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5 Of The Best/Most Influential Musical Frontmen/women

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  • Badger
    Badger Posts: 4,842
    Marc Bolan
    Tom Waits
    Peter Gabriel
    Chris Cornell
    Ian Dury

  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,184
    edited January 2023
    LennyLowrent said:
    sillav nitram said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    sillav nitram said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
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    LennyLowrent said:
    So far with very few exceptions, we haven't strayed too far postcode wise culturally 
    What does that mean?
    Emir Kusturica
    Paolo Conte
    Gilberto Gill
    Jaques Brel
    Miles Davis
    Oh right, I see. Roughly translated as "nobody has said "look at me"". 

    Until your post.
    Thank you.
    Not resting on my Laurels, I'm looking to expand. Suggestions for additional reasons to post on here are most welcome.
    Apart form Miles Davis I haven’t heard of the other 4………has anyone else?
    Next time the non smoking orchestra is in town, do yourself a favour, with or without Kustorica (he may be busy directing) go go go... 7/8, 9/8, even 11/8 but you will fall in love. Brel and Miles are nobodies (put there for the one obvious reason) Conte sings about cyclists boxers and lonely Zebras, Gilberto Gill, loves trains (2222).
    Would have loved to have the No Smocking Orchestra @lennylowrent, do they tour much and when did you see them?
    In Tel Aviv.
    They have been to Israel a few times since. i now live in Perth Western Australia. We live in hope...
    Long way to go for a gig.
    2017. I think, 
    Caeserea amphitheatre to be more precise . Back then that long way trip was a regular thing... 
    They must have toured the UK... no..?
    If they have @lennylowrent, I’ve never seen anything, though that in itself isn’t surprising, I’ve long since had my finger removed from the pulse!
  • ricky_otto
    ricky_otto Posts: 22,600
    edited January 2023

    Monica Irimia
  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,681
    SoundAsa£ said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    So far with very few exceptions, we haven't strayed too far postcode wise culturally 
    What does that mean?
    Emir Kusturica
    Paolo Conte
    Gilberto Gill
    Jaques Brel
    Miles Davis
    Oh right, I see. Roughly translated as "nobody has said "look at me"". 

    Until your post.
    Thank you.
    Not resting on my Laurels, I'm looking to expand. Suggestions for additional reasons to post on here are most welcome.
    Apart form Miles Davis I haven’t heard of the other 4………has anyone else?
    Gilberto Gill.....................The girl from Ipanema
    A song probably most have heard but an influential frontman is pushing it.


  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,681
    Arthur Brown certainly got people to take notice with 'Fire'.
  • Howzat
    Howzat Posts: 16
    Ronnie James Dio, Roger Daltry, Jagger, Levi Stubbs,Tyber Cranstoun
  • Bilko
    Bilko Posts: 770
    No mention of Gary Glitter 😀
  • AddicksAddict
    AddicksAddict Posts: 15,851
    jimmymelrose said:
    Anyway my vote for the best in this category as I interpret it is Michael Hutchence. I feel blessed to have been so close. He radiated love, energy, excitement and happiness. I will always love him.

    If only the music wasn't so bleh.
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    I've been to hundreds of concerts and the best front man performance was without doubt Michael Hutchence Wembley Stadium 1991.
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000crsx
  • Taxi_Lad
    Taxi_Lad Posts: 3,785
    Some notable omissions imo,

    Boy George
    George Michael
    Midge Ure 
    Chris Martin
    Bono
    Gary Barlow
    Brandon Flowers
    Peter Gabriel

    very pleased the Andy McClusky & Debbie Harry got mentions

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  • sillav nitram
    sillav nitram Posts: 10,184
    Taxi_Lad said:
    Some notable omissions imo,

    Boy George
    George Michael
    Midge Ure 
    Chris Martin
    Bono
    Gary Barlow
    Brandon Flowers
    Peter Gabriel

    very pleased the Andy McClusky & Debbie Harry got mentions
    https://youtu.be/t0hK1wyrrAU
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,398
    Ron & Russel Mael of Sparks fame ,

  • LennyLowrent
    LennyLowrent Posts: 2,708
    edited January 2023
    Baldybonce said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    So far with very few exceptions, we haven't strayed too far postcode wise culturally 
    What does that mean?
    Emir Kusturica
    Paolo Conte
    Gilberto Gill
    Jaques Brel
    Miles Davis
    Oh right, I see. Roughly translated as "nobody has said "look at me"". 

    Until your post.
    Thank you.
    Not resting on my Laurels, I'm looking to expand. Suggestions for additional reasons to post on here are most welcome.
    Apart form Miles Davis I haven’t heard of the other 4………has anyone else?
    Gilberto Gill.....................The girl from Ipanema
    A song probably most have heard but an influential frontman is pushing it.

    Hardly a frontman indeed is our Joao...

    I like to assume you have innocently  confused Joao Gilberto, with Gilberto Gil...
    Here he is.

    https://youtu.be/PCfw95pl_bc


  • Baldybonce
    Baldybonce Posts: 9,681
    LennyLowrent said:
    Baldybonce said:
    SoundAsa£ said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    Off_it said:
    LennyLowrent said:
    So far with very few exceptions, we haven't strayed too far postcode wise culturally 
    What does that mean?
    Emir Kusturica
    Paolo Conte
    Gilberto Gill
    Jaques Brel
    Miles Davis
    Oh right, I see. Roughly translated as "nobody has said "look at me"". 

    Until your post.
    Thank you.
    Not resting on my Laurels, I'm looking to expand. Suggestions for additional reasons to post on here are most welcome.
    Apart form Miles Davis I haven’t heard of the other 4………has anyone else?
    Gilberto Gill.....................The girl from Ipanema
    A song probably most have heard but an influential frontman is pushing it.

    Hardly a frontman indeed is our Joao...

    I like to assume you have innocently  confused Joao Gilberto, with Gilberto Gil...
    Here he is.

    https://youtu.be/PCfw95pl_bc


    Possibly.
    Influencial in the Latino world maybe.
  • McBobbin
    McBobbin Posts: 12,060
    Fela Kuti, if you re going down the global route, and also influenced lots of western artists, if that's suddenly the criteria
  • wightaddick
    wightaddick Posts: 212
    John Coltrane
    Miles Davis
    Robert Plant
    David Bowie
    Lou Reed
  • rananegra
    rananegra Posts: 3,698
    In terms of influential, it would be people I'd never seen, like Elvis, Little Richard, Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, Bessie Smith.  Jagger etc were the ones influenced by them. Bowie is interesting as he was drawing influences from outside conventional rock n roll, like Anthony Newley and theatre. And I'm not a fan of their music but you can see that same drawing from theatre with Freddy Mercury.
    In terms of those I've seen who I thought were the best/most memorable:

    Toots of the Maytals was excellent.
    Julian Cope was deranged (though he was channelling his inner Iggy Pop at the time) and memorable. But not a performance you could do too often.
    Helno of Les Négresses Vertes
    David McComb of the Triffids

    There will be more I've not thought of as work has gone mad this morning


  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,398
    Brett Anderson of Suede
  • fadgadget
    fadgadget Posts: 1,398
    Fadgadet / Frank Tovey , literally spilt blood and broke bones for his Art , influenced countless Electronic, EDm, Synth
     groups .
  • Covered End
    Covered End Posts: 52,096
    Mark E Smith if we're just generally naming anyone reasonably good.

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