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Title: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Red1 on March 02, 2007, 10:24:13 AM In the April 2007 issue of Q magazine they have the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time:
87. Axl Rose - Mad, Bad mouthpiece of Guns N' Roses An Indiana choirboy turned Los Angeles street lowlife, Axl Rose's complex personality shapes his voice. At times the Guns N' Roses frontman is a tender romantic, at others a wild-eyed preacher pouring poison in your ear. His habit of sustaining notes audaciously over the ends of songs suggests a man in love with the act of making noise. Rose took singing more seriously than might be thought : when Appetite For Destruction reached its first million sales, he sent a bouquet of flowers to his vocal coach. Key Songs: Welcome To The Jungle November Rain Sweet Child O' Mine Nightrain Better* Think About You It's So Easy Patience You Could Be Mine Don't Cry Civil War *Better isn't really in there ;D Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: deanaxlrose on March 02, 2007, 10:34:45 AM his first love is his vocal coach :o.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Axlfreek on March 02, 2007, 10:59:09 AM he should be in the top ten
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: RJ1221 on March 02, 2007, 11:45:01 AM 87th?
wow, i dont think so he should be in the top 10 no doubt Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Rock the jungle on March 02, 2007, 11:56:33 AM 87th????? what the fuck!!!!!
and who's firs??? Scott Weiland??? Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Crowebar on March 02, 2007, 12:01:38 PM 87th!?! ??? :rant:
This is more fucking bullshit!!! :rant: Fuck you Q mag!!! I :puke: on your shitty rag a thousand and one times!!! :rant: Where's the link for this shit? :rant: I want to see the whole list to see what fucking pieces of shit singers beat out Axl... :rant: :confused: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Tatu on March 02, 2007, 01:11:30 PM So, who's first?
Lukas Rosssi? Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: CheapJon on March 02, 2007, 01:17:50 PM where's the complete list?
and i didn't think axl got a vocal coach until last may when baz hooked him up with one ??? Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Rockin' Rose on March 02, 2007, 01:32:15 PM where's the complete list? and i didn't think axl got a vocal coach until last may when baz hooked him up with one ??? Yeah he has had couple of them in the past, the one that baz sent Axl to, helped Axl to get his voice back after the previous nights show Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Red1 on March 02, 2007, 01:53:18 PM I just typed out from the magazine. So I aint gonna type the whole thing, and I left the mag in work. From memory, the top 10 were:
Elvis Aretha Franklin Frank Sinatra Otis Redding Marvin Gaye Mick Jagger Kurt Cobain Robert Plant Jeff Buckley Can't remember the other one Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Bodhi on March 02, 2007, 01:55:07 PM oh yeah Kurt Cobain had an amazing singing voice...i forgot...and by amazing I mean he sucked balls....
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Skinflick on March 02, 2007, 01:59:15 PM oh yeah Kurt Cobain had an amazing singing voice...i forgot...and by amazing I mean he sucked balls.... Yeah no shit....his voice fit the music but he was a TERRIBLE singer....and I like Nirvana. Another magazine to wipe your ass with.......I don't know any other rock singer in the history of time who was invited to sing with more musical legends on stage then Axl Rose. The guy has about 5 or 6 voices and he can truely sing just about anything. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: give_it_a_rest on March 02, 2007, 02:28:57 PM 87th?????? ? ?what the fuck!!!!! and who's firs??? Scott Weiland??? I thought he would be at least 86th ;D :P Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Grouse on March 02, 2007, 03:15:03 PM Why the hell isn't Freddie Mercury in the top 3? :rant: well that's a fucking rubbish list if I ever saw one(http://www.heretodaygonetohell.com/board/Smileys/classic/puke.gif)
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Mr Rage on March 02, 2007, 04:35:29 PM u can't really argue with the top 4, anyway i've got the mag and read it, yeah he should be higher in my opinon but it's a list for discusion not facts!
so chill!! :peace: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: DarkFairy on March 02, 2007, 05:46:31 PM Of male singers Axl being 87 is complete and utter bullshit, whoever made this list knows nothing about vocals or use there of >:(
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: ZoulonFire on March 02, 2007, 06:01:55 PM where's the complete list? and i didn't think axl got a vocal coach until last may when baz hooked him up with one ??? You'd be suprised... most singers, if theyre at all professional, will have one. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: tHeElEcTrIcSiNtAr on March 02, 2007, 06:03:47 PM Yeah that list fuckin sucks.
Kurt Cobain is so overrated, and its just cause he died. Fuck that guy. P.S. Axl has had vocal coaches since the early 90s, maybe even before that. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: 25 on March 02, 2007, 06:49:00 PM u can't really argue with the top 4 Sure you can! Aretha Franklin ranks below Elvis in singing ability? And Frank Sinatra is right behind her? Who compiled this list, The Helen Keller Academy for the Deaf and Hopelessly Nostalgic?! See, that was easy. You just weren't trying hard enough. Though, in all seriousness, it's pretty terrifying that it's 2007 and yet both Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra are apparently still held in such high esteem. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Jackamo! on March 02, 2007, 06:55:18 PM #87? Axl is overrated. (And that number was obviously picked because AFD was released in 1987, and that makes the magazine look cool)
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Jimmy? on March 02, 2007, 06:57:42 PM That magazine has lost all credibility now :hihi:
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: TrixAreForKids on March 02, 2007, 07:17:41 PM Yeah that list fuckin sucks. Kurt Cobain is so overrated, and its just cause he died. Fuck that guy. P.S. Axl has had vocal coaches since the early 90s, maybe even before that. No matter what Axl does, Kurt will always have his number. :hihi: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: 25 on March 02, 2007, 07:22:04 PM I heard a Nirvana song yesterday, on a commercial for an EA Sports baseball video game. I am still amused by the very idea of it, even now.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: BBF Rocks on March 02, 2007, 10:03:21 PM he should be ranked higher up, but cool read! :)
its so true about the sustaining notes thing tho lol now that i think about it he is notorious with that shit, especially on the illusions, partly appetite and the twat leak too edit: not to mention IRS but i love it ;D Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: CheapJon on March 02, 2007, 10:08:51 PM these kind of lists are always shitty
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Verse Chorus Verse on March 02, 2007, 10:30:41 PM Fucking Kurt Cobain? Why do so many people kiss his ass? I agree with most of that Top 10, though, and I'm glad Axl even made the list.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: grog mug on March 02, 2007, 10:34:25 PM If COBAIN was still alive he wouldn't be on the list..maybe 99th or somethin but his voice sucked. I can't stand Nirvana, I like the rest of the picks but of couse AXL should have been top 5. I thought Axl, Mariah Carey, and a few others were the only ones that could reach certain octave ranges?!?!?
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Chief on March 02, 2007, 10:50:22 PM i love these kinda lists.. jeff buckley is so much better than most of the singers on there its ridiculous! (especially guys like kurt)
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: asianstyles on March 02, 2007, 11:49:56 PM Why isn't Prince in the top 10? I'm serious.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: BurningHills on March 02, 2007, 11:50:52 PM Kurt Cobain in the top 10?
Don't even get me started on that poser. Q Mag can blow me. Nirvana is the most overrated band...EVER. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Bona on March 03, 2007, 01:38:53 AM The Top 10 from the Top 100 Greatest Singers:
1. Elvis Presley 2. Aretha Franklin 3. Frank Sinatra 4. Otis Redding 5. John Lennon 6. Marvin Gaye 7. Kurt Cobain 8. Robert Plant 9. Mick Jagger 10. Jeff Buckley Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Axlfreek on March 03, 2007, 01:39:57 AM I just typed out from the magazine.? So I aint gonna type the whole thing, and I left the mag in work.? From memory, the top 10 were: Elvis Aretha Franklin Frank Sinatra Otis Redding Marvin Gaye Mick Jagger Kurt Cobain Robert Plant Jeff Buckley Can't remember the other one Kurt Cobain beat Robert Plant ?!?! WTF !!! mick jagger at #7 ?! what the fuck is this world coming to ? Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: D on March 03, 2007, 03:05:02 AM Kurt is the only one who doesnt belong on that list.
Steven Tyler, Micheal Jackson and Axl should've been in the top 10. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Bruno Poeys on March 03, 2007, 03:46:23 AM I thought Axl, Mariah Carey, and a few others were the only ones that could reach certain octave ranges?!?!? I don't know about it, but I like his screams and singing voices a lot. I don't know other rock start that could scream like he does in his shows. Welcome to the jungle, knocking on heavens door, live and let die, IRS, Paradise City. By scream I do mean really loud screams. He even could keep drive in the whole 12.20 show, like he did in the past. Oh, yea, and I think that using drive makes harder to reach certain notes.I don't know any other rock singer in the history of time who was invited to sing with more musical legends on stage then Axl Rose. The guy has about 5 or 6 voices and he can truely sing just about anything. oh, true, he has about 5 or 6 voices, lol. Most of singers just have 1 (right?). This is a point that makes me consider Axl being in the top 10, 5 or even 3. And he can even reach high notes on all those voices, right? I don't know much about voice though. Is there anyone to confirm me that? ::)He uses one voice to madagascar, one to welcome to the jungle, one to sweet child o' mine, one to nightrain, one to november rain, one to Mr. Brownstone... that's what I THINK, at least ::) Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: HungerForChaos on March 03, 2007, 04:18:31 AM these kind of lists are always shitty It's all opinion. There will be lots of people who find your top 100 to be shitting bad. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: von on March 03, 2007, 04:22:02 AM Missing from the top 10:
Freddy Mercury, Axl, Maynard James Keenan, David Lee Roth (don't misjudge his talents as a frontman as overshadowing his vocal range, which is truely impressive and unique) Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: .Seal on March 03, 2007, 04:30:53 AM Oh c'mon seriously even though Elvis was the king he wasn't the best singer to walk this on this rock..
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: King Axl on March 03, 2007, 08:40:34 AM Axl should be higher than 87, no doubt.
I'd make a case for Glenn Frey of The Eagles to be in the top ten. His voice is incredibly smooth. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Verasa on March 03, 2007, 10:22:07 AM any poll that has Kurt Cobain higher than say someone like Christina Aguilerra, who has a 4 1/2 octave range, you can't take seriously. Axl has a wide variety of voices and can get up there but, I don't think he's deserving of top 10
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: AxlRose4eva1 on March 03, 2007, 11:02:21 AM Axl and about 75 of the singers on this list dont even belong in a list title "Greatest Singers." You kidding me? Just in rock alone do you really think you could put Axl or Kurt above Mike Patton, Geoff Tate or Tim Christensen when it comes to singing. Like just singing. Im not talking about frontmen or stage presnce, lyrics or anythign else, but pure singing. Fact is almost all Opera singers are going to be better than anyone on this list. Listen to Natalie Dessay and tell me that she couldnt hit any note that these people sing, with ease. Then even lesser known singers like Beth Hart, who play kinda bluesy rock could blow away any of these people. This list should obviously be called the most popular singers of the last 50 years, not greatest.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: LordRazZ on March 03, 2007, 11:57:38 AM Depending on who you ask, Axl is either great, or sucks. People love or hate his voice.
Now Freddie Mercury? Top 3...And by that I mean top 1. Kurt? Not bloody likely. Kurt Cobain was entertaining, but couldn't sing worth a flying fuck Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: MotherGooseLuvR on March 03, 2007, 12:11:22 PM Oh my god! Some random magazine made a random list of their favorites and didn't turn out exactly like I would have done it?!!?!
GRRRR!! Me so angry. Me dumb. Me have no life. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: GNRreunioneventually on March 03, 2007, 02:21:40 PM ok i think its safe to say that Q Magazine doesn't know shit.
That list is so ass backwards its not even funny, i mean Kurt Cobain beat Robert Plant? WTF is that shit :rant: :puke: that shot gun lovin fool shouldn't even be in the top 1000 :rant: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Gunner80 on March 03, 2007, 03:31:37 PM Just another stupid top 100 list!
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: EvilSmurf on March 03, 2007, 08:34:07 PM Saying a singer is good/bad because of their vocal range is like saying Yngwie Malmsteen is a greater guitarist than Jimi Hendrix because he can play faster.
Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: deanaxlrose on March 04, 2007, 10:05:12 AM Saying a singer is good/bad because of their vocal range is like saying Yngwie Malmsteen is a greater guitarist than Jimi Hendrix because he can play faster. Yeah just like sayin' Mariah Carey better than Axl.But, sayin' Kurt Cobain its much better Vocalist than Freddy Mercury? Puhhhleease..... :confused: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Mr Rage on March 04, 2007, 10:42:55 AM u lot really make me laugh, regardless of who is higher than axl, think about it this way, out of the millions of singers in the history of music, they made a list of the best and axl made the cut. that to me is great he still is recognised after all this time and look at some of the greats in that list.
you should be proud! : ok: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: GNRreunioneventually on March 04, 2007, 11:48:02 AM u lot really make me laugh, regardless of who is higher than axl, think about it this way, out of the millions of singers in the history of music, they made a list of the best and axl made the cut. that to me is great he still is recognised after all this time and look at some of the greats in that list. you should be proud! : ok: we know man and we are but we're jsut pissed that some of the shittiest singers made that list and beet Axl. I'm not saying that Axl is the best but he is way better than Kurt Cobain. If that fool made it in the top ten i'd really hate to see who else beet him. :no: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: xChaosx on March 04, 2007, 08:23:21 PM 87th?! :rant:
HOW? Lists like that are usually crap. This one proves my point. Who even makes them anyway? 87th. What has the world come to? I guess I wouldn't be so pissed if he hadn't come after Cobain, who as someone has already pointed out, couldn't sing worth a flying fuck. My drunk uncle likes to "sing" all day in his garage and he sounds just like Kurt Cobain, only more hiccuping. Well, I bet if they had made it like "Top 100 Rock N' Roll Singers" or whatever we'd be much more pleased with the results. ??? I'm still in shock though...jeez... Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: gnr_12 on March 04, 2007, 08:33:44 PM Axl and about 75 of the singers on this list dont even belong in a list title "Greatest Singers." You kidding me? Just in rock alone do you really think you could put Axl or Kurt above Mike Patton, Geoff Tate or Tim Christensen when it comes to singing. Like just singing. Im not talking about frontmen or stage presnce, lyrics or anythign else, but pure singing. Fact is almost all Opera singers are going to be better than anyone on this list. Listen to Natalie Dessay and tell me that she couldnt hit any note that these people sing, with ease. Then even lesser known singers like Beth Hart, who play kinda bluesy rock could blow away any of these people. This list should obviously be called the most popular singers of the last 50 years, not greatest. Problem with that is that some people dont like opera.. to one mans ears opera singers have the best voice, but to anothers, guys like Freddie Mercury and Axl Rose have the best voices.. Its all in opinion.. thats yours, i have mine, i choose to hear axl over any opera singer. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Ganja4Life on March 05, 2007, 09:48:08 PM Saying a singer is good/bad because of their vocal range is like saying Yngwie Malmsteen is a greater guitarist than Jimi Hendrix because he can play faster. Yeah just like sayin' Mariah Carey better than Axl.But, sayin' Kurt Cobain its much better Vocalist than Freddy Mercury? Puhhhleease..... :confused: no fuckin way!!!that is bullshit!I don't mind a few Nirvana songs..I love Queen...I have greatest hits in..listenin to somebody to love..no way is Kurt Cobain fuckin better than freddy or axl! Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: Slash Rose on March 07, 2007, 12:10:03 AM :no:I think they said Kurt cause he's Dead :D...... :-X
Axl>Cobain >:( Slash Rose :smoking: Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: BlowUpYourVideo on March 07, 2007, 11:33:04 AM They put Ozzy in the list of the 10 Worst Singers! :rant:
Add me to the list of people pissed of by #87. Q do love Cobain though. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: BlowUpYourVideo on March 07, 2007, 12:17:53 PM I have nothing else to do, so here's the list:
100 - J?n ??r Birgisson 99 - David Crosby 98 - Whitney Houston 97 - Stevie Nicks 96 - Rufus Wainwright 95 - Smokey Robinson 94 - Laura Nyro 93 - Chris Cornell 92 - Jimmy Scott 91 - Harry Nilsson 90 - Meat Loaf 89 - Richard Ashcroft 88 - Ian Curtis 87 - Axl Rose ??? 86 - Horace Andy 85 - Don Henley 84 - Lauryn Hill 83 - Ian McCulloch 82 - Nick Cave 81 - Ray LaMontagne 80 - Nico 79 - Dionne Warwick 78 - Mary J Blige 77 - Norah Jones 76 - Paul Weller 75 - Tom Waits 74 - George Michael 73 - Dave Gahan 72 - Lou Reed 71 - Tom Jones 70 - Beth Gibbons 69 - Sly Stone 68 - Anthony Hegarty 67 - Frank Black 66 - Elisabeth Fraser 65 - Neil Young 64 - Dolly Parton 63 - Iggy Pop 62 - Bruce Spingsteen 61 - Prince 60 - Bryan Ferry 59 - Hank Williams 58 - Tim Buckley 57 - PJ Harvey 56 - Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan 55 - Little Richard 54 - Leonard Cohen 53 - Emmylou Harris 52 - Levi Stubbs 51 - Michael Jackson 50 - Jack White 49 - Patti Smith 48 - Karen Carpenter 47 - Freddie Mercury 46 - Howlin' Wolf 45 - Elton John 44 - Joe Strummer 43 - Bon Scott 42 - Michael Stipe 41 - Al Green 40 - Jim Morrison 39 - Scott Walker 38 - Barry Gibb 37 - James Brown 36 - Joni Mitchell 35 - Bjork 34 - Stevie Wonder 33 - Rod Stewart 32 - Paul McCartney 31 - Bob Marley 30 - Morrissey 29 - Dusty Springfield 28 - David Bowie 27 - Roger Daltrey 26 - Bono 25 - Ella Fitzgerald 24 - Ray Charles 23 - Roy Orbison 22 - Van Morrison 21 - Nina Simone 20 - Carl Wilson 19 - Kate Bush 18 - Bob Dylan 17 - Janis Joplin 16 - Johnny Rotten 15 - Sam Cooke 14 - Johnny Cash 13 - Thom Yorke 12 - Billie Holliday 11 - Liam Gallagher 10 - Jeff Buckley 9 - Mick Jagger 8 - Robert Plant 7 - Kurt Cobain 6 - Marvin Gaye 5 - John Lennon 4 - Otis Redding 3 - Frank Sinatra 2 - Aretha Franklin 1 - Elvis Presley They also listed the 10 worst singers (don't know if it was in any particular order): 1 - Ozzy Osbourne 2 - Fred Durst 3 - Celine Dion 4 - Mariah Carey 5 - Einar Orn Benediktsson 6 - Heather Small 7 - Yoko Ono 8 - Nick Hayward 9 - Bobby Gillespie 10 - Any death metal singer ever Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: GNRreunioneventually on March 11, 2007, 11:23:48 PM :no: those bastards
OZZY is da shit :smoking: fuck them they dont know shit >:( but they do have it right with every death metal singer ever on there. The cookie monster sings better than them. Title: Re: Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Singers Post by: AxlRose4eva1 on March 12, 2007, 12:02:33 AM To have a list like this without Geoff Tate or Mike Patton is kinda a joke. What are they basing it off of. Also for the person who said they dont like Opera, I hate to break it to you but its pretty much the measuring stick that other forms are compared to. No one has larger ranges or are trained to sing with their head voice the notes that guys like Axl have to belt. Thats why rock singers and belters voices always are having problems because the belting destroys it. IF this list is on who can hit the most notes, hold notes longest, stay on key etc... then someone who can sing opera would definitely be at the top.
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