| 31st August 2007 07:16 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
These are lead singers who can hold an audience in their hands.
1-Mick Jagger.
2-David Bowie.
3-Jim Morrison.
4-Janis Joplin.
5-Roger Daltery.
6-Robert Plant.
7-Iggy Pop.
8-John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)
9-Freddy Mercury.
10-Elvis Presley.
[Edited by guitarman53] |
| 31st August 2007 07:23 PM |
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| fireontheplatter |
don't forget the almighty bruuuuuuuuuuuuce |
| 31st August 2007 07:27 PM |
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| mrhipfl |
Mercury should be at 2! |
| 31st August 2007 07:30 PM |
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| steel driving hammer |
Maul PcCartney should be at the bottom. |
| 31st August 2007 07:34 PM |
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| Erik_Snow |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
These are lead singers who can hold an audience in their hands.
1-Mick Jagger.
2-David Bowie.
7-Iggy Pop.
8-John Lydon (Johnny Rotten)
9-Freddy Mercury.
10-Elvis Presley.
I removed the ones I didn't agree with |
| 31st August 2007 07:36 PM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
Where's Peter Wolf & Bon Scott, or even Tina Turner fronting up the Ike & Tina Revue?  |
| 31st August 2007 07:42 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
Erik_Snow wrote:
I removed the ones I didn't agree with
Right on!! Bruce should have been mentioned, as is Tina Turner, but I can't think of everybody. |
| 31st August 2007 07:52 PM |
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| pdog |
Iggy is #1 |
| 31st August 2007 07:56 PM |
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| ShaneJazz |
It's always been Jagger and Mercury, and the rest are in their rearview mirror. Honorable mention to Plant, Daltrey, Alice Cooper. |
| 31st August 2007 07:57 PM |
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| Erik_Snow |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
Right on!! Bruce should have been mentioned, as is Tina Turner, but I can't think of everybody.
It's anyway strange to see Johnny Rotten on such a list, considering that his career lasted 2 years only - from early 1976 to early 1978. The other people who are top ranked have been going for lotsa years....nobody would have mentioned for instance David Bowie if he quit in 1971. "Modern Rotten" is not a factor for him being on that list.
BTW, James Brown should definately be on the list. |
| 31st August 2007 08:00 PM |
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| mrhipfl |
AAHH!! We forgot James Brown and Michael Jackson! |
| 31st August 2007 08:45 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
Erik_Snow wrote:
It's anyway strange to see Johnny Rotten on such a list, considering that his career lasted 2 years only - from early 1976 to early 1978. The other people who are top ranked have been going for lotsa years....nobody would have mentioned for instance David Bowie if he quit in 1971. "Modern Rotten" is not a factor for him being on that list.
BTW, James Brown should definately be on the list.
As for Johnny Lydon, I've seen him command a hostile audience, & he's totally original, he doesn't copy anybody, Bowie is a fantastic showman & he didn't quit in '71, I've even seen Jagger copy some of his theatrical stand on stage, he's another original, as is Alice Cooper. |
| 31st August 2007 08:56 PM |
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| Erik_Snow |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
As for Johnny Lydon, I've seen him command a hostile audience, & he's totally original, he doesn't copy anybody, Bowie is a fantastic showman & he didn't quit in '71, I've even seen Jagger copy some of his theatrical stand on stage, he's another original, as is Alice Cooper.
Guitarman, I think you misunderstood what I meant,
I wasn't disagreeing with anyone of those 2 artists, being listed. I meant that if David Bowie lasted 2 years after reaching fame....like Johnny....it would be 1970-1971. And by that time, Bowie hadn't reached his height as a performer....at ALL!
Johnny Rotten....f*uckin awesome frontman - but the pale re-reliving of the past that started in 1996 is not even taken in consideration of placing him on this list....
in other words:
-Rotten did a f*ckin incredible job in 76-78.
- Bowie deserve a high ranking....after Jagger, Elvis and James Brown. Bowie is one of the 5 best artists ever, in my opinion - might even say one of the "3 best"
[Edited by Erik_Snow] |
| 31st August 2007 09:11 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
Hi Erik Snow.
Bowie reached a lot more fame since then, today he's probably a retired rock star living in New York, helping his daughter grow up, his effect in rock 'N' roll will never be forgotten, but he was one of the best showman I've ever seen, very smart, & could he ever command an audience! he was totally original, in '76, when everybody had long hair & jeans, Bowie came on like a '40's entertainer, like a Frank Sinatra, & that was unheard of in Rock 'N' Roll, no other rock star ever tried that before, with a suit & foreda hat. |
| 31st August 2007 09:29 PM |
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| glencar |
Certainly Daltrey doesn't belong on that list now but he had his prime & when he was in it, he was a firm #2. |
| 31st August 2007 09:31 PM |
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| Erik_Snow |
So.....where did you see Bowie in 1976, Guitarman ?
[Edited by Erik_Snow] |
| 31st August 2007 09:33 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
Hi Erik Snow.
Bowie reached a lot more fame since then, today he's probably a retired rock star living in New York, helping his daughter grow up, his effect in rock 'N' roll will never be forgotten, but he was one of the best showman I've ever seen, very smart, & could he ever command an audience! he was totally original, in '76, when everybody had long hair & jeans, Bowie came on like a '40's entertainer, like a Frank Sinatra, & that was unheard of in Rock 'N' Roll, no other rock star ever tried that before, with a suit & foreda hat.
This is a listing of performers of all Time! today's so called music doesn't hold a candle of all time great showman! no rap crap artists! I don't consider that music in any way shape or form! |
| 31st August 2007 11:44 PM |
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| Glimmer Twin |
Here are mine:
1. Mick Jagger
2. Elvis Presley
3. Roger Daltry
4. Bono
5. Sting
6. Rod Stewart
7. Bob Seger
8. Paul McCarthy
9. Bob Marley
10. Steven Tyler |
| 31st August 2007 11:53 PM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
Glimmer Twin wrote:
Here are mine:
1. Mick Jagger
2. Elvis Presley
3. Roger Daltry
4. Bono
6. Rod Stewart
7. Bob Seger
8. Paul McCarthy
9. Bob Marley
10. Steven Tyler
I agree but no Bowie! |
| 1st September 2007 12:41 AM |
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| ebmp |
Springsteen is top 3 easily
So is Mick Jagger |
| 1st September 2007 12:56 AM |
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| guitarman53 |
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Erik_Snow
So.....where did you see Bowie in 1976, Guitarman ?
I seen Bowie at Maple Leaf Gardens, early '76, on the Station To Station tour, fantastic show! it was also called The Thin white duke tour, I've got all kinds of DVD's of bootlegs of Bowie from that period. |
| 1st September 2007 01:16 AM |
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| yellerstang |
The absence of PRINCE on the list (or at the top, for that mattter)is IMMEDIATELY SUSPECT. |
| 1st September 2007 01:20 AM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
I seen Bowie at Maple Leaf Gardens, early '76, on the Station To Station tour, fantastic show! it was also called The Thin white duke tour, it was something totaly original, it was like something out of Cabaret! white light, white heat! like something out of pre-Nazi-Germany, if your a Bowie fan, I can mention lots of Bootleg Torrent sites!
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| 1st September 2007 02:32 AM |
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| LoveinVainRonnie |
I don't have a list just two names come to my taste and mind...
Frontman : Mick Jagger
Showman: Rod Stewart
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| 1st September 2007 05:11 AM |
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| Mr Jurkka |
1 - Mick Jagger
2 - Freddie Mercury
3 - Ozzy Osbourne
4 - Michael Jackson
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| 1st September 2007 07:33 AM |
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| Gazza |
In no particular order (no need to just limit it to 'rock') :
Elvis
Jagger
James Brown
Bruce
Michael Jackson
Prince
Hendrix
Freddie Mercury
Jim Morrison
Iggy
Sinatra
Bono
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| 1st September 2007 08:28 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
quote:
Erik_Snow wrote:
It's anyway strange to see Johnny Rotten on such a list, considering that his career lasted 2 years only - from early 1976 to early 1978. The other people who are top ranked have been going for lotsa years....nobody would have mentioned for instance David Bowie if he quit in 1971.
Never heard of PiL?
btw, my current faves....(for the moment)
Mick Jagger
Elvis Presley
James Brown
Freddie Mercury
Bob Marley
David Byrne
Axl Rose
Eddie Vedder
Robert Plant
Iggy Pop
Roger Daltrey
Johnny (Rotten) Lydon
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| 1st September 2007 08:34 AM |
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| lotsajizz |
quote:
guitarman53 wrote:
Bowie came on like a '40's entertainer, like a Frank Sinatra, & that was unheard of in Rock 'N' Roll, no other rock star ever tried that before, with a suit & foreda hat.
BS--Bryan Ferry was gettin' classically stylish LONG before Bowie copied him.... |
| 1st September 2007 09:16 AM |
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| guitarman53 |
quote:
lotsajizz wrote:
BS--Bryan Ferry was gettin' classically stylish LONG before Bowie copied him....
your right about that, but Bowie gets more attention then Bryan Ferry, he got more press, in the early 70's, Bowie was like beatlemania in England. |
| 1st September 2007 09:29 AM |
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| Ten Thousand Motels |
A few honorable mentions.
Mitch Ryder
John Kay
Gibbons/Hill
Ian Gillan in his heyday.
I'm not saying these guys belong in the top ten, but again Peter Wolf does. These lists you've all posted here are pretty accurate though. The fact that Mick Jagger is #1 goes without saying. That's written in stone...so to speak.
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