Comments | piney61: 100 Greatest Singers -- The List plus some Youtubery links

piney61

100 Greatest Singers -- The List plus some Youtubery links

Dec 14, 2008 17:34

Because I am a giant music geek, I decided to do an entry on this. Rolling Stone recently did a list of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time I thought I'd put down the list here, linkage to some YouTubery of a song of theirs, and all. Some of these picks I agree with, some I don't. The latter I think it's partially out of personal taste and ( Read more... )

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piney61 December 15 2008, 02:00:22 UTC

Haha. I'm not sure where I'd exactly rank him, however. :P

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piney61 December 15 2008, 02:03:09 UTC

Oh yeah totally agree here. I love the choices, I think number 1 is uncontested but I think it should be re-arranged...I think I may try that once I finish this five page overview thing. I'd also replace a few as well. Like I'd put in Paul Simon and Bob Seger in place of Axl Rose and maybe Kurt Cobain.

ecl1958 December 15 2008, 01:09:37 UTC

What fun this is going to be to listen to when I have a couple of hours! I'm especially delighted to see that Sam Cooke is so high on the list.

piney61 December 15 2008, 02:03:52 UTC

Yeah me too. I love the people on the list but the rankings need a little help(though I do like seeing Sam Cooke's name in the top 5)

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ecl1958 December 15 2008, 01:49:13 UTC

The public at large needs to get reacquainted with George Jones. I had forgotten how much I love his voice until I watched that clip. Oft imitated but never duplicated!

piney61 December 15 2008, 02:08:26 UTC

Don Henley's voice is fucking awesome. It's like the almost perfect blend of country and R&B. And the smokiness to the voice is awesome. Also it helps because I can rock the fuck out to "Dirty Laundry"

I really wanna know the criteria too. I'm doing mine more on vocal talents in their genre. I like Dylan but he should be in the bottom 50.

I was very thrilled though to see Steve Winwood so high. I've been on a wicked Steve Winwood kick lately anyway (the cover of "Georgia on my Mind" i linked to totally blew my mind).

I thought the George Jones selection was inspired, ditto with Winwood, Levon Helm, and Eric Burdon.

piney61 December 15 2008, 02:16:03 UTC

Just found this Voters and Handwritten Votes

ayrdaomei December 15 2008, 02:07:09 UTC

rickenbacker and I had a good laugh over John Lennon at number 5. I may, grudgingly, grant that he was a good songwriter and composer. But in the top 5 of singers all time? What the fuck ever.

piney61 December 15 2008, 02:09:11 UTC

Yeah I didn't like that pick. I think George Harrison was a better singer anyway and he's not even on there. Sometimes they cloud their judgement on singers with songwriting and impact and shit. It kinda is annoying.