Favorite Vocal Performances of All-Time!

[@nivlapid3501]

3. where eagles dare - Bruce Dickinson 2. stargazer - Ronnie James Dio 1. child in time - Ian Gillan

[@spoteach]

If there was as much love (for music) and respect (for each others opinions) between people as in this weekly Hudson Valley Square show, the world would be a much better place to live in. You made me listen, you made me cry and you made me smile again. Thanks again, all nine of you.

[@seaoftranquilityprog]

Thanks so much for the positive feedback!

[@rocioiribe5841]

i feel this comment on a deep level.

[@marcelob4132]

Ian Gillan - Child In Time - Robert Plant - Whole Lotta Love - Ronnie Dio - Stargazer

[@martymartin2894]

Great picks

[@MrEnsiferum77]

The truth.

[@marcelob4132]

I'm sure that 99.9% of the singers chosen by the Hudson Valley squares also dig these 3

[@brendankilroy9203]

3. Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road 2. Roger Daltrey - Love Reign O'er Me 1. Freddie Mercury - The Show Must Go On

[@briann7495]

all fantastic selections !

[@brendankilroy9203]

@@briann7495 Thanks man!

[@gregkennedy4648]

Love that Queen song, Who wants to live forever is another great Freddie performance

[@RodrigoAlves-bc8qq]

Being a Brazilian, I'd like to thank Nick Franco for praising MY VOCAL PERFORMANCE on Clansman. Jokes aside, thanks for the kind words. Your comment was much appreciated. You did get the spirit of what happened that night. You did good, Mr.! You did good!

[@Ihatecensorship1]

This comment made my whole year, brother, and its only January 6th.

[@j.j.4150]

3. Byron - Rain 2. Gillan - Child In Time 1. Dio - Stargazer

[@chrisrankinsmusiccrush9493]

Pete and HS Squares. This weekly show is hands down my favourite thing on television by a very long way. So good

[@chrisrankinsmusiccrush9493]

Nick I agree with you about Devin, his vocals on the tracks on the Steve Vai Sex and Religion album are some of my favs ever

[@chrisrankinsmusiccrush9493]

Yes, Sydney I agree with Dio and Heaven and Hell and Bowie Life On Mars and Pete yeah Child in Time flawless. One of my fav is Bruce on Brighter Than A Thousand Suns and Mikael Akerfeldt on Ghost of Perdition the way he goes from beautiful clean vocals to some of the best growls ever, and yeah Fear Factory one of my fav bands of all time so I’d go with Fear Factory Zero Signal especially with Burton finishing with those big operatic vocals

[@chrisrankinsmusiccrush9493]

My last one would be Dan Swanö, Nightingale -Nightfall Overture especially the re-recorded version

[@WarPigs413]

Nick has a beautiful, depressing, inspiring attitude. Love his takes on music

[@mahogany174]

Totally agree. I’ve listened to a few of his recommendations but they aren’t really to my taste. You can’t fault Nick’s devotion to his music though

[@chazblitz]

Sydney is now my honorary granddaughter for giving Phil Mogg and Love to Love some love. So young and so on the ball! You rock kiddo!!

[@sydneytaylor9677]

This comment put such a big smile on my face! I could never leave UFO out! One of the greatest bands of all-time. That version of "Love To Love" on 'Strangers In The Night' is one of the most beautiful performances ever recorded in the history of music. Thanks again - the kind words are much appreciated! 😊

[@jordanfarquharson5345]

Wait... Sydney knows UFO? Awesome!

[@chazblitz]

@@sydneytaylor9677 Even Lindsay would be proud of you!

[@dvg4104]

100%. I love that young lady's knowledge of and appreciation for the classic metal and hard rock! And great vocal choices, too.

[@benedictdonald4338]

“Flight of Icarus” is my favorite Bruce Dickinson vocal. A career highlight, to my ears.

[@johnslayne2785]

3. Myles Kennedy - Breathe Again 2. Robin Zander - The Flame 1. Freddie Mercury - Spread Your Wings Honorable Mention: Jeff Keith -What You Give

[@Morbidous]

King Diamond - Sleepless Nights always gives me the chills.

[@ilabelle1]

I'm gonna go for my fave female vocals of all time 1. Merry Clayton - Gimme Shelter (Rolling Stones) 2. Clare Torry - Great Gig in the Sky (Pink Floyd) 3. Summertime - Janis Joplin 4. Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush 5. Loving You - Minnie Ripperton It ain't metal but WTF? These performances still give me the willies.

[@christopherbull2512]

totally agree about great gig in the sky very good choice

[@timlaycock326]

Summertime still gives me chills

[@leafsfan1728]

Really like your first 3...excellent choices!!

[@michaelmorgan4408]

Ann Wilson blows everyone away on Mistral Wind, Dream of the Archer, Devil Delight, or Cookin With Fire. She ain't metal, but she Rocked better than most guys, IMHO. Not very many people would disagree with me 😂.

[@aidenswords5809]

@@michaelmorgan4408 shes metal compared to bands like U2 and the sex pistols

[@ezioauditore7427]

Iced Earth - A Question of Heaven (Alive in Athens) Iron Maiden - Halloweed Be Thy Name ( Beast Over Hammersmith) Judas Priest - The Sentinel ( Fuel for Life Tour)

[@geruto17760]

And I hope Martin's coming back. He's always coming up with interesting stuff.

[@yianniszcovers]

Listening to you guys talking about TDK tapes brought tears in my eyes. I would give anything to go back when music was true and appreciated because people spend their money actually buying it. The feeling of owning a vynil or cassette album is indescribable to today's youth. Even the feeling of a friend taping an album for you (on a tdk) was great.

[@stevegower1470]

Dude, my feelings exactly. I remember sitting on my bed with all kinds of record albums and soaking in so much good music. There is nothing like it!

[@thomasbeck2934]

AMEN!!!!

[@davoshaunessy7481]

An album that had lyrics and opened up was so special

[@tttarms1970]

The best was going to a real record store. Tshirts...pins...posters...necklaces. so much merchandise. Then you wander into a import section. I would spend weekends in there. Music was part of my budget on a weekly basis.

[@jake6887]

Skid Row: 18 and life Pavlov's Dog: Song Dance Kansas: Carry on my wayward son Angel: The Fortune Savatage: When the crowds are gone Judas Priest: Victim of chances Maria Callas: Madame Butterfly Steelheart: I'll never let you go Black Sabbath: Neon Knights Heart: Barracuda, Alone Donna Summer: MacArthur Park Journey: Escape Little Richard: Lucille Misha Calvin: Strangers, Ready or not David Coverdale: Last note of freedom HSAS: Missing you Queen: Don't stop me now Rough Cutt: Take Her Dokken: Lightning strikes again Metallica: Creeping death Hardline: Takin me down

[@joshualind437]

Jake Nice list! I particularly love the Savatage and Kansas picks!

[@kevinm5957]

Warrel Dane on Nevermore’s Dead Heart in a Dead World. The emotion and power is simply amazing.

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Saw them live.

[@abdulbasheer6551]

Veil of Disguise from Sanctuary and Beyond Within from Nevermore are 2 examples of Warrel's amazing vocals.

[@GordonHeaney]

His voice has a weird timbre that means you either love it or hate it. It's a fine line. His voice was unique....but not sure about the best vocalist of all time.

[@franktassielli7110]

how about any Michael sweet? amazing singer

[@kevinm5957]

@@GordonHeaney put me in the love it category, but I do much prefer the Nevermore Warrel over the Sanctuary Warrel.

[@delby66]

Two of my favourite vocal performances are Greg Lake singing Epitaph and Annie Haslam and Renaissance doing I Think of You.

[@seekah1]

You would have to be made of stone not to be moved by Epitaph, utterly stunning,...I also love the vocal from The Nightwatch and Islands (most underrated KC song ever).

[@purplesabbath]

Look so forward to Monday Nights...LOVE THIS!

[@alexandergilles8583]

- Layne Staley: Love, Hate, Love (off Facelift) - Steven Tyler: You see me Crying (off Toys in the Attic) - Mark Slaughter: Breakout (off All Systems Go by Vinnie Vincent Invasion) - Joe Lynn Turner: Rising Force (off Yngwie Malmsteen’s Odyssey album) -Karen Carpenter: Only Yesterday (I don’t know the album it’s off of tragically) - Robert Plant: All My Love (off In Through the Out Door) - Rob Hanford: Beyond the Realm of Death (off Stained Class) - Steve Perry: Wheel in the Sky (off Infinity) - Christine McVie: Warm Ways (off Fleetwood Mac) - Joey Tempest: Open Your Heart (off Wings of Tomorrow) - David Lee Roth: Little Dreamer (off Van Halen) - Jim Morrison: Love Street (off Waiting for the Sun) - David Coverdale: Sail Away (off Burn)

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

Rising Force is awesome

[@kiplambert64]

Toys in the Attic is just the Apex of an Aerosmith LP.. Not a bad track on the whole album.

[@alexandergilles8583]

@@kiplambert64 some people might say it’s a bit goofy, but I absolutely LOVE big ten inch record 🤣🤣

[@kiplambert64]

@@alexandergilles8583 That was actually a cover of a song by Bull Moose Jackson back in 1952..

[@kiplambert64]

@@alexandergilles8583 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iKjWkGqjgbmkoJo

[@747jono]

So good to hear music lovers like all you guys talking so much sense 👌.

[@MrVenom5150]

Ronnie on both Stargazer and Light in the black! Superb

[@ryanstucke7811]

I love this show

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Ian Gillan 'Born Again' - gets me everytime!!! - play it at my funeral please! 🤪

[@kyleturner1359]

Take Hold of the Flame! The live version from the Tokyo concert in '84...fucking ridiculous.

[@michaeltocker2817]

Another great show w/The HVS’s! For me , greatest vocal performance, it all comes back to Queen II. Every Freddie Mercury song on this record, but particularly “White Queen( as it began)” which gave me goosebumps back then and it still does to this day.Maybe it was just the period of time for me , but there was nothing like this back then and it certainly was a sign if things come. With the second, Queen had developed a unique sound and identity and just went for it on this great record. BTW Pete, you triggered a memory...One day I was listening to “ In The Court if the Crimson King” as a teen in the ‘70’s on our family record player in the living room.During “Epitaph “ my father walked in and asked me if I knew what an epitaph was. On the spot and embarrassed, I didn’t. I did look it up moments later.

[@michaelperkins9404]

Father to Son and White Queen have always been my two favourite Queen songs.

[@arbonne1805]

Singers are where I often go ouside my usual musical palette. 'Who knows where the time goes' sung by Sandy Denny (in Fairport Convention); 'Here comes the flood' by Peter Gabriel; 'The Wizard' - David Byron (Uriah Heep). Edit: Add Annie Haslam (Renaissance) for either 'Mother Russia' or 'Carpet of the Sun'.

[@jayfabe620]

The Exposure version of Here Comes the Flood gets me every time.

[@arbonne1805]

@@jayfabe620 Yes indeed, that's a hairs on the back of the neck one for sure.

[@scifiwriter98]

Totally agree on Sandy Denny. Judy Collins did a great cover but couldn't top it.

[@TheMafrand]

I was hoping someone would say Bob Dylan just to see Petes face 😁

[@pemberley6431]

Once again one of my weekly highlights watching the HVS.......keep it going, you bring so much pleasure...some great comments from Nick....

[@electricshock3266]

Finally - someone mentions Clutch on SOT! Go Martin. I so badly want to see Pete & Martin do a show on them.

[@seekah1]

Always investigating new sounds from the HVS, such a treat, thankyou!

[@Michael-Esparza]

Honorable Mention: Clare Torry - Great Gig In the Sky

[@yrlic]

37:00 Rocking in Rio ... great description of this event. Back in the early 60s, there was a soccer match where the entire crowd spontaneously sang She Loves You.

[@j.j.4150]

Hudson Valley + Martin X-Men First Class Meme: Perfection

[@martinfranco3716]

9 of the coolest people on earth. I feel as if you're all my friends. Thank you all for making my life way enjoyable 🤘🤘🤘

[@DSpeir-pi6tm]

Robert Plant & Sandy Deny - Battle of Evermore Ann Wilson - Love Alive Tommy Shaw - Come Again Jon Anderson & Chris Squire - To Be Over Peter Cetera - Feeling Stronger It's so hard to make a Top 3 I just through out some I've always loved .

[@jamesjezard4553]

Great show

[@GarethAlan81]

John Bush singing Inside Out with Anthrax. How he didn't blow his voice out singing that live every night is a miracle. John Bush is the man.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Yes, he is...and his Anthrax albums are killer good! Volume 8 is straight up masterful!!!

[@GarethAlan81]

@@anthonyrivers1619 Yeah, one of the most underrated albums of all time.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

Yessir...no one really talks about the Bush era albums...

[@GarethAlan81]

@@anthonyrivers1619 I do, all the time. 😄

[@anthonyrivers1619]

@@GarethAlan81 LOL...I mean damn, W.C.F.Y.A. is heavier than shit! I suppose it's like the Hagar VH era maybe...my older siblings were just not on board with that...not in to it

[@johnmichaelwilliams6694]

Another great show with particular thanks to Chris Alo for bringing the phrase 'fear boner' to my vocabulary and awe of Nick's discussion of his reasons for his choices. The passion of each of the Squares for the music they enjoy always shines through but Nick's discussion of oppression, freedom and music was particularly touching. Another great episode, folks so please accept thanks for the episode. My choices could change all the time but one way out in left field in Leon Russell on Stranger in A Strange Land from the album 'And The Shelter People'. It touches my deep south raising and sounds like a preacher and his choir singing it to all who will listen. And glad to hear Love Reign O'er My by The Who make the list somewhere. An epic song that never fails to move me. Already looking forward to next week. Thanks again.

[@robertheaney1685]

3) Bleed the Freak by Alice in Chains 2) Child in Time by Deep Purple 1) Crazy on You by Heart

[@ilovevinyl620]

1. Michael Kiske - Keeper of the Seven Keys 2. Geoff Tate - Eyes of a Stranger 3. Ronnie James Dio - The Last In Line

[@michaelperkins9404]

The Last in Line. That bit at the start where he goes from soft to ohhhhhhhh. Chilling.

[@IraSiegel]

Yes, Epitaph! One of my personal favorite songs of all time. Can never get tired of it. Great picks from everyone.

[@diannecarpenter7718]

I enjoyed listening to all of your picks!! Thank you. I will tune in next time. 🎼🎤🎸🎵🥁

[@kevinnelson3525]

Light my Fire- Jim Morrison Miracles- Marty Balin Rev on the red line-Lou Graham Honorable mentions : Slaves and Bulldozers-Chris Cornell March of the black queen- Freddie Mercury Rooster-Layne Staley

[@kevinnelson3525]

Oh yeah, gotta add Jeannie Hahn of Babe Ruth-Wells Fargo

[@zandig666]

Love the squares !!! Cheers 🍻 🤟🤟

[@gordanlazinica]

Although I'm not a big fan of this band, I think that Freddie Mercury vocal performances are one of the best in the history of rock music, maybe even in popular music in general. His vocals, studio or live are just astounding in terms of range, power. emotion, expression etc. Also, his ability to create amazing vocal harmonies, especially in 'Bohemian Rhapsody' back in 70s where there wasn't any digital trickery is just crazy. Tracks like 'Barcelona', 'Who Wants to Live Forever', 'Show Must Go On', 'We Are The Champions', I mean, these are all hymns in every single way. By the way, thanks for mentioning Devin Townsend, big inspiration.

[@dvg4104]

"Love Of My Life" on Queen's "Live Killers" album was a special performance to my ears.

[@thomassibley9475]

Stargazer-Dio Dreamer Deceiver- Halford Mistreated-David Coverdale (Live deep purple Cal Jam 1974) The Writ.- Ozzy Osbourne Child in time- Ian Gillan

[@damo0616]

FUCK YEAH! The squares are complete! Welcome Martin!

[@arnaudb.7669]

Epic show! 1- Peter Gabriel : anything from Genesis "The Lamb Lies Down On Broadway" 2- Peter Hammill : anything from VDGG "Pawn Hearts" 3- Jon Anderson : anything from "Olias Of Sunhillow"

[@erikchabek7659]

The Hudson Valley Squares has morphed into the Hudson Bunch...with Martin as the cousin Oliver of the group

[@brianhart5620]

Great show as always - l noticed Martin and Steve writing songs down so they can check them out later! I do that all the time on SoT shows!

[@randydubin7118]

"Painkiller" by Judas Priest has to rank up there as far as metal goes.

[@petervanbuskirk500]

Can't really go wrong with anything Judas Priest, "Stained Class" is up there for me.

[@davoshaunessy3428]

6 of my favs Miss misery - mccafferty Levee breaks - plant Babooska - Bush Something for nothing - Lee Strung out - perry Ac/dc - Connelly Priest Outshined - Cornell

[@mymemeplex]

Child in time - deep purple Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone - bill withers Strange fruit - Nina Simone Anything with Kiske or Tate

[@patrickcrowther9195]

Great shout with Bill Withers. One of my favourite singers. He never showboated for the sake of it and just kept things simple most of the time. He is much missed. Nina Simone could sing the phone book and make it sound amazing.

[@williamtallman9816]

Billie Holiday Strange Fruit

[@mymemeplex]

@@williamtallman9816 Both are chilling yes.

[@gwangi64]

Paul Rogers vocals on on Free's Wishing Well are amazing, so passionate and soulful. And Karen Carpenter gives a great performance on Superstar.

[@kevinnelson3525]

Right in -Superstar

[@entelikey1]

Nick, when I heard that Clansman live version (in my car 🚙) I felt exactly the same. One of the most amazing recordings I’ve ever heard. Thank you 🙏 for bringing it to light on this global channel. FREEDOM!!!

[@Ihatecensorship1]

Thank you for saying this! I've been getting beaten up in the comments for falsely representing the freedom levels in Brazil. Forgive me for growing up with political Sepultura videos in the early 90's lol....Cheers!

[@jasonkerest394]

Nice shout out to Emmanuelle, Chris Alo. I approve!

[@chrisalo2989]

Thanks Jason!

[@abdulbasheer8349]

Like Game of Thrones, this show gets me eagerly waiting for the next episode.

[@kiplambert64]

"What a Wonderful World " Louis Armstrong

[@briann7495]

for sure ... could always include that one - always

[@Githy1378]

Keeper of the Seven Keys - Kiski Stargazer - Dio Take hold of the flame/Queen of the Reich - Geoff Tate

[@kennycraig6769]

1. The Cure - Pictures Of You. 2. Led Zeppelin - Gallows Pole. 3. Free(from Free Live) - Mr Big.

[@sherryraisbeck9547]

Ditto on all your mentions here..a few of my fav live performances I love here on the 'tubes: The Band~The last waltz~Rick Danko ~It makes no difference/the night the drove ol Dixie down/Levon Helm The Cars~bye, bye love ~Ben Orr ~rock goes to college concert '79 Rush~closer to the heart/Geddy/Exit Elvis~Aloha from Hawaii~American trilogy/you gave me a mountain I loved this episode, happy to see Martin, I'm going to watch it again because I didn't have a paper and pen handy to jot down the ones I've never heard before......orange juice with the pulp for me:))

[@nicholasadams9881]

Awesome show again!! It's ended up being a Friday thing for me now as I can't watch without having a beer lol. Here are my top vocal performances, the Vocals have always been my instrument of choice so I'm going to try my best with this one, here goes... 1. Sweet and Simple - Journey: Steve Perry sounds amazing on this song and that high note?...WOW!! I remember hearing this song for the first time and trying to copy him...it was between this or Separate Ways which always shredded my throat after singing it Steve is THAT good!! 2. Finding My Way - Rush: The debut is ironically the first Rush album I heard...and when I heard that high pitch wail I freaked!! Wow I wanted to sound like this and at 13 years old, I bloody could!! 3. Child In Time - Deep Purple: My idol what can I say, like Steve and Geddy, I wanted to sound like him in every which way I could and this was high notes done in a way like I had never known. Like the other two songs I sang my heart out trying to sound like him and those screams!! I literally had to wait for an empty house to belt them out...I hope someone out there still gives this song some welly, Ronnie Romero does a great job but something was missing in my opinion. So there you have it, thank you so much again Pete and the gang for kicking of my weekend in style! :) Nick

[@kiplambert64]

Temples of Syrinx.. That just kinda defined ,and cemented Rush as my favorite band.. It was just so heavy,and just blew me away!!

[@HammerHed13]

Step into the Light- Masterplan...Incredible performance by Jorn Lande.

[@4themusicman]

Love Masterplan. Jorn Lande could sing the phonebook if we still had those.

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

I love this show so much! So hard to come up with three. Some not so obvious choices: Kamelot - Abandoned (Roy Khan’s performance is unbelievable) Ark - Missing You (my favorite Jorn Lande performance ever) Nevermore - This Godless Endeavor (RIP Warrel Dane, this is Nevermore’s finest hour, so much emotion and power in that voice)

[@4themusicman]

Completely agree. Khan's performance of Abandoned on One Cold Winter's Night sends chills down my spine. Plus, it's nice to see another Ark/Jorn Lande fan on here. Lande is power personified.

[@mikeryanmikeryan4740]

Totally agree with you on Abandoned. Roy Khan's singing on that has so much emotion and feeling.

[@nelsonshuchmacherendebo7688]

@@4themusicman right on, brother. That second Ark record is one of the best ever imho. Flawless. Every track is a stunner, Jorn was at his peak I think. Too bad they didn't stay together!

[@dtltmtgt]

Hearing Fear Factory the first time in the mid 90s...blew me away!

[@stavpa73]

I'm gonna go for three of my favorite metal vocals 1. Lost Reflection (or Transcendence ) - Midnight 2. When the Crowds Are Gone - Jon Oliva 3 . Halloween - Michael Kiske

[@gladd5407]

The almighty CLUTCH!!!!! My favorite rock band in the land... great mention Martin!

[@tomfisher2103]

Glenn Hughes when he was in Trapeze - Medusa, so many through out his career

[@metalslather]

Hughes definitely needs to be represented here (I think Sydney did)

[@jameshunter7303]

Speaking of Heart, what about their version of Stairway to Heaven they did to honour Led Zep at the Kennedy Centre. Immense performance.

[@ukrocksounds3419]

Awesome performance Ann wilson, band, and choir absolute killer.

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

just go on KZbin and put in heart led Zeppelin covers be amazed even into 2019..

[@metalslather]

Thanx for the reminder. Brought tears to my eyes.

[@jordanfarquharson5345]

The 2004 reissue of Little Queen has a cover of Stairway from Heart's club days in the '70s.

[@mohammed.alfarsi.454]

The clansman rock in rio is EPIC 🔥 🔥 🤘🏻

[@kevindudley9617]

Awesome video as always. I like these much longer form videos actually. Hopefully Martin is able to contribute regularly to this series as well. Chris still has the best stories!

[@chrisalo2989]

thanks Kevin!

[@andrewficco9734]

1. 1979 - The Smashing Pumpkins 2. Dangerous Tonight - Alice Cooper 3. Mama - Genesis

[@domazz63]

1 WAR CRY by OutWorld . Carlos Zema screams of battle thrash 2 She's Gone live STEELDRAGON .Mike's got this one. 3 'Cortez' sounds great on the 'Firmament' 4 the band 'Sanctuary '

[@domazz63]

'Steelheart*

[@martinduner1844]

Roger Daltrey - The scream in "Won't Get Fooled Again".

[@realCaptainSanta]

Greatest scream ever.

[@stevegower1470]

Love it!

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Great call with the Praying mantis tune. Good album also. Cheers Ryan

[@stuarthecht8196]

Meat Loaf "Bat Out of Hell," Queen "Bohemian Rhapsody," Styx "Come Sail Away," Boston "More Than A Feeling" (I know it was their commercial hit, but that voice!), Genesis "Afterglow," Renaissance "Scheherazade," Emerson, Lake and Palmer "Take A Pebble," the Doors "Moonlight Drive," Jethro Tull "Songs from the Wood" and "Minstrel in the Gallery," Van Halen "Runnin' With the Devil," Yes "Close to the Edge," Led Zeppelin "Black Dog" and "That's the Way."

[@andrewdunn49ers]

Great episode!!! This took me hours to watch because I’d check out all the picks in between! 👍

[@earljoy3972]

Floor Jansen-Ghost Love Score, David Byron-July Morning, Colin Blunstone-Time of the Season

[@MrVenom5150]

Another awesome show from the HVS! Glad Martin mentioned Clutch. Lyricist extraordinaire indeed.

[@captainbeyond7469]

1- Ian Gillan- Child in Time 2- Ronnie James Dio- Stargazer 3- Fred Turner (BTO)- Not Fragile

[@hellojimmypage]

I'm surprised you're not picking anything from Captain Beyond. Evans and Daffern had brilliant voices.

[@captainbeyond7469]

@@hellojimmypage Definitely would make my top ten. Love both those voices.

[@MetalAsylumNJ]

Great sell Nick and choice for the Maiden

[@TheGenreman]

Thank you to Nick for mentioning the coffin ships song, fuck me that was powerful stuff. Being of Irish heritage I know all about the famine, the town in Co Cork Ireland where my dad comes from was one of the worst places to suffer during the famine.

[@tomforgetta]

To Nick: The Clansman EPIC! Well done! One of my favs for sure..

[@briandunlap8534]

Damn. Butch got me in tears with that story

[@butchjones3497]

💚

[@robertadams8094]

I also saw Angel in concert in 1978 . It was in Cleveland with The Baby's and Godz .

[@independenceltd.]

The Godz are Rock n' Roll Machines!

[@ilj1259]

3) Whole Lotta Love - Robert Plant 2) More Than A Feeling - Brad Delp 1) Child In Time - Ian Gillan

[@lonestar6709]

Queen: _The Show Must Go On._ Heart: _Alone._ Jeff Buckley: _So Real._ Those three vocal performances can move fully grown men to tears.

[@kf877]

David Wayne of Metal Church Gods of Wrath is another great one.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

YES INDEED! MR. WAYNE RULES! R.I.P.

[@anthonyrivers1619]

The Dark (title track) ain't too shabby!

[@jimg6570]

Great choices, and many brought back great memories! My adds: -James Dewar, Long Misty Days (Robin Trower) -Robert Plant, Immigrant Song (the opening screams are an instrument all their own) -Steve Perry, Open Arms -Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody

[@mistymangham4410]

I may get slammed but Robert Plant Sea of Love (Honey Drippers). For some reason I love the 50's kind of tone he does.

[@stevegower1470]

I know I'm super late to the game but here's my list: 1. Paul Stanley: Take Me Away (Together As One)/1978 solo album 2. Bruce Dickinson: Revelations/Piece Of Mind 3. Geddy Lee: Anthem/Fly By Night I don't think Paul Stanley ever topped his performance on that particular song. I love the lyrics to Revelations and the fact that Bruce wrote them. It feels like you can feel the sorrow in his voice so deeply when he sings, 'and the seed was sewn in a holy place, and I watched and I waited for the dawn.' Geddy sounds so self assured on 'Anthem'. These three songs were the first to come to my mind of the many vocal performances that I enjoy.

[@blackeddy65]

Great show again guys and girls! Almost every singer was mentioned in the end. One honorable mention: I have always loved all the vocal harmonies by Stryper.

[@bananenmus_tv1483]

3. The Prophet's Song by Queen 2. More Than A Feeling by Boston 1. Faithfully by Journey Honorable Mentions: Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen), Angel Of Death (Slayer), Take These Chains (Judas Priest), ...

[@truckerkevthepaidtourist]

good show nice to see the guest square..✌️🎸🎶

[@iluvpepi]

Jeff Lynne’s vocals on “El Dorado” captured my heart.

[@geruto17760]

So much fun and entertaining. :-) THIN LIZZY... YEAH!!!! Nick's picks and stories were really thoughtful! THANKS!

[@Danimal77]

Ozzy sounded his best imo on Megalomania from Sabotage.

[@abdulbasheer8349]

Best vocals of all his Sabbath albums. My song choice for best is The Writ.

[@j.j.4150]

Sabotage is my favorite Sabbath Record and Ozzy sounds absolutely beastly on essentially the whole Album.

[@WeaponX-mk6lo]

Does anyone else agree that the kid from Greta van fleet sounds more like Ozzy on that album when he does his screams then he does Robert plant

[@careytamburrino746]

Another great one guys!!! Ryan thank you for the My War Rollins !!! I saw BF in 86 in Long Beach Ca. And saw Rollins Band in No. Cal. I'm a huge fan! My 3 I'm going with 3- AC/DC Bon Scott Night Prowler 2- Skynyrd Ronnie Van Zant Anything just pick and 1 my fave singer ever Gregg Allman Allman Bros. Whippin Post and from the live Beacon album Desmodona!