Thread: The greatest lead singer of all time ?

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

As a singer he is second to Paul Rodgers IMO.

I saw The Firm in about '85. Both Rodgers and Page were terrible.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

I saw The Firm in about '85. Both Rodgers and Page were terrible.

About the time, well at least Page was fighting with his heroin addiction and was sadly out of touch, especially his confidence.

paul rogers best lead singer for me
robert plant gets the silver medal.

Rogers,Plant,Freddie all great BUT could they get as pissed as Shane Macgowan and still do it.The greatest lead singer songwriter ever.

Originally Posted by crocman

BUT could they get as pissed as Shane Macgowan and still do it.The greatest lead singer songwriter ever.

Talentless plastic pikey prick.

Originally Posted by crocman

The greatest lead singer songwriter ever.

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Talentless plastic pikey prick.

Macgowan might be a prick. But talentless plastic pikey? Piss off.

Originally Posted by Bettyboo

Oh the stories......

Saw The Cult open up for Aerosmith once upon a time.
Ian Astbury may have had an off night, but it was one of the worst singing performances I have ever witnessed. He really butchered those songs that night.
Steven Tyler on the other hand was awesome.

Originally Posted by The Muffinman

Ian Astbury

Morrison wannabe

Ian Astbury can be very poor live..... And got worse and worse the more they tried to sound live AC/DC around the time of Electric.

I've seen him 17 times with Southern Death Cult, 132 times with Death Cult/The Cult and once with Rubber Love so I feel qualified to comment.....

Actually he had no early fixation with Morrison, but that started around the time of the Doors movie where he was considered for the leading role. Later of course he actually took the role in the Doors, so I'd say it is fair comment....5555

I must admit I did like his little dabble with UNKLE.

A difficult one this. Jim Morrison probably takes the nomination on the grounds he combined virtuosity with such charisma that he elevated the Doors to a degree far in excess of the sum of its parts, a talent which separates the truly great from the mere journeymen.

Second choice is a toss up between John Kay of Steppenwolf or Stevie Winwood.

Originally Posted by crocman

Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog

Talentless plastic pikey prick.

Macgowan might be a prick. But talentless plastic pikey? Piss off.

Maybe not, but certainly a one trick pony.

Originally Posted by Loy Toy

I have never forgiven Bowie for one of the worst concerts I have ever seen back in the mid 80's but who could deny his stage presence, song writing ability and singing prowess.

Back in the 70's before punk happened there was simply no one like Bowie. His image and music appealed to so many people, across all musical and cultural spectrums.

At this time he was backed with ace guitarist Mick Ronson as well, and could do no wrong in many eyes.

Saw Bowie live in the late seventies outdoors in christchurch New Zealand.It was called the stages tour and spawned a live album.When he played Station toStation it was possibly the best thing musically i've seen.Saw him several years later,outdoors again, at VFL Park in melbourne Aus. had to be the worst concert ever.

Originally Posted by Bobcock

Ian Astbury can be very poor live..... And got worse and worse the more they tried to sound live AC/DC around the time of Electric. I've seen him 17 times with Southern Death Cult, 132 times with Death Cult/The Cult and once with Rubber Love so I feel qualified to comment.....

I was the Cult once. His singing was dreadful. This was at the end of their career when they were relegated to doing small shows in places like Milton Keynes.