Best Performances by Vocalists (16,708 views)

[halloweenjack95]

I am a bit surprised that Bowies Performance of Rock'n Roll Suicide (Ziggy Stardust Soundtrack) is #3 of his best live Vocals. It should definitely be lower. It's not even the best Performance of the Song.

[paniniwar]

I don't know if y'all care about basic, normal pop stars, but for Demi Lovato, I think her in studio performance of "Stone Cold" beats anything else that has come from her.

Also, Matt Sallee's cover of "Life is a Highway" at Berklee is absolutely incredible, and I'd say his best.

[Dark Star]

Oct 4, 2019 4:37:03 GMT paniniwar said:

I don't know if y'all care about basic, normal pop stars, but for Demi Lovato, I think her in studio performance of "Stone Cold" beats anything else that has come from her.

Also, Matt Sallee's cover of "Life is a Highway" at Berklee is absolutely incredible, and I'd say his best.

That's...the majority of the lists?

[falsetokaiba]

I'm taking a bit of a trawl through some of my old threads, starting with Joey Tempest, to add best performance lists. Here we go:

SPOILER: Click to show

{Joey Tempest}1. Give A Helpin' Hand (Extended Version)
2. Mr Government Man
3. The Final Countdown
4. Sign of the Times
5. Danger on the Track
6. Tomorrow
7. Wild Child
8. Wings of Tomorrow
9. Ready or Not
10. Lord of the Manor

[ama]

It was so hard for me to choose only 10 songs, also I tried not let my tastes decide for me too much (I'd put NFR first, the E5s give me more chills than the C♯6 in Cola, for real), but here's my top 10 for Lana Del Rey, one of my favs (@baronessa if you'd want to see :)):
1-Cola
2-Money Power Glory
3-Religion
4-Norman fucking Rockwell
5-Terrence Loves You
6-Shades Of Cool
7-Pretty When You Cry
8-Black Beauty
9-Off To The Races
10-In My Feelings
Honourable mentions: God Knows I Tried, When The World Was At War We Kept Dancing, Cinnamon Girl

[clem]

Having gone through M. Shadows' discog, if there are no strong objections, I feel this is a fair list.

1. "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 1)"
2. "Seize the Day"
3. "Trashed and Scattered"
4. "Beast and the Harlot"
5. "Lost"
6. "The Wicked End"
7. "Sidewinder"
8. "M.I.A."
9. "Betrayed"
10. "I Won't See You Tonight (Part 2)"
11. "Bat Country"
12. "Crossroads"
13. "Lost It All"
14. "Higher"
15. "Blinded in Chains"
16. "Burn It Down"
17. "Unbound (The Wild Ride)"
18. "Natural Born Killer"
19. "Brompton Cocktail"
20. "Danger Line"
21. "Warmness on the Soul"
22. "Strength of the World"
23. "Welcome to the Family"
24. "Almost Easy"
25. "Tonight the World Dies"
26. "Until the End"
27. "Roman Sky"
28. "Save Me"
29. "Gunslinger"
30. "So Far Away"

[halloweenjack95]

IhateMana

So... Jeff Buckley's best vocal performances?

[siphonicwheat16]

I'd like to recommend changes to Freddie Mercury's best live performances! Here's my suggestion:

1. See What A Fool I've Been (Champions Shoot 10/6/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uUnX_EthHM

2. Spread Your Wings (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979, could be swapped with 1.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzggvMgod4

3. Somebody To Love (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvC-UbNDVNk

4. White Man (3rd London 5/13/1978) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmYJmMNNKIw

5. Liar (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8vg6g5GzE

6. Save Me (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waVDc8iXbU

7. Hammer To Fall (Live Aid 7/13/1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSz8Xip_ho

8. Now I'm Here (Liverpool 12/6/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-o4sO5S8ko

9. My Melancholy Blues (Detroit 11/18/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ASU86j4sk0

10. You Take My Breath Away (Edinburgh 9/2/1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOm_fgbTHyM

[clem]

Rody Walker List:

1. Tapestry

2. Drumhead Trial
3. Animal Bones
4. A Life Embossed
5. Bloodmeat
6. Caravan
7. Plato’s Tripartite
8. C'est La Vie
9. Termites
10. Goddess Gagged

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Nov 11, 2019 19:50:02 GMT siphonicwheat16 said:

I'd like to recommend changes to Freddie Mercury's best live performances! Here's my suggestion:

1. See What A Fool I've Been (Champions Shoot 10/6/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uUnX_EthHM

2. Spread Your Wings (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979, could be swapped with 1.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzggvMgod4

3. Somebody To Love (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvC-UbNDVNk

4. White Man (3rd London 5/13/1978) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmYJmMNNKIw

5. Liar (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8vg6g5GzE

6. Save Me (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waVDc8iXbU

7. Hammer To Fall (Live Aid 7/13/1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSz8Xip_ho

8. Now I'm Here (Liverpool 12/6/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-o4sO5S8ko

9. My Melancholy Blues (Detroit 11/18/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ASU86j4sk0

10. You Take My Breath Away (Edinburgh 9/2/1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOm_fgbTHyM

Hmmm.... some good choices there! :)

[IhateMana]

Nov 6, 2019 16:54:35 GMT halloweenjack95 said:

IhateMana

So... Jeff Buckley's best vocal performances?

tbh most of them would be on the Sin-e performance for me, stuff like "The Way Young Lovers Do", "Night Flight" or "Dink's Song". "Grace" is a very obvious stand out from the studio recordings, since all of the non-Grace tracks are all demos.

[Dark Star]

Axl Rose
1. There Was a Time
2. Street of Dreams
3. I.R.S.
4. Better
5. Rocket Queen
6. If the World
7. Sweet Child O' Mine
8. You Could Be Mine
9. This I Love
10. Paradise City

[halloweenjack95]

Harry Nilsson

1. Without You
2. Jump Into the Fire
3. What I'll do
4. Down
5. Caroline
6. She's leaving Home(Beatles Cover)
7. Early in the Morning
8. Ambush
9. For me and my Gal
10. That is all

[siphonicwheat16]

Nov 11, 2019 19:50:02 GMT siphonicwheat16 said:

I'd like to recommend changes to Freddie Mercury's best live performances! Here's my suggestion:

1. See What A Fool I've Been (Champions Shoot 10/6/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uUnX_EthHM

2. Spread Your Wings (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979, could be swapped with 1.) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ikzggvMgod4

3. Somebody To Love (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=kvC-UbNDVNk

4. White Man (3rd London 5/13/1978) www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmYJmMNNKIw

5. Liar (2nd Newcastle 12/4/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=fZ8vg6g5GzE

6. Save Me (1st Newcastle 12/3/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=6waVDc8iXbU

7. Hammer To Fall (Live Aid 7/13/1985) www.youtube.com/watch?v=5oSz8Xip_ho

8. Now I'm Here (Liverpool 12/6/1979) www.youtube.com/watch?v=P-o4sO5S8ko

9. My Melancholy Blues (Detroit 11/18/1977) www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ASU86j4sk0

10. You Take My Breath Away (Edinburgh 9/2/1976) www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOm_fgbTHyM

Bit curious to see the thread owners take on Freddie's best performances, thoughts and opinions on my list compared to yours?

[Dark Star]

Mick Jagger live list:

1. Worried About You (Paris 2003)
2. Beast of Burden (Some Girls Live in Texas)
3. Don't Tear Me Up (Webster Hall 1993)
4. I Got the Blues (Fonda Theatre 2015)
5. That's How Strong My Love Is (Roseland Ballroom 2002)
6. Just My Imagination (Hampton Coliseum 1981)
7. Sister Morphine (Fonda Theater 2015)
8. You Can't Always Get What You Want (Rock and Roll Circus)
9. She Smiled Sweetly (Roseland Ballroom 2002)
10. Rip This Joint (Webster Hall 1993)

[falsetokaiba]

I would move Painkiller up and Saints in Hell down a few places each on Halford's list. I know Painkiller is pretty one-dimensional but in terms of just how taxing it is on his voice I think it should be higher up.
Also, is there a place on the list for 'Sad Wings' from Insurrection? I know it's officially a live album but it does seem to be taken as red that all of those vocals were recorded in studio, and it is a pretty crazy performance.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

There’s no way to confirm whether it’s live or not as far as I can tell so I feel uncomfortable including it for either.

[Dark Star]

"2112" and "Hemispheres" should swap places on Geddy's list.

[clem]

Having finished Tony Kakko's thread, there are many strong contenders. This is the top 10 list I came up with
1. "Blank File"
2. "Destruction Preventer"
3. "Wolf & Raven"
4. "The Power of One"
5. "White Pearl, Black Oceans..."
6. "No Dream Can Heal a Broken Heart"
7. "Wildfire"
8. "My Land"
9. "Ain't Your Fairytale"
10. "Weballergy"

[Rodney Blazershorts]

List for Hansi Kursch
1. And Then There Was Silence
2. My Last Sunrise
3. Fiddler on the Green
4. Precious Jerusalem
5. Age of False Innocence
6. Noldor (Dead Winter Reigns)
7. The Maiden and the Minstrel Knight
8. Winter of Souls
9. And the Story Ends
10. The Whistler

Live:
1. Quest for Tanelorn (Tokyo Tales)
2. Mordred's Song (Imaginations Through the Looking Glass)
3. My Last Sunrise (Ballingen 2000)
4. Under the Ice ('Live' album)
5. Travel in Stygian (Paris 2000)

[queenfan11]

Suggestion for Dio's list: Replace "Pain" from Zurich 1993 with the Hammersmith Apollo performance that same year.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Good find

[Baronessa]

Second attempt at amending Bennett's studio list:

1a. The Boulevard of Broken Dreams [1952 version]
1b. Taking a Chance on Love [1962 version]
3. Lost in the Stars [1959 version]
4. On a Clear Day You Can See Forever
5. Tell Her It's Snowing
6. When Do the Bells Ring for Me?
7. There'll Be Some Changes Made
8. Old Devil Moon [1967 version]
9. Sing You Sinners [1956 version]
10. They All Laughed [1969 version]

And just saying "The Boulevard of Broken Dreams" is interchangeable with a lot of his early '50s material. I'd personally rather have "Here in My Heart" or "Since My Love Has Gone" in its place.

[Rodney Blazershorts]

Then why aren’t either of them on the list?

[Baronessa]

I kind of want to hear others' feedback on that first considering the top two were such a battleground before (and to help me decide between them lol).