Anonymous
Post 07/14/2025 13:19     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Billy Joel


Yep.

Saw him when he was married to Christie Brinkley during the Innocent Man tour.

Saw him several times since, including Piano Men with Elton John where he blew Elton away by a mile.

I saw him pack a 100,000 seat stadium to standing room only 2 years ago. At 74 years old, Billy Joel brought down the house and gave just as strong a performance as he did when I first saw him in the 1980s.

The man has a gift that few musicians can claim.


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Not Poster but I saw Billy Joel in Concert in 1977 Was literally his second large concert. What is amazing is on his second concert it was sold out and they filmed it. See link below. He was 28 year's old and already the headline act playing original music that he wrote himself. My brother and I too young to drive so we bought out of our part time job money three tickets and convinced our Mom to drive us to show which she did and she came in and saw show. First and only rock concert she ever went to. Watch the video. He is performing back in 1977 with zero special effects, auto tuning nonsense of today.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKnVopmm2Q4&t=3150s
Anonymous
Post 07/14/2025 13:07     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
The Lead Singer of Panic at the Disco.

BTW I saw MeatLoaf in Concert way back around 1990s and he was amazing.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 21:16     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Billy Joel


Yep.

Saw him when he was married to Christie Brinkley during the Innocent Man tour.

Saw him several times since, including Piano Men with Elton John where he blew Elton away by a mile.

I saw him pack a 100,000 seat stadium to standing room only 2 years ago. At 74 years old, Billy Joel brought down the house and gave just as strong a performance as he did when I first saw him in the 1980s.

The man has a gift that few musicians can claim.


Tell us you’re a cheese ball from Long Island without telling us you’re a cheese ball from Long Island
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 21:15     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Stevie Wonder. Seriously the live performance is just stunning - his voice and the complexities of his music make for an incredible concert.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 20:47     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Anonymous wrote:Billy Joel


I’ll add prince, MJ, and Madonna
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 11:39     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
To OP’s Hendrix, wouldn’t Jim Morrison + Joplin also apply?
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 10:35     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Anonymous wrote:Not musicians but *performers*

I'd nominate Mick Jagger, Prince, Tina Turner, Taylor Swift (even though I find her music treacly), Britney Spears in her prime, and maybe Jimi Hendrix.


Thread has gotten away from OP’s premise a bit, to bring it back I will suggest Anthony Kiedis, who is definitely not the best singer but an amazing frontman.
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 09:24     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
I'll toss out Kristin Chenoweth at the height of her career. Watch her "Glitter and Be Gay", she threads this very specific needle of delivering this insanely difficult piece of music with acting and hamming it up.

https://youtu.be/EdC652e9dpE?si=uSLheEmjcBDzFbhV
Anonymous
Post 07/13/2025 09:22     Subject: Who are the best musical performers of all time
Guy Manoukian