We finally figured out who is listening in Ashburn, Virginia
Top Songs to Grille / Cookout/ BBQ to!
Heaven on a Paper Plate by Roger Clyne & The Peacemakers
Summertime by DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Summer Nights by Van Halen
Rooster by Alice in Chains
Bad Fish - Sublime (there’s a Jack Johnson Bad FIsh/ Boss DJ acoustic version which is excellent
Day 15- Cover song
Love Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers
The Joe Cocker All-Stars: Cover songs that are either vastly superior to the original or just completely original musical arrangements
Joe Cocker "Get by with a little help from my friends”, “You are so beautiful”, “The Letter” and “Feelin’ Alright”
He’s the king of the “Cover where the band makes it there own”.
UB40 is a great example of this with “Red Red Wine” - which is a PERFECT COVER in my opinion
Rod Stewart was really good at this as well.
Boyz in the Hood By Dynamite Hack - another great example
Take on Me - Reel Big Fish - another great example
In Bloom - Sturgill Simpson
Ryan Adams “Wonderwall” and like 10 other songs by him
Johnny Cash "Rusty Cage”
I will Survive by “Cake”
Gin and Juice - The Gourds
You Really Got me - Van Halen (honorable mention to Diamond David Lee Roth for “Just a Gigolo”
Faith - Limp Bizkit (hate it, but gotta give ‘em credit)
Straight Away Covers
Ring of Fire by Social Distortion
You might Think by Weezer
Hurt by Johnny Cash
Voodoo Child - Stevie Ray Vaughn
Here’s a straight ahead cover the STINKS — Phil Collins - Can’t Hurry Love — THAT’S how you make a great song WORSE! KARAOKE Style
Carless Whisper by Seether - that’s exotic dancing music right there
Smoking in the Boys Room - Motley Crue
Land of Confusion - Disturbed
Covers in which you thought they were the Original
Whitney Houston “I will always love you” All-Stars — This song isn’t even great — SHE IS JUST SO TRANSCENDENT and her voice is impossible to explain with words
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin Cover by Kris Kristofferson
Urge Overkill “Girl you’ll be a woman soon”
Nirvana "Lake of Fire” - really any of the covers off of the unplugged
Gary Jules and Michael Andrews "Mad World”
Take me to the river - Talking Heads — THAT WAS AN AL GREEN JAM???? I’ve since really enjoyed learning of this Jam and now think the original is pretty fire in it’s own right.
Tainted Love - Soft Cell — i just thought the “where did our love go part” was a cover during the outro
"It’s my Life" No Doubt
My top 5
Signs by Tesla
Scarlet Begonias by Sublime (Honorable Mention)
Gypsy Kings - Hotel California - in Spanish and from an iconic scene for the Big Lebowski (honorable mention)
All Along the Watch Tower - Jimi Hendrix
Knocking on Heaven’s door - GNR
Sweet Dreams are made of This - Marilyn Manson (honorable mention)
Blue Monday by Orgy
Mony Mony - Billy Idol (this is my #6)
It’s My Life - No Doubt
Nothing Compares 2 U - Prince cover a song he wrote and gave to somebody else to make famous - In addition it’s been covered by Chris Cornell, The Dixie Chicks, Capital Cities, Me First and the Gimmie Gimmies and More
No Woman, No Cry - The Fugees
Red Red Wine - UB40
Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann (stole it from Bruce Springsteen and made it a bigger hit) that one’s for your Rosco. In addition - Manfred Mann took Bob Dylan’s Mighty Quinn to Number 1 in the 1960’s
Fun Fact: Bob Dylan covers being better performed by somebody else are plentiful - Guns N’ Roses, Manfred Mann, Jimi Hendrix, the Byrds with Mr. Tamborine Man
Day 16 - A classic favorite
Ben E. King - Stand By Me
Shout Pt 1 & 2 - the Isley Brothers
The Weight by the Band
It’s 9-7 in favor of Cindy
Day 17 - Karaoke Song w/ friend
Take me home tonight
Lady Marmalade
Hunger Strike
Wanted Dead or Alive
Friends in Low Places
No Woman No Cry
I remember you - Skid Row
Podcast Idea — Ranking Playlist on spotify and beaking them down
Day 18 - A song from the year you were born - 1978 vs.1983 - Roxanne by the Police vs. Africa by Toto
Day 19 - Rubbish
Day 20 - Rubbish
Day 21 - A song with someone’s name in it
Crazy Mary - Pearl Jam
Call me Al - Paul Simon
Come on Eileen - Dexy’s Midnight Runners
Cindy, I’ll marry you one day - Robert Plant
My Michelle - Guns N’ Roses
Allison - Elivs Costello
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Help Me, Rhonda - Beach Boys
Brandy - Looking Glass
Janie’s Got a Gun ( Jane Says)
Jenny 867-5309
Karen - the national (of course there’s a song named Karen)
Lay Down Sally & Layla (Clapton and D + Domino’s)
there’s a song called Lindsay quit Lollygagging - Chiodos (What a name?!)
Lola - the Kinks
Marcarena - Los Del Rio
Maria Maria - Santana
Mary Mary - The Monkees
Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett
Oh Sheila - Ready for the World
Oh Sherrie - Steve Perry
Ophelia - The Band
Peg - Steely Dan
Rosalita (Come out tonight) - Bruce Springsteen
Rosanna - Toto
Stacy’s Mom - Fountains of Wayne
Suzie Q - CCR
Sussudio - Phil Collins
Tessie - Dropkick’s
Valerie - Steve Winwood
Wake up Little Susie - Everly Brothers
Whole Lotta Rosie AC/DC
Wyona’s Big Brown Beaver - Primus
Along Comes Mary - The Association
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers
Johnny B Good - Chuck Barry
Captain Jack - Billy Joel
Dropkick me Jesus (Through the Goal posts of Life) - Bobby Bare
Duke of Earl (Gene Chandler)
Hey Joe - Hendrix
Hey Jude - The Beatles
Jeremy - Pearl Jam
Jessie’s Girl - Rick Springfield
Jumpin’ Jack Flash - Stones
Levon - Elton John
Mack the Knife - Bobby Darin
Mickey - Toni Basil
Sam’s Town - The Killers
Jenny Was a Friend of Mine - The Killers
Stan - Eminen
Tom Sawyer - Rush
Uncle Johnny - The Killers
What’s the Frequency, Kenneth? - REM
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2018 - Song selection picks
thoughts are with Huey Lewis - cancelled all future tour dates due to hearing issues
Place listening - Amarillo, TX / Nudgee Australia / Sao Paulo Brasil / Petaling Jaya Malaysia
Nations of Hungary and Jamaica checked in this week as well.
What songs will 2018 Rock Hall of Fame inductees play during the ceremony - and who is the best person/ artist to induct them???
likely 3 or 4 songs make the televised ceremony on HBO
Bon Jovi: Inductor (Emilio Estevez of Young Guns 2 fame), one of the captain’s from Deadliest Catch (theme song is Dead of Alive), Bill Belicheck? Bruce Springsteen (especially if Richie Sambora skips the ceremony, cuz Springsteen will play with them)
"Livin’ on a Prayer" 100% lock // "It’s my Life" aka Prayer part two // “Dead or Alive” // “Who says you can’t go home” (I’d rather hear Blaze of Glory, Bad Medicine, or You give love a bad name). Dark Horse is “Bed of Roses” — Please to play “I’ll be there for you” and don’t play “Have a Nice Day”. If they want to play New England Patriots TD song “this is our house” i will allow it.
The Cars: Inductor - please don’t be Steven Tyler or Marky Mark. Dark Horse Inductor — Dicky Barrett of the Mighty Mighty Bosstones. I think the LCD Sound System Guy, James Murphy will induct them. more on that at the end of my take.
Just What I Needed
My Best Friend’s Girl
Good Times Roll
You’re all I’ve got tonight
Moving in Stereo — the Phoebe Cates pool scene song from Fast Times at Ridgemont High
Shake it Up
Magic
Drive
Let’s Go
The Song “Blue Tip” off of Move like This album is basically the LCD Soundsystem Starter kit song - it’s good
The Moody Blues - again no clue who will induct them
Tuesday Afternoon
Nights in White Satin
I’m just a Singer (in a Rock N Roll Band)
Your Wildest Dreams - their 80’s hit
Question
“I know you’re out there somewhere” - their other 80’ hit has a slim shot
“The Voice” has a shot
"The Story in your eyes" is a decent jam- good riff, great harmonies
“english Sunset” is pretty interesting and decent too
Dire Straits: These dudes are the kings of the 7 minute slow song - almost narrows their choices down to like 5 of their songs.
I have No clue on who will induct them
Sultans of Swing
Money for Nothing
Romeo and Juliet
So Far Away
Walk of Life
They have a song entitled “Calling Elvis” which is kind of cool, but again 6:33 long and never heard it until my research for this podcast
Hot Take — i don’t think Dire Straits should get in. This is why LL Cool J was a better choice. If you won’t perform and you’re still alive - that’s messed up
Nina Simone - if Lauryn Hill is in singing shape — she better be involved in this tribute — Since Nina is no longer with us, this has a chance to be a fantastic medley of singer songstress all-stars
Alicia Keys will likely be involved // honestly Adele might be a great fit here
"Feeling Good" is a no-brainer - such a Classic jam - great horns — great song
“Sinnerman” 10:22 live version from NYC in 1965 is still very well known
“Baltimore” — super funky song — i think it’s a potential song they’d play
"I wish i Knew how it would feel to be free"
She has a song called “Mississippi Goddamn” — i think it will resonate with the times
“to be young, gifted and black” - so many of her songs are incredibly appropriate for our time and space here in 2018
“I put a Spell on you” - strong candidate
Nina does a nice over of “Here comes the sun” by the Beatles
Sister Rosetta Tharpe - they better get Eddie Van Halen to induct her - cuz this lady did things with the guitar that were so ahead of her time, it’s not even funny
“That’s all” - her guitar work os like Early Johnny B Goode
“Sit Down” - catchy pop song - great acoustic guitar work
“Shout, Sister, Shout!” - also catchy, got some sass to it
“Nobody’s fault but mine” - Did Led Zeppelin cover this?!?!?!?! - they did but modified lyrics. Written in 1927 by Blind Willie Johnson
“Jericho” - great 2 min diddy
Places listening Tokyo Japan #1 city listening last week and Japan was #2 as a nation to the United States
Kansas City , Tatabanya Hungary and Lima Peru get props as well
Ain’t talkin’ bout love is Van Halen’s best overall song - it’s their most Van Halen-Esque song.
It hits everything those guys are great at and none of the stuff they’re not.
Vince Carter- left school early. Played at UNC 3 season, made the Final Four twice. Finished degree & Walked at graduation during the playoffs a few years later
Here’s my beef. People gripe that these guys don’t go to school, but they also gripe that he chose to walk for graduation during playoffs.
And you can question his focus in that moment… But he’s played in the league for like 20 years. He’s reinvented his game twice.
You can’t question his love and drive to play hoops and make money.
Vince Carter has had the last laugh - he’s 40 years old, playing in the NBA
8x All-star 2x all nba rookie of the year and greatest slam dunk champ ever - certainly top 3. Was picked #5 in the 98 draft
Played for 7 NBA teams // won Gold Medal at 2000 olympics
#11 all-time in career earning with over $167 million in salary
Only 7 guys have played 20+ seasons in nba. Only Kobe and Vince were wings - and Kobe came out of high school - Vince went to UNC for a couple years
Robert parish 21 seasons most all time
Kareem, Dirk, Kevin Garnett, Kevin Willis
Tom Brady’s injured hand — how much stock do you put into it?
Who you picking for Eagles - Vikings game?
If Crystal Palace wins London Derby over Arsenal this weekend, i’m elevating CP over the Gunners in my heart and the only way Arsenal gets it back is to win the Europa League
top Nations listening - United Kingdom, France, Saudi Arabia, Peru, Hungary, Canada, Spain, South Africa and Australia
Wearing a Hawaiian shirt — for good Karma - it’s been cold in the east, we’re supposed to get 1-3 inches of snow in charlotte - which will shut Charlotte down… they’ve literally already cancelled school.
So i’m in New York walking around and it’s raining — more like misting, and a lady is walking her dog. The dog has like 4 little boots on it’s feet. like aqua socks but for a dog.
If you have time to put “water shoes” on your dog to go out in the rain for a walk- you’ve got too much time on your hands (not snow & ice, rain! Not extremely hot blacktop, rain)? Dogs descended from wolves. Wolves don’t wear shoes ever - dogs will be ok in the rain.
And if you’re worried about our dogs feet messing up your house- maybe you’re not a dog person
You know how airports have the bag sizing apparatus- so they can nix certain bags from carry on? They should have one for passengers - and ban certain people from sitting in the middle seats in coach
Cosby Show remake — like the Roseanne remake — No Cliff Huxtable, but Claire and all the kids are in the show. And don’t call it the Cosby show, and don’t have Bill Cosby in the show. Call it the Huxtables. People would watch that.
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The Greatest Frontman of All-Time - Elimination Tournament
Here are the areas the judges will be grading on
Brackets:
Charisma Bracket:
David Lee Roth Vs Paul Stanley - To me this one is very easy - my only concerns on DLR is the fact that as lead singer of Van Halen- ultimately he was replaceable.
Sammy wasn’t as good, but he made people forget about Dave. And Dave, didn’t hold up well as a solo artist or even in his rebooted VH appearances.
One question - was Paul Stanley replaced in KISS for a bit as well??
But if I rank these guys in any of our five categories - David Lee Roth beats Paul Stanley in all 5 — “Jump” was nominated for a Grammy in 1985 (As well as several VMA’s and AMA’s, etc) - Kiss did win a People’s choice award in 1977 for “Beth” but this matchup is a cake walk for diamond dave.
Kurt Cobain vs Dave Grohl - Hot Take on Grohl vs Cobain - I like Foo Fighters better than Nirvana. I agree that Dave Grohl has become a better front man… but, what if none of it would’ve happened without Kurt Cobain. Kurt Cobain gave Grohl a platform and Grohl ran with it — but there’s an argument that Curt was good and made Nirvana so big, that he is the reason Dave is even in our consciousness. Curt is an ICON — part of what hurts his case is a brief career — but part of what helps his case is his brief career
Sizzling moves/ stage presence - I gotta go with Grohl
Singing Ability - I gotta of with Grohl again / but it’s a larger and more broad sample size
Distinctiveness of Voice - Cobain easy
X Factor — I think for as much as Grohl has done to become an ICON over 20 years — Kurt Cobain was the whole enchilada from Jump street
Commercial success Critical acclaim - Well you pretty much give Grohl at least some credit for Nirvana’s success and you can’t give Kurt ‘direct’ credit for Foo Fighters’ success
Foot fighters have been nominated for 91 total awards, winning 26 of them - including 27 grammy nominations and 11 grammy wins
Nirvana has been nominated 25 times with 12 wins, including 7 grammy nominations and 1 win
I’m picking Cobain
Energizer Bunny Bracket:
Mick Jaggar Vs Eddie Vedder
This is a heavy weight battle -
Sizzling moves/ Stage presence: Jaggar all day, Maroon 5 didn’t write “Moves like Vedder” they wrote “Moves like Jaggar”
Singing Ability - this is tough for Mick cuz now we’re seeing 70 year old Mick since - but overall I think maybe Eddie in a close one
Distinctiveness of voice — same deal this is really tough - two incredibly distinct voices — I’m voting for a “push”
X Factor - In terms of true Front Man persona - I gotta go with Mick - In 7th grade Mick Jaggar was in my english class encyclopedia wearing a Philadelphia eagles jersey on stage the Encyclopedia company deemed him worthwhile enough to document as existing — that’s X factor people
Commercial success/ Critical Acclaim: Pearl Jam 37 nominations including 12 wins - 15 grammy noms with 2 wins - Rolling Stones won 2 Grammys in 1994 for Voodoo Lounge and Love is Strong
I’m going with Mick Jaggar
Bon Jovi vs Bono
Another heavyweight matchup - two polarizing figures
Sizzling Moves: This is very tough — I’d say in the 80’s it was JBJ thanks for the Glam Rock era of antics and showmanship. I’d say in the 90’s it would shift to Bono - I’m punting on this category for now
Singing ability: Again - super tough - both guys have range, versatility, etc — I’m going slight edge to Bono
Distinctiveness of voice — JBJ is usually distinctive, Bono is always distinctive
X Factor — Bono is tough to beat in this realm — but I gotta go slight edge to JBJ - he’s even charmed Bill Belicheck as a super fan
Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: Bon Jovi 68 nominations with 22 wins, including 9 grammy noms and 1 win - U2 has won 95 awards including winning 22 grammys - U2 wins this category hands down
I’m taking Bono is a marathon death match
Epic Voice Bracket:
Axl Rose vs Anthony Keidis - Anthony could be a huge match up problem for a lot of people on this list — and so could Axl Rose - it’s fitting that they are up against each other
Sizzling Moves: Nobody is going to question that Keidis’ career is based upon sizzling moves — but Axl in the 1980’s and frankly Axl last summer does such a great job still, that I’ll give Keidis the win in this category but not by a lot
Distinctiveness of voice - again two dudes who totally stand out in a crowd. I’m going with Axl though
Singing Ability: Axl... Nuff said… next question
X Factor: here’s a hot take - Both Axl and Keidis are beneficiaries of at least 1 other mega persona in their respective bands - Slash and Flea.
My ultimate take away is that Red Hot Chili Peppers are an X-Factor band (with at least two virtuosos at their peak Flea and John F - plus Chad Smith is no slouch). GNR is not fully respected as GNR without Axl and Slash on stage together. Duff matters a lot to legitimizing that lineup too, but Axl ain’t Freddy Mercury and neither is Keidis. I’m going with a “push” on this one
Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: GNR 27 nominations w 10 wins, 3 grammy noms 0 wins — RHCP 68 nominations, 23 wins - 16 grammy nominations and 6 wins — Keidis wins this (with help from his band)
Robert Plant vs Chris Cornell
Battle of the big time voices - might be the two best singers in this whole tournament
Sizzling moves — neither one of these dudes is big on the captivating moves - but Rosco talk about seeing Cornell’s one man show again…
Distinctiveness of voice: Cornell has distinctive voice — but Robert Plant is pretty singular — i’m going Robert Plant
Singing Ability: This is such a tough call — but i think Cornell’s versatility (Audio Slave, Sound Garden, Ave Maria) gives him the edge
X Factor: The partying antics of Zeppelin count a lot here - Almost Famous was based off of Zeppelin - Unless Rosco can sway me, I’m going Robert Plant
Commercial Success and Critical Acclaim: Led Zeppelin has been nominated for 896 awards, winning 638 of them. Including 7 Grammy Noms with 5 wins /// Soundgarden 10 noms total with 4 wins — 8 grammy noms with 2 wins - Cornell was nominated for 3 more grammys with Audio slave and 3 more as a solo artist with 2 more wins - Soooo Cornell is in the mix
Triple threat Braket:
Freddy Mercury vs Chuck D
Tough Matchup for Chuck D
Sizzling Moves - Nobody is beating Freddy
Distinctiveness of Voice: Chuck D is distinctive, Freddy is more distinctive
Singing ability — Well Chuck D’s rapping ability is fantastic — but Freddy can sing his face off
X Factor — very strong category for Chuck D - but I’m still going Freddy
Commercial Success / Critical Acclaim - Queen very surprising only 3 noms and zero grammy wins /// Public Enemy has 6 grammy nominations and zero wins
Steven Tyler vs Scott Weiland
Steven Tyler took a lot of heat getting into this thing /// Scott Weiland had a love fest getting in (despite being a 3 seed)
Sizzling moves: Steven Tyler has great moves, especially pre-Year 2000
Distinctiveness of voice: Steven Tyler again, I’d say
Singing ability: Scotty Weiland
X Factor: Steven Tyler has a lot of this, he truly does — but I gotta go with Scotty Dubs on this one
Commercial Success/ Critical Acclaim: STP 4 Grammy noms Zero Wins, Velvet Revolver 3 noms with 1 win for Slither in 2005 /// Aerosmith 79 total noms with 32 total wins. 17 Grammy noms with 4 grammy wins
Greatest front man ever (or front women) aka the greatest Front Person of all-time
Quest is to name the greatest front man of all time — and i’ve now shared this idea with two people — both said unsolicited — Gonna be tough to pick anybody over Freddy Mercury
True story — but just as the Super Bowl trophy is named after Vince Lombardi, everyone once in a while somebody rights an article about maybe it should be renamed for another great coach. First question, is Freddy Mercury too good to be on this list, or does he have to earn a victory to get this trophy named after him?
My original questions to Rosco P were as follows - and Rosco can answer:
Do we get to count people like Bruno mars?
Do we put an era limit / genre limit on this - ie is James brown too early or not? Are we counting country singers/ Raggae singers?
Is anyone too good to be included - Freddy Mercury for instance?
Can anyone not get a fair trail ? Bruce Springsteen wouldn’t but we’re excluding him any way
Are all people like Tom Petty out? Because they are technically a solo act w a backing band?
Are we essentially looking for David Lee Roth types? Fronted an actual band?
Thinking 1981-2016 edition. Couple names to get it going - Anthony kedis Gwen stefani no doubt era. Scott weiland. All of the Seattle big 4. Axl. David Lee Roth? Steven Tyler?
Rosco thoughts - off the dome I would say no genre of era limit. No solo acts (Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Bruno Mars). Tom Petty is a tough call. I think he's I'm but need to think more about it. James Brown and Hendrix are tough calls. Probably out but not sure yet.
Beatles - Out — they had 2 and a half front men — if this was best bands ever — sure Beatles win it But this is about front men (or women) of bands
Drillings 3’s should’ve been called “2 and a half frontmen”
311 has a similar issue
Rolling stone did 100 best singers, and that’s where you’ll find Elvis and Johnny Cash and Ella Fitzgerald and Prince and Mary J Blige
Criteria for eligibility: Can’t be a solo artist or the named singer fronting a back-up band
Actual lead singers of actual bands — that’s who qualifies — it wasn’t Freddy Mercury & Queen — it was Queen
Format - 8 auto bids - Rosco Picks 4, Gavin picks 4 — and then 8 at-large bids
Fan vote: hit us up on Twitter, on Facebook, on soundcloud, on iTunes or on FilibusterFreestyle.com and nominate someone we might’ve missed
It’s gonna be a bracket style elimination tournament
if Rosco and Gavin agree on any of their 4, it opens up another at-large bid (Fans of the freestyle — send us your suggestions
Here are the areas the judges will be grading on
Steve Perry from Journey - Good command of Arena crowds all over the globe, BIG TIME VOICE, very distinct voice, not any off the dome X factor stories, huge commercial success to say the least
Sting of The Police — Decent stage presence, fantastic singer, uber distinct voice, Tantric references alone are off the charts here, huge commercial success (though arguably more as a solo artist)
Adam Levine - Maroon 5 (That’s a pass for me)
Trent Reznor (Is he truly eligible?)
Chris Martin of Coldplay — I’ve seen this due on the old Palladia / Glastonbury Days — this guy owns crowds. Great voice, distinct voice, not a ton of X factor stories i’m aware of, massive success
Robert Smith of the Cure — Not enough of a front man — but probably one of the best song writers on here
Ann Wilson of Heart (did Nancy Wilson sing too much to count here) // while we’re here Grace Slick of Jefferson Airplane??
Brendan Flowers from the killers - I love this guy — i don’t think he’s gonna get in
Caleb Followill from kings of Leon (voice distinctiveness matters a bit) — I really love this guy - Decent stage presence, very good voice, ultra distinct voice, tons of booze bender related stories, fantastic critical acclaim
Joe strummer. from the Clash Meh?
Lead singer of cheap trick ? Robin Zander — he’s got a sneaky good resume including Rock & Roll hall of fame — still a no for me
James Hetfield- Dave Mustane - these guys are metal — ozzy clearly take the Metal throne - so they’re out
Pick #2: Mick Jaggar - He’s one of my automatic bids - saw him in the encyclopedia one time - he was HUGE
Pick #3: Axl Rose - He’s one of my automatic bids (all the G n R stuff, plus AC/DC just hired him)
Pick #7: Anthony Kiedis - infinite charisma, limited singer, ultra distinctive voice, tons of X factor, tons of success and acclaim
Billy Joe Armstrong - Green Day — As far as Corporate Punk Rock from the 90’s goes — this guys has all the tools - i can’t rule him out
Geddy Lee - Rush — Geddy is lacking in stage presence, but that’s only cuz he’s slappa da bass, mon — great and distinctive voice
Brian Johnson - AC/DC — Stage presence check, limited singer, super distinct, tons of road antics, tons of success writing the same album 14 times in a row
Gwen Stefani from No Doubt days — I love the idea of getting her in — huge charisma, good voice, distinct voice, style and x factor for days, lots of success but more as a solo artist
Scott Weiland — Handsome as EFF, Charismatic as EFF, literally almost became the first guy to defeat heroin addition without quitting, really good voice, pretty distinctive voice, fantastic stories, fronted 2 big-time bands, out partied Slash and Duff from G N R, great commercial success
Pick #5: David Lee Roth — How can this guy, at his APEX, not get in? DO i even need to waste an auto-bid on Diamond Dave???
Paul Stanley - Kiss — Here’s the thing — i could talk about Paul Stanley all day — i love Paul Stanley. BUT, (DO A PAUL STANLEY VOICE) he ain’t no Stephen Tyler, He ain’t Diamond Dave, he’s a CARTOON CHARATERRRRRRR
Chris Cornell - Seattle — Eddie Vedder, Kurt Cobain, Layne Staley
Jack White ? Is this a band or a duet
Stokes singer- Julian Casablancas - probably
How about Pharrell in neptunes? Or Cee Loo in goodie mob / gnarls Barkley??
Dave Grohl — Grohl checks ever single box on this list at a high level — plus he was the drummer for NIrvana — maybe too much of a musician/ song writer for his own good?
Debbie Harry — X factor, first female punk star (plus they did some disco and some rap), Great voice, kinda distinctive, commercial successful
Jim Morrison - I respect this dude. I respect the Doors — but I kinda hate the doors, and feel biased
Pick #8 Bono — Lots of X factor and Charisma, Huge Voice, Distinct as eff, Crazy Successful to the point of being able to become a geopolitical ambassador (which might hurt his case in this contest)
Pick #6 Jon Bon Jovi— Watch out for JBJ — the guy has been relevant in 4 different decades — he’s an ageless, timeless, wonder. I might need to use an autobid on JBJ
Robert Plant — OK this guy - stage presence wasn’t his thing (in the classic front man sense), but who’s better looking? Who’s got a better voice? HIs voice is as distinct as anyone, and the success and acclaim of LED ZEP is at the top of the heap. plus, we haven’t even gotten into the “stories” the movie almost famous is based on them and you know it’s turned WAAAAY Down
Pick #4 Steven Tyler — How does he not get in — Has the best moves on this list, Great voice, Distinct voice, all kinds of stories about these dudes, all kinds of success in multiple decades, and helped launch Hip Hop as a commercially viable genre with their cross over video of Walk this way with Run DMC
Pick #1: Freddy Mercury - he is the list
Ozzy Ozborn - Ozzy is kind of the Metal version of Robert Plant - just not as good looking nor talented of a singer — but also bit the head off of a bat turning a meeting with his record company
Who’s in: Steven Tyler, Mick Jaggar, Freddy Mercury, Axl Rose, David Lee Roth, Jon Bon Jovi, Chris Cornell, Chuck D
Stevie Nicks ? Fleetwood Mac — Too much success as a solo artist?
Annie Lennox ???? The Eurythmics — Same question as Stevie
Iggy Pop - The Stooges - I’ll just say “NO”
John Fogarty - Creedance - Also a “No"
Thom Yorke - Radio Head — Also a “No"
Roger Daltrey - the Who — See i can make an argument that this guy is marginalized by The Who getting drowned out by the Stones and Beatles. Also, I feel like he and Robert Plant if they go toe to toe — it’s a lot closer of a contest then one would suspect. Better Moves on Stage, Voice is almost as good and almost as distinctive, Keith moon was in his band so he’s got “Stories/ antics” covered, they wrote the first “Rock opera” of all time
Chuck D - Just sayin’ - i think he’s got a legit case as a front man
Tina Turner? Smokey Robinson?
Lionel Ritchie Commodores