Rolling Stone Greatest Singers of ALL TIME? |
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- Опубліковано 15 січ 2023
- Rolling Stone Magazine offers readers another insipid list - this time it is the Greatest Singers of All Time! What do you think of the list?
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No Karen Carpenter? I love what Tom Petty's daughter said about RS magazine when asked if her father was dead - she said : "He's not dead yet, but your magazine is." Amen.
RS creates these lists in hopes of offending people. It gets them clicks.
I think it’s a shame that Colin Blunstone and Burton Cummings didn’t make the list they are in my opinion 2 of the greatest singers in the rock and roll history and we get people like Ozzy Osbourne on the greatest singers list Rolling Stone give me a break it’s all about money to them.
Tony Bennett, Nat Cole, Petula Clark. Carl Wilson should be on the list, if only for his lead vocal on "God Only Knows."
I thought it was outrageous Dionne Warwick didn't make the list.
To me Steve Marriott of Humble Pie and Small Faces is certainly one of the best Rock singers ever. Apparently he didn't make the list.
Bob Dylan is a better singer than Paul McCartney… haha, seriously Jann?
For the love of God, Karen Carpenter is one of the greatest period! Top 15 easily, probably top 10. Rolling Stone is a joke, a complete and utter joke. And that’s a shame.
I have never been that big a fan of Rolling Stone. My dad let me look at his old issues from the late 60's and early 70's. By far my favourite part was the reader letters complaining how bad the magazine was. Two standouts to me were "I wouldn't even use your magazine to wrap my fish!" and "If I followed your record review recommendations I'd have the most piece of sh*t record collection ever!"
I like your take on this. Kudos for mentioning Rosemary Clooney, Doris Day and Karen Carpenter. Unfortunately, we live in an era where the ability to just sing the melody of a song with some tasteful improvisations is being trumped by vocal gymnastics. Dolly Parton's thoughtful rendition of her own song "I will always love you", where the focus is on the person she is singing to, vs Whitney Houston's version which should have been retitled, "I will always love me and my incredible voice", is a good example of this trend.
I like your point about the difference between a great voice and a great singer. Years ago I commented about this on FB and gave Howard Kaylan and Micky Dolenz as examples of both, in my opinion- both heavily underrated pop vocalists who have great voices and are great singers. As I posted it, it got an immediate thumbs-up and the words "Howard Kaylan likes this post" floated up. He was reading the thread.
I just heard Paul Rogers mentioned and I agree he's one of the greatest of all time, in my humble opinion. I feel the same way about Steve Winwood...
John Lennon is my favorite singer of all-time with McCartney close behind. Incredible range and power both of them. Not at all surprised by the top ten we are firmly in terra woke incognito. And no Karen Carpenter? Sinatra? Glad you mentioned them Matt.
These should have been on the list - Donovan Leitch, Burton Cummings, Ian Gillan, Robin Gibb, Art Garfunkel. Peter Rivera, & Paul Rogers.
Damn straight Paul Rodgers is one if the few singers that still sings just as good today. Maybe slightly thinner but maintains his range. Also a multi instrumentalist
How did Steve Perry not get a mention in the top 10 ?
Granted I have not read the list however the two singers that come to mind are Paul McCartney and Harry Nilsson. Those two can do amazing things with their voices.
I feel your pain, Matt - but I stopped taking these kind of polls seriously by the late-70s after I remember Johnny Rotten being considered a great singer!
Great video Matt, I too was very surprised by the absence of Bing Crosby. It is like they have conveniently erased him and his influence from the history of popular music. Cheers Matt
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