Morrissey...one of the 100 Greatest Singers of All Time - Consequence Of Sound

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The 100 Greatest Singers of All Time - Consequence Of Sound
These are the voices that continue to touch, console, inspire, and empower us

It’s been observed that pop-culture writers have a penchant for ranking anything and everything. We’re cited for spending countless hours trying to assess, sort, and file that which seems patently subjective or, far more damning, so beautiful, transcendent, or numinous as to be above slotting on a mere list...

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Artists

• Adele
• Al Green
• Alicia Keys
• Amy Winehouse
• Ann Wilson
• Annie Lennox
• ANOHNI
• Aretha Franklin
• Axl Rose
• Beyonce
• Billie Holiday
• Björk
• Bob Dylan
• Bonnie Raitt
• Bono
• Bruce Springsteen
• Cat Stevens
• Christina Aguilera
• Curtis Mayfield
• David Bowie
• David Byrne
• Diana Ross
• Dolly Parton
• Donna Summer
• Dusty Springfield
• Ella Fitzgerald
• Elliott Smith
• Elton John
• Elvis Presley
• Emmylou Harris
• Etta James
• Faith No More
• Fiona Apple
• Florence Welch
• Frank Sinatra
• Frankie Valli
• Freddie Mercury
• Gladys Knight
• Glenn Danzig
• Ian Curtis
• Iggy Pop
• James Brown
• Janis Joplin
• Jeff Buckley
• Jim Morrison
• Joanna Newsom
• Joe Cocker
• Joe Strummer
• John Lennon
• Johnny Cash
• Joni Mitchell
• Jonsi
• Justin Vernon
• Karen Carpenter
• Karen O
• Kate Bush
• Leonard Cohen
• Little Richard
• Lou Reed
• Louis Armstrong
• Madonna
• Mariah Carey
• Marvin Gaye
• Mary J Blige
• Maynard James Keenan
• Michael Jackson
• Michael Stipe
• Mike Patton
• Morrissey
• Ms. Lauryn Hill
• Nick Cave
• Nina Simone
• Otis Redding
• Ozzy Osbourne
• Patsy Cline
• Patti LaBelle
• Patti Smith
• Paul McCartney
• Paul Simon
• Phil Collins
• Prince
• Ray Charles
• Robert Plant
• Robert Smith
• Roger Daltrey
• Ronnie James Dio
• Roy Orbison
• Sam Cooke
• Sigur R
• Sly Stone
• Smokey Robinson
• Solomon Burke
• Steven Tyler
• Stevie Nicks
• Stevie Wonder
• Sting
• Thom Yorke
• Tina Turner
• Tom Waits
• Van Morrison
• Whitney Houston
• Willie Nelson

 

[Anonymous]

I'm surprised at the amount of Jackson fans and Jackson defenders here on Morrissey-solo. It's not like M and MJ have an awful lot in common.

Personally I dislike MJ's music and I dislike his bullshit even more, but he was a good pop star and entertainer. But so were/are a lot of other people. I don't get what's so great about him.

Yeah, I never liked and of the Jacksons.

 

[Anonymous]

Morrissey, Frank Tovey, Ian Curtis, Dave Gahan
That's it.
There are a number of great vocalists, but I didn't list them because I simply don't like their music.... And vice versa. There are great music bands with not-so-strong singers.
It needs to be a perfect match: vocals and music genre to receive my honour.

 

[Anonymous]

A place for Thom Yorke, but not for Scott Walker? Thom Yorke? Oh heck...Noddy Holder is more deserving of a place.

No Shane McGowan. No Christy Moore. No Colin Meloy.

That's the danger with subjective lists, I suppose.

Colin Meloy? Seriously?

 

[Gregor Samsa]

I don't see how liking MJ and Moz could ever be a problem. Are you 14? Are you only allowed to listen to INDIE? Great music is great music.
MJ was an amazing vocalist, a one of a kind icon in terms of originality and a fantastic songwriter. The game changers and innovators are Frank, Elvis, The Beatles and MJ.

 

[hand in glove]

She didn't even write Holiday. She didn't even write this.

So? I can think of at least 30 songs off the top of my head that she did write and most of those singles made it to the top 5 in the music charts. I think her position as the most influential female pop singer is well deserved.

And you are wrong about Ray of Light. She is credited as a writer on the song BASED on Maldoon's 'Sepheryn'. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_of_Light_(song)

 

[caramel sea salt]

I don't see how liking MJ and Moz could ever be a problem. Are you 14? Are you only allowed to listen to INDIE? Great music is great music.
MJ was an amazing vocalist, a one of a kind icon in terms of originality and a fantastic songwriter. The game changers and innovators are Frank, Elvis, The Beatles and MJ.

See, great music = highly subjective.

And no, I'm not 14 and I don't only listen to indie, asshole. I just think that Morrissey is sort of the anti-Michael Jackson. I didn't say it's forbidden to like both, I just said I'm surprised so many do.

 

[Anonymous]

WHAT NO... MARK.E SMITH !!!?

lol

 

[Gregor Samsa]

See, great music = highly subjective.

And no, I'm not 14 and I don't only listen to indie, asshole. I just think that Morrissey is sort of the anti-Michael Jackson. I didn't say it's forbidden to like both, I just said I'm surprised so many do.

That's where the great music is great music-thing comes in. You like what you like. There are no rules.

 

[Anonymous]

See, great music = highly subjective.

And no, I'm not 14 and I don't only listen to indie, asshole. I just think that Morrissey is sort of the anti-Michael Jackson. I didn't say it's forbidden to like both, I just said I'm surprised so many do.

I don't listen to mainstream chart toppers. That music just doesn't want to enter my ears. Commercially popular music SUCKS. (I am not 14 and I am not ashamed of my music preference either).

 

[marred]

 

[Quando quando quando]

No, but Jackson didn't write all of his songs, either. He didn't write Thriller (the song) for example.

I think this list looks at the gesamtkonzept. If it was about "best composers", surely Burt Bacharach would have to be on it?

That's for another thread.
I am lazy but I would post.

 

[Quando quando quando]

Really like The Associates and Billy MacKenzie.
Trying to find Tell Me Easter's On Friday on utube.
Can't find.
The despair and his voice coming from hell.
Such great songs!

 

[marred]

Really like The Associates and Billy MacKenzie.
Trying to find Tell Me Easter's On Friday on utube.
Can't find.
The despair and his voice coming from hell.
Such great songs!

He's one of the originals Billy MacKenzie. I have all their records and Billy's solo stuff too. His posthumous album Beyond The Sun is mesmerising.

 

[Quando quando quando]

He's one of the originals Billy MacKenzie. I have all their records and Billy's solo stuff too. His posthumous album Beyond The Sun is mesmerising.

Thanks for the tip Marred!

 

[marred]

Thanks for the tip Marred!

And they have just recently rereleased remastered versions of these albums on CD including Fourth Drawer Down that has Tell Me Easter's On Friday on it. That track is also on The very best Of The Associates for only 6 Pounds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/254-0765449-1382014?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=the+associates

 

[Quando quando quando]

And they have just recently rereleased remastered versions of these albums on CD including Fourth Drawer Down that has Tell Me Easter's On Friday on it. That track is also on The very best Of The Associates for only 6 Pounds.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss/254-0765449-1382014?url=search-alias=aps&field-keywords=the+associates

That is great! Brilliant!
Thank you so much.
Really appreciate this.

 

[marred]

That is great! Brilliant!
Thank you so much.
Really appreciate this.

No worries. I bought them all because I only had them on second hand vinyl

 

[Life_Is_A_Pigsty]

I don't think Pink Floyd should be ignored, having David Gilmore, Roger Waters and Syd Barrett on the list would've been a tad excessive but to have none of them is ridiculous.

 

[marred]

I don't think Pink Floyd should be ignored, having David Gilmore, Roger Waters and Syd Barrett on the list would've been a tad excessive but to have none of them is ridiculous.

Especially Gilmour.

 

[marred]

I just noticed Chrissie Hynde is missing from that list.

And what's with Faith No More getting two mentions singling out Mike Patton? Surely they can't be talking about the original vocalist who did only one album.