Favourite Singers (1 Viewer)

Laura Mvula
Corrine Bailey Rae
Mayer Hawthorne
Erykah Badu
Garrett Dutton (G Love & Special Sauce)
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Holt
Robert Johnson
Bob Marley
Gregory Porter
Nat King Cole
Micky Dolenz
Phillis Dillon
Jimmy James (& The Vagabonds)
and the brilliant Tom Waits

Luke Kelly
Mary Black

Freddie Mercury

bringbackrattles said:

I wonder if Elvis gets picked ? Not Costello !

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I saw Costello play 3 months back at the Love Supreme. For some reason it was one of the most emotional performances I have ever seen (and I'm not that made on him). Then we heard the next day he was in the middle of a cancer battle. Yep I saw Elvis (get well soon).

Bernie Rhodes Nose said:

Laura Mvula
Corrine Bailey Rae
Mayer Hawthorne
Erykah Badu
Garrett Dutton (G Love & Special Sauce)
Corinne Bailey Rae
John Holt
Robert Johnson
Bob Marley
Gregory Porter
Nat King Cole
Micky Dolenz
Phillis Dillon
Jimmy James (& The Vagabonds)
and the brilliant Tom Waits

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Sorry just realise were limited to 10. Damn I love them all (forgot Gil Scott Heron).

Bernie Rhodes Nose said:

Sorry just realise were limited to 10. Damn I love them all (forgot Gil Scott Heron).

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But you did put Corrine Bailey Ray twice

Johnnythespider said:

But you did put Corrine Bailey Ray twice

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Yeah and she counts as three.

Kate Pierson, Courtney Love, Lydia Lopez.
Boz Skaggs, Michael Mcdonald, Elkie Brooks, Louis Armstrong, Beth Gibbons

I’d put Jeff and Tim Buckley on that list, as well as Thom Yorke and P J Harvey.


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Off the top of my head, and in no great order:

Bob Catley
Ronnie James Dio
Freddie Mercury
Steve Walsh (pre coke habit)
Phil Mogg
Rick Astley (honestly!)
David Coverdale (when he *could* sing!)
Roy Orbison
Jon Oliva
Steve Hogarth

They all appear to be men, mostly of a certain tone, and mostly on the epic side.

Deleted member 5849 said:

Steve Hogarth

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Fuck off

Grendel said:

Fuck off

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Embrace the brave new world G-Man.

Deleted member 5849 said:

Embrace the brave new world G-Man.

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New world? How to full stadiums one minute and a pub the next

Grendel said:

New world? How to full stadiums one minute and a pub the next

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Well... they were still having top ten singles this century, and not like the previous lead singer ended up having a stellar solo career in terms of the numbers... but it shouldn't really be an either/or anyway.

But since when did numbers really count? Otherwise we'd all have Sam Smith in our lists.

Geoff Tate
Emma Shaplin
Ozzy
Bruce Dickinson
Jimmy Pursey
John Lydon
Elton John
George Michael
Birdy
Dio
Art Garfunkel
Barbara Streisand
Tony Martin
Mark Hollis
Alison Moyet
Demis Rousos
Paloma Faith
Tina Turner
Bob Dylan
Dido

Deleted member 5849 said:

Well... they were still having top ten singles this century, and not like the previous lead singer ended up having a stellar solo career in terms of the numbers... but it shouldn't really be an either/or anyway.

But since when did numbers really count? Otherwise we'd all have Sam Smith in our lists.

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After album 1 with him they became a pop band

Grendel said:

After album 1 with him they became a pop band

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Brave is surely anything but pop?

Deleted member 5849 said:

Brave is surely anything but pop?

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I genuinely played that album once and ended my interest in Marillion at that point - the band made a dumb move - they forced Fish out when recording the follow up to Clutching at Straws (most of which appeared on his Wilderness album) and that was that. The Seasons End album contains a lot of the musical elements of the original 5th album project which is why its OK. The next album Holidays in Eden was very commercial - Brave was a desperate attempt to return to Prog roots and really wasn't very credible.

Grendel said:

I genuinely played that album once and ended my interest in Marillion at that point - the band made a dumb move - they forced Fish out when recording the follow up to Clutching at Straws (most of which appeared on his Wilderness album) and that was that. The Seasons End album contains a lot of the musical elements of the original 5th album project which is why its OK. The next album Holidays in Eden was very commercial - Brave was a desperate attempt to return to Prog roots and really wasn't very credible.

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Hmmm, isn't the band version that Fish tried to force Mark Kelly out, and given he'd forced bass player, drummer, and earlier keyboard player out before that, they'd got a bit fed up of him making demands. Two sides to every story, and sometimes it's maybe just the way it is.

We'll have to agree to differ on Brave, I think it's a terrific album. I'll grant you the likes of Anoraknophobia aren't great (what a letdown that I paid for that two years in advance!) but they still pull out some original quality stuff... and of course the quality of the music is almoist incidental to the technical quality of the singer, anyway. I can appreciate the argument with Marillion much as I can appreciate the argument of Ozzy over Dio but... poersonally I prefer both of the replacements as singers, but I'll accept they're maybe not as unique (although Fish's Peter Gabriel impression is pretty good, of course!). For me, it's a set period of time (Season's End and Brave) that sneaks him onto the list... along with needing a tenth at short notice

And surely they're one of the few bands who are genuinely progressive, in that their style has progressed? Doesn't mean they'll carry everyone (you!) along, but the safe option would have been to do pastiches of Genesis for the rest of their career. Doesn't stop the earlier era being terrific in its own right, either, that. But let's face it, it's only the past couple of years that your username has turned up in Mr. Dick's set again, after years of him refusing to play it.