RIP Chris Cornell

[Dick Whitman]

Morrison is so ridiculously overrated it's not even funny.

Stretching my list to 5 or 10, I wouldn't have any of those other three you listed.

Off the top of my head (caveat: limited to my initial mention of hard-rock singers), I'd add Daltry, Hetfield, Layne Staley, Bruce Dickinson, Bon Scott...

Only hard rock vocalists ... hmm ...

I'd definitely have Axl on there. I thought he was fine live last summer when I saw them. Eddie Vedder has been mentioned, right? Scott Weiland?

Talking about rock vocalists overall, I'd have Rod Stewart, Bono, Mick Jagger, probably McCartney over Lennon. ****, Steve Perry, right? Ronnie Van Zant. Roy Orbison. Chris Robinson. There are guys that are distinctive like Bowie, Elton John, Dylan, Petty, Springsteen, and Cobain, though I'm not sure I'd call any of them great vocalists.

I don't know how much we're stretching the genre here, but Willie, Waylon, Merle Haggard, and Dwight Yoakam make my list. Dolly and Loretta Lynn if this is co-ed.

Doesn't even seem fair to let in the Motown crew ...

 

[Dick Whitman]

Mrs. Whitman and I have been racing against the clock to see bands we haven't seen before the last couple years - well, racing as fast as two 40-year-olds with two children under age 7 can race. Last summer we saw Guns 'n' Roses, Weezer, and Pearl Jam for the first time. (And John Mellencamp for the fourth or fifth.) Next month, we're planning to see U2 and Dwight Yoakam.

Guess we'll need a third hobby to share after everyone dies off.

 

[Dick Whitman]

I thought alcohol and drugs was what made listening to the Doors enjoyable.

Must just be drugs.

 

[Songbird]

Steve Perry, whether you dig or loathe the music, is on any top 10 list for best voices.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Posting just to make sure this thread is longer than Roger Ailes' thread.

 

[Songbird]

Really does make me want to go out and take down Shute.

 

[CD Boogie]

summer of 1994, Black Hole Sun video aired on MTV like once an hour. Love the band, hate that song and how it somehow became their most famous tune. I'm off to crank some Cochise.

 

[QYFW]

I thought alcohol and drugs was what made listening to the Doors enjoyable.

It doesn't hurt.

 

[Captain_Kirk]

Peter Cetera belongs in the discussion.

 

[CD Boogie]

Peter Cetera belongs in the discussion.

Bowie, too. And Bruno Mars. He's one talented midget.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Mrs. Whitman and I have been racing against the clock to see bands we haven't seen before the last couple years - well, racing as fast as two 40-year-olds with two children under age 7 can race. Last summer we saw Guns 'n' Roses, Weezer, and Pearl Jam for the first time. (And John Mellencamp for the fourth or fifth.) Next month, we're planning to see U2 and Dwight Yoakam.

Guess we'll need a third hobby to share after everyone dies off.

This could be your year.

Feels like the 1st time: many ‘77 rock kings still touring

 

[Dick Whitman]

This could be your year.

Feels like the 1st time: many ‘77 rock kings still touring

Not my era. Plus, Queen and Boston are basically Queen and Boston cover bands.

 

[YankeeFan]

Must just be drugs.

I think I liked the Doors a lot more when I was 18-21.

Haven't listened to them in ages, and have no real desire to.

 

[QYFW]

I think I liked the Doors a lot more when I was 18-21.

Haven't listened to them in ages, and have no real desire to.

Was just listening to a bunch of their tunes yesterday while folding laundry. Not quite the same vibe as when I was obsessed with them in high school. Still dig the music, though.

 

[Songbird]

Was just listening to a bunch of their tunes yesterday while folding laundry. Not quite the same vibe as when I was obsessed with them in high school. Still dig the music, though.

They still resonate but they're best for a good long drive, windows down and volume up.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Listening to the Chris Cornell tribute on iHeartRadio now.

This sucks.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Song playing now: The Day I Tried to Live ...

 

[Dick Whitman]

I'm curious in a rubber-necking way, admittedly, but also as a person with an interest in mental health care (I am on the Board of a non-profit mental health charity) in what leads a guy who has battled depression and alcoholism for years, who survived "the scene" in the '90s, to play a show at age 52, with a wife and two kids at home, then retreat to his hotel room and decide, "Tonight's the night." I hope he left a note.

He and Dave Grohl seemed like the two guys who had genuinely transitioned. Eddie Vedder to an extent, too, although they've been able to just keep on keeping on like it was 1992.

 

[Songbird]

Spent a lot of time listening to this on the roads of Vermont to and fro games.



So kill your health and kill yourself
And kill everything you love
And if you live you can fall to pieces
And suffer with my ghost
Just a burden in my hand
Just an anchor on my heart
Just a tumor in my head
And I'm in the dark

 

[Dick Whitman]

Spent a lot of time listening to this on the roads of Vermont to and fro games.



So kill your health and kill yourself
And kill everything you love
And if you live you can fall to pieces
And suffer with my ghost
Just a burden in my hand
Just an anchor on my heart
Just a tumor in my head
And I'm in the dark

Lots of suicide references in his work. The first track on that album is "Pretty Noose."