Top 200 vocal performances of all time, according to some website.

[davin]

take it fwiw. billy is #113 for tonight, tonight.

this can be moved to music and news discussion board, i don't care. not sure if people want to discuss this in terms of billy, or in general. or if they want to discuss it at all, for that matter....

http://www.digitaldreamdoor.com/page...ocal-perf.html

1. Love Reign O'er Me - Roger Daltrey (The Who)
2. Child In Time - Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
3. Say Hello To Heaven - Chris Cornell (Temple Of The Dog)
4. Bohemian Rhapsody - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
5. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley
6. Since I've Been Loving You - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
7. Piece Of My Heart - Janis Joplin (Big Brother & the Holding Company)
8. Grace - Jeff Buckley
9. Life On Mars - David Bowie
10. Who Wants To Live Forever - Freddie Mercury/Brain May (Queen)
11. Stairway To Heaven - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
12. Backstreets - Bruce Springsteen
13. Jesus Christ Pose - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
14. God Only Knows - Carl Wilson (The Beach Boys)
15. Painkiller - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
16. Release - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
17. Queen Of The Reich - Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
18. Mother, Father - Steve Perry (Journey)
19. Pushit - Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
20. When The Music's Over - Jim Morrison (The Doors)
21. Rooster - Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
22. Great Gig in the Sky - Clare Torry (Pink Floyd)
23. Hallelujah - Jeff Buckley
24. Alone - Ann Wilson (Heart)
25. Open Arms - Steve Perry (Journey)
26. Victim Of Changes - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
27. Somebody To Love - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
28. Tutti Frutti - Little Richard
29. Oh Darling - Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
30. Like A Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan
31. Jeremy - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
32. Love Of My Life - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
33. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
34. Don't Stop Me Now - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
35. White Rabbit - Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
36. Twist And Shout - John Lennon (The Beatles)
37. Black Dog - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
38. Trooper - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
39. The Show Must Go On - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
40. Slaves And Bulldozers - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
41. Me And Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
42. Sympathy For The Devil - Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
43. Dream On - Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
44. Under Pressure - Freddie Mercury/David Bowie (Queen)
45. Eulogy - Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
46. Golden Slumbers - Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
47. Estranged - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
48. The Grudge - Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
49. Babe I'm Gonna Leave You - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
50. The End - Jim Morrison (The Doors)
51. We Are The Champions - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
52. Hunger Strike - Chris Cornell/Eddie Vedder (Temple Of The Dog)
53. Won't Get Fooled Again - Roger Daltrey (The Who)
54. Midlife Crisis - Mike Patton (Faith No More)
55. Tears In Heaven - Eric Clapton
56. Rainbow In The Dark - Ronnie James Dio (Dio)
57. Whole Lotta Love - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
58. A Day In The Life - John Lennon (The Beatles)
59. Showbiz - Matt Bellamy (Muse)
60. Because - Lennon/McCartney/Harrison (The Beatles)
61. An American Trilogy - Elvis Presley
62. Gimme Shelter - Mick Jagger/Mary Clayton (Rolling Stones)
63. Man In The Box - Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
64. Freewheel Burning - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
65. Street Fighting Man - Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
66. Civil War - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
67. Exit Music (For a Film) - Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
68. Beyond The Wheel - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
69. Landslide - Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
70. Nutshell - Layne Staley (Alice In Chains)
71. Time - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
72. Everybody Hurts - Michael Stipe (REM)
73. Radio Gaga - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
74. Somebody To Love - Grace Slick (Jefferson Airplane)
75. Bad Company - Paul Rodgers (Bad Company)
76. Walk This Way - Steven Tyler (Aerosmith)
77. Pride - Bono (U2)
78. Ticks & Leeches - Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
79. Still Loving You - Klaus Meine (The Scorpions)
80. Revolution Calling - Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
81. Mercedes Benz - Janis Joplin
82. Love Hurts - Dan McCafferty (Nazareth)
83. Rock N Roll Suicide - David Bowie
84. Cry Cry Baby - Janis Joplin
85. Don't Cry - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
86. Radio Radio - Elvis Costello
87. Cemetary Gates - Philip Anselmo (Pantera)
88. Would - Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
89. Yellow Ledbetter - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
90. Steel Rain - Chris Cornell
91. Black - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
92. My Generation - Roger Daltrey (The Who)
93. Hallowed Be Thy Name - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
94. Outlaw Torn - James Hetfield (Metallica)
95. Travelin Band - John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
96. Dreams - Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)
97. Street Spirit - Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
98. Five To One - Jim Morrison (The Doors)
99. Space Oddity - David Bowie
100. Unchained Melody - Bobby Hatfield/Bill Medley (Righteous Brothers)
101. Break On Through - Jim Morrison (The Doors)
102. Blood Red Skies - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
103. Comfortably Numb - Roger Waters/David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
104. American Woman - Burton Cummings (Guess Who)
105. Lazy - Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
106. Down In A Hole - Layne Staley/Jerry Cantrell (Alice In Chains)
107. Sweet Child O'Mine - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
108. Whisper In The Night- Jeff Lynne (ELO)
109. The Mission - Geoff Tate (Queensryche)
110. More Than A Feeling - Brad Delp (Boston)
111. Evidence - Mike Patton (Faith No More)
112. Green Manalishi - Rob Halford (Judas Priest)
113. Tonight Tonight - Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins)
114. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney
115. Paranoid Android - Thom Yorke (Radiohead)
116. Run To The Hills - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
117. Rocket Queen - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
118. Roxanne - Sting (The Police)
119. Heaven And Hell - Ronnie James Dio (Black Sabbath)
120. American Pie - Don Mclean
121. Fire Woman - Ian Astbury (The Cult)
122. November Rain - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
123. Perfect Day - Lou Reed
124. Piano Man - Billy Joel
125. Welcome to the Jungle - Axl Rose (Guns N Roses)
126. In Your Eyes - Peter Gabrielbr
127. Something - George Harrison (The Beatles)
128. Bridge Over Troubled Water - Art Garfunkel (Simon & Garfunkel)
129. Grievance - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
130. Let It Be - Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
131. Welcome To The Machine - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
132. Cult Of Personality - Corey Glover (Living Color)
133. Yesterday - Paul McCartney (The Beatles)
134. Sweet Dreams - Annie Lennox (Eurythmics)
135. Bloodsucker - Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
136. War Pigs - Ozzy Osbourne (Black Sabbath)
137. Come Sail Away - Dennis DeYoung (Styx)
138. Unchained - David Lee Roth (Van Halen)
139. Keep Pushin On - Kevin Cronin (REO Speedwagon)
140. Highway To Hell - Bon Scott (AC/DC)
141. Ramble On - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
142. Love Boat Captain - Eddie Vedder (Pearl Jam)
143. See Me Feel Me - Roger Daltrey (The Who)
144. Red Right Hand - Nick Cavebr
145. Refugee -Tom Petty
146. With A Little Help From My Friends - Joe Cocker
147. Plush - Scott Weiland (Stone Temple Pilots)
148. Under The Bridge - Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
149. All Right Now - Paul Rodgers (Free)
150. Rhiannon - Stevie Nicks (Fleetwood Mac)
151. Miles From Nowhere - Cat Stevens
152. Mother - Glenn Danzig (Danzig)
153. Here I Go Again - David Coverdale (Whitesnake)
154. Old Time Rock & Roll - Bob Seger
155. Losing My Religion - Michael Stipe (REM)
156. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne
157. For Those About To Rock - Brian Johnson (AC/DC)
158. Youth Gone Wild - Sebastian Bach (Skid Row)
159. Let It Bleed - Mick Jagger (Rolling Stones)
160. Pretty Woman - Roy Orbison
161. Born To Run - Bruce Springsteen
162. Don't Worry Baby - Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
163. Crazy On You - Ann Wilson (Heart)
164. Sloop John B - Brian Wilson/Mike Love (The Beach Boys)
165. School's Out - Alice Cooper
166. Bell Bottom Blues - Eric Clapton (Derek & The Dominos)
167. Bad To The Bone - George Thorogood
168. White Room - Jack Bruce (Cream)
169. With Or Without You - Bono (U2)
170. Right Now - Sammy Hagar (Van Halen)
171. Joker - Steve Miller
172. Presence Of The Lord - Steve Winwood (Blind Faith)
173. The Warmth Of The Sun - Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
174. Not Dark Yet - Bob Dylan
175. Rock You Like A Hurricane - Klaus Meine (The Scorpions)
176. House Of The Rising Sun - Eric Burdon (The Animals)
177. Nearly Lost You - Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees)
178. Number Of The Beast - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
179. You Really Got Me - Ray Davies (The Kinks)
180. Proud Mary - John Fogerty (Creedence Clearwater Revival)
181. Every Breath You Take - Sting (The Police)
182. Wish You Were Here - David Gilmour (Pink Floyd)
183. Mr. Jones - Adam Duritz (Counting Crows)
184. Straight To Hell - Joe Strummer (The Clash)
185. Heartbreaker - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)
186. Another One Bites The Dust - Freddie Mercury (Queen)
187. Nothing Else Matters - James Hetfield (Metallica)
188. Faithfully - Steve Perry (Journey)
189. Limo Wreck - Chris Cornell (Soundgarden)
190. Schism - Maynard James Keenan (Tool)
191. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner
192. Two Minutes To Midnight - Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)
193. Surfer Girl - Brian Wilson (The Beach Boys)
194. Purple Rain - Prince
195. Your Song - Elton John
196. The Flame - Robin Zander (Cheap Trick)
197. Wild World - Cat Stevens
198. I Love Rock 'n' Roll - Joan Jett (The Blackhearts)
199. Maggie May - Rod Stewart
200. Hurt - Trent Reznor (Nine Inch Nails)

[wHATcOLOR]

dude seriously davin. FUCK YOU. you are beyond exasperating. just fucking stop it

[redbull]

hahahahaha

HAHAHAHAHA

[Irridescent Fairysex]

I'm not sure about all time, but I've made a list from this years best vocal performances, maybe we can discuss it in this thread.

There have been many great vocals this year, actually more than 10. Following are performances that didn't make it in my final list, but just as noteworthy:

Amy Winehouse for "Rehab"

She has proved she has the chops to sing jazz, this year she returns with the 2nd best soul pipes (2nd to Aretha Franklin) in singing the ole classic genre. Unlike the many forgotten singers gernre from the past century, Winehouse just sings with personality and a bigger-than-life voice that just arrests every one's attention.

Natalie Cole for "The Man With the Child in His Eyes"

Kate Bush sang the song like no other singer, but Natalie Cole had the adventurous guts to take this classic. As always, that unmistakable soul never fails to mesmerize.

Andrea Bocelli for "Can't Help Falling in Love"

There were two notable versions this year: the first one was sung by Katharine McPhee during one of the episodes of AI. The judges dissed her for being over the top without realizing that she wasn't the one who arranged the song. The second one I'm referring to is this version by opera superstar Andrea Bocelli. Elvis sung this memorably, but Bocelli updates it and carves a tender moment for himself singing in Englis. This live performance is just wonderful.

[Irridescent Fairysex]

I'm From Barcelona (Emanuel Lundgren, Frida Öhnell, Cornelia Norgren, Philip Erixon, Micke Larsson, Johan Mårtensson, Anna Fröderberg, Johan Aineland, Martin Alfredsson, Erik Ottosson, Tina Håkansson, David Ljung, Christofer Olofsson, Daniel Lindlöf, Mattias Johansson, Tobias Granstrand, Emma Öhnell, Mathias Alrikson, Jonas Tjäder, David Ottosson, Maria Eriksson, Olof Gardestrand, Marcus Carlholt, Julie Witwicki Carlsson, Rikard Ljung, Henrik Olofsson, Jacob Sollenberg, Fredrik Karp, Johan Viking) for "We're From Barcelona"

I guess these 29 guys do not really know how to sing, but they surely sound really enchanting when they sing together. One of the most tender moments in rock music this year, even more tender than Anrea Bocelli. The singing is just too lovely to miss!

One of the best group singing in pop music in years. You may consider this as my 11th favourite from 2006.

[Irridescent Fairysex]

Oh I just remembered about another one, Luther Vandross for "Shine"

"Your time, your time to shine
Shine, shine, shine, shine groove shine
Your time, your time to shine
Shine, shine, shine, shine it's alright"

The Freemasons succeeded in creating another gem, but this time the genius is not theirs alone: Vandross' vocal is one of the ingredients of this success. Imagine if in their sampling they had opted to use another vocalist, say Tom Jones ala 'Stoned in Love': the song would have been a total mess! Absolutely no one else in the current music scene could carry a tune as big as this one.

It really was a wise decision of instead covering Vandross' wonderful soul with all the mixes, the guys behind Freemasons opted to just build beats around the already excellent vocal. It would have been nice had this been done when Vandross was still alive. Seeing him perfrom this live would just have been phenomenal.

The whole vocal itself is mind-blowing-ly brilliant, but the parts when Vandross at the top of his lungs belts out 'Your time... your time to shine/ shine, shine, shine...' suspends all the singing in all of dance music as if it were the apex of all of them. It's the portion of the song where a dance fan who is into this form of dance music decides that the song is actually brilliant, no less.

This vocal is so good it's as if Vandross dug out of the grave and had his last and greatest moment. This is simply the best vocal in a dance song by a male artist this year.

[redbull]

I HAVE THEM ON OPTIMFROG LOL

[Deadeyes]

1. Say Hello To Heaven - Chris Cornell (Temple Of The Dog)
2-200 whatever....

Fixt

[Travis Meeks]

Originally Posted by Deadeyes

1. Say Hello To Heaven - Chris Cornell (Temple Of The Dog)
2-200 whatever....

Fixt

good choice. I love Cornell on Alice in Chain's right turn

[JokeyLoki]

Originally Posted by davin

6. Since I've Been Loving You - Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin)

Should've been higher.

That song is pure sex.

[Nate the Grate]

man, that tool guy must be a pretty good singer.

[Travis Meeks]

list isn't too bad

[redbull]

Wait, what is Love Reign O'er Me doing at #1? its good, but not THAT good....

[Esty]

Do you wake up and google billy every fucking day? Who gives a shit about this stupid list? Those mods really dropped the ball when they could have had you banned a while back.

Fuck, you're a worthless poster.

[christian zombie vampires]

wow, i did a text search for aretha and the first instance that came up was someone nominating amy winehouse and comparing them

at least dio is on there though thank christ

[davin]

Originally Posted by Esty

Do you wake up and google billy every fucking day?

you're even more fucking stupid than wHATcOlOR. get current with today's technology asswipe.

[davin]

Originally Posted by wHATcOLOR

dude seriously davin. FUCK YOU. you are beyond exasperating. just fucking stop it

eat shit and die moron.

whats exasperating is someone who makes even more worthless posts within what is supposedly a "worthless post". why bother?

[Esty]

Originally Posted by davin

you're even more fucking stupid than wHATcOlOR. get current with today's technology asswipe.

I think you missed the point stupid. No one cares about what some lameass list from some shitty website billy made. I hate having to spell shit out for you.

[mxzombie]

where the fuck is jimmy gnecco on that list

[davin]

Originally Posted by Esty

I think you missed the point stupid. No one cares about what some lameass list from some shitty website billy made. I hate having to spell shit out for you.

you're the fucking stupid one. this post is perfect fodder for a music discussion board.

ASS.

[Esty]

Except you posted it on the pumpkins board and it was moved.

Go suck a dick.

[davin]

Originally Posted by davin

this can be moved to music and news discussion board, i don't care. not sure if people want to discuss this in terms of billy, or in general.

You are REALLY dense.

[Esty]

Can I ask how you came across this list? Do you go to that website everyday? Were you looking for things on billy, or another artist?

[Kahlo]

RSS feed you stupid dick, does he have to say it one more time? Fuck.

[JokeyLoki]

Originally Posted by mxzombie

where the fuck is jimmy gnecco on that list

Originally Posted by davin

8. Grace - Jeff Buckley

[Rockin' Cherub]

#1 should be sonic youth - nic fit

[teh b0lly!!1]

freddie mercury has like 10 mentions
although i kinda agree, i wouldnt expect that on a list that is allegedly professionally assembled.

also, davin, RSS FEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD DDDDDDD

[ravenguy2000]

Lol at there not being a single performance by Aretha, Sam Cooke, or Marvin Gaye on the list. Class dismissed.

[Azael]

Originally Posted by davin

191. What's Love Got To Do With It - Tina Turner

I heard this song recently, I don't know how it could ever get on a best vocal performance list... I mean, you should at least be able to hold a note or something, right?

[Candy Cane]

Where's Barney the dinosaur?