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Boogie Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:01 PM
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Name a song the primary vocalist for the band doesn't sing.
For instance, "Little T&A" by the The Rolling Stones sung by Keith Richards.
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MonkeyFunk Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:01 PM
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1. "Octopus' Garden"
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:02 PM
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2. About half the songs the Grateful Dead ever did n/t
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Boogie Donating Member (202 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:05 PM
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7. Bobby and Jerry are both the primary vocalist of the Dead.
Though everybody prefers Jerry.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:07 PM
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8. Bobby is NOT!!!
:evilgrin:


And even if you count them both as lead vocalists, there's still a ton of songs by Pigpen, Brent, etc.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:08 PM
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10. That's because Jerry killed his voice with drug abuse.
Listen to any late 70s or 80s dead - Weir still has pipes, and Jerry sounds like he's about 70.

It may have helped that Weir swore off all drugs shortly after he joined the band.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:43 PM
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25. "Weir swore off all drugs shortly after he joined the band"
Dude, you can't be serious. Please tell me you're not serious. I know for a fact Bobby was doing shrooms as recently as five years ago.

And Jerry's voice was still great in the 70s.

And ... hey, what's the problem with drugs anyway? In moderation, of course.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:54 PM
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29. Maybe he started up again...but I'd like to see your source.
I distinctly remember a book about the Dead, from someone who was there, in the 1960s.

In 1967 there was a pot bust. Pigpen and Weir were arrested. The author, who was there (were you there?) noted the irony - Pigpen just drank himself to death, and Weir didn't do drugs.

If you know anything about singing, you'd know that drinking alcohol, ingesting caffeine and smoking of any kind is terrible for the vocal folds. Take it from someone who has endured years of voice lessons and been lectured repeatedly on the do's and dont's of singing.

Jerry did more drugs than we can even imagine, and you can hear the difference in their late 70s output (Winterland, for example).

I also said "late 70s". Jerry's voice in 1970 was a lot different than it was in 1978. You somehow missed, or ignored, that part of my post.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:16 PM
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30. Interesting points, but...
I'd argue that Jerry's vocals weren't too bad until after the coma, mid-1980s. In fact, most fans consider the late 70s to be the band's Golden Age (e.g. Cornell University, 5/8/77 is often cited as their best show, if not some other show from that same era)

As for the drugs, yes, smoking certainly affects one's vocal range but:
1) you didn't specify smoking, you said "drugs." Somehow you've "missed or ignored that part." :hide:
Anyway, that's particularly relevent when you consider Jerry's drug of choice wasn't smoked, it was injected. And the smoking becomes a moot point when you consider that everyone in the band smoked.

2) The Dead wasn't Pavarotti. While smoking certainly affects vocals, the limited range doesn't exactly have a tremendous effect on country/folk/rock

3) Jerry's voice at the Winterland show was pretty ragged, but wouldn't yours be if you played a six hour show?

As for Weir doing drugs, yes, I was there the time I'm talking about. Can't speak for '67 since I wasn't born yet, but that being said, I'd wager the writer was lying to cover for a friend. This was, after all, less than a year after the acid tests, and other writers have claimed Weir ate more acid than any of them.

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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:49 PM
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38. Your attempts at splitting hairs are ridiculously laughable.
Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 04:55 PM by Alexander
"I'd argue that Jerry's vocals weren't too bad until after the coma, mid-1980s. In fact, most fans consider the late 70s to be the band's Golden Age (e.g. Cornell University, 5/8/77 is often cited as their best show, if not some other show from that same era)"

1) I don't care what "most fans" think. A lesson I thought all DUers had learned by now is that the majority is not always right. I personally consider their 1970-1975 period closer to the "Golden Age", because Pigpen was still around for part of it, and Jerry didn't yet sound like an old man.

2) You can "argue" all you want - I have Dead performances from 1970 and Dead performances from the late 70s sitting right in front of me. As a trained vocalist, the difference is like night and day. Did you ever wonder why Weir started singing more around this time, or why they brought in Donna Godcheaux as a vocalist?

"As for the drugs, yes, smoking certainly affects one's vocal range but:
1) you didn't specify smoking, you said "drugs." Somehow you've "missed or ignored that part." :hide:
Anyway, that's particularly relevent when you consider Jerry's drug of choice wasn't smoked, it was injected. And the smoking becomes a moot point when you consider that everyone in the band smoked."


Oh, please. Drugs of any kind are bad for the voice. Smoking of any kind is bad for the voice. Throughout his life, Jerry Garcia did a hell of a lot of both. If you can't figure that out then I really don't know what to tell you. Your lawyerly hair-splitting is nothing but a desperate attempt at salvaging a poor argument.

:eyes:

"2) The Dead wasn't Pavarotti. While smoking certainly affects vocals, the limited range doesn't exactly have a tremendous effect on country/folk/rock"

Which made the difference in Jerry's voice even more astounding. He wasn't hitting or sustaining high notes or anything, and still his vocal quality tanked by the 80s.

"3) Jerry's voice at the Winterland show was pretty ragged, but wouldn't yours be if you played a six hour show?"

Maybe if I had been smoking cigarettes and weed for the better part of the last 15 years, and generally wrecked my health with drug abuse, then yes.

"As for Weir doing drugs, yes, I was there the time I'm talking about. Can't speak for '67 since I wasn't born yet, but that being said, I'd wager the writer was lying to cover for a friend."

Yep, anyone who doesn't agree with your world view is a liar. :eyes: So how do you know this, exactly? Did you trip with him?

Anyway, here's my source. "Grateful Dead: The Illustrated Trip".

If you want to inform yourself, here it is on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Grateful-Dead-Illustrated-Robert-Hunter/dp/0789499630/sr=1-11/qid=1172785195/ref=sr_1_11/105-1950442-2454827?ie=UTF8&s=books

One of the co-authors is none other than Robert Hunter. I assume you know who he is, and understand that there would be no advantage to him lying about an incident which happened nearly 40 years ago. I hope I'm not giving you too much credit.

"This was, after all, less than a year after the acid tests, and other writers have claimed Weir ate more acid than any of them."

From the book - "Bob...swore off all drugs beginning in 1967."

So, it's certainly possible he ate tons of acid at the tests, had a bad trip and stopped using.

It is also possible he started using again recently, without the authors knowing about it.

Your acid test comment does not contradict anything I've said.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:00 PM
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40. Wow. Thank you for your pleasantly worded response.
It's just this sort of calm, rational and reasoned argument that makes DU great. Clearly, I was a fool to ever doubt anything you say, because you are a "trained vocalist" who "read a book." I'd offer to take this into the Grateful Dead users group, where I wager (there's that term again, which obviously and immediately means I am 100-percent positive of what I'm about to say) that many of the people there would agree that Garcia's vocals were just as good in the late 1970s as they were at any point, but I think that this has gone just about as far as it can possibly go. You're obviously deeply angered and disturbed that anyone would have the audacity to disagree with your opinions and point out the mistakes in them, and I wouldn't want to anger you any further -- especially since, you know, this isn't really a terribly important argument. Thank you for coming to Democratic Underground. Have a nice day.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:15 PM
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43. Stepping Razor, you just became my hero.
:applause:


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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:24 PM
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46. LOL - Hard for you to dispute Robert Hunter, isn't it?
Not only did I "read a book", the book was written by the band's LYRICIST! I guess he doesn't know anything, and you are the final arbiter of all that is the Dead, right?

:rofl:

As I said, I don't care what "many of the people" think. The hoarseness in Jerry's voice during Winterland (which you've already admitted) was much more frequent in the late 1970s. What's my source? The 20 or so Dead albums I have, plus a working pair of ears.

You still have yet to tell me exactly how you "know for a fact" Weir shroomed recently, when Robert Hunter himself contends the man swore off drugs beginning in 1967. I'm willing to give you the benefit of the doubt, if only you'd tell me just how you know this to be a "fact".

I have repeatedly (and nicely) asked you for anything supporting your claim, and you've yet to tell me how you know this to be true. If you are trying to convince people Weir uses hallucinogens, you might want to back up what you are saying. Did you see the man trip? Did one of his friends tell you? It shouldn't be this hard to reveal such information, unless you just made it all up.

I backed up what I said - a comprehensive text co-written by someone who was there throughout the band's entire career. I asked you to do the same. For some unknown reason, this is very difficult for you, and instead of backing up what you say, you completely and conveniently ignore my source and attack the messenger.

As Daniel Patrick Moynihan once said, "You're entitled to your own opinions. But you're not entitled to your own facts." You presented your opinions as facts, trying to pick a fight with me, and then backtracked once you found somebody with the knowledge to challenge your silly statements.

Now you cry foul and claim I wasn't being nice. You accuse me of being "angry" when all I'm doing is asking you to put up or shut up.

Guess what? If you don't want to have your statements challenged, don't pick arguments with other people. I did not ask for this dispute - you brought it to me. This time, you have started an argument with the wrong person.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:36 PM
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50. I addressed my knowledge of Weir's current drug use...
in post #30. Thank you for coming to Democratic Underground. Have a nice day.


P.S. And please, if you have a problem with me, don't attack people just because they happen to agree with my side. That's really uncalled for.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:51 PM
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52. You still never said exactly how you know this.
You said "I know for a fact", "I was there" and left it at that.

You can't be bothered to tell me if you tripped with him, if you saw him trip, if someone told you "Bob's on shrooms tonight", or anything. Beyond those two sentences, you've revealed absolutely nothing.

I could just as easily say the sky is purple. I know this for a fact. I was there when it turned purple. Do you believe me? Then why should you expect me to believe your statement, when you've done nothing more than offer glittering, vague generalities?

P.S. No matter how many sockpuppets you get to "agree" with you, your arguments are still absolutely silly.
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 06:00 PM
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54. Oh, heavy sigh...
April 2001, Pompano Beach Amphitheatre, Florida. Ratdog concert. Backstage before the show. Personally saw the man use scotch whiskey to chase his boomers.

Oh, and I don't have a sock puppet. Unlike some DUers who insist on breaking the rules by attacking other members, I follow the rules of these forums. But then, if you're not going to believe me on the one thing, I suppose you won't believe me on this either. More's the pity. Happily, I don't need your validation to know what's right, what's true, what's wrong and what's false. This will be my last post on this subject. You're obviously a combative person by nature, and actually enjoy this sort of thing. I find that attitude wholly foreign. That's why I'm here, and not screaming my head off at some site that welcomes people of all political stripes. Thank you for coming to Democratic Underground. Have a nice day.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 06:32 PM
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55. As I said earlier, this still doesn't contradict Hunter's book.
Finally, after much pulling of teeth, you told me. Now, was that so hard?

Now, I offered many reasons above why Hunter might put a thing like that in his book. Weir could've started using again recently. Hunter may have been unaware. You assumed he was lying. I did not.

My main point was that due to Jerry's copious drug consumption, and Weir's (apparently former) refusal to partake, Weir still had a decent voice throughout the Dead's career, whereas Jerry did not.

We seem to agree on this premise, which is why I find it puzzling that you felt you needed to split hairs, construct straw men and start arguments over what is essentially nothing.

You don't care what I think. Great. Except you cited as "evidence" the opinions of Grateful Dead fans. After all your bravado and chest-beating about how other people's opinions don't matter, you expect me to care that other Grateful Dead fans insist Jerry's voice remained strong throughout the late 1970s, when it clearly was not the case? I guess their opinions are worth more than mine, because they agree with you.

If you can't handle a little debate (particularly a debate YOU started), feel free to use the "Ignore" feature. After all, that's what it is there for. I'm sure you'll be perfectly happy living in a bubble where everyone agrees with you.

PS - Sarcastic thank-yous are not the best way to endear yourself to other DUers.
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 02:14 AM
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68. Wow. You're really unpleasant.
Why all the hostility, sir?

ANyway, Hunter's insistence that Weir stopped doing drugs in 1967 doesn't account for the rest of the band's career; he was merely referring to a window of time in the late 60's when Weir indeed lay off drugs. It didnt last the rest of the guy's life. Go to archive.org and download some of the rehearsal tapes where they talk about doing drugs; Weir is just as much of a partyer as the rest of the band.

And, not that it'll matter to ya, but I'm a Deadhead who believes that Jerry's voice had its good and bad years; 1968: Good, 1970: BAd, for the most part.
1972: Good, 1973: mediocre.

For a great Jerry Garcia vocal performance,, download 7-31-74, where Garcia manages to do tricks and filligrees with his vocals that rival Van Morrison (not kidding; he soulfully glides around the melodies of every song like in no other tape I've ever heard.)

1976/1977: EXCELLENT, 1978: histrionic, overextended. The "Winterland" you keep referring to (I'm guessing 12-31-78?) falls in among a long stretch of shows following a bout of laryngitis, beginning around thanksgiving 1978 that forced the cancellation of some early december concerts. It's understandable that he's be getting his lungs back in order, but not be fully up to speed for this show. Plus, like I said, 1978 is a poor year for Jerry's singing overall - he was trying too hard.

I honestly believe that Jerry's voice reached its peak of expressiveness in 1982 (check out 8-1-82's "They Love Each Other" or pretty much the entire summer tour from that year; also, 10-10-82's "Black Peter" gives me chills.) He was on key most of this year up until the New Year's run, when the Persian was beginning to take over his life. 1983 was a fuckin' NIGHTMARE, strictly in terms of the vocals.

Most of the eighties, yeah, Jerry shouldn't have been singing. Most of 1985 is painful to hear, as is 1988. But in late 1989, Jerry's vox took on a a grandfatherly wizened tone and gravitas, like a psychedelic Leon Redbone with profound tales to tell. Up until mid-1992 or so, the effort Jerry put into being on key was obvious, and paid off heavily in shows like 6-22-91 and 4-1-91. No, he wasn't smooth, never really was, and no, I guess it doesn't really matter anyway.

In other words... just like the ENTIRE GRATEFUL DEAD OURVRE, there's peaks and valleys - if there was one thing the Dead could be counted on to deliver, it's inconsistency - and blanket statements like the ones you threw around above don't really tell the whole tale. WHy must everything be all or nothing?

ANyhow: good night and lighten up, man.
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Susang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:48 AM
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72. Fabulous post!
My voice teacher couldn't have said it better! ;-)
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ChavezSpeakstheTruth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 08:58 AM
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107. HUZZAH!!!!
Bravo!
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:50 AM
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67. Oh come on...Bob Weir was STILL using drugs in the 70's and into the 90's...
And in fact, the evidence is on tape. There's a tape of the Dead and David Crosby toking up in Weir's new studio in the early part of 1975, and Weir is smoking just as much weed as the rest of them. At one point Jerry calls what they're smoking 'Brain Surgeon Pot," and Weir laughs.

On the David Letterman show in 1982, Jerry and Bob appeared, and Bob was obviously high on cocaine. He sniffles all the way through the interview - Dave even makes a comment about it. It's available on you tube if you wanna see it for yourself.

There's a studio rehearsal tape available for download on archive.org frm 1993 where Jerry talks about Weir's recent adventures with the drug ketamine - a notorious animal tranquilizer known to give humans sensations approximating an out-of-body experience. The whole band then discusses their recent drug usage. Again, this is available for download.

It's true that Weir stopped doing drugs for a time after the acid tests - in the Playing in the Band book, he talks about doing nothing stronger than brown rice while recording "Anthem of the Sun" - but he resumed in the early seventies. There's an interview floating around where Bear complains that Weir was doing too much acid in 1972. In his biography, Lesh mentions Bob using drugs in the 70's as well.

What's also apparent is that Weir was far more health-concious than the rest of the band. He was a runner, a weight- trainer, and a mountain biker while the rest of them (save Mickey) were all fairly sedentary in their non-band habits. This may account for his "squeaky-clean" image, but it's not the full picture.



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itsmesgd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:38 PM
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20. PigPen rocked on Good Morning Little Schoolgirl
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:43 PM
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26. ... and "Operator" and "Lovelight" and ... oh, hell. Pigpen rocked. Period. n/t
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KG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 11:56 PM
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63. Jerry sang Robert Hunter songs, Bob sang John Barlow songs
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HEyHEY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:03 PM
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3. It's a legal matter - the who
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trackfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:04 PM
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4. I'm in Love with my Car
by Queen
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:04 PM
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5. Numb by U2.
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Mad_Dem_X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:05 PM
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6. "Have a Cigar" by Pink Floyd
Sung by someone not even in the band.
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:15 AM
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64. Really? I always assumed it was Roger Waters.
Any idea who it was?
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Frank Cannon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:16 AM
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84. I think it was Roy Harper
British folk singer. Of Led Zeppelin's "Hats Off to (Roy) Harper" fame.
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Cetacea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:37 PM
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98. Correct. Sounds like Gilmour a bit oddly enuf. eom
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asthmaticeog Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:07 PM
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9. Velvet Underground, "After Hours"
Magnificently sung by Mo Tucker.
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tigereye Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:22 PM
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97. one of my faves
I actually used to sing that to my kid as a lullaby when he was a baby. (probably since I was so tired and it seemed so sweet on some levels.) ;)
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:14 PM
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11. "Harmony in my Head," The Buzzcocks
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SouthoftheBorderPaul Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:36 PM
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93. "Blood to the Lions"
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 04:39 PM by SouthoftheBorderPaul
The 8th Grade

:)
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RandomKoolzip Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 09:27 AM
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106. Ooooh, good choice.
Jeez, on which EP is that song located and WHY DON'T I HAVE A COPY? :smile:
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Starbucks Anarchist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:16 PM
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12. Keith Richards on "Happy."
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CBGLuthier Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:21 PM
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13. Clare Torry, Great Gig in the Sky, Pink Floyd
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:23 PM
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14. La La Love You - Pixies
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ms liberty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:23 PM
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15. More Fool Me...
The first song Phil Collins sang lead on for Genesis, can be found on Selling England By The Pound, IIRC.
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riverdeep Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:23 PM
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16. A few
'Bellboy', The Who, Keith Moon

'In Another Land', The Rolling Stones, Bill Wyman

'In the Cold, Cold Night', The White Stripes, forgot her name, the drummer

'I Kept On Loving You', The Carpenters, Richard Carpenter

'The Guns of Brixton', The Clash, Paul Simonen

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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:25 PM
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17. "28" by Steppenwolf
Sung by Jerry Edmonton.
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:28 PM
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18. She's So Fine - Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Cetacea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:39 PM
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99. "Little Miss Strange" Neol Redding, Jimi Hendrix Experience
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Lethe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 09:18 AM
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108. first time i got Axis i was like
who the %#$#@ is that singing? pfffft lol
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:37 PM
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19. "Drive" by Ben Orr of the Cars
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Jimbo S Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:38 PM
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21. "Same Way You Love Me" - Journey
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:17 AM
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65. Well, that's a tricky one. Greg Rollie HAD been the lead singer
and keyboardist when the band's manager (I think) found Steve Perry and signed him.

So that song is actually sung by TWO lead singers.
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Zavulon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:39 PM
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22. Rock and Roll all Nite
Paul Stanley is the primary singer, but Gene Simmons sings lead on this. I don't know how common that was because I only owned one Kiss album as a kid (Destroyer), but it's the first one to come to mind.
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Left Hook Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:53 AM
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80. Actually...
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 04:54 AM by Left Hook
Gene was originally the primary singer. But from what I heard, Neil Bogart (of Casablancca records) felt more comfortable with Paul's style which why the change.
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:39 PM
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23. Behind Blue Eyes
by the Who, sung by Peter Townsend.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:01 PM
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41. That entire song was sung by Roger Daltrey. Try again.
In many songs by the Who, like "Bargain" or "Baba O'Riley", Townshend would sing the middle 8 bars, and Daltrey would sing the rest.

But on "Behind Blue Eyes" Daltrey sang the entire thing. My vinyl of "Who's Next" tells me so.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:18 PM
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44. But Pete sang it on his solo album Scoop
Maybe that is the version the other poster was thinking of.
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:32 PM
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49. "by the Who" was the poster's exact quote. And on that version, it was Daltrey.
Try again.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:55 PM
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59. Try again?
LOL. I was trying to make VancSouthpaw feel better by letting him/her know that they were not crazy in thinking Pete had sung that song.

What, are you the resident rock historian here?
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Alexander Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 11:51 PM
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61. "What, are you the resident rock historian here?"
:rofl:

It seems like it some days.
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Spirochete Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 07:07 AM
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83. Damn!
Some years ago, I had an argument with a friend of mine over that song. He swore up and down Townsend sang it, and I said I didn't think so. But he sounded so sure of it, he finally convinced me. Now I must plot my revenge on him for making me look dumb. :evilgrin:
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Strawman Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:40 PM
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24. My Curse - Afghan Whigs, Listen the Snow is Falling - Galaxie 500
ok. I'm done now.
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Fran Kubelik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 02:45 PM
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27. With a Little Help from My Friends
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Aristus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 03:31 PM
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28. "'39" by Queen is sung by Brian May insted of Freddy Mercury.
Freddy was a terrific singer, but he would have ruined "'39". It needed Brain May's plaintive, mournful vocal.
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Left Hook Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:47 AM
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78. Freddy does sing 39 in Live Killers album.
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 04:47 AM by Left Hook
nt
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LynneSin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Mar-05-07 09:37 AM
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109. Freddie didn't sing about a quarter of the Queen songs
He didn't sing "I'm in Love with My Car", "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", "Drowse", "Someday One Day" and a host of other songs that if I went through the albums I could point out..... I know I"m missing some from the Jazz album
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Merrick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:20 PM
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31. Guns of Brixton - The Clash
The bassist Paul Simonon on vocals
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ghostsofgiants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:20 PM
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45. You're sure it wasn't Tim Armstrong from Rancid?
Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 05:20 PM by primate1
:P

(I was gonna say this song too, dammit. x()
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AlCzervik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:24 PM
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32. My Wife by John Entwistle
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dajoki Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 11:52 PM
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62. Also: "Boris the Spider"
:hi:
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:25 PM
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33. Beth - by KISS
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:26 PM
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35. You beat me on the simul-post.
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Rabrrrrrr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:29 PM
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36. That's because Jesus loves me more
Edited on Thu Mar-01-07 04:30 PM by Rabrrrrrr
:P:P:P:P

THe rest of your life will be spent saying what I say, two seconds after I've said it.

:rofl:
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Left Hook Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:50 AM
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79. If you want Kiss...
Talk To Me sung by Ace Frehley, and Peter does Hard Luck Woman as well
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Blue-Jay Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:25 PM
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34. "Beth"?
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:49 PM
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37. "Tempted" by Squeeze...
...sung by Paul Carrack.
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slj0101 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 04:58 PM
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39. "Warthog"- the Ramones
Sung by Dee Dee
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Taverner Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:02 PM
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42. Swinging the Chain by Black Sabbath
Bill Ward's only song :)
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:29 PM
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47. "New Age" Velvet Underground (Doug sang it)
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Magrittes Pipe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:42 PM
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102. Doug also sang "Candy Says."
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CrazyForKucinich Donating Member (676 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 05:48 PM
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51. Dandy Life by Collective Soul
I think Will Turpin(guitar) sung it...but he's gone from the band now I believe.
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enigmatic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 06:34 PM
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56. "My Curse"- Afghan Wigs
Sung by Marcy Mays of Scrawl; one of the best bands ever out of Columbus, OH..
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 06:39 PM
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57. Blue Condition - Cream
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AwakeAtLast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 07:52 PM
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58. "Mother" by the Police
It's on Synchronicity (I hope I spelled that right)
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Common Sense Party Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:19 AM
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66. Ugh, I hate that song. Ruined a perfectly good album.
And yes, you spelled it right.
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Kat45 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-01-07 11:43 PM
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60. "Badge" by Cream
Sung by Eric Clapton.
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BulletproofLandshark Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 02:23 AM
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69. "Daydream" and "Blew Away" by the Smashing Pumpkins
Sung by D'Arcy Wretsky and James Iha, respectively.
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:16 AM
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82. i don't know that this counts
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 05:16 AM by kagehime
but james iha, iirc, sang lead when the pumpkins covered the cure's 'a night like this'
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SKKY Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 02:36 AM
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70. "Would" by Alice in Chains...
...I believe everything except the chorus is sung by Jerry Cantrell
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Hayabusa Donating Member (561 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:41 PM
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101. RE: "Would" and a Few New Ones
I dunno if I would personally count that. Jerry also sings lead on "Over Now" and one or two other songs. It's kind of a unique situation, if you ask me.

As for the new entries to this list, I'd like to submit Pearl Jam's "Mankind" and "Don't Gimme No Lip." Both songs were sung by Stone Gossard.
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VenusRising Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 02:42 AM
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71. Drive by The Cars.
The bass player sang the vocal on that track.
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spooky3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:45 PM
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103. The late Benjamin Orr sang lead on several tracks on
each of their albums (Just What I Needed, Moving in Stereo, Candy-O, etc.). Beautiful voice; nice, smart guy. Died too young.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 03:59 AM
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73. "Blue Sky" by The Allman Brothers Band....
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 04:04 AM by Robeson
...sung by Dickey Betts.
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:15 AM
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75. Dickey Betts sang several of their songs.
Ramblin' Man, for example.
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Robeson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:25 AM
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76. He was not their primary vocalist, and that was the first song he ever...
...sang for the group as the lead vocalist... http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=833
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:00 PM
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91. Thanks, great link!
I was trying to identify other ABB songs that Dickey sang. I know there must have been others, but these are the only two I can think of.
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speedoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:11 AM
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74. Berry Oakley, of the Allmans, sang "Hoochie Coochie Man"
Berry was the bassist (and a great one) but this is the only song he sang lead on. I believe.
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Left Hook Donating Member (103 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:46 AM
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77. Emminance Front and I'm One
Both Who songs, both sung by Pete Townshend
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fizzgig Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:11 AM
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81. dominated love slave (green day)
sung by tre, the drummer, rather than billie joe.
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kmla Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 09:37 AM
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85. "Possession Obsession" by Hall and Oates
Actually, I like most of the songs by H&O where John Oates is on lead vocals better than the Darryl Hall ones. But even those are mostly good.
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peekaloo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:26 AM
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86. Texarkana by r.e.m.
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driver8 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:37 AM
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87. Also -- "Superman" by REM.
Mike Mills sings it.
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WilliamPitt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:39 AM
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88. Ooh La La, by Faces
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 10:45 AM
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89. "Dirty Work" , Steely Dan - David Palmer
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bbernardini Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:09 AM
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90. Side 2 of The Tubes' "Love Bomb"
As one of the other members explained it to me, Fee Waybill was not particularly interested in the concept, so he sang no lead vocals on side 2.
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RedStateShame Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 01:01 PM
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92. "Buck Hill," The Replacements
Technically, it counts, although nobody sings on it.
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JackBeck Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:38 PM
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94. LOL!!! Bye, Boogie. It was short, but you'll be caught again.
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LoZoccolo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 04:54 PM
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95. "Don't Look Back In Anger" by Oasis
Edited on Fri Mar-02-07 04:55 PM by LoZoccolo
This is sung by Noel Gallagher, while Liam Gallagher is the primary vocalist.
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blockhead Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 05:12 PM
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96. "I can't tell you why." Eagles
Timothy B Schmit
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atomic-fly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 06:31 PM
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100. jj burnell singing the blues
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-02-07 11:19 PM
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104. Take it to the Limit, Eagles
Randy Meisner ftw.
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mitchum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-03-07 08:20 AM
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105. And that's why it's the only Eagles song I like...
it doesn't have any of Don and Glen's "patented soulful huskiness"
Everything in that song is perfect...the vocal, melody, arrangement, lyrics, orchestration, production...and I hate the Eagles :)
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