Totally agree, some music could not be bettered with other front person vocals. Loads have tried & failed with covers which showed just how good a vocal was. Don't get me totally wrong though some vocalists can fit into tracks nicely. I was thinking about George Michael's voice as being one of those.
Not doubting George's fame, but his output was really quite sparse. Two albums in two years with Wham, then only 5 solo records over a 17 year period, and one of them is a bunch of covers.
True but overall he’s had a great input into music over the years. I’m not really sure why it needs to be one or the other as he isn’t the last person who will get this accolade. An accolade that let’s face it means very little especially to George Micheal or Phil Lynette given the pair of them are dead anyway.
I dinnar like. I mean I much prefer the Bon Scott years with AC/DC, but it's a brief time period. AC/DC were just about hitting the big time when Bon died. I think Queen's a bit different. They'd been to the top over a nigh on 20 year career, and Freddie was larger than life. Inimitable as a performer, and a major songwriter. I dunno how you replace that even if you wanted to.
George's performance of "Somebody to Love" at the Freddy tribute concert! As good as the great man himself.
Agree, GM's voice was so vocally strong & distinct he could have got away with most tracks
Has he though? I can only think of about 3 songs that weren't Wham, and one of them's that dreadful disco in the bogs Let's Go Outside song. And when was that, 98? He didn't pass away for another 18 years. He dined out on Careless Whisper for decades really. His last album was 2004. He spent most of his career in semi-retirement. Who's he influenced? Sam Smith?
I was at that at Wembley - absolutely electrifying performance. Also the last ever live performance by Mick Ronson who was playing with David Bowie and Ian Hunter
No way will Gary Moore get inducted before Lizzy ….Phil Lynott also had more influence on the rock / metal scene in the US than Gary did…….just ask Metallica / Bon Jovi etc.
Aye he has. As I say I’m not arsed about him but he was good at what he did and deserves to be remembered
Gary was a disgrace. Absolutely rubbish.
He’d just found out that his partner had HIV if I remember correctly. Makes his performance even more incredible.
Moore was about as interesting as white paint without Phil.
A bit harsh…..but if Gary had found a decent lead vocalist once he went solo he could have had a better career commercially. Just take the G Force album….its still the best from his hard rock era because its the easiest to listen to vocally
Not really. He never had the songs. Phil did. Without Phil he was just a widdler.
He did have some really good songs ….they just werent as good as the could have been due to his own limitations as a vocalist eg Back On the Streets, Empty Rooms, Wild Frontier, Always Gonna Love You. His blues work would have also been elevated with better vocals …..Phil vocally would have been perfect for some his his blues material
Everyone was prolific in the 70s though….its just the way it was in the 70s …..most artists churning out 2 albums of 10 / 12 tracks a year. Nowadays its an album every 3-5 years for most artists
True enough. Which may in some way could explain relatively lower sales as the market was so saturated and LPs weren't cheap.
I`m sure the likes of Blues legends BB King, Albert King, Albert Collins as well as George Harrison, who all played with Gary Moore would beg to differ.
He did do Run For Cover with Glenn Hughes - don`t get many singers better than that
