100 Most Technically Skilled Male Rock Vocalists

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

Timitzii wrote:

Paul McCartney vs. Jørn Lande

[b]Breath support - Lande (Much cleaner notes from a baritone)
Consistency - Tie
Diction - Tie (I could go either way on this)
Endurance - Macca (He is 68-years old and still going strong!)

Blending - [b]Lande (You forgot this one! :biggrin:

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Switching - Tie (Lande has a lot of great switching stuff, Macca ain't bad either, "Hey Jude" has awesome switching!)
Pitch - Tie (Could go either way?)
Runs - Macca
Vibrato - Lande
Volume Control - Tie

Projection - Lande
Resonance - Lande
Use of Range - Macca
Sustain - Tie

Tonal Versatility - Tie/Lande (Macca has awesome style to switch between soft voice and his powerful rock voice, Lande is a great imitator of Coverdale, for example)
Technical versatility - Tie (Both of them have featured some great singing techniques and high/low singing)
Stylistic versatility - Tie (Could go either way)
Phrasing - Tie (Not sure about this, really subjective...)

Really close... This was hard to do so feel free to say if you disagree with some of those because I feel that not all of those are right... :confused:

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

I think the breakdowns give Lande a slight edge...

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 1:46 pm

Thoughts?

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6LXVqetMeo[/youtube]

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

Man, that dude has some pipes! That's Ray Gillen, right? Gonna have to check out more of his stuff, great singing on that track...

Val Salva · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:15 pm **Posts:** 409

couldn't help but hear a little bit of axl in that guy's voice.

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

I hear more Still Of The Night Coverdale there...

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Mon Nov 29, 2010 6:49 pm

I dunno, since Gillen was a contemporary of so many other great singers, I can't help hearing the Plant influence loud and proud.

I just discovered that Eternal Idol will be re-released with a second disc containing Gillen's original vocal tracks. I've heard bootlegs of these recordings, and it's not without reason that so many people talk about wishing Gillen had joined Sabbath officially. Methinks his singing was more charismatic than Tony Martin's.

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

Personally I still haven't checked Tony Martin era...but he has a good voice from what I've heard...

Sir · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:19 pm **Posts:** 1054

Wanted Dead Or Alive wrote:

Personally I still haven't checked Tony Martin era...but he has a good voice from what I've heard...

He sounds a lot like Dio... my favourite performance is Kill In The Spirit World.

Yngtchie Blacksteen · **Posted:** Tue Nov 30, 2010 4:36 pm

There's a lot of Dio in his voice, yes. It's not as powerful, bit thinner and breathier, in lack of a better description.

My faves from the Martin era:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HT1D7l9dZk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rfhTU5o_-60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mouIulvsKYA

scarified · **Posted:** Fri Dec 03, 2010 5:38 am

Timitzii wrote:

Scarified, good way to start is to watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-Te3UTOwPw :wink:

Just what I was looking for :tiphat:

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

25-30 area hasn't been updated and Lande and Lione haven't been moved up...

Lefty · **Posted:** Fri Dec 03, 2010 11:00 am

What exactly in the 25-30 range has been changed and to what position should those two be raised?

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 12:30 pm **Posts:** 3188

28. Graham Bonnet
29. Ronnie James Dio
30. Bruce Dickinson
31. Brad Delp...

Lione above Daltrey for now and Lande above McCartney.

Lefty · **Posted:** Fri Dec 03, 2010 1:29 pm

Done.

100 Most Technically Skilled Male Rock Vocalists

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