Best Vocal Performances By Greatest Rock Vocalists

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

Sherick wrote:

I could also say that the only "mind-blowing" part of BoRap is the dramatic middle section which is the combination of and interplay with all four men's voices.

TSMGO is mostly all mid-range singing with a few great highs (the D is fabulous of course).
Bo Rhap has so much more to it as a vocal PERFORMANCE. Christ, he does everything in that song, doing multi-pitch vocal harmonies and showing much more versatility throughout than TSMGO. That's not even arguable.
Plus, in Bo Rhap he's showing much better volume control ("Mama....life had juuuuuust beguuuuuun")....

Sherick · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:36 pm

You really are too over-hyped on this whole "Mercury=versatility" thing. He sings softly, and he sings not-softly; that's pretty much it as far as the song goes. And he sounds the same while doing both.

Gregsynthbootlegs · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 1:07 pm **Posts:** 577

As a "greatest" thing, maybe Bo Rhap is higher, but on a technical/singing level, it's not higher than The Show Must Go On.

Timi · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:48 pm

Sherick wrote:

You really are too over-hyped on this whole "Mercury=versatility" thing. He sings softly, and he sings not-softly; that's pretty much it as far as the song goes. And he sounds the same while doing both.

Exactly.

Gregsynthbootlegs wrote:

As a "greatest" thing, maybe Bo Rhap is higher, but on a technical/singing level, it's not higher than The Show Must Go On.

Exactly.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

Sherick wrote:

You really are too over-hyped on this whole "Mercury=versatility" thing. He sings softly, and he sings not-softly; that's pretty much it as far as the song goes. And he sounds the same while doing both.

Why would it matter that he sounds the same while doing both? You're talking about tone, that's irrelevant here.
The point is that he achieves more different methods of singing on Bo Rhap.
TSMGO has almost literally no variation to it at all.

Sherick · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:26 pm

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The point is that he achieves more different methods of singing on Bo Rhap.

Doesn't make it a better performance.

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TSMGO has almost literally no variation to it at all.

Literally, that is false.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

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Doesn't make it a better performance.

It makes it a more complete and unique performance.

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Literally, that is false.

Literally, he is showing way more facets of his voice than in TSMGO.

Sherick · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:13 pm

Big difference :wink:

Anyways, everyone but you prefers TSMGO for the 2 spot and your arguments, far from bad ones, aren't really convincing enough I don't believe.

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

Well I thought the criteria wasn't so skill-heavy anymore....

I see I'm outvoted though, so I'll bow out gracefully and accept it.

But I also think WWtLF > TSMGO.

Wanted Dead Or Alive · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 11:30 am **Posts:** 3303

WWTLF > Show > BoRhap

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

I would say Bo Rhap > WWtLF > TSMGO

Timi · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 4:35 am

TSMGO > BR > WWTLF

Negative Creep · **Joined:** Tue Oct 12, 2010 5:21 pm **Posts:** 11747

Damn, we each have three different opinions here... :lol:

Sherick · **Posted:** Thu Feb 09, 2012 7:23 pm

TSMGO > BoRap and WWTLF. Having a hard time deciding between those two though.

Sherick · **Posted:** Sat Feb 11, 2012 4:32 pm

James Hetfield
Studio:
1. Hate Train
2. Sabbra Cadabra
3. The Rebel of Babylon
4. Mama Said
5. The Unforgiven
6. The Prince
7. Loverman
8. Ride the Lightning
9. Turn the Page
10. The Outlaw Torn

Live
1. The Outlaw Torn (S&M)
2. Bleeding Me (S&M)
3. Mama Said (Later with Joolz Holland '97)
4. The Four Horsemen (Live Shit: Binge and Purge)
5. Of Wolf Man (S&M)

Also, if case you guys haven't noticed, there's a slew of new lists on the front page.

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