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Best Male singer of the 70's
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Sorry folks, but I can't say I'm impressed with many of the suggestions. Trouble is I can't really think of any better.
The 70s is probably my favourite decade musically, but I'm not convinced many of the artists were great singers though. Great entertainers, yes. Great songwriters, yes. Great multi talented artists, yes. But, singers? If this is the cream of the crop mentioned here, it's a no from me.0 -
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss Mercury’s place in the conversation is non-sensical.
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Mercury was a fantastic showman, probably second only to Bowie, but he's not even the best singer Queen have had now they've got Adam Lambert.
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Hmm. They are all great songs. No doubt at all. Hearing "We are the Champions" at The Valley when we picked up the trophy is probably one of my Top 20 Charlton moments.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss their importance and influence is non-sensical.
But I don't think you can say that FM/Queen "dominated" the 70s and 80s. They just didn;t.1 -
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Teddy Prendergast and Lou Rawls1
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Freddie was one of the greats,but no,Queen did not dominate in the 70s,they were a part of an era which boasted,The Eagles,Dire Straits,Led Zeppelin,difficult to dominate these sort of bands.Off_it said:
Hmm. They are all great songs. No doubt at all. Hearing "We are the Champions" at The Valley when we picked up the trophy is probably one of my Top 20 Charlton moments.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss their importance and influence is non-sensical.
But I don't think you can say that FM/Queen "dominated" the 70s and 80s. They just didn;t.0 -
Agree, this is understandably about music taste.Richard J said:I also agree this is about musical taste.
Personally I like distinctive voices that are versatile.
Anyone wanting to hear Plant not screaming should listen to his version of the Tim Hardin classic If I Were a Carpenter. In my view he absolutely nails this ballard.
Roger Daltrey displays a similar versatlity in some of his solo work. Believe it or not his first album away from the Who was written by Leo Sayer. He also performed the Beggars Opera which involved him technically singing Opera around this time.
Other favourites of mine ( which wouldn't be fashionable) are David Essex and the previously mentioned Leo Sayer. Both of whom are good singers who both wrote much of their own material.
Allegiances and personal taste aside, if I were to suggest someone based on their actual singing ability, harmonies, range and purity of vocal, John Denver would actually be right up there.4 -
Yes, they were popular.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss Mercury’s place in the conversation is non-sensical.
No way did they "dominate" those two decades.
Their music was safe, commercial rock. There were bigger, better and more innovative artists in lots of genres, pop, soul, disco, punk, metal, new wave, indie, reggae.1 -
I wouldn’t call Bohemian Rhapsody ‘safe’, would you? A 5 minute multi-faceted piece of work with an operatic section in the middle.Henry Irving said:
Yes, they were popular.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss Mercury’s place in the conversation is non-sensical.
No way did they "dominate" those two decades.
Their music was safe, commercial rock. There were bigger, better and more innovative artists in lots of genres, pop, soul, disco, punk, metal, new wave, indie, reggae.
They didnt just churn out songs in a cookie-cutter form as you might be suggesting. Another One Bites The Dust is a world apart from Bohemian Rhapsody as it is from Barcelona.
Out of curiosity, who are the metal/indie artists that you would say are bigger/more innovative on the world of music?0 -
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I don't like metal at all but Zeppelin were bigger. Queen were a led zepp lite.cafctom said:
I wouldn’t call Bohemian Rhapsody ‘safe’, would you? A 5 minute multi-faceted piece of work with an operatic section in the middle.Henry Irving said:
Yes, they were popular.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss Mercury’s place in the conversation is non-sensical.
No way did they "dominate" those two decades.
Their music was safe, commercial rock. There were bigger, better and more innovative artists in lots of genres, pop, soul, disco, punk, metal, new wave, indie, reggae.
They didnt just churn out songs in a cookie-cutter form as you might be suggesting. Another One Bites The Dust is a world apart from Bohemian Rhapsody as it is from Barcelona.
Out of curiosity, who are the metal/indie artists that you would say are bigger/more innovative on the world of music?
BR is over the top camp nonsense. Some fancy tricks nickrd off those terrible prog rock bands like Yes and a bit of opera to make it seem important.
Yes, it was very popular and sold very well but so did Shutuppa your face and the birdy song.
Queen didn't dominate two decades. Punk happened, Saturday Night Fever happened, Abba happened, The Wailers happened,2 -
Noddy Holder, now here is a real interesting dichotomy.fadgadget said:Noddy Holder .
He could have and indeed should have been one of the worlds greatest rock singers.........no question about it.
He had a truly incredible voice......he however chose to tie himself to Slade and their largely poor quality sub standard ‘pop’ music.
Make no mistake this guys voice was phenomenal and was crying out to be linked with some top class rock musicians to see what Noddy could go on and offer and become a seriously regarded world class act........IMHO a really poorly missed opportunity.
Slade......Mmmmm.......... something of a joke to be honest.1 -
Led Zeppelin were not a metal band.
It's like saying because they released 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds were a hard rock band.
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Ok, heavy rock then.seth plum said:Led Zeppelin were not a metal band.
It's like saying because they released 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds were a hard rock band.
Crazy Horses is a great song. Shows how talented and versatile the Osmonds were.0 -
Good call with David Ruffin. Great voice, not such a likeable bloke by all accounts. But that's not what the list is for. I once asked Van Morrison's long-time but former drummer what Van was like and what followed was a five-minute stream of blasphemously foul-mouthed insults.Fanny Fanackapan said:David Ruffin
Marvin Gaye
Jimmy Ruffin0 -
Robert Plant, David Bowie, Terry Slesser0
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John has slipped under the radar here,I saw him at the Albert Hall not long before he died,he was alone on the stage,and his incredible voice sounded wonderful in the Albert Hall acoustics.bazjonster said:
Agree, this is understandably about music taste.Richard J said:I also agree this is about musical taste.
Personally I like distinctive voices that are versatile.
Anyone wanting to hear Plant not screaming should listen to his version of the Tim Hardin classic If I Were a Carpenter. In my view he absolutely nails this ballard.
Roger Daltrey displays a similar versatlity in some of his solo work. Believe it or not his first album away from the Who was written by Leo Sayer. He also performed the Beggars Opera which involved him technically singing Opera around this time.
Other favourites of mine ( which wouldn't be fashionable) are David Essex and the previously mentioned Leo Sayer. Both of whom are good singers who both wrote much of their own material.
Allegiances and personal taste aside, if I were to suggest someone based on their actual singing ability, harmonies, range and purity of vocal, John Denver would actually be right up there.0 -
Can't believe that nobody's mentioned the great Hurricane Smith
In his proper guise and field as Norman Smith the record engineer and producer he might seriously be a contender.0 -
Still not right - Progressive (prog) Rock.Henry Irving said:
Ok, heavy rock then.seth plum said:Led Zeppelin were not a metal band.
It's like saying because they released 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds were a hard rock band.
Crazy Horses is a great song. Shows how talented and versatile the Osmonds were.
Come on, even you like some Zep.
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Rock and Roll was ok but can't do with Plant's voice.Addickted said:
Still not right - Progressive (prog) Rock.Henry Irving said:
Ok, heavy rock then.seth plum said:Led Zeppelin were not a metal band.
It's like saying because they released 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds were a hard rock band.
Crazy Horses is a great song. Shows how talented and versatile the Osmonds were.
Come on, even you like some Zep.
The voice is always the thing for me.0 -
Anybody could dial up a dozen Zeppelin songs that could be argued are heavily influenced from various genres.
The Battle of Evermore
Tangerine
Gallows Pole
Nobody's Fault But Mine
Bron y aur
Black Mountain Side
D'yer maker
Tea for one
Hey hey what can I do
Going to California
The rain song
Misty mountain hop
And a lot of others.
They had range, variety and showed restless development.
Clearly Led Zeppelin are not to everyone's taste, but they are hard to pigeon hole and most certainly didn't find one style or groove and stick to it.
Anyway this is about male vocalists of the seventies and it is about personal taste.
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Levi Stubbs and Stevie wonder3
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I think Queen were a great band with a charismatic singer, but I also think their status and influence has become exaggerated due in part to Live Aid and primarily to the untimely death of the singer. IMHOHenry Irving said:
I don't like metal at all but Zeppelin were bigger. Queen were a led zepp lite.cafctom said:
I wouldn’t call Bohemian Rhapsody ‘safe’, would you? A 5 minute multi-faceted piece of work with an operatic section in the middle.Henry Irving said:
Yes, they were popular.cafctom said:
In the 70s alone Mercury sang the likes of Bohemian Rhapsody, Somebody To Love, We Will Rock You, We Are The Champions, Don’t Stop Me Now just to name a few. Songs that people of all ages will be aware of, and will hear on a regular basis to this day.Henry Irving said:
No, he really didn't and yes I was there.cafctom said:Freddie Mercury. Dominated both 70s and 80s.
The fact you were ‘there’ makes little difference I’m afraid - people can still debate music from a time before they were born.
Mercury is one of the undisputed greats of that decade based on sheer influence alone. You don’t have to like Queen (which you clearly don’t), but to dismiss Mercury’s place in the conversation is non-sensical.
No way did they "dominate" those two decades.
Their music was safe, commercial rock. There were bigger, better and more innovative artists in lots of genres, pop, soul, disco, punk, metal, new wave, indie, reggae.
They didnt just churn out songs in a cookie-cutter form as you might be suggesting. Another One Bites The Dust is a world apart from Bohemian Rhapsody as it is from Barcelona.
Out of curiosity, who are the metal/indie artists that you would say are bigger/more innovative on the world of music?
BR is over the top camp nonsense. Some fancy tricks nickrd off those terrible prog rock bands like Yes and a bit of opera to make it seem important.
Yes, it was very popular and sold very well but so did Shutuppa your face and the birdy song.
Queen didn't dominate two decades. Punk happened, Saturday Night Fever happened, Abba happened, The Wailers happened,2 -
It's a tough one, let me have a think and I'll come back to youCovered End said:I wonder who Bowie addick will nominate ?
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John Fogerty. Such a distinguished voice and a bit of a drama queen too.1
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Ian Gillan.
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The 'B' side, are you up there, was great also....Henry Irving said:
Ok, heavy rock then.seth plum said:Led Zeppelin were not a metal band.
It's like saying because they released 'Crazy Horses' The Osmonds were a hard rock band.
Crazy Horses is a great song. Shows how talented and versatile the Osmonds were.0 -
I'm a soul purist, and as we've had Marvin Gaye, I'm going to throw in Al Green and Bobby Womack. I think Womack's best period was the Seventies.2
