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Originally Posted by BastardofYoung
Subjective opinion I know, but calling Morrison the best vocalist to ever live is a big stretch. He was always kinda flat to me.. I think his vocals can be kinda boring myself... but too each their own, different strokes for different folks.
I could see people thinking he was at least amongst the best frontmen to ever live, i will say as a front man he was good, he had a stage presence to him, and could get a crowd worked up... but as a vocalist, he was not that special... worked in the confines of the music itself, but that is all.
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Calling him the best vocalist to have ever lived was not reached idily. When I look at the criteria for a great vocalist it just doesn`t include their voice, but also their range and diversity, their stage performance, look and image, their influence etc, generally I look at the whole package.
I`m picking Jim Morrison out of a bunch of other great male vocalists of his generation that includes Robert Plant, Ian Gillan, Roger Daltrey, Paul Rodgers, Ozzy and Steven Tyler. On another day I may pick one of these as the best male vocalist ever, but in general Jim Morrison would win more often than not.
I think the Doors revival concerts that seem to go on the road every so often, sums it up perfectly. They normally only get the best male vocalists out there to take Jim`s role and these have included Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder and Scott Weiland (who is probably the nearest to Jim in spirit and sound) These three vocalists are greatly inspired by Jim Morrison and these vocalists that are probably three of the best to have ever graced the hard rock arena over the last twenty years or so.
All this of course is based on my subjective opinion. But I`m happy to debate it til the cows come home
