Best Rock singer of the seventies
Una delle classifiche più difficili da stilare. Tante, troppe belle voci, alcune un po' sopravvalutate, alcune invece non considerate quanto avrebbero meritato. Alcune si sono sciupate nel giro di qualche anno (vedi Plant o Gillan) altre sono rimaste pulite, potenti e cristalline fino ad oggi (vedi Hughes ed il grande e compianto R.J. Dio). Provo a cimentarmi in questo arduo compito :-)
<b>Glenn Hughes</b>

1

Glenn Hughes

Trapeze - Deep Purple - Black Sabbath i principali
<b>Dio</b>

3

Dio

Elf - Rainbow - Black Sabbath - Dio
<b>Bernardo Lanzetti</b>

5

Bernardo Lanzetti

Aqua Fragile - PFM
<b>Ian Gillan</b>

9

Ian Gillan

Deep Purple - Ian Gillan Band - Gillan - Black Sabbath
<b>Peter Hammill</b>

12

Peter Hammill

Van Der Graaf Generator
<b>Sammy Hagar</b>

18

Sammy Hagar

Montrose - solista - H.S.A.S. - Van Halen - Chickenfoot
<b>Lou Gramm</b>

20

Lou Gramm

Foreigner - solista - Shadow King
<b>John Wetton</b>

21

John Wetton

King Crimson - Asia
<b>Greg Lake</b>

26

Greg Lake

King Crimson, E.L.P., Asia
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  • Rock70
    Rock70
    5 jan 11
    beautiful beautiful beautiful!
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    6 jan 11
    Hammil is a bit low, but nice ranking.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    6 jan 11
    @hjhhjij: I know, I love Hammill and as I mentioned, compiling this list was almost painful due to some choices; I especially love (apart from his extraordinary flair as a composer) his vocal timbre, but I have heard some of his live performances and, believe me, he didn’t quite deliver like he did in the studio, and I gave importance to this as well. Even the unforgettable Mercury, for example, didn’t perform live like he did in the studio, but in terms of interpretations and nuances, he was a step above the magical Hammill.
     
  • korrea
    korrea
    6 jan 11
    I would raise Daltrey quite a bit, but oh well :) What do you think of Sting?
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    6 jan 11
    Daltrey was one of the toughest choices. I'm still thinking about it but... mumble, mumble... live he often struggled with some notes. I love his voice, don't get me wrong, just like I adore the Who. I like Sting, warm voice and very expressive, but he belongs to the eighties :-)
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    6 jan 11
    For me, Mercury was the best both in the studio and live... but I'm biased! XD Don't tell me he wasn't on the same level live, because only at Wembley, where he was vocally at his lowest, he messed up: & & & &
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    6 jan 11
    great ranking, anyway... I like it!
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    6 jan 11
    Good old stone ;-) I've heard Mercury live a ton of times, even on bootleg recordings, and I've never really heard him sing like in the studio. It's worth mentioning that he took care of his vocal parts in a meticulous way. Anyway, one of the most beautiful voices and he knew how to take the crowd in hand ;-)
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    6 jan 11
    Yes, then it’s obvious that it would have been impossible to reproduce live the vocal overdubs of Bohemian Rhapsody or The Prophet's Song, just to name a couple... :)
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    6 jan 11
    Nice to see Steve Walsh and Frank Di Mino, always underrated.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    6 jan 11
    Look, fedezan, a voice enthusiast like myself cannot fail to rank two such singers among the best ;-)
     
  • hocus-pocus
    hocus-pocus
    6 jan 11
    too low Daltrey. But also Plant, Gillan, and Hammill. And then there's the immense Greg Lake missing!
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    6 jan 11
    In mine there aren't any, but only because I stopped at 10. However, I had the chance to review something from both groups, which I adore. I can only approve of the choice.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    6 jan 11
    @hocus-pocus: first of all, I like your nickname; it reminds me of a fantastic Dutch band from those golden years ;-) maybe Thijs van Leer could have appeared in this ranking as well? It’s true that Lake doesn’t appear, with his beautifully warm and soothing voice, but in terms of range and timbre richness, I can’t place him ahead of those already on the list. However, I can add him. I must admit, though, that I had forgotten about him :-( For the others you mentioned, with all due respect, I can't put them before names like Hughes, Dio, Perry, Stratos...
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    6 jan 11
    YRo, regarding the Hammill live, I agree with you, so I understand your choice ;)
     
  • berlinboy85
    berlinboy85
    6 jan 11
    @stonecold: bullshit, bullshit, and more bullshit. Freddie has NEVER reached the studio pitch even once, neither live nor in the studio!!! "He only messed up at Wembley" well, go fuck yourself, I watched a performance of Bohemian bla bla from '75 on an unofficial DVD where he hit some absolutely HUGE wrong notes!! Did Freddie have vocal talent? YES! Was he a great singer? NO! P.S.: I checked out those links you posted... PLEASE!! And you want us to believe that live he was on the same level as the studio overdubs!?!?
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    6 jan 11
    Overdub??? bhuahuahuahuahuahuahua!!! The Clash and U2 have gone to your head, Berlin!
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    7 jan 11
    By the way YRO, in this beautiful ranking, in my opinion, one absolutely amazing artist is missing whom I adore: Paul Rodgers. What do you think?
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    7 jan 11
    True, but I’ll tell you, I’ve never gone crazy for his voice, even though I love Bad Company so much. And I’ll confess, just like good wine, I think the good old Paul has improved over the years :-)
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    7 jan 11
    I don't know if he has improved over time, in the sense that I've paid little attention to his recent work... certainly that reunion with Queen didn’t sit well with me, he should be singing blues-rock, that's where he makes a difference.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    7 jan 11
    I completely agree. I don’t even want to think about what commercial purposes were behind that move, among other things one of the most unlikely pairings in the history of rock! It's truly sad to see such cynical speculation on a legend like Queen. But the other three, come on, did they really need that pantomime?!?
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    7 jan 11
    Yes, I can't explain it either... :( credit to John Deacon for staying out of it, and respect to people like Plant and Page who have always safeguarded the moral integrity of the Zeppelin in the face of money! :)
     
  • Francesc
    Francesc
    7 jan 11
    Shareable! However, I would suggest a Steven Tyler instead of the Scorpions' frontman.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    7 jan 11
    Francesc, I love Tyler's voice and I'm a huge fan of Aerosmith (by the way, I saw them live in Milan in '89 at an overwhelming concert where Steven sang like a madman until the very end), but it can't be compared to the much more musical and melodic voice of Meine. I remember a concert in Russia in '90 or thereabouts where the Scorpions performed alongside Bon Jovi, Cinderella (and others I can't recall now), and a horrible local band, Gorky Park, and I swear that despite his age (Meine was by far the oldest among the singers), in a pyrotechnic version of "Rock And Roll" by Led Zeppelin to close the concert, the Scorpions' vocalist blew everyone away, singing his parts like only Plant could do twenty years earlier. I'm sorry, but I don't think there are any comparisons. Tyler is a good singer, but I don't consider his voice to be on par with the others I've mentioned. :-(
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    What a ranking! I just think Lanzetti should be a bit lower :)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    Paul Stanley and Mercury not though :D
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    And so, after the anti-Cockroach campaign, Felo launched the anti-Queen... ahhhhhh, the cccciovani d'occi, who get excited about Jeff Buckley and Kurt Cobain and blame certain ccccente... ;D
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    8 jan 11
    Come on Felo, Mercury can't be missing from a ranking of the best singers ;)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Look Felo, in this ranking I think (I believe... I hope) I've included the best of the best, like voices, from that fabulous decade in every way. Lanzetti was a great for me, a powerful, chest voice. He deserves that position. We're not always looking for foreign influences at all costs, right? ;-)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    But what foreigners! Stonecold: I hate Cobain :D
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    Felo, you scare me... are you sure you don't suffer from a split personality??? XD
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    I would have put Stratos first, really.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    .-. But just because I include it in the rankings (and I admit its importance, at least historically) does that mean I idolize it? (To understand better, read my ranking of the worst artists). .-. Bah.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Okay, that's fine ;-) Jokes aside, to be completely honest, I could maybe put Plant above Lanzetti, but damn, the voice of the handsome Roberto with golden curls, by the mid-seventies he was no longer hitting those legendary tones. Plus, Plant expertly utilized falsetto on high notes while Lanzetti was more about chest voice that could break eardrums. It's a different thing! Still, it's a real dilemma to put together such a ranking @__@
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    Yes, exactly... you can't consider an artist overrated if you think they're among the top ONE HUNDRED OF ALL TIME!!! It's a COSMIC incongruity! For example, I like him, but I wouldn't even place him in the top 200, same for Jeff Buckley. ;)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    Well, I think it’s overrated; for example, it’s not among the top 50 and often you see it among the top 10. And that seems too much to me. :)
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    I agree with you on this, but if you consider it overrated and then place it among the top 100, you diminish the very essence of the ranking; we are talking about the 100 greatest artists of all time, ABSOLUTELY!!! Then, it's obvious that subjective sensitivity greatly influences personal rankings, but you say you even hate it, would you agree with me that this is a contradiction or not?
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    I've lost the thread of the conversation! Who are you talking about?!? I'm always referring to Lanzetti! 8-\
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    YRO, yours is a beautiful and extremely competent ranking, one of the best I have seen so far. ;)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Thank you FreddaPietraPazza, could it be because of my age??? Sigh!
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    Not at all, you're still so young! ;)
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    8 jan 11
    Hey hey guys, enough with the nonsense now, Jeff Buckley is one of the best voices of all time... Almost 4 octaves, an inimitable falsetto that extends his range even further, excellent modulation with a soulful touch, but above all, a unique expressiveness. You can say you don’t like his style, but you can’t say he isn’t among the best singers... and making a (vocal) comparison with Cobain is utterly ridiculous.
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    8 jan 11
    I agree with Faith about Jeff, but Tim was even better :)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    My children (at least I'll be old for something -___O), I have to quote Fedezan. Listening to Buckley's voice was like hearing something otherworldly. I have rarely encountered such expressiveness. He knew how to growl (live, he always delivered a possessed version of "Kick Out The Jam" by the legendary MC5) and at the same time offered interpretations of intensity and drama that were truly moving. And then "Grace" is one of the best works of the last twenty years!
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    FedeZ, no one here has questioned Jeff's vocal abilities, let alone compared him to Kurt! The discussion was aimed at highlighting certain "strange" inconsistencies in Felo's evaluations, that's all. ;)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Guys, despite my age, I confess I have a gap. I've never listened to dad Buckley! Any suggestions besides feeling ashamed?!? :-C
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    8 jan 11
    Lorca and Starsailor, the most experimental yet probably the most beautiful, the voice of another galaxy.
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Mmmh... good blood doesn't lie, then! I'll take note!
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    8 jan 11
    Yro167: I must confess that I'm not particularly fond of Buckley senior. Certainly, his voice is astonishing, one of the most extensive I've ever heard. His expressiveness is also great, and I believe that from a technical standpoint, he will surprise you. However, it's the music that has never captured me, although it must be acknowledged that he experimented like few others. For example, I don't like Lorca and Starsailor, while I prefer works like Happy Sad and Goodbye and Hello.
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    8 jan 11
    @stone: felo is more of an encyclopedia than a listener. If it’s true that he’s 13 (and I have my doubts), I find it hard to believe that he has truly listened to all the music he includes in his charts. Maybe I’m wrong.
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    8 jan 11
    Happy sad and Goodbye and hello are much simpler, classic, definitely two beautiful albums ;) Lorca and Starsailor are pretty tough, they can be liked or disliked, they are undoubtedly two masterpieces of experimentation. Anyway, I love them, faith doesn’t, but I advise you to get Happy sad and Starsailor to compare the two sides of Buckley father, the one more oriented towards classic singer-songwriter folk and the more experimental one ;)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Alright, so I already have four titles in my repertoire :-)
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    8 jan 11
    @fedeZ, this is not just your impression, but also mine and someone else's, judging by the comments... in fact, I'm sure of it, and that's why I sometimes provoke it. ;)
     
  • YRO167
    YRO167
    8 jan 11
    Experimentation doesn’t scare me... I also listen to Einstürzende Neubauten, who have almost nothing musical about them, so... and then, at almost 44, for an eternally music-obsessed person like me, it’s always great to still have so much to discover...
     
  • hjhhjij
    hjhhjij
    8 jan 11
    So Starsailor won't let you down ;)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    "If it’s true that he’s 13 (and I doubt it), I find it hard to believe he’s been able to listen properly to all the music he includes in his charts." It also seems impossible to listen to all the stuff I mention, anyway I’m talking about things that I've more or less listened to, even if not entirely.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    8 jan 11
    Yes, anyway I am 14 years old.
     
  • fedezan76
    fedezan76
    8 jan 11
    @felo: you don't listen to music "more or less". If that's the case, the charts you make aren't YOURS.
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    9 jan 11
    It's not that I listen more or less; I don't listen to all the albums I mention in full, but it's not about the majority.
     
  • stonecoldcrazy
    stonecoldcrazy
    9 jan 11
    Sorry Felo, but instead of making encyclopedic rankings that you claim are objective about artists you don’t actually know, wouldn’t it be better to make subjective ones about artists you know well??? It's obvious that many of the artists you mention, you know little about; I’ve noticed this in the responses you often gave to me, to White68, and others... P.S.: If, absurdly, you really are 14 years old, I would congratulate you on your cleverness, intuition, and writing skills that are truly rare at that age! ;)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    9 jan 11
    Well, the comments from White68 refer to the fact that I don't know artists very well, whose albums I've listened to that aren't exactly the best (see Scotty Moore). Anyway, I repeat, I mention stuff that I've listened to, even if SOMETIMES not entirely, and I don’t rely on sources like Wikipedia and things like that. Also, we’re not talking about my rankings, but about the rock artist's ranking. As for the rest, I believe I've always mentioned stuff that I know well. Anyway, thanks, and I swear, I’m really 14 years old :)
     
  • Felo
    Felo
    9 jan 11
    I mean, it's not about all my rankings.
     
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