^^^^ Must agree, as far as best performances ever, Freddie fairly nailed it at Live Aid
But as far as longevity goes with the rock/pop crowd, I still reckon Bowie has got it laid down when it comes to coolness
In my opinion it would have to be Chris Isaac.
I once saw him on 'The Panel' TV show, years ago and they were teasing him about his side burns. Cool as a cucumber he just replies, to the audience, "can any woman here, who does NOT want to sleep with me, please stand up?" They panned across the audience to not a hand raised and he just replied to the guys teasing him, "sorry, what where you saying?"
That was pretty cool.
For Singers you can't go past Robert Plant.
For Guitarists its a toss up between Jimmy Page, Keef or Slash.
For Bass Players Tony Levin
For Drummers I'd have to say Tommy Lee or Bill Ward (who else could get away with wearing red women's tights on an album cover!)
Nobody ever thought keyboard players were cool!
This bloke wasn't bad...
& he could play alright too ..(what note doesn't he hit)
Hard to go past Hendrix - especially the Rainbow Bridge photographs
And for those into Jazz, you can't go past Wes Montgomery
Select to expand quoteunclethirsty said..
This bloke wasn't bad... & he could play alright too ..(what note doesn't he hit)
Don't forget this little known recording.
Select to expand quoteactiomax said..
Well I reckon frank zappa was pretty cool
Plus one on FZ !!!!
Another act that's comes to mind is "Prince" !
if you are including people who aren't dead then Isaiah Mitchell from earthless is up there with Hendrix.
for guitarists in general marc ribot kicks everyones arse.
among those who still with us IMO Huey Morgan from "fun loving criminals" He is cool and funny.
I use his line "I lived in Peru with the mountain people" for pickup.
Steven Tyler - Areosmith ?
Saw them in Melbourne last year, and for a bloke in his 60's he had the crowd going off. It was a great concert and we were glad we made the trip over.
John Cougar Mellencamp also had a certain swagger... saw him many years ago at the old Perth Entertainment Centre and he blew the lid off the place, must have done a six song encore - 4 after the house lights went on, he was just in the zone and enjoying himself so much.
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Hard to go past Bowie/Ziggy
Freddy was cool if a bit freaky
Agreed, he did have a certain panache', beyond boundaries, but still cool.
Love the bass line!
i wonder if Freddie and Billy Ocean had a legal tussle over those couple of opening bars?
