4Salt
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Registered: 03/07/00
Posts: 2955
Loc: Lynnwood, WA
A lot of Brad Delp's really high register was courtesy of recording tricks performed by MIT grad and genius Tom Scholz h2o.
That's not to say he wasn't a really good singer though. When recording the first Boston Album... Scholz would use highly effected guitar notes to harmonize above Delp and create some of those mega notes... like the ones in "Long Time" and "More than a Feeling".
I saw both Boston and Kansas live back in the mid-late 70's and Delp NEVER could hit those notes. Steve Walsh on the other hand could and did.
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I'm surprised no one has mentioned Chris Cornell. Not necessarily my TOP choice but some of the Soundgarden stuff is fairly impressive. Damn, I love Otis Redding's voice/music. If you are going to mention him though, it is hard to ignore Bill Withers. I'd put him WAY up there.
If you haven't heard "The Gossip" from Portland, you should check out the lead singer. She farking rocks. Kinda like a Stevie Nicks that could kick your ass.
Dan S.
It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
Chris Cornell has a set of pipes that doesn't stop. Listen to Slaves and Bulldozers and tell me that dude doesn't belt it out.
Rob Halford and Bruce Dickinson are must-haves from the 80's.
Bon Scott doesn't have anywhere close to the best voice, but he was a master frontman and very clever with the lyrics.
4S isn't bullsh!tting about the dude from Kansas, either. I wouldn't have given him a thought, but now that he mentions it...........
Salmo and JG are so f'n old they have no clue who everyone else is talking about.
KK wanted to say Barry Manilow, but didn't want the static.
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Bon Scott doesn't have anywhere close to the best voice, but he was a master frontman and very clever with the lyrics.
I knew that, and I also knew you would respond to the post. That's why I threw him out there. Best voice, no...... Best frontman/lyricist..... F'in yes!!!
Rock on Bon, you too Dan.
KID
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Dan S.
It all boils down to this - I'm right, everyone else is wrong, and anyone who disputes this is clearly a dumbfuck.
Registered: 03/07/99
Posts: 16958
Loc: SE Olympia, WA
"Gettin robbed, gettin stoned, gettin beat up, broken boned....... Gettin had, gettin took, I'll tell ya folks, it's harder than it looks.......
It's a long way to the top if you wanna rock n roll."
Bon Scott, It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock n Roll)
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She was standin' alone over by the juke box, like she'd something to sell. I said "baby, what's the goin' price?" She told me to go to hell.
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