What lead singer had the best stage presence ?

[deftron]

I'm not talking about Brittney Spears and her stage "presents"


Real rockstars..

 

[FoBoT]

gack! is that all the choices we get?

 

[deftron]

Give me some ideas...

I'll add a few more that just came to mind.

 

[Balt]

I would say Bono, but I'm heavily biased because I saw him in concert.

 

[FoBoT]

aw, that is better, thank you

 

[Pacfanweb]

David Lee Roth, back in the day. The best there ever was. All the others are better singers, but not better showmen.

They used to say, all the men wanted to be him, all the women wanted to be with him.



If you took a poll of all the popular bands from then and now, Dave would win, hands down.

 

[spanky]

i boycott this thread until britney is included

 

[JetBlack69]

Zach De La Rocha from Rage Against The Machine.

 

[deftron]

I went with Mick Jagger..

Diamond Dave was a very close second...

 

[silverpig]

I went with Jagger. The dude is over 60 and he runs around like he's 20. My bro saw Ozzy in concert a few months ago, and said he came out with a knee brace on. He didn't move much, and his "headbanging" looked like he was giving the mic a bj.

The only other people who I can think of who rival Jagger in stage presence are perhaps Bono (still a clear cut second at best though), and Angus Young, but he's not a singer.

 

[glenn1]

I'd say Bruce Springsteen would rate a place in your poll...

Diamond Dave gets my vote though.

 

[deftron]

Added Bono after two nominations..


I think "The Boss" might qualify, also.

Still thinkin of others..


Put Ozzy on mostly cause of his antics like biting the head off a bat...

 

[Burnt]

Joey Ramone

 

[John]

How about the big bopper?

Jerry Lee Lewis

 

[deftron]

Jerry Lee Lewis wasn't the Big Bopper..


That was Jape Richardson

 

[kduncan5]

Definitely Bruce Springsteen. I saw him in concert a looooong time ago, he put on the most engaging, energetic show I'd ever seen. That's just from the selection provided. I think Peter Gabriel (in the days of Genesis) had the best stage presence of all time though. -kd5-

 

[Cyberian]

Sorry -

Lead singer?
or
Rock Singer?


I saw some of the older ones you listed, and Elvis or James Brown would be my vote for 'Rock', but probably Mick Jagger for "Lead".

 

[UCDznutz]

definately not the lead singer from The Strokes. I love the music but i've seen them perform live on some videos and on tv and i don't think their music would make a crowd hype like that.

 

[deftron]

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Sorry -

Lead singer?
or
Rock Singer?


I saw some of the older ones you listed, and Elvis or James Brown would be my vote for 'Rock', but probably Mick Jagger for "Lead".

Elvis and James Brown were added later in the poll..

Anyways, they're still Lead singers sorta since that had back-up bands.

 

[Burnt]

Originally posted by: UCDznutz
definately not the lead singer from The Strokes. I love the music but i've seen them perform live on some videos and on tv and i don't think their music would make a crowd hype like that.

haha, I was thinking the same thing. He seems like he's not even interested.

 

[Pacfanweb]

Originally posted by: John
How about the big bopper?

Jerry Lee Lewis

Which one? Jerry Lee or the Big Bopper?

 

[John]

Originally posted by: deftron
Jerry Lee Lewis wasn't the Big Bopper..


That was Jape Richardson

I was referring to two people.

 

[Cyberian]

Originally posted by: deftron

Originally posted by: Cyberian
Sorry -

Lead singer?
or
Rock Singer?


I saw some of the older ones you listed, and Elvis or James Brown would be my vote for 'Rock', but probably Mick Jagger for "Lead".

Elvis and James Brown were added later in the poll..

Anyways, they're still Lead singers sorta since that had back-up bands.

Gotcha !!

 

[Pacfanweb]

The thing is, if you asked the singers on that list who saw him in his day, most would agree that DLR was the man. Of all those, only Elvis could hang with Dave.

 

[Spagina]

Where's James Hetfield?

Yes, I am a big Metallica fan.