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OK, this is driving me nuts. After the thread on "real" lead singers,
I've been flipping through my CDs, and (limiting this discussion to rock
only, no soul or country or world or whatever) I found exactly one
person in the bunch who's a real singer with a trained voice - or at
least, what passes for one: Kate Bush. I seem to have this preference
for not-real-singers: Garrett, Fagan, Knopfler (definitely can't sing),
David Byrne, Richard Butler (reeeeeally reeeeally can't sing),
Springsteen, the list goes on. Joe and I started discussing this, and
he proposed Elvis, which I think is barely possible, and Freddie Mercury
- powerful, yes, trained, no. I always thought somewhere under Billy
Idol's posturing was a real nice baritone - but you only ever got
glimpses, beside his voice was always muffled from having his head up
his ass. Can somebody propose a real singer among male rock leads
before I lose my mind? - Beth
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font-family:Arial'>OK, this is driving me nuts.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>After the thread on =
“real”
lead singers, I’ve been flipping through my CDs, and (limiting =
this discussion
to rock only, no soul or country or world or whatever) I found exactly =
one
person in the bunch <span class=3DGramE>who’s</span> a real singer =
with a
trained voice – or at least, what passes for one:<span
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for not-real-singers:<span
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class=3DSpellE>Knopfler</span>
(definitely can’t sing), David Byrne, Richard Butler (<span =
class=3DSpellE>reeeeeally</span>
<span class=3DSpellE>reeeeally</span> can’t sing), Springsteen, =
the list
goes on.<span style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Joe and I started
discussing this, and he proposed Elvis, which I think is barely =
possible, and Freddie
Mercury – powerful, yes, trained, no.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I always thought somewhere =
under Billy
Idol’s posturing was a real nice baritone – but you only =
ever got
glimpses, beside his voice was always muffled from having his head up =
his ass.<span
style=3D'mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Can somebody propose a real =
singer among
male rock leads before I lose my mind? – =
Beth<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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