Sorry, I came over all smutty for a moment there


Right back on track.. Freddie Mercury wasn't half bad as a singer

 

ffs - I'm out of this thread........

 

Surely he cant compare to the Walrus of luuuurve


....Big Barry White

 

Can we get this thread back on topic, please? We're talking about the best singers, not which fading rockstar's socks we'd like to cook.

 

It wasn't unexpected

Fancy a chocolate Brazil?

 

Fading rockstar, my rear end!

As above:

Freddie Mercury,

David Bowie

 

Ronaldinho isn't even a feckin' SINGER!!

I give up.

 

Thank you for mentioning the biggest fading rockstar on the planet.

 

Nah, he does nowt for me, good body bad face and I bet his cuddles don't come up to the standard of Bubba's (where the hell does the ' go, seeing as his nibs is in town)

 

Oh lighten up, you stinkpot You can be amusing when you want to be, I've seen it

 

Aretha Franklin
Karen Carpenter..

There are so many great singers.. it's hard to pick the bestest one

 

I just did, Michael Hutchence

 

Just sifting through my diatribe of MP3s: Stevie Nicks

 

Between the A and the S.

 

He wasn't bad, but JBJ is betterer..


I wonder if anyone is going to suggest Wacko Jacko

 

Thought so

 

Was he the 8th dwarf?

 

I've never heard of the 8th dwarf, but if there ever was one, I'd imagine he'd have a better name than We he.. it's not very catchy like say Prince AKA The Symbol, is it?

 

Serious face now...

This is a contender...


YouTube - Johnny Mathis - Misty (full length)(1959)

Pure quality....

 

Mainstream singers aren't entirely where it's at, either. You have to mention John Lydon, Joe Strummer, Siouxsie Sioux, Howard Devoto, Thom Yorke etc. They aren't really "singers" but their voices are unique instruments nontheless.

 

Thom Yorke is... he can sing... the rest are crap though...

None compare to the Mathis however...

 

Can't vote for Mathis My Ma & Pa used to play his albums for 2-3 hours every bloody Sunday when I was a kid For that reason, I'm out, and so was he

 

Yeah, ok. Go and stand on your lonely hillock if you want to. If you know these singers and you still dismiss them, then you must have a hearing defect.

 

That's why I love him though... it's pure nostalgia for a better, more innocent time.... damn fine music too...

 

The fool on the hill eh?? They don't sing - they just shout and proclaim things... that's not singing...

 

Lots of performers who can't sing well, but suit their material. I always thought Neil Diamond was a poor singer, but I like him a lot. Dylan can't sing for toffee, Van Morrisson too. I spent nearly 3 hours in Finsbury Park and didn't recognise a single word when they both played the Fleadh many years ago, but it was a brilliant night. Shane McGowan is there with them too, a brilliant lyricist and anarchic rebel, which combine to make him an entertaining guy. They may hide their inadequacies behind the words, or the music, or both, or something else, but they still capture your imagination and make you want to listen, unlike Celine Dion and Mariah Carey, whom are fabulously talented singers (sometimes), but are dull, vapid and dreary.

 

Did you just state that Joe Strummer was 'crap'. Leave the room you ignorant philistine.

 

I must admit, I've never warmed to strummer. Hugh Cornwell though, yes !

 

You dont have to like them, but you must regard them.

 

That's ok, in my 'Jani Jones world' other 'career opportunities' beckon....