Wednesday, November 26, 2008

100 Greatest Singers

Every so often Rollingstone puts out a best of list, whether it be the best albums, songwriters, guitarist or whatever else they can come up with. I love and hate to read these lists; I love to read them to see what other musicians and recording industry folk have to say about the matter but I hate to read them because I always think they've got it wrong. Well in the latest Rollingstone they have compiled their list of the 100 Greatest Singers ever. They really stick their necks out each time these lists are published and I'm sure that they receive hundreds of emails letting them know who they forgot or "this person is better then this person". Well to keep with the standard here are my high points of how I think they got it wrong.
  1. Elvis Presley is #3, really?
  2. Bob Dylan even breaking into the top ten is a travesty. Even when you can understand what he's saying you don't want to hear it.
  3. Karen Carpenter is buried way too deep back at #94
  4. There are only 8 singers on the list that started getting recognition after the 1990's
  5. I could probably make a list of 100 more singers that were left out
A good singer should make your soul ache and cause you to take pause of everything that you are doing or thinking and give all your attention to the song. The quote from Rollingstone that I do like is "a vocal is a kind of audible kiss."

Who do you think was forgotten, misplaced or accidentally made the list?

1 comment:

Jill Brown said...

I am with you on the Elvis and Bob Dylan. I also don't like Sting - I can only handle so much whiny