lilgish said:

Hard call for me. Highway to Hell is my favorite so I guess I like Bon AC/DC the most.

CinisterCee said:

AMEN!

UndercovaBrotha said:

Anxiety said:

Okay, I'll probably get the brick for this but I don't really dig Bowie's & McCartney's voices I know they're legends & all just going on the quality of the voice?? Granted I haven't been exposed enough to either BUT when I hear them on a song I don't TRULY dig, I'd rather leave it than take it.

Alright, hit me

Cheek said:

I love her voice But she doesn't strike me as simply rock - she can sing anything, very soulful sounding voice. I'm sure someone will school me on the whole genre/origin thing... I guess I'm just thinking of folks who's voices are suitable primarily for rock...

weepingwall said:

Who dat?

jjhunsecker said:

I think I like Jagger's style more than I like his voice...

Natisse said:

Never found Freddie Mercury's voice appealing

Perhaps I don't like rock as much as I think I should

OdysseyMiles said:

I'll have to look them up. Are they in groups or solo artists?

:::looks it up:::

theAudience said:

I remember Nona's voice being the shit But I still don't know enough about her.

And I REALLY need to dig into Little Richard's old stuff & see what's doing. He probably has some amazing shit!

Anxiety said:

I thought Janice's voice was cool.

Now I'm listening to my Blondie CDs!!!


Don't forget about Debbie Harry!!!

CalhounSq said:

Morrissey



or should i say Morrissey
[Edited 12/29/05 4:26am]

Corey Glover! How do you forget one of THE greatest voices in the history of music... period?

CalhounSq said:

They're (were) in groups. Richard Patrick was in Filter (now in the supergroup Army of Anyone) and the late Layne Staley (1967-2002) was a part of the great Alice In Chains. Please do look them up. Lots of great tunes between the two of them.

chuckaducci said:

actually, i played drums from the time i was a little boy through my college years, i was in orchestra band through most of my junior high and high school years, i was in a rock band for a couple of years in college, where i also studied pop vocals for a couple of years and did some musical theater, my mother was a singer and a rock drummer in the '60s and her band opened for acts like reo speedwagon (yes, they were around back then) and kenny rogers (back when he was psychadelic, not when he was country); my grandparents were musicians as well - my grandmother played steel guitar and my grandfather played acoustic guitar, banjo and harmonica, and my grandparents would often perform together at local bars.

so i like to think it's safe to say i come from a musical background.

though let's say i *AM* just a writer and not a musician (which you could get me on as a technicality since i haven't sat behind a set in years). i think your comment is interesting on its own, without even having to point out the presumption that i have no musical training or experience:

i actually DO believe that too much education can blind good writing sometimes. the keyword here is SOMETIMES. i think some people have such a strong instinctual voice that to throw a bunch of literature at them and say "you should be writing like THIS and THIS and THIS" could seriously damage the voice that they already have, creating a pressure to produce work that resembles what already exists in the world.

this isn't to say that people shouldn't be sheltered from knowledge - of course not. but there is a lot to be said for art created from instinct, and unfortunately that's a point of view that goes largely unrespected in today's society because it is not considered "proficient". i disagree.

CalhounSq said:

i won't hit you until you tell me you've heard bowie's recording of 'wild is the wind' and you STILL don't think his voice is all that. after that, sure, you get the brick.

Anxiety said:

Presumptions are either wrong or right. Either you've studied music or you haven't. It doesn't matter if you come from a musical background; your grandmother's theory lessons weren't automatically bestowed upon you on birth so coming from a musical background is only a part of the quest for a musician.



As far as music is concerned, I've never come across an instructor who told me to "play like this or write like this"; rather, they only tried to instill in me the fundaments of music and to harness and channel my own talents. If anyone ever had an instructor who told them what you just described, that's not a teacher, that's a robot. So of course, a situation such as the one you described (which is an extreme) is a detriment.



Hmm, Beethoven's instincts were non pareil; he could improvise with the best of them. Yet, he STILL fell under the hand of Haydn and Mozart. I don't see why any artist wouldn't want to learn the fundaments of their art form if only to enhance their art and perhaps, lead them to shattering conventions, if they be rebellious by nature, like Beethoven.

chuckaducci said:

i know this one dude who taught himself how to play a bunch of instruments when he was a kid...he had musician parents, though i'm sure that had little to do with the development of his talent, like you said. he only had a high school education, and he wasn't even out of his teens before he got a record contract with warner bros.

ya probably haven't heard of the guy, though...

Anxiety said:

is it pronce?

princesse's cousin?

tina turner.

Rod Stewart
Little Richard
Freddie Mercury
Robert Plant
Mick Jagger
Paul McCartney
Steven Tyler
Tina Turner
David Bowie
Janis Joplin
Steve Winwood
Sting
Peter Gabriel
Joyce Kennedy

...

Anxiety said:

NEVER heard it I'll have to seek that out