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Best frontman in music?

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    e_e wrote: »
    David Byrne, just such a great stage presence without there being any ego about him.

    Know someone who is very good friends with Frantz and Weymouth and stays with them a lot...not such a big Byrne fan though, and assumed it was an ego thing but they just don't talk about him a lot. It's like "yeah, met him a few times (makes face)".


  • #63
    Cienciano
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,164 ✭✭✭✭Cienciano


    kfallon wrote: »
    But, but.....your avatar!!! :confused:
    I love Ian Brown, but his voice is a bit dodgy. Suits his music perfectly though


  • #64
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Yep...still have the Utah Saints tee shirt to prove it!

    It's so long ago, I just remember Trabants with lights in them...
    Actually it's one of my better remembered concerts. I saw them in Slane as well, when were they there last? Was nowhere near as exiting.

    Also:

    Anthony Kiedis. Did well for a bloke that can't sing.


  • #65
    Wacker The Attacker
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,473 ✭✭✭Wacker The Attacker


    Bruce Dickinson


  • #66
    Rothko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,990 ✭✭✭✭Rothko


    Iggy Pop


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  • #67
    haveringchick
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,380 ✭✭✭haveringchick


    anncoates wrote: »
    Dunno how people can even begin to narrow these things down to one or two artists.

    Agreed its very tricky but
    1. Freddy
    2. Mozza
    3. Mick
    4. Holly Johnson
    Just realised they're all Brits.


  • #68
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Keith Flint!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw


  • #69
    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Christian Petite Gambler wrote: »
    Count Tornado

    Was gonna ask is he still about then decided to google it ..

    http://topic.ie/story-of-count-tornado-hits-the-big-screen/


  • #70
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Screaming Lord Sutch


  • #71
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    IamNotNumber wrote: »
    Was gonna ask is he still about then decided to google it

    Used to chat to him a fair bit years ago because he knew friends of mine.

    He was (affectionately) known as Mad Dave. :pac:

    Nice chap though.


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  • #72
    Cold War Kid
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,353 ✭✭✭Cold War Kid


    Wtf? How have I never heard of this Count Tornado guy for song titles alone: "Electric Sewing Machine In Stephen’s Green".


  • #73
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Two best I've seen live weren't men at all.

    Sharleen Spiteri and Chrissie Hynde.


  • #74
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    FRANK ZAPPA!


  • #75
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Backwards Man wrote: »
    Two best I've seen live weren't men at all.

    Sharleen Spiteri and Chrissie Hynde.

    Saw Spiteri years ago. Back in the I Don't Wanna Lover days, before she got a makeover. Thought she was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz forgettable.


  • #76
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭nelly17


    James Brown was up there

    Axl Rose in his prime


  • #77
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Terry Hall from the specials,honourable mentions for Shaun Ryder and Bobbie Gillespie


  • #78
    SEPT 23 1989
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43,038 ✭✭✭✭SEPT 23 1989


    Captain Beefheart


  • #79
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Saw Spiteri years ago. Back in the I Don't Wanna Lover days, before she got a makeover. Thought she was zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz forgettable.
    Years ago for me too, and I was going with low expectations and maybe caught a good night, but was class I thought.


  • #80
    IamNotNumber
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭IamNotNumber


    Cold War Kid wrote: »
    Wtf? How have I never heard of this Count Tornado guy for song titles alone: "Electric Sewing Machine In Stephen’s Green".

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWLtsCQOL0


    (Affectionately) Mad is the word alright:pac:


  • #81
    stockdam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,472 ✭✭✭stockdam


    Freddie Mercury was the best that I have seen


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  • #82
    nelly17
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,209 ✭✭✭nelly17


    IamNotNumber wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDWLtsCQOL0


    (Affectionately) Mad is the word alright:pac:

    I think we have a winner


  • #83
    The Backwards Man
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,299 ✭✭✭✭The Backwards Man


    CGI could be a bit better


  • #84
    mud
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,699 ✭✭✭mud


    In no particular order and of course, in my opinion:

    Justin Hawkins - The Darkness

    Tim Smith - Cardiacs

    Damon Albarn - Blur

    Freddie Mercury - Queen

    Debbie Harry - Blondie

    Kate Bush

    Trish Keenan - Broadcast

    Black Francis - Pixies

    Karen Carpenter - The Carpenters

    I haven't seen all these artists live but from watching old videos and footage I can see how much they ruled their game.


  • #85
    Sever Tomorrow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 158 ✭✭Sever Tomorrow


    kfallon wrote: »
    Ian Brown - the frontman Liam Gallagher would liked to have been!!!

    Very inconsistent singer. When he's off, he's really off.


  • #86
    Saralee4
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,077 ✭✭✭Saralee4


    has anyone said Elvis? I thought it had to be a front man for a band but I see a few solo artists mentioned!


  • #87
    sligojoek
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,420 ✭✭✭✭sligojoek


    Beth Hart


  • #88
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 22,384 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Sever Tomorrow wrote: »
    Very inconsistent singer. When he's off, he's really off.

    Would have thought it depends more on what he's on than off...


  • #89
    Sugarlumps
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,009 ✭✭✭Sugarlumps


    Joey Ramone.


  • #90
    harry Bailey esq
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,814 ✭✭✭harry Bailey esq


    Sever Tomorrow wrote: »
    Very inconsistent singer. When he's off, he's really off.

    True.I went to see him in the phoenix park a few years back and he couldn't sing a note that night


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  • #91
    dr.fuzzenstein
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,575 ✭✭✭✭dr.fuzzenstein


    Madonna when she's not falling down the stairs.


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