How bad, if at all, would you consider Donald Fagen?

(this is not a trick question)

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

How bad is the Tribune for quoting them in a headline the other day? Painful stuff.

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Chris Cornell is in a whole other world than Freddie Mercury. Holy shit. Learn music.

This list should be the top 5 privileged white make vocalists ever. Throwing in a gay and a half Mexican changes nothing.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Steve Walsh from Kansas had a phenomenal voice.

Throw in the keyboard playing and the tube socks and you have the complete package.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

The Donald and Ian Anderson are my favorite "bad voice" guys.

Mark Farner had a terrific voice back in the day.

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Wha---??

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

I have. That's a demonstrably terrible opinion. I'm quite certain few if any professional singers or musicians would agree with that thought.

To that end, Chris Cornell wouldn't even come up in conversation if he hadn't just snuffed it.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

One thing for sure, Terry Reid belongs on the list.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajx1Pln0KYQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv1zu79377A

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I'd also put Steve Marriott on the list.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Yup. DT gets it

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Not that bad. He seems worse than he is because he has an unpolished voice against one of the most polished studio acts ever. But that turns out to be necessary for Steely Dan. If they even farmed out the vocals to pros, they'd have no soul at all.

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Best "bad voice" guy is Leon Russell.
Best vocalists are Bob Seger, Steve Perry, Paul Rodgers.
Holy shit! Did I just agree with Franky Flapjacks on Rodgers?

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We all want different things from rock and roll.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

What do you want?

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1. John Lennon
2. Freddie Mercury
3. Mick Jagger
4. Robert Plant
5. Paul McCartney

Honorable mention:

Axl Rose
Bono
Roger Daltry

Talk about demonstrably terrible opinions.
You obviously know fuck all about Soundgarden and/or Chris Cornell,
so why don't you go back to rubbing one out while you try to transcribe
the Bodhisattva chart into C Minor.

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Just chillin' like Garret Quillin.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Pretentious asshole!

Jack white too. Jeeze.

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It is my intention to pitch a wang dang doodle all night long.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Nice. We agree for once. Fool For A Pretty Face is one of my favorite songs ever.

I think you are misunderstanding what he said.

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Matt Speigel

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

What type of rock are we talking about? That in of itself defines the list.
For me just plain ole rock goes:
1-Mercury. Hands down. Anyone who does not acknowledge him n their list has no idea what singing is and can do t the human soul. Go listen to To Much Love Can Kill You and Show Must go on. Both where recorded in the last months of his life and tell me you can not hear the emotion in the performances

2-Daulty-There is a reason the use those Who songs for all those shows. The Who may not have been the best musicians in the world but the had one thing down pat,emotion. Hell, to me they are the first punk band. Daultry gets a lot of crap,some deserved,because as he got older his voice did not hold up well but there are tracks outthere of him preforming with Pavroti and other Opera singers . Man has talent.

3-Cornell-want proof. Listen to Temple of the Dog. Dude makes Vedder look like an Amateur and that is no easy feat. Listen to any of the catalog of any band he played in and one thing you come away with is the power in the voice,plus you how you can tell he was good? They had him do a 007 song and it did not suck.

4-Elvis-If you have not listened to him. Sorry but the man could sign his ass off. Not just Rock either. Country and Gospel. I grew up listening to him,I learned from an early age how good he was . His music still to me holds up.

5-Bono-Like the Edge his voice is distinctive. You know it is him from the first note. If he would give up being a fucking preacher on stage and just do his fucking job I would have no problem with him. But the more preachy he got,Starting with Joshua Tree on, the worse the actual music got. His voice is still strong and that is not the problem.

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When I am stuck and need to figure something out I always remember the Immortal words of Socrates when he said:"I just drank what?"

The joke!

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Still missing some of the best, like..

Chrissy Hynde
David Byrne
John Fogerty
Lou Reed
Jim Morrison
Jerry Garcia
Bob Dylan

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John Fogerty, Lou Reed, and Bob Dylan were all mentioned.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

Wtf Bob Dylan?

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I've been a big fan of Glenn Frey's work as of late.