Moody Blues
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Justin Hayward (the main singer)
Ray Thomas (sang in all the songs he wrote, some of their best ones)
John Lodge (sang some of the few songs he wrote)
Mike Pinder (very few songs that he wrote)
Graham Edge (a few poetry recitals, I think should count)
Pink Floyd
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Syd Barrett (the original lead singer)
David Gilmour (the latter lead singer)
Roger Waters (started singing more as he started dominating the band)
Rick Wright (few songs he wrote or co-wrote, some of their best ones,
also few Barrett songs)
Nick Mason (very few songs)
Any other bands?
The Clash
Did Keith Moon do lead vocals? If so add The Who to the list as well.
Numerically, over the entire career of the band, Lennon sang more
songs than McCartney.
> Moody Blues
Not a rock band.
> Pink Floyd
> Nick Mason (very few songs)
Enlighten me. What did Mason sing?
>
> Any other bands?
The Who. All four original members sang lead on at least two songs.
The Monkees
The Beach Boys
Creedence Clearwater Revival (for one album)
Traveling Wilburys
John L
What is the count? McCartney seems to have sung the most popular ones.
>
> > Moody Blues
>
> Not a rock band.
lol, WTF? What were they then?
>
> > Pink Floyd
> > Nick Mason (very few songs)
>
> Enlighten me. What did Mason sing?
Corporal Clegg, One of these Days, Signs of Life and Learning to Fly.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Mason
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>
>
> > Any other bands?
>
> The Who. All four original members sang lead on at least two songs.
Which song did Keith Moon sing?
Moby Grape.
Bell Boy
Tommy's Holiday Camp (on tour)
> Did Keith Moon do lead vocals? If so add The Who to the list as well.- Hide quoted text -
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Bell Boy
Tommy's Holiday Camp
Badfinger
Peach
The Sex Pistols if you count Rock-n-roll Swindle as an album.
He sang the one line on One Of These Days. He didn't sing the other
ones.
No, he did on Corporal Clegg.
He sang these lines in Corporal Clegg
http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=6811
Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason sang the lines, "He won it in the war...
in orange red and blue... he's never been the same... and from her
majesty the queen. It was Mason's only vocal contribution until Pink
Floyd's sixth album, Meddle, in 1971.
Okay, then we'll count KISS, too. ;-)
Peach
> Any other bands?
Depending on the meaning we give to "rock band" and "core member"...
Bee Gees
Mamas & Papas
The Who (already mentioned)
Crosby, Stills Nash & Young
Not sure about these bands:
Chicago
The Tremeloes
The Four Seasons
Jackson Five
Come to think of it, The Who and Pink Floyd are probably the only rock
bands which did not do a lot of harmonies but still had every member
singing leads. All other rock bands did a lot of harmonies, especially
Bee Gees, Moody Blues and Beatles.
I don't think the drummer sang on anything, to my knowledge..... or
any of the guys on horns.
> Jackson Five
Probably correct with the J5, though.
Peach
I mentioned KISS.... not saying they are a *good* example, but they
are an example.
Peach
I think Pankow and Loughnane did sing lead... Not sure about the others
I'm not aware of anyone other than Frankie Valli singing lead on
anything. Unless you count Nick Massi's "duh"-voiced interjections as
lead vocals.
I have a couple of 4 (rarely styled as "Four") Seasons albums, but I
know them mainly by their hits. I could be wrong.
JL
Absolutely. I seem to have it in my mind that drummer Danny Serapine
sang one along the way too but I'm not sure. But if not *all* the
members of the group sang lead, a whole slew of them did! Obviously
Robert Lamm, Peter Cetera, Terry Kath, Jim Pankow and Lee Loughnane,
and later Bill Champlain, etc; and these guys all sang lead on *hits*,
not just obscure album or novelty tracks.
Ah yes! Every member of the 1976 line-up of Wings sang lead on the
album Wings at the Speed of Sound. (For drummer Joe English, that was
the only time - and on a wonderful song IMO, "Must Do Something About
It" - but Denny Laine, lead guitarist Jimmy McCoullough, and Linda
all sang a few other scattered tracks over the band's career.)
richforman
richforman
I think all three guys in Klaatu sang lead on their albums.
richforman
No knowledgable rock fan would ever consider anyone but John Lennon as
the lead singer of the Beatles.
But then, of course, nobody would ever use the words "Raja (or Ivan,
or whatever)" and "knowledgable rock fan" in the same sentence, either.
Songs - plural. They were:
I Need You (which he wrote)
Girl's Eyes (ditto)
In The City (co-written with John Entwistle, co-lead vocal)
Tommy's Holiday Camp (credited as writer, actually written by
Townshend, sung by both)
Bell Boy
We Close Tonight (co-lead vocal with John Entwistle)
Lennon-McCartney also wrote a few songs for Harrison to sing ("Do You
Want To Know A Secret" comes immediately to mind, but I'm sure there
are others).
The Ventures.
Right off the top of my head, "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You" is
the only other one like that.
richforman
Bucket T
Barbara Ann
>
> > Numerically, over the entire career of the band, Lennon sang more
> > songs than McCartney.
>
> What is the count? McCartney seems to have sung the most popular ones.
>
http://www.iamthebeatles.com/article1600.html
Lennon - 103
Lennon & McCartney - 21
McCartney - 84
McCartney & Lennon - 4
Lennon & Harrison - 1
Lennon, McCartney & Harrison - 8
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>
> > > Moody Blues
>
> > Not a rock band.
>
> lol, WTF? What were they then?
They were a soft pop band that girls liked, just like Cat Stevens,
only with a terrible drummer. The only song they did that "rocks" in
any shape, form or description was "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and
Roll Band," which is funny, because he wasn't.
>
> > > Pink Floyd
> > > Nick Mason (very few songs)
>
> > Enlighten me. What did Mason sing?
>
> Corporal Clegg, One of these Days, Signs of Life and Learning to Fly.
Dave Gilmour sang "Learning to Fly." Nick Mason made some barely
audible noise in the middle. That's not "singing." Neither is
growling "one of these days I'm going to cut you into little pieces"
through a synthesizer.
>
> Not sure about these bands:
> Chicago
None of the drummer or the horn players sang.
> The Four Seasons
Only Valli sang lead in the original group. Drummer Gerry Polci and
bassist Don Ciccone shared lead vocals with long-time frontman Frankie
Valli on "Oh What a Night."
> Jackson Five
I don't think Marlon had any lead vocals. Tito, Jermaine and Jackie
may have.
Did Frehley sing any lead vocals?
Bell Boy
Tommy's Holiday Camp (on tour)
Need You (which he wrote)
Girl's Eyes (ditto)
In The City (co-written with John Entwistle, co-lead vocal)
Tommy's Holiday Camp (credited as writer, actually written by
Townshend, sung by both)
Bell Boy
We Close Tonight (co-lead vocal with John Entwistle)
Bucket T (#1 in Sweden)
Barbara Ann
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIlBLCwD_Tw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6LvSN0xhP0
and Waspman (sort of)
> None of the drummer or the horn players sang.
>
Lee Loughnane sang lead on Something In This City Changes People
(Chicago VI)
James Pankow sang lead on You Are On My Mind (Chicago X) and Till the
End of Time (Chicago XI)
there may be others, I just don't remember now
Shock Me
Rocket Ride
2000 Man
Are you joking? They have plenty of rock songs. If the Beach Boys
rocked, so did the Moody Blues.
>>>> Moody Blues
>>
>>> Not a rock band.
>>
>> lol, WTF? What were they then?
>
> They were a soft pop band that girls liked, just like Cat Stevens,
> only with a terrible drummer. The only song they did that "rocks" in
> any shape, form or description was "I'm Just a Singer in a Rock and
> Roll Band," which is funny, because he wasn't.
Oh dear. Based on this post, it appears we've discovered someone who's
sillier than Raja.
I'll give you a break though, since you're apparently not very familiar
with the Moodies' catalog. Try this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r75XWbsSx-E
"A soft pop band that girls liked"? "Terrible drummer"? Hah!
"December 1963 (Oh What A Night):
Lead singer: Gerry Polci (Valli did the middle eights).
Another great example... watch them live...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2DQBlVcJ0
I totally dig Ray Thomas' dance in the song... and his mustache ;-)
Well, it started out that way but after a couple of albums they
more-or-less shared lead-singing duties.
Can't expect much from a musically illiterate retard Who fan.
I'm probably too much of a purist for my own good. It's great that the
Seasons had a few late-era hits in the '70s, but it ain't the Seasons
without Bob Gaudio, AFAIC. Frankie was the front man, but Gaudio was
their Lennon-McCartney, George Martin, and Brian Epstein rolled into
one. I know he produced their later hits, but I think the "Jersey
Boys" when I think of the 4 Seasons.
You're correct, of course. I'm just being difficult.
JL
Just reminded me of something I had forgotten. In the 60s my former
sister-in-law was a Four Seasons groupie who dated Valli for a summer
somewhere on the Jersey shore.
KILL YOURSELF BECAUSE EVERYBODY HATES YOU
EVERYBODY HATES RAJA
EVERYBODY HATES RAJA
EVERYBODY HATES RAJA
> On 1 dic, 21:23, "stuthalb...@comcast.net" <stuthalb...@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> > None of the drummer or the horn players sang.
> >
> Lee Loughnane sang lead on Something In This City Changes People
> (Chicago VI)
Don't forget "Song of the Evergreens" (from *VII*), "Together Again"
(from *X*) and "This Time" (from *XI*), the last two of which he wrote.
"This Time" should've been a single, but by then it seems Columbia
Records had decided for themselves that they'd only release singles sung
by Peter Cetera (who, to be fair, takes over on the choruses). He's a
pretty good singer, much like Terry Kath, though more laid back.
> James Pankow sang lead on You Are On My Mind (Chicago X) and Till the
> End of Time (Chicago XI)
AAAAHHH!
> there may be others, I just don't remember now
Nope. (Well, unless you count Walt Parazaider's *vocalise* accompanying
his flute solo during "It Better End Soon".)
--
"When someone serves you coffee, don't go looking for beer in it."
--Anton Chekhov
>Another great example... watch them live...
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2DQBlVcJ0
>
>I totally dig Ray Thomas' dance in the song... and his mustache ;-)
Not "live". Lip synced.
>Another great example... watch them live...
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yo2DQBlVcJ0
>
>I totally dig Ray Thomas' dance in the song... and his mustache ;-)
Not "Live". Lip synced.
Usually, when it sounds exactly like the record, it is the record.
>
>No knowledgable rock fan would ever consider anyone but John Lennon as
>the lead singer of the Beatles.
>
Go back and watch the first Sullivan appearence. John hardly opened
his mouth for the whole show.
On part of "Cold Gin"
Ooops. My bad. Forgot those three. :)
Thank you...you beat me to it. :-)
Peach
Daltrey, Townshend and Entwistle had a lot of three part harmonies.
Even after Entwistle blew his voice out from drinking and smoking,
Roger and Pete sang together a lot.
Never heard any of them.
Didn't everyone in The Band sing?
I used to love the Tremeloes, though little they did was really rock
("Call Me Number One"?). But if you include some pop bands, ABBA has
to be there. Not sure about the Hollies?
As for the Beatles, how many tracks are there where all four sang? Any
where Ringo isn't singing lead?
Is that a sock puppet or are we getting a double dose of stupid?
I'm not a huge fan, but they were nothing if not a rock and roll band.
Try listening to more than what you hear on classic rock FM. Or you
could keep quiet about things you don't know about.
I only know one and that is Neil Pert ...Rush
Geddy sings all of his lyrics..
He wrote "Cold Gin," but I really think Gene did all the vocals on
that one. (From "Dressed to Kill.") As someone else mentioned, Ace
sang lead on "Shock Me" from Destroyer, "Rocket Ride" from Alive II,
he sings three songs a piece on Dynasty and Unmasked....as mentioned
the remake of "2000 Man," but not being a big 80s music person, I
couldn't tell you the other ones.
Peach
Garth Hudson did not. Robbie Robertson had exactly ONE lead vocal
while the Band was together.
It was the way John stood on stage that make him appear as the lead
singer for the Beatles.
I never considered *anyone* a "lead singer" for the Beatles. I thought
of them all as co-singers. (Except poor Ringo...)
Peach
Cream
Jack Bruce the lead singer
Eric Clapton the second lead singer
Ginger Baker sang lead on "Pressed rat and warthog" and maybe some others..
I agree, but I just meant that other fans might have seen John as the
lead singer. Yep, poor Ringo.
Jeff
What a name for a song....Pressed rat. LOL
Keith also say back up harmonies on alot of the pre-Tommy stuff.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyFYwlOgMX8
Pete sounds more like Tom Waits now.
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it is pyschedelic rock which perhaps explains a lot...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pressed_Rat_and_Warthog
On microphones that were turned ON?
Yes, but not as nearly as much as he wanted! "I saw yer"
Moby Grape. Dig it, man....
Next to a mic with his lips moving? Other than that, what did he do on
stage that would make him look like a lead singer?
> Moody Blues
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> Graham Edge (a few poetry recitals, I think should count)
>
He also sang lead on his self-penned '22,000 days', I think it was.
It was on a later album. Might even have been on Octive. I don't
remember off-hand.
But I'm SURE you will!
TNMM
<snip>
Wow, man... What a name. Do you have any idea where that nose has been?
On the face of a legend?
I don't know how to explain it other than the way I already explained
it.
Didn't Robbie sing on both "Out of The Blue" and "Last Waltz Refrain"?
Of course, in a band with three amazingly gifted vocalists, Robbie
should consider himself lucky to get any mic time at all.
good catch
Okay then that leaves Pink Floyd as the only weirdo band in which
everyone sang but they hardly ever did harmonies.
Why does that matter? (In terms of the *original* question....)
Peach
But if you include some pop bands, ABBA has
> to be there. Not sure about the Hollies?
And also Manhattan Transfer
Calvert, Elliot and Haydock never sang lead on the Hollies (to my
knowledge)
Oh, well, if you're going to include Manhattan Transfer, I'll throw in
Take That!
Because if Raja doesn't make a stupid list at least once a day, his head
will explode.
--
Mike Smith
But everybody HATES you so you lose.
Ginger sang "Blue Condition" on "Disraeli Gears". He also sang on
"Mother's Lament", but that one really is best forgotten about ;-)
hey I find that song funny. I don't lknow why it is considered a
filler.
Besides, he is wrong. "Hardly did harmonies"?
Wish You Were Here
Comfortably Numb
2 songs out of of the 150 (or so) songs that they made counts as
hardly.
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>> >Cream
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>> >Jack Bruce the lead singer
>> >Eric Clapton the second lead singer
>> >Ginger Baker sang lead on "Pressed rat and warthog" and maybe some others..
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>> Ginger sang "Blue Condition" on "Disraeli Gears". He also sang on
>> "Mother's Lament", but that one really is best forgotten about ;-)- Hide quoted text -
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>hey I find that song funny. I don't lknow why it is considered a
>filler.
It's mildly amusing the first couple of times you hear it -- "your baby
has gorn dahn the plughole" ha-ha-ha. Not exactly in the same league as
"Strange Brew" or "We're Going Wrong" though, is it? They should have
given it to Chas and Dave.
YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT MUSIC
I like the exaggerated British accent on the song.
QUIET GAY MONKEY BOY