Greatest vocalists

[JohnFreeman]

Who do you you think are the greatest singers in history?

Obvious candidates:




Whitney

[Suguru101]

Andrea Bocelli is probably the greatest male vocalist of the past 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjzfIt_-p4

[iamgine]

Greatest vocalist today:



Too bad his songs are lame.

[dr.hee]

Andrea Bocelli is probably the greatest male vocalist of the past 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSjzfIt_-p4

No.

[Suguru101]

And Tarja is probably the greatest female one of the past 20 years.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpcNQZrhhKg

(Phantom of The Opera - The male singer is not that great but she's awesome)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1p29LcuuvgQ

(The intro of the song is in a low tone, so she doesn't sound at her best.. but at about 1:35 she starts singing normally)

[Suguru101]

No.

Show me a video then. Live singing, not some album track.

[dr.hee]

Show me a video then. Live singing, not some album track.

Does it have to be pop only, or also classical music vocalists?

[Suguru101]

Popular/Romantic/etc..

If we go classical/opera there are much better than Bocelli.

[dr.hee]

Popular/Romantic/etc..

If we go classical/opera there are much better than Bocelli.

Then I'm kinda confused about the point you were actually trying to make. First you named Bocelli the "greatest vocalist of the last 20 years". Now at least the genre is narrowed down. But still...what exactly is "greatness" in this context to you, and is the only genre relevant pop music backed by strings? Also, are we talking about commerical success? Material? Technique?

[Heavincent]

Maynard James Keenan

[Suguru101]

Then I'm kinda confused about the point you were actually trying to make. First you named Bocelli the "greatest vocalist of the last 20 years". Now at least the genre is narrowed down. But still...what exactly is "greatness" in this context to you, and is the only genre relevant pop music backed by strings? Also, are we talking about commerical success? Material? Technique?

I meant voice/talent. Greatest vocalist to me is somebody who has outstanding vocal technique, range and whose voice has very good color.

Within the popular music(not necessarily pop in musical terms but popular/recognized commercially) of the last 20 years, i don't know of a man who is a better vocalist than Bocelli.

Except perhaps Geoff Tate from Queenryche, but he fell off quickly. Give me some of your examples.

[dr.hee]

I meant voice/talent. Greatest vocalist to me is somebody who has outstanding vocal technique, range and whose voice has very good color.

Within the popular music(not necessarily pop in musical terms but popular/recognized commercially) of the last 20 years, i don't know of a man who is a better vocalist than Bocelli.

Except perhaps Geoff Tate from Queenryche, but he fell off quickly. Give me some of your examples.

I'm still not quite understanding your point. Bocelli is a passable classical tenor making easy to digest pop music. Nothing wrong with that. But by specifically excluding other classically trained singers just because they happen to perform classical material, you're limiting the vocalists I can compare Bocelli with to, I don't know, nobody essentially? I mean Bocelli's material is just that...a classical voice over smooth pop tunes. Don't even know who I should compare him to.

Just don't get your point, maybe I'm too stupid, lol. Seems to me like saying "Kenny G is the greatest saxophone player of the last 20 years and there hasn't been a better pianist than Jamie Cullum in the last decade".

[16X]

Just listened to a few Bocelli songs and the guy's voice sounds annoying to me. Whitney, MJ, and Demi Lovao sh*t on him IMO.

[Suguru101]

I'm still not quite understanding your point. Bocelli is a passable classical tenor making easy to digest pop music. Nothing wrong with that. But by specifically excluding other classically trained singers just because they happen to perform classical material, you're limiting the vocalists I can compare Bocelli with to, I don't know, nobody essentially? I mean Bocelli's material is just that...a classical voice over smooth pop tunes. Don't even know who I should compare him to.

Just don't get your point, maybe I'm too stupid, lol. Seems to me like saying "Kenny G is the greatest saxophone player of the last 20 years and there hasn't been a better pianist than Jamie Cullum in the last decade".

Alright, let's go on classical singers then. I wanted to exclude them because there are so many of them that are awesome and it's like opening a can... but here you go.

Dietrich is my favorite of all time. Is he the greatest? I don't know, but this performance by him is just

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XP5RP6OEJI

[outbreak]

Johnny Cash