There's a lot of good singers on this list but their organization is a bit mindboggling...
There's a lot of good singers on this list but their organization is a bit mindboggling...
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And that says more than enough.Originally Posted by Frunobulax
I suspect you will concur on this one Fruno... how did Frank and Napoleon not make this list? Well, I know they didn't make it because the writers at RS are a bunch of posers who wouldn't know real music if it smacked them upside the head, but a real list of the 100 greatest singers of any era would have both of those guys on it, especially Napoleon.
my eyes hurt to look at the list, so I used CTRL+F to see if Piaf was there... and her only appearance was in your post.
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She's not in there, but like I said, it's because the list is not really of all time singers as they claim, but singers of the "rock era" by which I suspect they mean post 1956. 1956 was the year of the release of the first Elvis Presley album which is where most music writers begin the "rock era." Otherwise the exclusion of Piaf would be inexcusable.my eyes hurt to look at the list, so I used CTRL+F to see if Piaf was there... and her only appearance was in your post.
James Taylor? Was he on there?
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Them +/- Ike, who showed amazing versatility from Joe's Garage on. Plus no Bryan Ferry, Geddy Lee, or Peter Gabriel on the list. It's just mind boggling at how shoddy their list is, but then again I'm not surprised. RS is still probably reeling from that fucking cigarette ad that single handedly raped indie music prison style [anything that tries to capitalize on Devendra Banhart, Dirty Projectors (who are NOT "spazz rock"), etc. is shit].And that says more than enough.
I suspect you will concur on this one Fruno... how did Frank and Napoleon not make this list? Well, I know they didn't make it because the writers at RS are a bunch of posers who wouldn't know real music if it smacked them upside the head, but a real list of the 100 greatest singers of any era would have both of those guys on it, especially Napoleon.
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I was thinking - Why James Taylor but not Carly Simon? Or Carole King? It's an odd list...
No Jon Bon Jovi, either.
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That I have no problem whatsoever with, especially if we are making room for people like Fruno suggested above, especially Bryan Ferry.
The fact that Neil Young is on the list, and Ann Wilson is not.... that's all there is to that. Neil Young is an excellent song writer. But he is NOT that great of a singer. Ann Wilson has one of the most (if not THE most) powerful female voices ever. And Patti Smith is on the list instead?
I'd be interested to see the lists y'all would make if it was your choice who went into the top 100.
Paul Rodgers at 55, Gregg Allman at 70 and is Jackson Browne on the list?
The only thing about lists like this is that it reflects whats popular and credible NOW. At least a lot of great singers are getting some degree of the respect they are due.
Unlike the greatest UK song poll I read a few years ago which had Robbie Williams' Angels as the greatest UK song, ahead of Stairway to Heaven, Hey Jude, Bohemian Rhapsody...
Though I admit I do like some Bon Jovi - I do think Jon Bon Jovi should be on the list. He's got a great rock voice ( it's the writing that really isn't all that great )... he nails a song, especially those power ballards!
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Someone posted this at my Tom Waits forum. It's Keith Richards' actual ballot for this poll. I give him credit for ranking Jimmy Cliff so high on his list (he is definitely one of the greatest singers ever) but I take away credit for voting for himself. Voting for one's self is a pretty cheesy thing to do. Also interesting that he voted for himself and not for Mick. Not that I disagree, I don't care for Jagger's voice either, but I'm not in his band.
I love that he's got Raitt on there, and Warren Zevon.
I can't believe he put himself on there.... has he lost his hearing?!?
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If I had a ballot, it'd have looked like this...
(Notice that for me, "of all time" means "of all time")
I didn't vote for myself at all. That last box is for signature.
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Well, at least neither you nor Keith voted yourselves as THE best.