Favorite singers: Freddie Mercury, Jeff Buckley, Geoff Tate, Ray Alder, Bono, Ann Wilson, Sinatra, Robert Plant, Paul Rodgers, Ian Astbury, Roger Daltry, James Taylor, Ronnie James Dio, Sting, David Coverdale. Those are off the top of my head at 6:30 am.

Bands/artists: Dream Theater, Queen, U2, Rush, Jeff Buckley, Led Zeppelin, Van Halen, Queensryche, Heart, Fates Warning, Toto, Alice in Chains, Ozzy, Whitesnake, the Who, Metallica (Justice and earlier), Pink Floyd, Porcupine Tree, the Police, Tori Amos, the Beatles, the Cult, Deep Purple, etc. I like a lot of R&B, hip hop, jazz and blues, too. James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Sade, Tribe Called Quest, Diana Krall, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Beastie Boys, Prince, Miles Davis, Al Green, Public Enemy, John Coltrane, Harry Connick Jr, etc. I also love classical. Bach, Beethoven, Paganini, Chopin.

I grew up on 80s music. Tears For Fears, Duran Duran, Howard Jones, etc.

About the only thing I really don't like is country.

The Black Keys rock

A quick partial list of vocalists in the metal category:

Bruce Dickinson~Iron Maiden
Rob Halford~ Judas Priest, Fight, Halford
Ronnie James Dio(RIP)~ Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Dio
Ozzy Osbourne~ Black Sabbath, Ozzy ( from first Sabbath album through "Bark At The Moon")

I'm tired but off the top of my head these four stand out in the "classic Metal" category. Will add to later....

Sincerely, Clayton

They're great!

Going to see a new band called Bastille at the Webster Theatre (old Ritz) in NYC in a few weeks...if you like 80s music, these guys are awesome...


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So many bands...

http://cranialspasm.com/recordclub/w.../03/pogues.jpg

I'm all over the map in musical taste, it's hard to pick any one performer or group.

^^^ THIS! ^^^

I'm in the same camp. I won't even attempt a list. But the Pogues. Wow! What a record. And, they were totally great live.

Yes they were :D

I have never seen such amp'd up crowds as when I've seen the Pogues.

Interested in hearing how they are live. Album is great.


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Sayonara is still one of my favorites.


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My list would be something like:

Pearl jam, incubus, the who, led zeppelin, Alice n chains, our lady peace, talking heads, rage against the machine, pink floyd

Favorite Band
 

Led Zeppelin!

Too young to have seen them in concert. However, I saw Jimmy Page and Robert Plant (Page/Plant) twice, Jimmy Page and the Black Crowes, Robert Plant solo and John Paul Jones.

I got to meet John Paul Jones after a show he did in Virginia while promoting one of his solo albums. Great guy, friendly and easy to talk to. Got his auto on the cover of Led Zeppelin II and his guitar pick.

"I'll be honest with you, I love his music, I do, I'm a Michael Bolton fan. For my money, I don't know if it gets any better than when he sings "When a Man Loves a Woman".


Seriously, Led Zep, Pink Floyd, Rush, Dave Matthews Band, Bob Seger, Bruce, Elvis Costello, Foo Fighters, Warren Zevon, Susan Tedeschi, Jamie Cullum, Stones, Hendrix, Doors, Pearl Jam.

How can you neglect Michael Kiske from Helloween??
My other fave, to completely switch genres, is Andrew Eldritch from the Sisters of Mercy.
Ken

Gotta with Elton John or Phil Collins for individual singers

Also going to show my age here have always been into all kinds of music except "dance" music, probably because I have three left feet. Seriously, I don't even try it's just too embarrassing...

If I had to just pick one, probably the Eagles.

Live, the Who were frickin' amazing. They were so loud your body became part of the music. Really hard to describe unless you were there. Also you had four guys at the time that were all in anyone's "Top Five" for talent.

Was fortunate that I got to see Freddie Mercury (Queen) perform live a couple of times. One may have issues with his lifestyle but my, oh my, the guy was born to perform and gave his all every night. I've never seen any other act or frontman who could work a stadium crowd as he could.

Now that I've become a grumpy old man, I find myself listening to quieter, introspective music, mostly what would be described as "folk" if you have to name a category.

:D Good one! Great vocalist, I also should have included Klaus from the Scorpions and Udo from Accept......but ultimately I have to put Bruce at the top of the heap- especially back in the day:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6LuhuSCwUg

Sincerely, Clayton

Ronnie James Dio
 

Black Sabbath couldn't have picked a better singer to fill Ozzy's shoes. RIP Dio :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSgGyckdrmM

And another awesome example of his vocal skills:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9O5kVI1qggI


Sincerely, Clayton

Don't need a singer or even a band. Just give Joe Satriani an electric guitar and an amp to plug into and I can listen to him play for hours.

Band
 

Favorite band is Eagles.....liked the recent History of Eagles on Showtime. Absolutely fascinating...great stories....great music.

A little OT, I just got tickets to Motley Crue/Alice Cooper in Des Moines,IA on July 11th. Can't wait to see Alice Cooper.:D

I agree wholeheartedly! We have the classic metal station on our Pandora shuffle at work, and they play a lot of Dio-based Sabbath. I think he is the quintessential heavy metal vocalist.

I guess he is also credited with popularizing the heavy metal "horns" symbol that you see held high at almost any concert, which is pretty damn cool. \m/

Another great example, Children of the Sea... awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsz2uIRnqqc

D'oh! Fixed the link. thanks, Clayton! :D

Right on Chuck!! :)

That's funny, you posted one of the songs I was contemplating posting, Children of the Sea.....such an awesome song! I was divided between that one, Neon Nights, or Heaven and Hell. The whole album kicks a$$ in my opinion :D Classic timeless Metal \m/oo\m/ Edit:

Here Chuck, I think you meant to post this one ;):D:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsz2uIRnqqc

Double edit :p May as well add Neon Nights: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dRXWhsPAEk

Triple edit- can't leave out Die Young from this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVg7Fn3WtP0


Ben- enjoy the concert! I've always wanted to see Alice live. And back in the day, I wore out my "Too Fast For Love" cassette :D

Sincerely, Clayton

Here's one for you Jantz
 

A nice Satriani jam: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xrg-0hlkcGQ

Sincerely, Clayton

Alice is a great show. Got to see them a while back, when(one of my favorite musicians) Damon Johnson from Brother Cane was playing guitar for them. Need to see them again, now that Orianthi is his lead guitar player. She can shred with the best, and damn she looks good. She was also supposed to Michael Jackson's guitar player on that last tour, before he died.. Some great vids of her playing on youtube..

And Clayton, speaking of Satriani. Here's a nice vid of Orianthi, Satriani and Vai playing Little wing...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAB5fwQ66y8

Hard for me to pick as I am a music lover and like a little from all genres. I hear a lot of different stuff as I collect records/albums (over 2000 now). anyway, my list is long but here are some favorites from all genres------
Billy Ward and The Dominoes, Buddy Holly, Clyde McPhatter and The Drifters, The Beatles, Elvis, Cash, The Orioles, Sarah Vaughn, early Kinks, early The Who, Pink Floyd, early The Hollies, Gid Tanner and The Skillet Lickers, Hendrix, Joplin (Big Brother and solo), Gordon Lightfoot, Croce.....you get the picture.....then the 80s Hair Rock and 80s music...love it
BUT.......
I'm a HUGE heavy metal/thrash metal/black metal fan.....been to over 80 concerts....maybe y'all have heard of some of these----Slayer, Metallica (1983-1988), Megadeth, Exodus, DRI, Pantera, Sepultura (Cavalera era), ProPain, Suicidal Tendencies, Forbidden, Agnostic Front, Earth Crisis, Vision of Disorder, Obituary, Napalm Death, Death, Tool, Helmet, Ministry, Body Count, System of a Down, Korn, Iron Maiden, Testament, Grave, Overkill, Anthrax, Cannibal Corpse (prefer the Chris Barnes era), Unleashed, Enslaved, Cradle of Filth, etc,etc.....( Ive seen all the above bands except for Death and Cradle of Filth).....then the best-----DIMMU BORGIR!!!!! ....\m/

Black Crowes, Pearl Jam, Johnny Cash, Garth Brooks, Neil Young

Thanks David, that was an awesome jam of "Little Wing"!!! Would have loved to have been in the crowd. Also, that was the first time I'd heard of Orianthi-she is awesome! Wow. Very nice :)

Sincerely, Clayton

Daryle, awesome selection of metal bands!!

I like how you put the "good years"of Metallica in there ;):D

Back in the day, I probably have seen DRI at least 5 times. Love the first three Sepultura albums, Exodus Bonded By Blood classic album. If you like ProPain, check out Crumbsuckers.

Here's a band with probably one of the best metal drummers out there-Nile- George Kollias- just listen to him in this song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejOpFFmrFO0

He is a beast on the kit!!!

Sincerely, Clayton

Very tough to pic one but I would probably go with the Black Keys.


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Have been listening to some old Hootie and the Blowfish - it is still awesome!

Johnny Cash and James Taylor. Modern is Zac Brown Band.

Guns n Roses for me.

Counting Crows & The Beach Boys

For those who mentioned Jaco Pastorius, I just saw some cool news plus a basketball card-related sighting.

Robert Trujillo, bassist for Metallica, is currently working on a documentary based on the life and death of Jaco.

One of the graphical banners on the website has some Jaco cards, and they're based on designs from '70s Topps basketball cards. Pretty cool...

http://jacothefilm.com/wp-content/th...jaco-cards.jpg

Iggy Pop and David Bowie!

a hell of a list.....but you can keep Garth.

Beatles
Springsteen
Led Zeppelin
Van Halen [David Lee Roth version]
Frank Sinatra
Prince
Donna Summer
The Who
The Specials
The Jam
The Style Council
The Beastie Boys

Male band. The Eagles
Female band. Heart (70's version)

Beatles
Bobby Darin
Clash
Manfred Mann/Earth Band
Johnny Clegg/Juluka/Savuka
Parliament
Kate Bush
Pogues
Michael Franti & Spearhead
Kirsty MacColl
Clumsy Lovers
Zeus

At least this week...

Rolling Stones
John Butler Trio

Phish & the Grateful Dead
The Stones

Alice in Chains

Pink Floyd

All forms of the band. Still my all time favorite with honorable mention to the Stones, Zeppelin, Allman Brothers, and Neil Young.

All you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be......

Pink Floyd here too! I love all their stuff but the "Final Cut" seems to get the most play with me.

Van morrison, morrissey

Lived in Buffalo 32 years. Saw 1000's of concerts. Saw bands before they were big. Rush played countless times at the gym at UB. LOL

Greatest concert ever. Pink Floyd DSOTM June, 1973

Comfortably Numb with Van Morrison in Berlin. Awesome

Wishbone Ash Argus. Turner brothers dueling guitars

Zepplin with Page and Plant August 1973

Really Floyd and Zepplin a month apart? Yup

Tickets were a whopping $6.50 for each concert. :)

Elvis
 

Finally somebody said Elvis---I must be old (yes 67) for me Elvis and the Beatles---I love Patsy Cline too---I am a Oldies guy

I always prefer female singers. The last several years, I have really enjoyed Eva Cassidy, who died far too early.

I got through heavy traffic coming home from a long road trip today listening to her Greatest Hits...wonderful! Once I had heard all the sound twice, I slid in 'Prisoner in Disguise' by Linda Ronstadt, my all-time favorite. I had not heard it in a while and forgot what wonderful 'pips' she had. Unfortunately, she now has Parkinson's and can no longer sing.

I intend to send her a letter of appreciation for how much her gift has enriched my life. I wish I had been able to do the same for Eva Cassidy.

Even though our favorite singers have millions of fans, and they probably won't get to read our letters personally, I feel we owe them a minute of our time to show some appreciation. It might even brighten up one of their days- who knows...

Elvis, Cash, Sinatra.