To ask which current singers have the voices to match Elton John, George Michael & Freddie Mercury?

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Random playlist last night, Elton John & George Michael - Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me from 1991. The duet is amazing, the power in their voices. Got to add Freddie in the same (or better) category of voice, obviously. Asked my partner who today has the voice that will still make you say wow! in 30 years time? He said the music industry has changed, the ‘stars’ go through too fast now. I can recognise the talent of Chris Martin, Ed Sheeran and others, but where are those really powerful voices?

YABU - listen to …..
YANBU - no one can match them!

Annie Lennox

It's all so subjective though. I hate the "vocal gymnastics" style of the likes of Mariah Carey yet others rave about her and her 4 octave range or whatever.

A PP put forward Ed Sheeran who I think is really bland.

Yes, I agree.

def leppard are my fave band.

I think Miley has an incredible voice. I also love Rayes voice and I’m also loving Yungblud at the moment.

I saw muse at Fownload festival. They’re phenomenal live

I played that song on repeat when I first heard it ❤️

His cover of I was made for loving you.. ❤️❤️

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=46YZ8evUfKk&pp=ygUYZ2VvcmdlIG1pY2hhZWwgcmVoZWFyc2Fs

just in case anyone doubts George Michael’s vocal genius you should watch this video of the rehearsal for the Freddie Mercury tribute concert. Truly remarkable. From around 3mins the camera shows David Bowie nodding along in appreciation.

Agree about Matt Bellamy and Muse. I've seen them 3 times now and they sound exactly like their recordings

You have summed George Michael up beautifully…a true gift to the world ! I was lucky enough to watch him live in Sydney on his Faith Tour in 1987 ,truly remarkable and fabulous to watch .

Hozier for sure,

If you like country, Chris Stapleton

This !

I’m surprised nobody mentioned Chester Bennington - what a talent!

Omg how did i forget about Chester- what a man, what a voice, what a legend!

some of my fave male vocalists

Tom Chaplin - Keane
Curt Smith - Tears for Fears
Dan Smith - Bastille
Rag n Bone Man

Ah yes! The Disturbed Sound of Silence cover! Just amazing, and S&G have said how much they like it too.

I think our grandparents were saying pretty much they same thing and they had a point with singers like Frank Sinatra and Ella Fitzgerald 😆

very very few have marched them vocally Aretha Franklin, Freddie Mercury, Luther Vandross, Whitney and possibly Celine Dion

certainly not George Michael or Elton John (vocally)

I like the cover of The Sound of Silence by The Dickies. Voice perhaps not so great...

Nobody will ever live up to Freddie he was a true one of a kind.

However Adam Lambert is phenomenal I saw him in concert with Queen and he was brilliant.

Lewis Capaldi has such a distinctive and soulful voice.

My absolute favourite male voice currently is Mitch Grassi from Pentatonix. His voice gives me goosebumps and he to me sounds like an angel in human form. His parts in The Prayer gives me chills.

God I think there are some truly glorious musicians out there at the moment. Soulful, original, provocative and strange - everything you want from musicians.

Samara Joy, ,

Oh I didn't realise it would replace the text with embedded videos, sorry.

Adam Lambert live is out of this world. Such an amazing talent. I never get bored of listening to him.
Would loved to have seen Freddie Mercury or George Michael live.

Freddie had a wonderful voice, full of charisma and power, but I much preferred the effortless, rich powerful voice of GM personally. I didn’t like a lot of Queen’s songs, which didn’t help. Elton is leagues behind. A good songwriter but an average voice. I think GM absolutely slaughtered him on Somebody to Love. I also think Elton is a dick, which doesn’t help! No idea why people are suggesting Chris Martin either. The band works well, but it’s not down to Chris Martin’s voice!

Females- Alison Moyet. Adele. Pink (sometimes!). Mariah, Whitney and Céline all have great voices when they just sing rather than try to show off their range of warbling or get over emotional!

Rag and Bone Man or Sam Smith have voices I like nowadays.

I used to love Micheal Hutchence’s voice too. Tracks like Mystify or Never Tear us Apart.

Surprised it took so long for someone to mention David Draiman.

Other powerful voices (when they want to be):
Simon Neil
Eddie Vedder
Geoff Tate
Chris Cornell (RIP)