[bit.listserv.allmusic] Vocal Gods

schew@EI.ECN.PURDUE.EDU (H.C.E.) (02/28/90)

>    ... So  who are some of the singers  that most of
>    you hold as highly? Ya know, singers without equal?
>
>    I myself  would name only  two: Robert Plant (of  course) and
>    Steven Tyler.  I listen to  a lot  of other vocalists  that I
>    like a lot, but I have to  admit that they all imitate one of
>    those two guys in one way or another.
>
>Mike Hocter
>

    Wow.  I guess you meant only those you listen to imitate Plant
and Tyler...  You should try vocalists like Micheal Stipe, Jon Anderson,
Ian Anderson, Sting, Brad Delp, Peter Gabriel, Roger Waters and virtually
any female vocalist would be different...

    If you are interested the bands for which each vocalist above
sings for are (respectively): REM, Yes, Jethro Tull, The Police/Sting,
Boston, Genesis/Gabriel solo, Pink Floyd/Waters solo, and Sinead O'Connor,
Kate Bush, Edie Brickell, among others....

    To me the above vocalists (to just name a few) all have their own
very unique style of singing...  They could not sing the songs they do
using the Plant or Tyler styles, it would sound completely different...

    What vocalists do you feel imitate Plant and Tyler so much (I
would agree that there are probably quite a few)?


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