Bill Ward was a better singer than Ozzy technically, though he'd have never fit the doomier stuff.
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 February 2018 15:29 (six years ago) link
also Corrosion of Conformity, Pepper was a better vocalist than Karl Agell on the Blind album which is largely why he became the lead vocalist after that album (that and Karl's departure).....
Sonic Youth? Lee Ranaldo's voice is passable at best, Kim Gordon's voice is 100X more distinctive.
Most SY albums have an approximately equal number of Moore-sung and Gordon-sung songs, with one or two Ranaldo songs thrown in. Not sure who counts as "lead singer" in this case.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 16:07 (six years ago) link
Oddly, I sometimes argue that Gordon was the better singer but Sister and Murray Street, maybe the two that are most Moore-dominated, are two of their albums that I play the most.
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 16:12 (six years ago) link
The Flaming Lips should let Steven Drozd sing lead on more songs
― AdamVania (Adam Bruneau), Saturday, 10 February 2018 16:48 (six years ago) link
they'd certainly be less irritating without wayne
― global tetrahedron, Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:00 (six years ago) link
Joy Division
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:03 (six years ago) link
No
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:05 (six years ago) link
I suppose you are the expert. Well argued. I would delete my comment if I could but my humiliation will just have to live on.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:06 (six years ago) link
https://senselessramblingsofthemindless.files.wordpress.com/2013/10/butthurt.jpg
― Hi diddley dee, hen fapper's life for me (Neanderthal), Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:22 (six years ago) link
Massively butthurt. How could I not be with that take down! Fortunately taste isn’t subjective.
― brotherlovesdub, Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:29 (six years ago) link
Jeez, dude. I wasn't pulling rank or even making an argument, just expressing a more-or-less irrational but strong personal disagreement on that particular opinion. 2xp
― No purposes. Sounds. (Sund4r), Saturday, 10 February 2018 17:31 (six years ago) link
Hook sounds a bit like Chris Rea here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U08U2RbqFi8
― soref, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:20 (six years ago) link
while obv not the case overall, I do think oates's gives his all to songs like 'friday let me down' whereas hall would sleepwalk his way through it, so theres usually an oates banger on each of their albums. Also noticed between song like this, 'youve lost that loving feeling' and 'alone too long' that poor old oates seems to live quite the lonely existence :(
― yermawsjawsonmahbaws, Saturday, 10 February 2018 18:59 (six years ago) link
ZZ Top. Bassist Dusty Hill tends to sing a song or two per album and has a much higher, cleaner voice than Billy Gibbons.
― grawlix (unperson), Saturday, 10 February 2018 19:06 (six years ago) link
I know Suzanna Hoffs has the more distinctive voice, but I feel like Michael Steele and the Peterson sisters have prettier voices.
― LeRooLeRoo, Sunday, 11 February 2018 16:31 (six years ago) link