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Guys Who Sing Like Chicks
- Thread starter Sonicfrog
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A lot of the best male singers in rock are tenors. There's a good reason why a lot of cover bands have women singing Led Zep, Journey and AC/DC. I should know. 
Reading through the posts I was wondering where Geddy was. He was the first one that came to mind. He's definitely got that vice grips on the nuts sound.
A couple more that come to mind is Bon Scott - AC/DC and Udo Dirkschneider - Accept and U.D.O. You can also hear Udo on Lordi's "Hard Rock Hallelujah".
But Robert Plant could definitely pull it off in his prime. He could seriously get into the higher registers.
Antony Hegarty, although it's possible to say that his voice is more childlike than feminine. Here's a clip of him with Lou Reed doing the VU's "Candy Says"; Hegarty's voice is so beautiful that he brings Reed to tears by the song's end.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em7gC0bq_aM
And here he is in the Leonard Cohen trib film I'm Your Man doing "If It Be Your Will." Again, beautiful, moving stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw&feature=fvw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Em7gC0bq_aM
And here he is in the Leonard Cohen trib film I'm Your Man doing "If It Be Your Will." Again, beautiful, moving stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MDlMdu2gjw&feature=fvw
(did not read every page/dinner is done
)a couple singers that readily come to mind;;Steve Marriot and John Fogerty,of course neither one did anything worth a darn
oh and that Michael Jackson dude,gee! i don't know if anybody ever even heard of that guy?,,i bet he never sold s---! for albums,,to bad
yeah like the guy said when he asked John Lee Hooker`what made him succesful' JLH'r said= i do one he!! of a John Lee Hooker',,so make it YOUR OWN,that's what singing is all about.
in fact i'm considering doing some `hollerin' myself
,only because it looks like i'm going to have to, and my voice`aint' one to die for
have a wonderful evening
)a couple singers that readily come to mind;;Steve Marriot and John Fogerty,of course neither one did anything worth a darnoh and that Michael Jackson dude,gee! i don't know if anybody ever even heard of that guy?,,i bet he never sold s---! for albums,,to bad
yeah like the guy said when he asked John Lee Hooker`what made him succesful' JLH'r said= i do one he!! of a John Lee Hooker',,so make it YOUR OWN,that's what singing is all about.
in fact i'm considering doing some `hollerin' myself
,only because it looks like i'm going to have to, and my voice`aint' one to die forhave a wonderful evening
I can't believe nobody mentioned the guys from Joe Cocker's Grease Band. Go back and watch "A Little Help From My Friends" from their Woodstock performance, the bass player (Alex Spenner?) and guitar player sing backup vocals and sound just like chicks!
That SUCKED ASS!!!! Wow, that guy made money off gigs and my only audiance is my dog.....
The first ones that popped up for me are Volman and Kaylan (Mark Volman and Howard Kaylan) from the Turtles, The Mothers and of course the background vocals for T.Rex - mostly on "Bang a Gong": Although that's not really fair because he's a genuine male soprano - his voice never broke during puberty...
