Rock and roll has not only delivered good riffs and crazy guitar solos, it has also offered beautiful voices. Although clear, in this aspect the adjective "beautiful" can fall into a broad type of subjectivity that is determined by the listener. But in Rockeros.cl we have it clear.
That's why we made this list of 10 voices from another level.
Many times the singer may not be so prodigious but have a charisma and a unique attitude that makes him be on the big lists. For example, Kurt Cobain was a screamer and many times live he got out of the tone, but he is number 45 on the list of 100 best voices of the Rolling Stone and I would have put him closer to the first places.
This time on our list where the order DOES matter!
10.- Axl Rose, Guns and Roses: The voice of Axl can move between the sweet tone of a ballad and then transform into hell. In both styles it is tremendous. The sensitivity of the voice in Patience seems to be that of another person in comparison to the aggressiveness of Its so easy.
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9.- Jim Morrison, The Doors: His voice is a hurricane of emotions. He reinvented the American blues and took it in a cosmic direction with his voice and his poetry. A genius.
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8.- Janis Joplin: You can listen to her and believe that she is a black and old woman, but no. He gave a passion and a tear to his melodies that 40 years later continues to make your hair stand on end.
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7.- Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden: He has the ability to sing and keep the tone even when he runs and jumps all over the stage. And it is worth saying that it does not maintain comfortable tones, but the highs in the climax of a certain song. Whether you see it live or hear the recordings, it's really gratifying.
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6.- Laney Staley, Alice in Chains: Laney's vibrato breaks schemes. His voice color is dark and provocative. Staley is one of those singers who, when he sings about solitude, his voice transmits that sensation to you and you can feel loneliness. A dark talent.
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5.- Elvis Presley: You can believe that Elvis is The King of Rock or you can not believe it (I'll take the second option), what you can not do is question the vocal talent of one of the first targets in Rock and Roll and massify it for the world. His low tone is unmistakable and touching.
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4.- Chris Cornell, Soundgarden: Last year he came to Chile in the context of the Machinery festival and stood in front of 40 thousand people with only an acoustic guitar and his voice. He captivated them all. I think he could have even stopped with just his voice and he was still incredibly good.
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3.- Mike Patton, Faith no More: In his diversity of styles so well done he has shown that he can shout, bark, howl or sing a ballad and not get out of tone and song. He is one of those artists that you wonder how he did not die at the age of 27?
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2.- Freddy Mercury, Queen: His four octaves of vocal tessitura added to his incredible attitude as frontman transformed him into one of the most prodigious vocalists in the history of rock. Awesome.
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1.- Robert Plant, Led Zeppelin: Influenced many later rockers with his style both feminine and masculine at the same time. In his adolescence, he was obsessed with the American blues, which he transcended in a great way in the Zeppelin. Their high pitched tones have a tremendously unique and admired tear. It is very likely that 100 years later their shrieks will continue to influence the new generations. Listening to it is an interstellar journey.
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