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shenmue

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14. Win!

Reply to Tom Ripley (Reply #12)

Wed May 21, 2014, 11:10 AM

May 2014

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Axl Rose ranked as the �greatest� vocalist ever [View all] wyldwolf May 2014 OP

That merits a hobbit709 May 2014 #1

And yet, if I've ever heard him I wouldn't know it. n/t UTUSN May 2014 #2

i like this song by guns n roses (the sappy love song) orleans May 2014 #6

thanks sincerely i mean it. and if anything says sappy love it.s me UTUSN May 2014 #7

you didn't sound like you were trying to be mean at all orleans May 2014 #8

Thanks SO much for cutting me slack. Here are a couple of my sappy things UTUSN May 2014 #9

I'm with you on Christina Perri. rug May 2014 #13

I thought she was going to be a one hit wonder, but she's got something new UTUSN May 2014 #15

I think she'll last. rug May 2014 #17

Not much of a chart jmowreader May 2014 #3

No. blue neen May 2014 #4

No. That would be Lemmy. Throd May 2014 #5

Funny! Populist_Prole May 2014 #20

Yeah, right... Tom_Foolery May 2014 #10

Oh boy. geardaddy May 2014 #11

Ether Merman meets heroin and doo-rags Tom Ripley May 2014 #12

Win! shenmue May 2014 #14

Hmmm... pipi_k May 2014 #18

Going by vocal range pipi_k May 2014 #16

I think he's actually a pretty damned good singer Codeine May 2014 #19

+1 nt stevenleser May 2014 #39

Guess they never heard of singers like Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2014 #21

They are all on the list just lower than Axl. gvstn May 2014 #25

In the interest of full disclosure Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2014 #28

I'm not defending Axl. gvstn May 2014 #29

In further interest of full disclosure... Dyedinthewoolliberal May 2014 #32

Freddie Mercury should top the list Mnpaul May 2014 #36

Is this from the Society of Tone Deaf Podiatrists? whistler162 May 2014 #22

No, I think it's the Drunk Crack-head Society davidpdx May 2014 #43

greatest vocal range Hula Popper May 2014 #23

Hopefully nowhere near a recording studio. Codeine May 2014 #42

The first time I heard Axl Rose sing, Aristus May 2014 #24

For me it's Rob Halford of Judas Priest. nt JeffHead May 2014 #26

He is qutie a showman and a good singer. gvstn May 2014 #33

That was my first thought, if they were going by vocal range LadyHawkAZ May 2014 #40

An adjective was missing. They meant the greatest BAD vocalist. nt valerief May 2014 #27

"Greatest vocal range" and "Greatest vocalist" aren't the same thing gollygee May 2014 #30

Really. The criteria is absurd. kwassa May 2014 #37

What????? raptor_rider May 2014 #31

No Chris Cornell? Ahpook May 2014 #34

Except Chris Cornell's singing has completely evaporated over the years. Codeine May 2014 #41

He BARFS !!! trueblue2007 May 2014 #35

IMHO Mickey Dolenz of The Monkees has one of the best and most under-rated rock n roll voices. nt TeamPooka May 2014 #38

LOL... sendero May 2014 #44

It's only about range on existing recordings Mosby May 2014 #45