and snuck up behind Barre and mimicked boning his with the flute. Then he squatted down and quickly lifted up the kilt and dropped it. He stood up and said

THAT WAS GRUESOME

and it GREW SOME MORE

I saw him outside of cincy about 5 years ago -=doing his Thick as a Brick tour. During an intermission-he did a public service announcement to men about getting checked for prostate cancer. He had a sheet hung up and went behind it and pretended he was getting an exam/ Brilliant strange dude he is

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Yep..he was in the medivial outfit when I saw him too...He must have run 10 miles around that stage that night. Played Aqualung for at least 1/2 an hour.....As a side note, I saw an interview with Robert Plant. He said LZ always had a little oversized telephone booth type thing behind the speaker towers so he,Page, and Jones could go get 're-energized' while Bonham wan banging out Moby Dick...If you've never heard Plant's song "Big Log'. you may want to youtube it. Shows his range and diversity post LZ career.

Logician Man said:

Yep..he was in the medivial outfit when I saw him too...He must have run 10 miles around that stage that night. Played Aqualung for at least 1/2 an hour.....As a side note, I saw an interview with Robert Plant. He said LZ always had a little oversized telephone booth type thing behind the speaker towers so he,Page, and Jones could go get 're-energized' while Bonham wan banging out Moby Dick...If you've never heard Plant's song "Big Log'. you may want to youtube it. Shows his range and diversity post LZ career.

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Tull and LZ apparently didn't like each other. Tull played Cincinnati a few weeks before LZ did and Anderson went out as Martin Barre played the first three or four notes of Whole Lotta love and IA said-if you want to hear "whole lotta GRIT" come back in a few weeks. Rumor had it-you might know better-that Anderson-who was educated, saw the LZ guys as blue collar guys who never got through HS. I do note that Plant and Page made no comment about that slap when they came a few weeks later.

TurtleDude said:

Tull and LZ apparently didn't like each other. Tull played Cincinnati a few weeks before LZ did and Anderson went out as Martin Barre played the first three or four notes of Whole Lotta love and IA said-if you want to hear "whole lotta GRIT" come back in a few weeks. Rumor had it-you might know better-that Anderson-who was educated, saw the LZ guys as blue collar guys who never got through HS. I do note that Plant and Page made no comment about that slap when they came a few weeks later.

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I had never heard about that riff. I was probably too busy planning my next concert or road trip. My parents gave me a LOT of latitude. While they were fighting over which church to attend I was hitch hiking all over the country hitting all of the major pop festivals including Monterry, where I first saw Hendrix, and a couple of years later at a little gathering called Woodstock. Maybe you've heard some stories about that little hoe down at Yasgar's farm.

Logician Man said:

I had never heard about that riff. I was probably too busy planning my next concert or road trip. My parents gave me a LOT of latitude. While they were fighting over which church to attend I was hitch hiking all over the country hitting all of the major pop festivals including Monterry, where I first saw Hendrix, and a couple of years later at a little gathering called Woodstock. Maybe you've heard some stories about that little hoe down at Yasgar's farm.

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You're a few years older than me, I suspect, Hendrix died when I was 10 or so. we had-for a couple of years, the famous LUDLOW GARAGE near short vine in Cincinnati (the college area of UC). One of my mother's best friends was best described as a debutante wannabe hippy who (born in 1930) was just a bit too old for that but it didn't stop her from having parties where Jerry Garcia or Martin Balin would show up.She was a good friend of the guy (Jim Tarbell) who owned the place-later a city councilman and she made most of the shows as his guest. So when I was 10-12, there was a constant flow of big names playing at the place-MC-5, Mountain and of course the Allman Brothers. My mom's friend-at mom's funeral-noted that she would constantly ask my mother if we (my brothers and I) wanted to see the Allmans or the MC-5 and my mother (without consulting us of course) would turn down the invitations. Looking back, Damn.

Joe Strummer - The Clash and Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

Peter Murphy - Bauhaus

Ian Curtis - Joy Division

Andrew Eldritch - The Sisters of Mercy

Not really hard rock I don't think, but I always have to give a mention to him. Jeff Buckley to me was beyond most anyone else.

TurtleDude said:

You're a few years older than me, I suspect, Hendrix died when I was 10 or so. we had-for a couple of years, the famous LUDLOW GARAGE near short vine in Cincinnati (the college area of UC). One of my mother's best friends was best described as a debutante wannabe hippy who (born in 1930) was just a bit too old for that but it didn't stop her from having parties where Jerry Garcia or Martin Balin would show up.She was a good friend of the guy (Jim Tarbell) who owned the place-later a city councilman and she made most of the shows as his guest. So when I was 10-12, there was a constant flow of big names playing at the place-MC-5, Mountain and of course the Allman Brothers. My mom's friend-at mom's funeral-noted that she would constantly ask my mother if we (my brothers and I) wanted to see the Allmans or the MC-5 and my mother (without consulting us of course) would turn down the invitations. Looking back, Damn.

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Yeah. I'm 66 1/2.....You missed out on the 3 big summers of love. 67,68,69.....Those were the years with all of the major-mega, multiple pop festivals. I could really tell you some wild stories about those summers and festivals. On the way back home to OK. from Woostock, we were in a park in downtown Atlanta chilling and cooling off. Some guys and gals were were smoking and drinking beer asked us if we were in town for the Macon pop festival. I asked 'What's that ? They said 'oh it's a 3 day event down near Macon..They're expecting about 10,000 people. So, of course, off we go to Macon. Get to Macon, get directions, and pull up to the area around 2 AM. There's some hippy with hair to his waist in one of those road workers neon jackets directing traffic smoking a joint, drinking beer, and laughing his ass off. Long story short, 500,000 people showed up, chaos ensued, a Baptist Church opened up a huge campground they owned, and the thing turned into a week long party 24/7 , complete with a 'free stage' at night. 100 degree temps, at least 7 heat/drug related deaths, soup lines, ambulances, and just about every major group you can imagine ended up there. Myself and my 3 friends were totally and completely fried, literally and figuratively. Later that summer, we decided after drinking beer all day and swimming at a popular watering hole, it would be another great idea to just head out to California just for the hell of it. No shoes, no money, no cares. We actually made it to Carmel, where the cops finally caught up with us, and were taken to a youth detention center where we were held until one og the other's guy's dad could fly out and drive us back. We watched the moon landing in that detention center. Suffice it to say the parents didn't see the humor in that little unnanounced journey. Two weeks later I was broadsided by a freight train and was in a coma for 4 days-flatlined twice I'm told. Not a broken bone. Just one hell of a scar around my left eye, and numerous large melonettes on my noggin. The summer of 69 is one for the record books for sure. BTW, major bummer about Gregg and the boys. I got to see them,Marshall Tucker, Charlie Daniels, Willie Nelson and the Highwaymen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd all on the same nite for 15 bux.

JqYaqui said:

Joe Strummer - The Clash and Joe Strummer & the Mescaleros

Peter Murphy - Bauhaus

Ian Curtis - Joy Division

Andrew Eldritch - The Sisters of Mercy

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The Clash is one of my all time favorites. I made a stupid mistake and turned down a chance of seeing them right after Mick got the boot. I was hoping they were going to re-form-Mick and Joe were working together again and Topper had kicked his habit but an undiagnosed heart defect killed Joe and that dream. I actually liked the stuff Mick did lead on a bit better though. (somebody got murdered for example or "the card cheat)/ My favorite stuff Joe sang was the under-appreciated STREET PARADE
and "Straight to hell"

Mick's guitar solo on this is a thing of beauty too

Gary Brooker ------ Whiter Shade of Pale---- ( bonus points to anyone who knows what the song is about without googling )

TurtleDude said:

So who are your favorite male singers and what songs.

In no particular order, these are mine (and yes there are dozens of lists out there-some of mine are on some, some are not)

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) Child in Time

Jack Bruce (Cream) White Room

David Byron (Uriah Heep) The Wizard

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) The Song Remains the Same

Greg Lake (Emerson Lake and Palmer) Lucky Man

Martin Balin (Jefferson Starship) Caroline

Freddie Mercury (Queen) The Hammer will Drop

Felix Pappalardi (Mountain) Nantucket Sleigh Ride

Eddie Vedder (covering Ramones) Dangers of Love

Chris Cornell (SoundGarden) Burden in the Hand

Steve Winwood (Blind Faith) Presence of the Lord

Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) SeaGull

Peter Gabriel- Biko

David Bowie Moonage Daydream

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) wondering aloud

Roger Daltry (Who) Christmas

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Kudos for the Blind Faith reference. I heard the band name came from the photographer's title of the pic on the album cover.
I gave my copy to my nephew years ago. I might look for another but I bet it's become scarce.

Grand Mal said:

Kudos for the Blind Faith reference. I heard the band name came from the photographer's title of the pic on the album cover.
I gave my copy to my nephew years ago. I might look for another but I bet it's become scarce.

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I had three versions-the first one-the censored one, and the re=release by Polydor (IIRC) that had the girl again. I remember I checked with a mod before I put Presence of the Lord on "what are you listening to" to make sure it wasn't going to violate the ban on nuduty!

Grand Mal said:

Kudos for the Blind Faith reference. I heard the band name came from the photographer's title of the pic on the album cover.
I gave my copy to my nephew years ago. I might look for another but I bet it's become scarce.

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" Come down from your throne, and leave your body alone " S.W./Blind Faith

Logician Man said:

Gary Brooker ------ Whiter Shade of Pale---- ( bonus points to anyone who knows what the song is about without googling )

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I used to-I looked it up after my team won a college bowl contest when I named the song. I cannot recall now. That song is in the Rock Hall of Fame, why PH is not is a mystery. Favorite PH vocals-The Devil came to Kansas and the very strange Toujours L'amour. (the lyrics are hilarious and sad at the same time) (I came home to an empty flat, she left me a note and had taken the cat)

TurtleDude said:

I used to-I looked it up after my team won a college bowl contest when I named the song. I cannot recall now. That song is in the Rock Hall of Fame, why PH is not is a mystery. Favorite PH vocals-The Devil came to Kansas and the very strange Toujours L'amour. (the lyrics are hilarious and sad at the same time) (I came home to an empty flat, she left me a note and had taken the cat)

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take a look when you get a chance.....ssshhhhh

One i forgot to include

No-one's better than Chris Cornell. Bon Scott is pretty close though.

Justin Hayward/Moody Blues- Knights in White Satin- and - Tuesday Afternoon -

Hard to name specific songs, usually more than one, like so many on these bands and artists.

Neil Young
Cream
Led Zeppelin
Clapton (slow version of Layla)
John Denver
Van Morrison
James Taylor
Hendrix
Richie Havens
Canned Heat
Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Wonder
Stones
Temptations
BB King
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
Credence Clearwater Revival
Simon & Garfunkel

can't think of any now, but many more.

Old 'N Chill said:

Hard to name specific songs, usually more than one, like so many on these bands and artists.

Neil Young
Cream
Led Zeppelin
Clapton (slow version of Layla)
John Denver
Van Morrison
James Taylor
Hendrix
Richie Havens
Canned Heat
Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Wonder
Stones
Temptations
BB King
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
Credence Clearwater Revival
Simon & Garfunkel

can't think of any now, but many more.

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Santana has a live version of 'Black Magic Woman" with a drop dead gorgeous belly dancer on youtube which is too die for.

Old 'N Chill said:

Hard to name specific songs, usually more than one, like so many on these bands and artists.

Neil Young
Cream
Led Zeppelin
Clapton (slow version of Layla)
John Denver
Van Morrison
James Taylor
Hendrix
Richie Havens
Canned Heat
Santana
Stevie Ray Vaughn
Stevie Wonder
Stones
Temptations
BB King
Crosby, Stills, Nash (and Young)
Credence Clearwater Revival
Simon & Garfunkel

can't think of any now, but many more.

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one of the most unique voices in rock

TurtleDude said:

So who are your favorite male singers and what songs.

In no particular order, these are mine (and yes there are dozens of lists out there-some of mine are on some, some are not)

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) Child in Time

Jack Bruce (Cream) White Room

David Byron (Uriah Heep) The Wizard

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) The Song Remains the Same

Greg Lake (Emerson Lake and Palmer) Lucky Man

Martin Balin (Jefferson Starship) Caroline

Freddie Mercury (Queen) The Hammer will Drop

Felix Pappalardi (Mountain) Nantucket Sleigh Ride

Eddie Vedder (covering Ramones) Dangers of Love

Chris Cornell (SoundGarden) Burden in the Hand

Steve Winwood (Blind Faith) Presence of the Lord

Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) SeaGull

Peter Gabriel- Biko

David Bowie Moonage Daydream

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) wondering aloud

Roger Daltry (Who) Christmas

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Such a great list. Too hard to just pick one. For me, it's all about the connection. The time and the place I heard the songs and the memories associated with what was going on in my life at the time. Grew up in a family big on music and we would spend more time playing our guitars and hanging out as a family than we ever did watching TV so I was exposed to a lot of the older musicians in that list as my Dad was big on them.

Kinda hard to go past Gillan (Child in Time). Still gives me chills years later. Chris Cornell is just a freak. (Give his cover of Billie Jean a listen if you have not already heard it. Out of this world.) So many others I love, too many to mention really.

And no list is complete without Steven Tyler. All together now;

Sing with me, sing for the years
Sing for the laughter, sing for the tears
Sing with me, just for today
Maybe tomorrow, the good Lord will take you away

TurtleDude said:

So who are your favorite male singers and what songs.

In no particular order, these are mine (and yes there are dozens of lists out there-some of mine are on some, some are not)

Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) Child in Time

Jack Bruce (Cream) White Room

David Byron (Uriah Heep) The Wizard

Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin) The Song Remains the Same

Greg Lake (Emerson Lake and Palmer) Lucky Man

Martin Balin (Jefferson Starship) Caroline

Freddie Mercury (Queen) The Hammer will Drop

Felix Pappalardi (Mountain) Nantucket Sleigh Ride

Eddie Vedder (covering Ramones) Dangers of Love

Chris Cornell (SoundGarden) Burden in the Hand

Steve Winwood (Blind Faith) Presence of the Lord

Paul Rodgers (Bad Company) SeaGull

Peter Gabriel- Biko

David Bowie Moonage Daydream

Ian Anderson (Jethro Tull) wondering aloud

Roger Daltry (Who) Christmas

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Greg Lake, ELP, for the win. Any of their songs.

TurtleDude said:

one of the most unique voices in rock

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Neil really leaves it all out on the stage. His Live Aid version of 'Southern Man' ( over 23 minutes long ) starts out with a crescendo, and just keeps on revving up from the git-go.