"Modern" Pop Singers

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1705

Pick five. I probably have forgotten some important name.

Yousha · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:02 pm

NO offence Bruno, but HOW does Prince fit in with those names !!!

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1705

Yousha wrote:

NO offence Bruno, but HOW does Prince fit in with those names !!!

Why?
For a long time I wondered if he would fit in a list of pop singers, but I think he has strong pop leaning.

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7274

Prince and MJ two of my favourite singers period, George Michael and Collins responsible for a few songs that I love, and then Elton to round if off (don't really know his material too well.)

wantabodylikeme · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:48 pm

i dont really care about this poll but

Freddie Bellamy · **Posted:** Tue Jul 10, 2012 7:50 pm

Prince, George Michael, Elton John, Tom Jones, Darren Hayes.

joe c · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 1:35 am **Posts:** 2907

Prince > Rod Stewart > Elton John

Zach · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 12:34 pm

Darren Hayes > Prince > Mick Hucknall > George Michael > Elton John

Timi · **Posted:** Wed Jul 11, 2012 1:28 pm

Depends... Prince, Bolton, Tom Jones, Michael Jackson and Hucknall have some of my favourite singing voices, whereas Prince, Jackson, Elton, Morten Harket and George Michael have the best music out of these.

Rudy Rules · **Posted:** Thu Jul 12, 2012 9:57 pm

Michael Jackson, Prince. Everybody else on that list is unnecessarily alive.

Sodacake · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 10:16 am

Prince, Michael Jackson, Tom Jones, Phil Collins and Mick Hucknall.

corrections · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 8:11 pm **Posts:** 14797

I only really like Elton John and Michael Jackson and to a lesser extent Prince. Phil Collins is alright. The rest are really boring.

Paulie · **Posted:** Thu Jul 19, 2012 7:51 am

wantabodylikeme wrote:

i dont really care about this poll but

yesss. also one of the best parts on feed the animals.

Bruno · **Joined:** Fri Nov 25, 2011 7:00 am **Posts:** 1705

1. MJ/Elton John/Prince: 13 votes
4. Tom Jones: 9 votes
5. George Michael: 5 votes

Prince being tied with Elton and MJ surprised me. But in a positive way, I thought the people did not like much of his singing style.

pave · **Posted:** Sun Jul 22, 2012 5:55 am

well you gave us 5 choices and all but three of them are pretty forgettable. even if Elton is everyone's third choice, he's gonna be tied cause the competition is awful.

MJ > Prince >> Elton >>> George Michael > Phil Collins/Seal >>>>>> Stewart >> the others i've heard >>> Bolton

Bolton can get fucked. and that's coming from someone who genuinely loves a lot of popular music. there is a pretty solid formula for good mainstream music: take the basic fundamentals of pop songwriting, overproduce the shit out of it, inject whatever natural charisma the performer has (usually a lot) and add just a touch of individuality for flavor. and most of the time, it works. it doesn't often produce greatness, but it often produces enjoyable music. but that easy listening bullshit just doesn't have it. the songwriting is almost always stagnant, the performers are usually boring and Michael Bolton is the poster-child of the mundane.

couple of these guys i don't know without looking them up: Harket, Hayes, Hucknall

edit: so i see Harket is from A-ha (don't really give a shit), Hayes from Savage Garden (i like the couple songs i've heard), and Hucknall from Simply Red (never listened to them).

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