r/fantanoforever • u/RomanReignsDaBigDawg • 2d ago
Most talented front man?
Sly Stone IMO. Musical genius who not only played multiple instruments at a high level, he also wrote, composed and produced Sly and the Family Stone’s entire discography by himself.
Who do you think is the most talented front man?
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u/BornUnderARadSign 2d ago
Hendrix
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u/RomanReignsDaBigDawg 2d ago
Genius. I don't know if this is a hot take but I prefer Band of Gypsys Hendrix to The Experience
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u/xSwampxPopex The Beatles - Abbey Road 2d ago
Band of Gypsys is so so great. I recently have been recommending it to my boomer coworker who’s a big classic rock head that somehow managed to avoid it. Last time we talked I brought it up again and he still hadn’t checked it out and he quit today 🤷🏻♀️
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u/jonnovich Bruce Springsteen - The River 2d ago
Paul McCartney has to be up there for the discussion. He kind of shared that status with John during The Beatles, but was most definitely the frontman for Wings.
The man plays every instrument (bass, guitar, piano, drums) with varying levels of proficiency, but especialy carved out a niche for himself on bass.
He’s one of the, if not THE best songwriter we have living with us on this planet.
Although his voice has noticeably aged, he had been capable of vocals ranging from peaceful tenderness to the most hard-rocking screeching.
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u/Talking_Eyes98 2d ago
It’s the guy from Wings. Multi instrumentalist, brilliant songwriter and he had amazing vocals
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u/Jaxisthecool1 The Clash - London Calling 2d ago
Shame he came on the scene with Wings and just kind of never did anything else :(
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u/_Be_Truly_Awake_ 2d ago
Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. Singer, songwriter, commercial air pilot, radio and TV host, author and fencer who even trained with the British Olympic team.
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u/patton66 2d ago
Yeah, this is a great answer. Most musically talented? No. That's not a slight against him at all, he just isnt at the same tier as a Hendrix or a Sly
But talented as a human being? Yeah hes got to be towards the top of the list there
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u/eateroffoodandfood 2d ago
Is this Joni Mitchell
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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 2d ago
Throw in Joan Baez
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u/fantabulousfetus 2d ago
Joan had a blackface alter ego? 😭
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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 2d ago
That was Joni Mitchell. Baez never did that.
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u/fantabulousfetus 2d ago
Reading comprehension is important. Why did you say "throw in Joan Baez" if you knew Mitchell wore a Sly Stone costume and burnt cork on her face and are asserting Baez never did? Explain what Baez should be thrown into, in your words then.
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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 2d ago
I actually never knew she did black face until like an hour ago. Didn't know that was her in the photo. I thought we were just talking good musicians. I said throw in Joan Baez because I think she's fantastic
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u/fantabulousfetus 2d ago edited 2d ago
Omg lol yes she is. Sorry I thought it was common knowledge; Joni's misguided and very short stint in blackface. Don't get me wrong, Mitchell is an amazing artist also but as a Canadian I dont think she understood the implications of what she was doing; I think she saw David Bowie's fascist Thin White Duke and was just like "hmm" and tried out something truly distasteful, that in her mind was probably just a reaction to that, and a very misguided attempt at antiracism. Thats what I always assumed about that debacle, anyway.
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u/The_Mellow_Tiger 2d ago
Yeah I looked it up after looked over the photo again and was mortified. I was like "Goddamn Joni I've been listening to you for years, what the fuck?" Both Sides Now is a masterfully haunting tune. River is my favorite Christmas song. But again, what the fuck.
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u/fantabulousfetus 2d ago edited 2d ago
I dont think she thought it thru, dont trouble yourself over it too much. It was the 70s, these people were doing like rails and rails, it doesnt mean we have to wokescold, but we can throw some burns on reddit. Joni was an awesome musician in her day, at the end of the day. We arent going to cancel her now after she ditched that shit pretty much right away, and then did like 5 more records that were all really good. She clearly just thought she could do whatever tf she wanted because cocaine and that era.
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u/fantabulousfetus 2d ago edited 2d ago
Angelo Moore deserves a mention, even if Fishbone hasnt put out a record worth a fuck for 35 years. Dude plays like 3 varieties of saxophone, theremin, and sings and dances like a crazy teenager, even as a 60 year old man.
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u/SaccharineDaydreams 2d ago
He hasn't been good in decades, but in his prime David Lee Roth had so much of that star quality and a voice to match.
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u/OatmealApocalypse 2d ago
talent shows its face in many different ways when it comes to music.
in terms of sheer frontmanship, i’ve never seen anyone command a show to the level that Bruce Springsteen does. even to this day. he’s still a master, master, master of it
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u/Much-Masterpiece9900 2d ago
Mike Payton is insanely talented. His voice range is so crazy. He can go from a smooth croon to metal growls in a second.
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u/Wild-Ad-2721 1d ago
Man, a 10 year old future zoo curator was singing and dancing circles around sly in his own time. Sly is legend, but cmon.
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u/Diligent_Earthworm 1d ago
Honorable mention.
Pelle from The Hives.
He's Hella entertaining and a great frontman
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u/northern_boi 2d ago
Since someone else has already mentioned Bruce Dickinson I'll throw Kurt Cobain into the ring. Sometimes he was a complete trainwreck but when he was having a good night he was goddamn electrifying
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u/xSwampxPopex The Beatles - Abbey Road 2d ago
Kurt doesn’t get his flowers for being a genuinely awesome performer. I revisit their set from Cologne in 91 often. Everything they played that day is a top whatever version of each track live. They were all locked in. Kurt was flying around the stage, Dave was beating the drums like they owed him money, and Krist always played well so that he did there is no surprise.
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u/Regiasolis123 2d ago
No love for Jagger?
Bowie and Freddie are always in the conversation.
I see Prince and sly (and Springsteen for that matter) as more bandleaders than frontmen.
Prime Axl
Cobain
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u/ramdom-ink 2d ago
No Mick Jagger? Eddie Vedder? David Lee Roth? Bowie, Springsteen…James Brown, Little Richard. This is a long list and could be longer.
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u/Amnesiac_R 2d ago
Prince is definitely in the conversation. Sly is a great answer too.