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 Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:48 |
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Plant or Daltrey...never really cared that much for Gillan. I'll vote Plant today. btw.....there are many great classic rock singers beyond these three....these guys were in huge well known bands which certainly helped their status. We tend not to think about the others who didn't make as much money. But singers like Steve Marriot, Paul Rodgers, Mike Harrison (from Spooky Tooth ) and many others (Palmer mentioned above..) had some great pipes and imho actually had more interesting vocal qualities (at times) but weren't thrust into stardom as much.
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More to the point, they lacked songwriting to back their vocal talent. It is pretty much an axiom of rock music discussion that when somebody says XYZ singer is the best, they really mean they like the songwriting of XYZ's band the most. At least Plant, Daltrey, Gillan were powerhouse singers in their own right. Ozzy's appeal draws entirely from Sabbath's music being tailored to suit his peculiar sound. There are just so many rock/metal singers who are better than him. |
The ones I mentioned all wrote many/most of the songs their bands did....I don't think Daltrey or Gillan wrote much of anything (though the whole band is credited for instance on Machine Head)...but I could be wrong. Plant did write but I wonder how much of the music/chords were from Page or was it a true collaboration...? But as you said they all had great voices anyway....and I have always thought Ozzie had a weird voice and not that good overall and as you pointed out many rock/metal singers are far better. I cked my Spooky Tooth albums and the infamous Gary Wright (of Dream Weaver fame...) wrote most of their cuts though Harrison is given credit on some.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:48 |
rogerthat wrote:
dr wu23 wrote:
Plant or Daltrey...never really cared that much for Gillan. I'll vote Plant today. btw.....there are many great classic rock singers beyond these three....these guys were in huge well known bands which certainly helped their status. We tend not to think about the others who didn't make as much money. But singers like Steve Marriot, Paul Rodgers, Mike Harrison (from Spooky Tooth ) and many others (Palmer mentioned above..) had some great pipes and imho actually had more interesting vocal qualities (at times) but weren't thrust into stardom as much.
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More to the point, they lacked songwriting to back their vocal talent.
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I don't know Harrison but I'd have to disagree with that for Rodgers and Marriott.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:35 |
Plant is my choice from these three although none are at the top of my list. I agree with the point dr wu23 made. In fact, I'm going to play Spooky Two now because it's been too long since I've heard it.
BTW...Phil Lynott from Thin Lizzy is a long time favorite.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:24 |
dr wu23 wrote:
Plant or Daltrey...never really cared that much for Gillan. I'll vote Plant today. btw.....there are many great classic rock singers beyond these three....these guys were in huge well known bands which certainly helped their status. We tend not to think about the others who didn't make as much money. But singers like Steve Marriot, Paul Rodgers, Mike Harrison (from Spooky Tooth ) and many others (Palmer mentioned above..) had some great pipes and imho actually had more interesting vocal qualities (at times) but weren't thrust into stardom as much.
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More to the point, they lacked songwriting to back their vocal talent. It is pretty much an axiom of rock music discussion that when somebody says XYZ singer is the best, they really mean they like the songwriting of XYZ's band the most. At least Plant, Daltrey, Gillan were powerhouse singers in their own right. Ozzy's appeal draws entirely from Sabbath's music being tailored to suit his peculiar sound. There are just so many rock/metal singers who are better than him.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:20 |
Plant was basically the archetypal hard rock vocalist who paved the way for many others to follow. And what Plant was to hard rock, Gillan was to heavy metal. Plant was the king of personality and Gillan the king of technique (well, at least until Halford, Dickinson and Dio took turns to displace him by far ;) ).
Given all of the above, Daltrey would appear to be up against impossible odds in contending with these two. But I vote Daltrey for his sheer sincerity and character, which I feel the other two, for all their flamboyance, generally lack. I don't mean character here in the sense of sounding distinctive (again, something where the other two had no problems whatsoever) but in terms of touching a chord, allowing the listener to get a glimpse of the person behind the voice. When Daltrey sings, "Get on my knees and pray/We don't get fooled again" he sounds like he means it. And although Gillan was the prototype for metal vocals, Daltrey did grit better. Love Reign O'er Me!!!!!
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:17 |
Plant or Daltrey...never really cared that much for Gillan. I'll vote Plant today. btw.....there are many great classic rock singers beyond these three....these guys were in huge well known bands which certainly helped their status. We tend not to think about the others who didn't make as much money. But singers like Steve Marriot, Paul Rodgers, Mike Harrison (from Spooky Tooth ) and many others (Palmer mentioned above..) had some great pipes and imho actually had more interesting vocal qualities (at times) but weren't thrust into stardom as much.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 10:10 |
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I misread the poll as Roger Daltrey Vs Robert Palmer Vs Ian Gillan! |
No problem. Let's just give it to Mr. Palmer then (God rest his soul). He's as good a contender as the rest of 'em.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 08:49 |
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Whenever we talk about greatest vocalists in classic rock,these three names are always going to be mentioned first. All equally brilliant with their own unique style.
I prefer Gillan specially for 'Live In Japan' album.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 06:45 |
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They're all brilliant but Percy is the man.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 06:41 |
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Not allowed to vote in the poll but my still allowed to post my choice and It's is Ian Gillan.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 06:39 |
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 06:29 |
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Final decision - Percy.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 06:01 |
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i voted for Roger Daltrey due to Tommy movie.
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Posted: December 08 2015 at 00:33 |
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Plant wasn't just a great rock vocalist, he is an expert of all things Blue in a way no other English rocker was. Sure Joe Cocker may've been more authentic, but Plant understood Blues history; he is an archivist in black American vocal musics, and uses that mastery in his songs. You don't get that from Daltrey or Gillan.
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Posted: December 07 2015 at 22:51 |
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Posted: December 07 2015 at 21:49 |
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Oh, I don't know. It should be between Robert Plant and Roger Daltrey... I know Led Zeppelin better, and have more songs by them that I really love, than The Who... and Plant is a superb singer as well. Yet as far as singing goes, Roger Daltrey really shines too (well, also Ian Gillan, but I like the other to better).
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Posted: December 07 2015 at 21:44 |
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Plant with Daltrey a close second.
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Posted: December 07 2015 at 19:11 |
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Ian Gillan, Robert Plant, Roger Daltrey, but all very close.
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Posted: December 07 2015 at 17:17 |
I misread the poll as Roger Daltrey Vs Robert Palmer Vs Ian Gillan!
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