My vote is for Tom Petty's Refugee...gives me chills.
2007-10-31 08:48:29 · 39 answers · asked by Isis 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Rock and Pop
sarah c: I answered your most beautiful rock song question and told you what I did...yep, I accidentally deleted it :-S
2007-10-31 09:18:39 · update #1
I've always had a thing for that scream Jake Burns in Stiff Little Fingers does. Very grating. I guess a good example would be in "Wasted Life". Although it's not totally a scream, it's definately not conventional singing.
One that always gets me is the Iggy-scream in the begining of "T.V. Eye". "LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORD!"
Johnny Rotten lets out some righteous screams in the Pistols's cover of "No Fun" that can curdle your blood.
I've always really loved the screaming that leads the Eater song "No Brains" during its descent into chaos.
"Yooooou, ain't gooot, no Brains!
Ya got no brains,
Nooooooo, braaaaaaaains,
Noooaaahhhhhhhhhhh!
YAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHH!
NOOOOOOOOO!"
Utterly sublime.
But my favorite today is on "Psycho" by the Sonics. At the end he really goes wild on it.
"Woooooooooooooooooooooow! Psycho!
Wooooooooow psycho! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW!"
Kind of an exagerated Little Richard type yell, except, well exagerated and a little more raving madman instead of black soul. But it does still have soul.
2007-10-31 09:39:18 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Isis - what a great question!!! I've had discussions for YEARS about the best R&R scream. Without going to the vault or anything, the ones (or artists) that come to mind:
Mitch Ryder - "Rock n' Roll"/"Devil with a Blue Dress On"
Joe Cocker - live "Help From My Friends"
Roger Daltrey - "Won't Get Fooled Again"
Country Joe MacDonald - live "Your Love Is Like a Rainbow"
Darn! Running into brain lock right now! I'll edit if I think of more.
2007-10-31 09:07:02 · answer #2 · answered by the buffster 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Devin Townsend of Strapping Young Lad and The Devin Townsend Band can scream better than anyone...check these songs for great scccrrreeeeams!
Bring On The Young
Storm
Planet Rain
Nobodies Here
2007-10-31 09:45:03 · answer #3 · answered by Next evolutionary step... 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
For me it has to be Ian Gillan at the start of Deep Purple's "Highway Star" on "Machine Head". To be honest, it's more because of the fact that it makes me laugh as opposed to being a favourite song or anything...What with the subject matter( boy racer crap), and the mental image of Ritchie Blackmore mincing around the stage and taking himself far too seriously, i sometimes forget that I really like the album in general....the best song Spinal Tap never wrote
2007-10-31 09:55:32 · answer #4 · answered by mcandy74 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Riboflavin - 45 Grave
Dinah Cancer
The Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Bruce Dickinson
Painkiller - Judas Priest
Rob Halford
Spun - Babes in Toyland
Kat Bjelland
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2007-10-31 09:25:05 · answer #5 · answered by Cinny [1334♀] 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Won't Get Fooled Again ~ The Who
Don't know if this counts as a 'scream' :~
Immigrant Song ~ Led Zeppelin
np:~ Budapest ~ Ian Anderson & Neue Philhamonie Frankfurt
It was such a great idea jmike, that I had to 'borrow' it!
Blue Letter is a great track :)
2007-10-31 08:55:27 · answer #6 · answered by Lady Silver Rose * Wolf 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Goats on a Boat by The Devil Wears Prada or The Truth of a Liar by August Burns Red.
xxx MR
2007-10-31 09:08:19 · answer #7 · answered by jinxster12 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Haha... the first thign that came to my head was Roger Water's screams in Careful With That Axe Eugene, kinda creepy :0)
But I'll have to agree with Joe D and say Ian's scream in Child In Time.
*edit... Isis, did you delete you answer for my perfect song question? Your answer's not there anymore.....
2007-10-31 09:04:47 · answer #8 · answered by meep meep 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My favorite scream in a rock song would have to be Entombment of a Machine by Job For A Cowboy
2007-10-31 09:00:13 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Careful With That Axe Eugene - Pink FLoyd
That is one crazy furcking song it, what it does to your head it head to explain!
Here, this is form Pompeii
http://youtube.com/watch?v=rzUUkBrPkiU
Oh and When The Music's Over - Jim Morrison's scream at the beginning is such a great burst into a song!!
2007-10-31 12:26:25 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋