Top Five

“Remember the guy from "High Infidelity" who had a top five list of songs for everything? Well we can post our top five lists of anything. One that I was just thinking about:

Top Five Can-Really-Belt-Out-a-Tune Rock Vocalists:

Freddy Mercury
Rob Halford
Chris Cornell
Roger Daltry
Geddy (sp) Lee”

“Mercury
Daltry
Springsteen
Joplin
Morrison”

“Robert Plant”

“Is he your top five or are you missing four?”

“He's my top five.

ok, twist my arm ...

Plant
Joplin
Holiday
Mercury (i've been trying to belt out We are the Champions for months, and can't do it)
my wife”

“To mix it up:

Jello Biafra
Frank Black
Glen Danzig
James Hetfield
H.R. (Bad Brains)”

“Bobby Weir”

“Bobby, Billie and Janis, WOW!!”

“Freddy Mercury
Robert Plant
Roger Daltrey
Janis Joplin
Steve Perry

Mercury, though, is the undisputed king (or, as it were, champion) of this category”

“Of course, Mick Jagger can belt it out as well.”

“I was gonna throw Steve Perry in there as well but it`s so hard to understand what he`s saying! I was also torn over Joe Cocker.”

“I could see Joe Cocker and Mick Jagger in the top 10, but they wouldn`t crack my top 5.

Where would John Lennon fall in this? He really belted on a lot of his solo stuff”

“This Saturday, I am airing a segment of interiew and music on the Underground Railroad that I did with Sam Andrew on Oct 23rd of this year. Sam is guitarist and co-founder of Big Brother and the Holding Company. He was instrumental in integrating Janis Joplin into the band and helping her adapt to the electrified sounds Big Brother had established in San Francisco, prior to the release of Cheap Thrills. Sam also played the Monterrey Pop Festival behind Janis very famous performance and she had asked him to play Woodstock, but he opted to fly back to California instead. Sam and Janis left the band together and formed the Kozmik Blues Band shortly thereafter. So, join me between two and six PM, as we take a closer look at some of the recollections of those days as well as looking into the current incarnation of the band that includes original members Dave Getz and Peter S. Albin, only at www.hgrnj.org
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“Treebeard, you have the best job ever”

“I wouldn`t even put Mick in the top ten of the Can-Really-Belt-Out-a-Tune list. He might make the top ten of Distinct Rock Voices list but not the top five of that one either. I would put Lennon on a singer list but not a "belt out a tune" list.


I`ll try to boogie with ya Saturday, Stu!”

“Brandi Carlile
Duffy
Nicole Atkins
Maria McKee
Sarah McLachlan”

“Thanks. I wish I was still doing this stuff full time, instead of having to do the corporate thing all week...”

“i think some ppl are confused by "belt out a tune"”

“There is crooning and then there is belting.”

“Belt out a tune: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzNEgcqWDG4”

“more belting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9i2fqxSjTI”

“What I was thinking by "belt out a tune" was singing so loud to the point of screaming but still being understood and in tune. And I was thinking rock singers only, but no biggie if they`re not.”

“You guys are forgetting Jimi

Tire tracks across your back, I can see you had your fun”

“jimi could WAIL, not belt

he would be on a lot of ppls top 5 lists, guitar-wise”

“Don`t any of you guys like girls?”

“Well, Aretha can belt, but this is rock. Same with James Brown.”

“Tom Jones. nuff said...”

“Don`t any of you guys like girls?�

hpd mentioned joplin and holiday

i posted a picture of the lead singer from screaming females”

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XK2PhImoIw0

Take a look at who are watching from stage right at 1:10 in the video.
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“CB obviously you have not listened to much of Jimi

The crawlin kingsnake Jim Morrison

Take out your false teeth momma...I want to suck on your gums...Peter Wolf

Smoke on the water...Ian Gillian

tin roof rusted...Tina Weymouth

How bout Koko M.

I could go on forevah
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“ive listened to a lot of jimi. i just dont think he fits the description of what noncon was asking for (singing so loud to the point of screaming but still being understood and in tune)

jimi was not a loud singer.”

“How do you know? So how many of his albums do you have?...And Electric Lady Land does not count as 2.”

“im not looking for an argument. just tell me on what songs/albums you think he belts”

“im not looking for an argument. just tell me on what songs/albums you think he belts”
crash bang

Am I talking to the real Crash Bang? LOL”

“I have to agree. Jimi does not belt.”

“he was a genius on gutar, tho. voodoo chile (slight return) is an all-time classic”

“axle rose
spam
snoop dogg
john bonjovi
doc watson”

“I`ll agree with Axl, but Snoop (D-O-Double-G) Dogg? I`m not so sure...”

“but Snoop (D-O-Double-G) Dogg? I`m not so sure.

Yeah, unless were talking belts of gin...

he was a genius on gutar,

I would have to say, not to derail the convo, that Drivin South and Hush Now are my all-time favorite Jimi jams.”

“Top 5 predators in North America?

Polar Bear
Alaskan Brown bear (Coastal Grizzly)
Gray Wolf
Mountain Lion
Wolverine”

“you forgot homo sapiens”

“tin roof rusted...Tina Weymouth


That was Kate Pierson of the B-52s. She does have a powerful voice, though...”

“and the song is "love shack"”

“Willie Mae`Big Momma`Thorton.”

“I`ll assume we`re sticking to land predators

Polar bear
mountain lion
ol` grizz
buzzworm
peregrine falcon”

“�Top 5 predators in North America?

Polar Bear
Alaskan Brown bear (Coastal Grizzly)
Gray Wolf
Mountain Lion
Wolverine�
ncthiker
4:36:55 PM
11/19/09


Wrong.

Vacuum cleaner salesmen
TV Preachers
Girl Scouts hawking cookies
Hari Krishnas
and
Divorced women over 40 year old”

“how old is ngb?”