01-31-2016, 10:59 AM
(01-31-2016, 10:43 AM)BengalsRocker Wrote: Post #4. Amy Lee of Evanescence.
Roy Orbison was a great singer but calling him Rock is a bit of a stretch.
Lowe and Young are a matter of taste. They wouldn't match up vocal skill wise in most people's minds.
Just like Janis. It's more style than ability.
Ronstadt on the other hand is very exceptional.
Both Pat Benatar and Nancy Wilson smoke Slick and it isn't even close.
She wasn't even the best vocalist in her own band.
I missed the Amy Lee mention - thanks.
Orbison was there at the birth of Rock - to say he is not Rock is like saying Elvis is not Rock. Yes, the genre has expanded and changed since those men helped forge it, but unquestionably both were rock artists. Saying they are not is like pointing to the country music singers of today and saying, "See, Johnny Cash wasn't really country."
Totally agree Young and Lowe are taste choices - but I would argue Mercury is too. Many people call him the greatest - I call him different and talented but far from the best for my taste. I also am not a huge Joplin fan, but she is number one for many older fans. Ronstadt had pipes and was just a hit machine mid 1970's. I think you were a little hard on Slick - well maybe not - and I was surprised nobody mentioned Benatar, Wilson, (or Nicks) before now. Good stuff...
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