EWB's Top (However Many It Ends Up As) Singers of All Time

[zero]

1. Frank Sinatra

2. Shirley Manson

3. Bobby Darin

4. Johnny Cash

5. Billy Corgan

6. Annie Lennox

7. Marvin Gaye

8. Freddie Mercury

9. Van Morrison

10. Rob Halford

[Iain76er]

1. Otis Redding

2. Mike Patton (Faith No More etc.)

3. Jeff Buckley

4. David Bowie

5. Bruce Springsteen

6. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)

7. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden etc.)

8. Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)

9. Beth Orton (Portishead)

10. Whitfield Crane (Ugly Kid Joe)

Beth Orton the soloist, or Beth Gibbons the singer from Portishead?

Fuck. Last time I don't check my dubious knowledge before I type. Gonna edit in Gibbons.

[Mr Evil Guy]

1. Morrissey(I just want him to be on the list. )

2. Stephen Merritt(Listen to The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side and you will understand! Gay-ish song from a gay man, but wonderful vocals)

3. Christa Päffgen/Nico

4. Freddie Mercury

5. Johnny Cash

6. Robert Smith

7. Bob Marley

8. Neko Case

9. Jeff Mangum

10. Kurt Cobain

[New Damage]

1. Chris Cornell (Soundgarden, Audioslave etc.)

2. Layne Staley (Alice in Chains)

3. Brent Smith (Shinedown)

4. Kurt Cobain (Nirvana)

5. Gavin Rossdale (Bush)

6. Axl Rose (Guns N' Roses)

7. James Hetfield (Metallica)

8. Chad Kroeger (Nickelback)

9. Kevin Martin (Candlebox)

10. Mark Lanegan (Screaming Trees)

Props also go to Josh Homme (QOTSA), Mike Patton (Faith No More), Shannon Hoon (Blind Melon), Scott Stevens (The Exies), Wes Scantlin (Puddle of Mudd) and the non-screaming guy from Alexisonfire, plus probably a couple others too.

[GoGo Yubari]

And we were so close to having an EWB music ranking thread that had no mention of Metallica whatsoever. Damn you, TheModernWay, how dare you express your opinions in a thing with the sole purpose of people doing so!

Edited November 21, 2008 by GoGophidian

[Quom]

2. Stephen Merritt(Listen to The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side and you will understand! Gay-ish song from a gay man, but wonderful vocals)

Dudley Klute sings that. I'm on dream shattering duty today bitches.

[apsham]

1. Jim Cuddy

2. Matthew Good

3. Leonard Cohen

4. Kate Voegele

5. Paul McCartney

6. Elvis Costello

7. Joe Cocker

8. Frank Sinatra

9. Tom Waits

10.

Edited November 23, 2008 by Apshamsis

[New Damage]

And we were so close to having an EWB music ranking thread that had no mention of Metallica whatsoever. Damn you, TheModernWay, how dare you express your opinions in a thing with the sole purpose of people doing so!

No problem .

[Guest Mr. Potato Head]

1. Matthew Good

2. Kate Voegele

3. Leonard Cohen

4. Vanessa Carlton

5. Jim Cuddy of Blue Rodeo

6. Paul McCartney

7. Frank Sinatra

8. Patrick Stump of Fall Out Boy (fuck you all)

9. Nate Ruess of The Format

10. Stevie Nicks

So people might snicker at me placing Matthew Good at number one, but fuck every last one of you. *cough* Go listen to The Fine Art Of Falling Apart.

I almost voted for Cuddy in the lower half of my list but then figured nobody else would.

[Jook]

1. Frank Sinatra

2. Beth Gibbons (Portishead)

3. Morrissey

4. Bjork

5. David Bowie

6. Jónsi Birgisson (Sigur Ros)

7. Emiliana Torrini

8. Thom Yorke (Radiohead)

9. Alison Goldfrapp (Goldfrapp)

10. Erland Oye (Kings of Convenience)

[Mongrel]

1. Meat Loaf

2. Chris Isaac

3. Steve Tyler

4. Eric Clapton

5. Neil Finn

6. Jon Bon Jovi

7. Michael Hutchence

8. Freddy Mercury

9. Billy Joel

10. Alicia Keys

[Mr Evil Guy]

2. Stephen Merritt(Listen to The Luckiest Guy On The Lower East Side and you will understand! Gay-ish song from a gay man, but wonderful vocals)

Dudley Klute sings that. I'm on dream shattering duty today bitches.

Oh.

Well, still.

[GRIFT]

1. Elvis Presley

2. Danzig

3. Frank Sinatra

4. Johnny Cash

5. Bruce Springsteen

6. Tom Waits

7. Robbie Williams

8. Jim Morrison

9. Raine Maida

10. Van Morrison

[BuddyAwesome]

1. Tina Turner (shocked nobody else has mentioned her.)

2. Otis Redding

3. Aretha Franklin

4. Buddy Holly

5. Jim Morrison

6. Christina Aguilera

7. Johnny Cash

8. Elvis Presley

9. Rob Halford

10. Ronnie James Dio

Edited November 23, 2008 by BuddyAwesome

[Quom]

1) Antony Hagarty (Antony and the Johnsons)

2) Buddy Holly (Buddy Holly and the Crickets)

3) Bon Iver

4) Stephin Merritt (Magnetic Fields, Gothic Archies, Future Bible Heroes - rarely sings though)

5) Sufjan Stevens

6) Josh Ritter

7) Tracy Chapman

8) Bono (U2) (he is)

9) Devendra Bernhardt

10) Jónsi Birgisson (sigur ros)

Edited November 21, 2008 by QuomQuat

[ChrisSteeleAteMyHamster]

Good to see my evil twin Jook voting in a music thread (Y)

[DFF]

This is gonna be one weird list...

1. Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)

2. Elvis Presley

3. Bing Crosby

4. Freddie Mercury (Queen)

5. Bruce Dickinson (Iron Maiden)

6. Frank Sinatra

7. Tina Turner

8. Mathias 'Warlord' Nygård (Turisas)

9. Mikael Åkerfeldt (Opeth)

10. Shirley Bassey

This is blatantly getting edited when I remember more people. But still, I'm surprised at the lack of Crosby so far.

[GoGo Yubari]

This is blatantly getting edited when I remember more people. But still, I'm surprised at the lack of Crosby so far.

Bing Crosby's great, but for me he lacks the pipes of Sinatra or the sheer effortlessness of Tormé, which is why he didn't make my list. I only had room for two crooners, really

[GoGo Yubari]

Laaast call for votes or last-minute edits, I'll probably start tallying up the votes tonight. So, yeah. Just so you know, and all.

[GhostMachine]

1. Frank Sinatra

2. Elvis Presley

3. Freddie Mercury

4. Nat King Cole

5. Chris Isaak

6. Sam Cooke

7. Otis Redding

8. Christina Aguilera

9. Geoff Tate

10. Meat Loaf

I'd accept any arguments that #s 2 and 3 should be flipped, though