Can't believe with all those incredble soul singers listed in posts here Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, Sam Cooke, Ray Charles etc No-one has (apart from now of course) has mentioned the great Levi Stubbs!!
Great, but if there's anyone that should be completing that sentence it's Otis Redding. :cool: He's top of my list and totally miffed that he's been neglected.
So:
Otis
others mentioned yes but especially:
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
and
Solomon Burke
Paul Carrack
Simon Fowler (OCS)
Van Morrison
last couple of years:
Jamie Lidell... and not much else springing to mind.
Not mentioned so far ?
Jeff Buckley
Geoff Tate (Queensryche - remember Silent Lucidity / a surprise minor hit)
Rob Halford (can get a bit cliche at times / but when he does what he does best he does it extremely well - the ultimate '80's Melodic Metal voice)
Dan McCafferty (one of raunchiest heavy blues rock voices)
Marc Storace (could be written off as a cliche AC/DC Bon Scott rip-off, but what a raunchy voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zro7TeWo9to&feature=related
Maynard James Keenan (a very unique vocal delivery, love his voice especially in A Perfect Circle)
Klaus Meine
Brandon Boyd (Incubus - very stylish Alternative Rock Melodic Voice)
Gavin Hayes (Dredg - one of my favourite singers that has come onto the scene in the last 15 years.Outstanding Melodic Rock voice).Listen to this acoustic performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZXbD93Q1Eo&feature=related.This guy should be an absolute superstar - there's the music business for you at the moment - the true talent isn't coming through.
Jeff Buckley...
Maynard James Keenan (a very unique vocal delivery, love his voice especially in A Perfect Circle)
Agree with both of these.
Mike Patton is another favourite, particularly when he is in full-on melodic mode.
Trent Reznor and Lou Reed are two of my most listened to male singers. Although neither is a technically gifted vocalist, both are experts at conveying emotions and general "feel" of the music.
Ian Kenny (Karnivool, Birds Of Tokyo)
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Paul Isola (Breed 77)
Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Andy Lovegrove (Breaks Co-op)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Tom Meighan (Kasabian)
Chris Cornell (solo, Audioslave, Soundgarden)
Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
Jesse Hughes (Eagles Of Death Metal)
Jack Johnson
Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz)
Gary Barlow (Take That)
Morten Harket (Aha)
Smokey Robinson
Michael Buble
Andrea Bocelli
Russell Watson
Enrique Iglesias
Tony Christie
Roger Whittaker
Matt Munro
Andy Williams
Neil Diamond
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
Ronan Keating
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Chris Cornell
Freddie Mercury
Bruno Mars
Justin Vernon
Jason Wade
Danny O'Donoghue
Great, but if there's anyone that should be completing that sentence it's Otis Redding. :cool: He's top of my list and totally miffed that he's been neglected.
So:
Otis
others mentioned yes but especially:
Ray Charles
Sam Cooke
and
Solomon Burke
Paul Carrack
Simon Fowler (OCS)
Van Morrison
last couple of years:
Jamie Lidell... and not much else springing to mind.
If I made it into a top 10 I'd also go for
Johnny Cash
Sam Cooke
Luther Vandross
Chris Martin (Coldplay)
Danny McNamara(Embrace)
Marc Almond
Michael Buble
Ray Charles
Smokey Robinson
WAGNER.
Legend ♥
David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
Freddie Mercury (Queen)
Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
Till Lindemann (Rammstein)
Johnny Cash
Steve Perry
Matthew Bellamy
Corey Taylor
Luther Vandross
Robert Plant
Michael Jackson
Gerard Way
Ryan Tedder
Adam Gontier
Jeff Buckley
Geoff Tate (Queensryche - remember Silent Lucidity / a surprise minor hit)
Rob Halford (can get a bit cliche at times / but when he does what he does best he does it extremely well - the ultimate '80's Melodic Metal voice)
Dan McCafferty (one of raunchiest heavy blues rock voices)
Marc Storace (could be written off as a cliche AC/DC Bon Scott rip-off, but what a raunchy voice http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zro7TeWo9to&feature=related
Maynard James Keenan (a very unique vocal delivery, love his voice especially in A Perfect Circle)
Klaus Meine
Brandon Boyd (Incubus - very stylish Alternative Rock Melodic Voice)
Gavin Hayes (Dredg - one of my favourite singers that has come onto the scene in the last 15 years.Outstanding Melodic Rock voice).Listen to this acoustic performance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZXbD93Q1Eo&feature=related.This guy should be an absolute superstar - there's the music business for you at the moment - the true talent isn't coming through.
Agree with both of these.
Mike Patton is another favourite, particularly when he is in full-on melodic mode.
Trent Reznor and Lou Reed are two of my most listened to male singers. Although neither is a technically gifted vocalist, both are experts at conveying emotions and general "feel" of the music.
Johnny Cash - Legend
Jim Reeves - voice like velvet
Roy Orbison - Elvis rated him higher than himself. Would have been much bigger than Elvis if he had the looks to match the voice
Matt Bellamy (Muse)
Paul Isola (Breed 77)
Zack de la Rocha (Rage Against The Machine)
Josh Homme (Queens Of The Stone Age)
Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
Andy Lovegrove (Breaks Co-op)
Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)
Billie Joe Armstrong (Green Day)
Tom Meighan (Kasabian)
Chris Cornell (solo, Audioslave, Soundgarden)
Chester Bennington (Linkin Park)
Jesse Hughes (Eagles Of Death Metal)
Jack Johnson
Damon Albarn (Blur, Gorillaz)
David MCalmont
Tom Baxter
Terry Callier
Thom Yorke
Boy George
Guy Garvey
Bono
Richard Ashcroft
Joel Pott
David Bowie
Bryan Ferry
Freddie Mercury
Roy Orbison
Andy Williams
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Fish (Marillion)
Oh and I love Gary Barlows too.
Gary Barlow (Take That)
Morten Harket (Aha)
Smokey Robinson
Michael Buble
Andrea Bocelli
Russell Watson
Enrique Iglesias
Tony Christie
Roger Whittaker
Matt Munro
Andy Williams
Neil Diamond
Carl Wilson (Beach Boys)
Ronan Keating