And the BEST vocalist of the 80's rock era is (drum roll)...

Re: John Farnham

Captain Can Man — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 17:15:00 +1100

If more people thought the way you do, my life would have a purpose again! LOL

Re: John Farnham

Kevin — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 13:13:21 +1100

Captain Can Man Wrote:
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> My bad Kevin! LOL I thought you meant he was
> higher because he was on a stage. I was thinking,
> "all singers" are on stages when they sing live,
> so that puts them higher than they are when they
> are in the studio. The studio has the singers in a
> booth but it isn't necessarily higher than the
> rest of the people in the studio.

ahh that just made my day. Thanks! Far too much seriousness in the world right now, and we all need a laugh every now and then.

Cheers,
K

Re: And the BEST vocalist of the 80's rock era is (drum roll)...

rocknut — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 05:23:32 +1100

Anyone actually praising Faster Pussycat needs a check up from the neck up.

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kaneudeck — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 04:50:50 +1100

I agree with Laurent. I assume that those praising Faster Pussycat are being sarcastic. I enjoyed the band at the time, but the best of anything they were not.

Re: John Farnham

Captain Can Man — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 03:35:16 +1100

My bad Kevin! LOL I thought you meant he was higher because he was on a stage. I was thinking, "all singers" are on stages when they sing live, so that puts them higher than they are when they are in the studio. The studio has the singers in a booth but it isn't necessarily higher than the rest of the people in the studio.

Re: John Farnham

Kevin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:41:28 +1100

Captain Can Man Wrote:
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> All singers sing higher live than they do in the
> studio. John has always been awesome though.

ok, let me change that around so that we both know what I'm talking about. Almost all the singers I've ever heard when performing live will either a) sing the original melody....or b) sing a revised melody with some of the higher notes changes so as to make it easier on the singer. John Farnham has been known to take an entire verse and sing it in a higher key than the studio recording. I don't know anyone else who does that.
Kevin

Re: And the BEST vocalist of the 80's rock era is (drum roll)...

the ORIGINAL brent — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 19:45:03 +1100

LOL - I thought you guys might get the context. CCM referred to Taime Downe as the Lennon of the 80's and I was replying.... saying he's more like the Yoko Ono than the John Lennon.

Re: John Farnham

Captain Can Man — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:55:32 +1100

All singers sing higher live than they do in the studio. John has always been awesome though.

Re: You Are All Wrong....

Chazz — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:44:12 +1100

At least Lemmy is consistent, his live vocals match the recordings

Someone mentioned John Farnham, amazing singer who sadly doesn't get enough good songs to sing, 4 monsters on LRB and You're The Voice aside, his voice has been wasted on most of the songs I've heard from him.

and, who the f*ck is Taime Down ?

John Farnham

Kevin — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 17:07:05 +1100

Tom G Wrote:
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> Nah it's John Farnham, hands down.

works for me. Farnham (for pure vocal talent) would still be fairly high on the list even now, almost 30 years later.

live (well, live lead vocals at least) and purely effortless
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9cbtSZiEEW4

and maybe his best vocal, IMO, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwOCtR_9Mdw

John Farnham is simply incredible...and has lost very little. Maybe the only singer out there that is known to sing HIGHER live than on the recordings.
Kevin

I 2nd that....Faster Pussycat are horrible!!

themartyr — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 15:35:04 +1100

That singer is nauseating!!!

Re: And the BEST vocalist of the 80's rock era is (drum roll)...

MichaelSpingos — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 08:07:04 +1100

I'd say David Coverdale.

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IanF — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 07:26:10 +1100

Faster Pussycat are without a shodow of a doubt the worst band I have ever seen.

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jbjrsdc — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:05:35 +1100

wutz wrong with the ballad House Of Pain?

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Laurent — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:55:24 +1100

I don't think there was really a good vocalist coming out of the 80's, at least not in the hair metal scene. The good ones were there earlier.

This said, some who could claim that title IMHO are:

Danny Vaughn
Jeff Scott Soto
Paul Shortino
Jeff Keith
Eric Martin

All top quality singers in my book. And not part of this awful hair metal scene that yielded crap like Warrant, Poison or Motley Crue, all three of them having an accumulated musical IQ of 0.

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Captain Can Man — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:54:33 +1100

I am still trying to figure out how Yoko Ono even came up in a conversation about music! She has nothing to do with music other than she takes a crap all over it!

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Laurent — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:49:54 +1100

Yoko Ono? It's best vocalist of the 80's not a vocalist that is 80! :-)

Re: You Are All Wrong....

Captain Can Man — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 04:39:39 +1100

He is also the best looking man in Rock and Roll!

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Captain Can Man — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:46:16 +1100

Jon is not even the best singer in Bon Jovi! Richie is! I think there are alot of people on this board that would agree with me because this is a known fact! Richie covered Jon's ass in concert more times than the back of his jeans did! :)

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rocknut — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 03:13:44 +1100

The funniest thing about that is that you're not kidding.

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illimey — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 02:21:35 +1100

Mitch Wrote:
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> Best Female=Pat Benatar

YES! You're a genius!

> Best Male=Bono

Um... Nurse? He needs his special medication again.

Don't get me wrong, I <3 U2 and am not ashamed to say so, but Bono? Best male vocalist of the 80s rock era? Not even Bono himself has a big enough ego to make that claim.

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Walk In The Shadows — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:48:56 +1100

Steve "Sex" Summers from Pretty Boy Floyd has got to be in the running.

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jbjrsdc — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:28:13 +1100

I enjoyed Taime's voice, House Of Pain is definitley one of the best ballads of the 80's.

Jon Bon Jovi is the correct answer for the thread though.

Re: And the BEST vocalist of the 80's rock era is (drum roll)...

Mitch — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 00:49:36 +1100

Best Female=Pat Benatar
Bast Male=Bono

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MetroGnome — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 22:54:07 +1100

The Great Kat was the best, Kronos from Venom a close second.

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infinity — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:29:28 +1100

Steve Perry...he is god

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the ORIGINAL brent — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:24:51 +1100

Yoko Ono maybe

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Scott — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:10:48 +1100

Mandy Lion!

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Scott Watson — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:56 +1100

Step away from the crackpipe.

Re: You Are All Wrong....

rocknut — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 20:54:10 +1100

Surely you mean Udo Dirkschneider?