Freddie Mercury was the best rock front man of all time.

[Phillycat]

Poll question: Freddie Mercury was the best rock front man of all time.

[TZ]

1. absolutely! n/t

[LynneSin]

2. Oh hell yeah!!

I think another great one is Billie Joe Armstrong. If Freddie Mercury and Charlie Chaplin had a love child the results would be Bille Joe Armstrong. Armstrong has that same personality that just draws all the audience into the concert to make the audience a part of that concert and not just watching it.

[Phillycat]

3. I saw Green Day years ago at a festival and yeah he did have a great

personality. They were a lot of fun!

But he obviously doesn't have the voice that Freddie did. :)

[Sheets of Easter]

24. Nah, if Chaplin and Mercury had a love child,

it'd look like Baba Booey.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

4. No, this guy is.

:rofl:

[Phillycat]

5. Oh, man.

My husband's going to see them when he's in London on business next week. He went to university with Thom's brother. I'm so glad it worked out this way, since I don't even have to say no - I won't be there! :D

[Starbucks Anarchist]

7. You're missing out.

:D

[datasuspect]

8. that dork isn't fit to scrub freddie's spandex

[Starbucks Anarchist]

9. Janesez hates Radiohead, so I put it there.

Although I don't think you could compare Thom Yorke and Freddie Mercury, because they had different styles.

[datasuspect]

11. not that radiohead is that bad

i remember their release from 10 or so years ago which was touted to be the second coming of hunky dory or prog rock.

i liked that album.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

14. OK Computer?

My favorite is The BEnds, though In Rainbows is excellent, too.

[datasuspect]

16. i believe that's what it was

[Dr. Strange]

12. Her posts say no, but her lips say...

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. You forgot the arrows!

:rofl:

[DS1]

17. I'll pick up the slack

[TZ]

21. ....

I've clearly misjudged you DS1..you are just as evil and twisted and perverted as DuStrange....:rofl: :patriot:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

22. Holy crap, those owls jumped out at me.

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

23. Jeez, that Thom Yorke is a creep.

He's a weirdo. What the hell is he doing here, anyway? If you ask me, he doesn't belong here..

[Phillycat]

27. Ah god.

:cry:

[Carnea]

6. He's okay but he is no Weird Al nt

[Dr. Strange]

31. Is that a compliment?

I can't tell.

[Guava Jelly]

10. I can agree

Freddie was the best.

[raccoon]

13. Roger Daltrey was. nt

[Phillycat]

18. No.

[raccoon]

20. We just disagree. nt

[Patiod]

28. Can't weigh in on this, but I didn't have a mylar poster of FM

on my wall when I was growing up, but I did indeed have one of Mr. Daltry. But that was more because I thought he was hot vs. that he was a great frontman....

[Amerigo Vespucci]

30. That was my first thought...

...because face it, any singer who could succeed in the middle of the Townshend-Moon-Entwistle vortex would have to be a pretty amazing "frontman."

All due respect to Mercury, But I'd place Daltrey first and maybe Jagger second.



:toast:

[Mudoria]

19. Mick Jagger.. although Mercury wasn't too far behind

him.

[AlCzervik]

25. yes.

there will never be another.

[lost-in-nj]

26. no question about it!!!

and his voice didn't have to be "digitized"


:( he is missed



:hi:


lost

[kwassa]

29. Queen is really a pop band rather than rock, to me.

More Broadway influences than anything else.

The best male rock front man was Jim Morrison of the Doors, best rock singer ever.

[Phillycat]

32. Oh, ew.

He would be the only choice on my "most overrated" poll. :D

[unpossibles]

47. you need to listen to more of their non hits then

Queen has a LOT of rock songs. Actually, their first two or three albums were quite metal, and their career owes far more to rock, glam, and classical sources than to Broadway showtunes.

Listen to these and come back and let me know if this is Broadway:
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/keep+yourself+alive
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/modern+times+rocknroll
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/liar
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/loser+in+end
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/stone+cold+crazy
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/tie+your+mother+down
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/death+on+2+legs+dedicated+to
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/im+in+love+with+my+car
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/dragon+attack
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/rock+it+prime+jive
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/fight+from+inside
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/its+late
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/get+down+make+love


And one of my all time favorite rock songs:
http://www.pandora.com/music/song/queen/sheer+heart+attack

Also, check out some live shows - the older ones ('73-'75) preferably, but those are hard to find videos from.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnIiQXVh_-k

Pure rock and roll. Don't get me wrong, I love the Doors and The Who and the Stones and a lot of other rock bands, but saying Queen is not rock is like saying it's not music. They helped define Stadium Rock, imo.

[taterguy]

33. Front MAN? Who says women can't front rock bands?

:eyes:

[Phillycat]

35. Are you serious?

I'm seriously asking, are you serious, or is this post a joke?

[khashka]

40. The women can do it!

Joan Jett, Siouxsi Sioux, many others. Girls can rock and front as well as any guy. Srsly!

Khash.

[Phillycat]

41. Of course they can. I was asking if he was serious because

the thread was about front men, not front women.

[khashka]

42. I think he was trying to make a point

It ain't about gender, it's about who's best at doing it. That's how I took it, but I could be wrong.

BTW, love your screen name. Did you take it from the song?

Khash.

[taterguy]

53. It was a semi-serious comment about language in general

There's no good gender-neutral equivalent for the phrase 'front man'. I guess you could say lead singer but being a rock God is about more than singing.

I do think the original question is a bit silly since rock is so subjective, that's what's great about it.

It would be easy enough to make a list of Great front men but how would you determine who the Greatest was?

The only fair way to do it would be to see all the rock legends live in their prime. Even if that was possible what are the odds that you could get decent seats?

You could go by record sales but that's problematic. The Eagles sold more records than anybody else but their leader Don Henley was a drummer, who spent most of his time at the back of the stage.


:shrug:

[MrCoffee]

34. There can be no debate on this...no argument...dissent will not be tolerated

Freddie Mercury is and will always for all time be the best rock front man.

[DS1]

36. No way. Doing the Soundtrack for Iron Eagle disqualifies them as being a true rock band

[MrCoffee]

37. This is eggsactly the kind of disrespect that will not be tolerated. Ignored.

[Phillycat]

49. Whatever, ya dirty hippie, with your bike and all. I suppose you like the Dead.

x(

[DS1]

50. The only thing I hate more than "The Dead" is the B-52s

They make me want to smash things. I can't believe nobody has decided to Shack-Roll people yet.

[montanto]

38. Never saw him/them live,

but I miss him greatly. What a talent. And a sad, early AIDS loss.

[Pierre.Suave]

39. I dont know if he was the best or not, but here is a visual aid.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-D99n9f3vU4

[HEyHEY]

43. iggy

[Oeditpus Rex]

44. I voted 'Damned right,' but

if I'm absolutely honest, I have to give equal props to Jagger. I'm more emotionally invested in Freddie and Queen, but I shouldn't let that sway me.

[Phillycat]

45. I saw the Stones a couple years ago, and Mick was a force of nature.

But he never had the voice that Freddie had. Freddie was the total package - showman, entertainer, vocalist.

[Oeditpus Rex]

46. I considered that

In his prime, especially, Freddie had amazing pipes — and it wasn't just about pipes, it was also style; he became what he sang. I always think of how he moved from the grit of "Get Down, Make Love" to "Bring Back Leroy Brown," which had the feel of the '30s, to "My Melancholy Blues," which was so sweet it made your teeth rot.

I just decided to make my choice — or, non-choice — on equal footing, without penalizing Jagger for something he couldn't control. Voices are nature-made.

In terms of commanding a crowd, they were equal, in my estimation.

[kwassa]

51. it is all personal taste

I never cared for Freddie, myself. Overly theatrical, to me, one of the negative directions rock went. I like more stripped down, straight-ahead rock.

Like Mick and the Stones, who are simply a vastly more important band than anyone but the Beatles.

[Forkboy]

48. A very solid pick, but Jello was the best of any genre.

If we're going to stick to pure rock bands then I'll agree with you, and also give props to David Lee Roth who, even though he's a clown of epic proportions, was a hell of a frontman in VH's heyday.

[Westegg]

52. Plant, Jagger, Mercury, Daltrey. ITO.