Badlands Media - The Audio Files Ep. 35: Top 5 (Male) Singers

Episode Date: March 8, 2026

Hosted by Brad Zerbo and Jaytriot, this episode of The Audio Files takes on the impossible task of ranking their top five male vocalists of all time. Blending personal favorites with undeniable talent and influence, Brad and Jay move across decades and genres to spotlight the voices that shaped their musical worlds. Brad kicks things off with Sublime’s Bradley Nowell before diving into heavy metal legends like Judas Priest’s Rob Halford and Guns N’ Roses frontman Axl Rose. Jay counters with icons such as Elvis Presley, Iron Maiden’s Bruce Dickinson, and the timeless swagger of Frank Sinatra. Along the way, the hosts explore the unique vocal power of Ronnie James Dio, the unmatched showmanship of Freddie Mercury, and the emotional pull behind some of rock and metal’s most unforgettable performances. From reggae-punk fusion to arena metal, classic rock to swing-era crooners, the conversation celebrates vocal range, stage presence, and the singers who defined entire generations of music.

of the badlands explain those badlands that's a hell of a name all right welcome everybody to j and my top favorite top five favorite vocalists and kind of favorite slash talented vocalist yeah we decided we we really did define it when we said we were going to do this show we were kind of planted for it and when i was thinking about i'm like well there's people i know are the best singers per se but there's not necessarily like they're not always the people I like so kind of did a combination I took out of the singers I like I narrowed it down to five that I think are very talented and influential so um so that was your that was your number five there Brad so that's my number five yeah Bradley Noel of sublime uh I I think he is I think he gets overlooked a lot if you can hear

just the melody and the smoothness of his voice from that song alone, I think just shows his talent. But then also just as a musical producer and, again, Sublime had a lot of elements that as a listener, you kind of just listen to and you just don't think about. But as a musician, someone who knows musical production, there was a lot that went to with the, very innovative with the sampling, which was, wasn't really ever done in rock before that. And then the stylistic choices that he would kind of, he would almost sample styles that he would throw in the middle of his songs.

Very unique. Again, that's a band that I would love to really dive into one of these days of Sublime because it's one that really captained me for a long time. But yeah, I think Bradley Noll is that he's my number five. Yeah. So, yeah, I remember when Sublime was, you know, playing around, locally here in Long Beach, California, where they're from. And I always, like that was in that, you know, sort of mid-90s when there's a lot of bands

that were incorporating a lot of the ska and reggae elements. And I don't know if anybody did it better than Sublime. I think some people might argue, no doubt. But I think Sublime was really in a league of their own as far as that goes. And Bradley, you're right, a very underrated singer to, you know, just capture that sort of chill vibe of reggae, yet they still could rock. Some of their songs, we could really crank up

the punk elements, and I always bug that combination. It's a very, very cool band. And a surprise choice. Brad and I did not tell each other ahead of time, what we were picking or in what order at least. So that was a nice surprise to see that. My

number five is somebody I think you guys have all heard of, and that would be Elvis Presley. And the reason he's only number five on my list and not higher is because it was a little before my time, although I do remember the fat Elvis singing in Vegas and all. But that was a little different than the version we're going to see. He was a little, you know, past his prime at that point, but still, you know, still giving it as all, but just strung out on drugs and everything else and painkillers and not really at his peak. But the song I picked is just a medley from 1968 NBC special he did where it was basically his comeback show that was televised and really brought him back to performing again.

Because for about a decade, he had been in 1958, he got drafted and he was in Germany for a while in the service. And when he came back, Colonel Don Parker kind of got him involved with doing mostly movies. Those campy, you know, Hollywood movies that were a little cheap. Yeah, you've seen a lot of the blue Hawaii, all that stuff. Yeah, so I think he did like 31 movies during that period. So he was prolific in Hollywood at that point. But people forgot, like, what a great performer he was. So this was his big comeback in 1968 and brought him back on the map of music just as a pure performer.

And he's wearing that iconic, you know, Elvis black leather suit. And he's still in great shape. and with the big pompadour and looking cool. So this is a medley of three songs you all will know. And from 1968. Yeah, yeah. Oh, please, don't ask me what's on my mind. I'm a little mixed up and what I feel fine.

When I'm near the girl, the hour's over. My heartbe's always scared to me to death of me. Touching my hand. No, what a chill I've got. A lips are like the bar. You know, that's hot. I'm proud to say, she my, when I come around a little. Ah, I'm all you come.

Oh, yeah. That's awesome, dude. You know, he has such fun. it's just such live energy man yeah i can only imagine what it was like to see him especially in in 1954 you know like this is like unheard of this kind of music and not just the music but his performance and i know i mean he was the first uh first uh rocket roll guy to really freak out all the parents which which i have an appreciation for so the controversy was was great but uh yeah i mean he made teenagers go wild and how much

Would you pay to have a pompadour like that, man? That hair was amazing. Let's not talk about how much I'd pay for a full head of hair. Shocking on it. Oh, man. But yeah, it's a shame he didn't live longer and you didn't, you know, I don't know, just have better people around him to guide him. It's kind of a sad, tragic story how his life had ended.

But he left us with some great. music and some great performances like that. Well, as one of the singers on this list would say only the good die young. And you guys don't know what you think you know what vocalists I'm talking about, but you do not.

Although that's not a lead in to my next pick. But I thought it was. I can always guarantee you it's one of Jay's picks. It's definitely is. Yeah. Okay. I was like, oh, we picked the same the same ones. That's the only one that you had quasi mentioned you were going to pick. So I purposely didn't put it on the list.

Okay. It would have doubled up otherwise. I was wondering if there was any others that we would have doubled up on or, you know, possibly. But I'm sure there's so many to choose from. We'll see because that's the only one I knew. So that one I hadn't put. And by the way, we did separate male and female. So we're doing male today.

We'll do another show with our top five female. But this is just strictly the dudes. Yeah, yeah, sausage party here today. Yeah. And my next, my next singer, my number two is often widely considered with who we're kind of alluding to without saying. And that is Rob Halford of Jews Priest. To me, Halford is just larger than life.

There are so many songs where I was like, which one do I pick? Because his range is incredible. I think talent-wise, he might be my most absolute talented singer on this list. And I picked the song Exciter off of Stain Class, one, because it's just, to me, it's like one of the Seminole Priest albums. I feel like it was, to me, it's the whole bow on 70s priest. And then 80s priest, they go into just more commercialized, sing. I always have priests in three different categories. Right.

In the 90s like groove metal, kind of almost stoner metal, but then like hints of crazy metal. Then there's the 80s almost commercialized, but then also crazy. And then there's 90s where they just went like balls to the wall. Yeah. That's a pretty good way to group it. And you're right. Stain class, that album really does put a neat bow on the 70s version of Judas Priest. And I'm glad you picked this one of my favorites.

It's one of the best. And it's just, listen to the different styles, everyone. You know, they're straight up metal vocals. And there's even parts where it's almost, feel like you're at a musical. Like, they will say it. It's all over the place. And it's why I love it. So here you guys.

Jews, priests, it's exciting. Dude, that last note. Oh, my God. Say, dude. I think only dogs can hear that. That's so high. It's inhuman. for sure.

He's the range, man, all over the place. And the stylistic choices all over the place, but they mesh so well. And I think you just found something right while that was going on. Yeah, we were talking backstage while this song was playing. I said, man, this is kind of like a little precursor to thrash metal. And then I looked it up on Wikipedia and KK. Downing, the guitar player kind of confirmed that this was sort of a lot of bands will credit this as a precursor to what they called speed metal back in the day before the term thrash metal. existed. Another thing I found about this song, too, that I had forgotten about is in 1990, there was like a civil lawsuit against Judas Priest because of what they were calling backward

masking. Do you remember that at all? Yeah, same album, but it would be up behind the realms of death, right? Right, where you play the record backwards and there's supposed to be some hidden satanic message and that gets into kids subconscious and makes them do horrible things. So in trial, Rob Halford played the song, excited her backwards. And there's a part of it where it appears to contain the phrase. I asked her for a peppermint.

I asked her to get one. And so that was like Rob Alpert's way of saying, look, the human brain can like make phrases out of any kind of sounds that, oh, that sounds like he's saying this, right? So that kind of helped their case to say that he's just a nonsensical

phrase like buried somewhere in the song. Like it's totally non-intentional. So. Yeah, it's supposed to be, The claim was that we believe it was beyond the realms of death, right? I think it is. I think it is. He says, get the gun, shoot, shoot, shoot.

Right, right. Like killed someone or something. Kill himself. It was so stupid. I mean, they said stairway to heaven had something on it for, you know, like hell shooting or something like that. And it's just, I remember trying it as a kid. Well, let's see, you know, see if it really doesn't. and yeah your brain can fill in the blanks but it's pretty it's pretty you know it's a stretch i mean i don't

doubt that people do that here and there but it probably probably logical to feel that most of the things that you would find are not on purpose and and how does how would the brain like take a record that's being played forward and somehow pick up a message that you can only hear if it's played backwards because nobody's like playing these records backwards. Like, we were doing that. Yeah, you're not, right?

We weren't doing that until they, like, made a big deal out of it. Then we were just, like, spinning the record backwards and ruin and the needle and all that. Oh, he was good. Yeah, yeah, exactly. Exactly. But anyways, yeah, it's pretty clever defense, though, that Rob Alford did. That was great.

That is great. Yeah, that is very smart. Not only is he a great singer, but he's much like, like our own very own, Ash in America who joined us recently and defending himself with a really great legal strategy. So pretty cool. Okay. So that kind of leads into my number four, which, you know, isn't a big stretch from that one. It kind of segues in nicely.

And my number four, and don't worry, we're not just playing metal. I played Elvis all right. We're going to play other things. But my number four is Ronnie James Dio. And I love it. It probably could have been a lot higher. It's so hard to put these in any kind of order. But Ronnie is quite revered, you know.

Yeah, they did stood about five foot three wearing boots, you know, and yet he could absolutely belt it out, like one of the most powerful voices, which you'll see in this pick. I picked this live version of this song. The studio version is incredible, but like. Yeah, and if you guys know the studio version, just watch the live version and just how not much different

it is, you know, and for a singer to be able to be doing a whole concert right in the middle of it, belt this song out, the way he belts it out in this performance is pretty amazing. So I picked the song Last in Line. This is from a Lost in Line album, 1984. And one of the things I liked about Ronnie James D.O.2 is if you asked just about anybody in the music industry, they said he was hands down the nicest, most generous human day to ever met. That's cool. And just really, really, against his whole image of like this sorcerer or something you know but and the other thing he gets a bad rap for is the devil horn sing and that was his italian grandma he's italian and we've talked about this i think on the show yeah it's the saying specifically it's brilliant this is wards off evil and that's all it was was to ward off

evil he got it from his italian grandma and everybody else ran with it and said it's some sort of satanic symbol it's just the opposite so um so yeah take a listen this is uh it's the malochia the which means eye in Italian and it's supposed to be you to hear him say it and this is a real thing in Italian in Malokia. You can either give the evil eye or you can ward off from the

evil eye and you can protect from it. That's why there's even some Italians will have like that like I used to have a reddit of it. Yeah. As a metal head I was like I just thought it was cool for that. But that's what he said came and he said when he first joined Black Sabbath as well he did

it because Ozzy was always doing the peace sign. Yeah. And he said he was like, but Black Sabbath is so, you know, P is so not like not peace, love and hippie, like, so it didn't work. So it's a ward off the evil. Yeah. Yeah. And remember the story we told a while back on one of our shows.

We were talking about Tony Iommi and how somebody had put a curse on the band because they wanted them to, they wanted Black Sabbath to play at Stonehenge for some satanic ritual. And Iommi just said absolutely not. But then this Church of Satan, like said, they were putting a curse on the band. So, like, Iommi's dad, like, made them because he had a machine shopping, a metalworking shop. And he made them these big, big crosses, big iron crosses, you know. And Wyoming always wore that.

People thought it was, he was wearing it ironically. But no, they were actually all very much trying to ward off whatever evil curse that this, you know, what's what's called Satanic? group had put on them so not ironic at all after forever if you think they're satanic yeah exactly exactly so so this is uh yeah so let's go ahead and play uh ryan james dio with his solo band dio doing the last in line yeah what do you think amazing it's uh you know i could see nailing a vocal performance like that after maybe like 20 takes in the studio but just to like effortlessly belt these things out I'm always impressed with singers like Theo and. Yeah.

Their breathing technique must be just second nature. I don't know how they do it. But, you know, a little five foot three dude belting it out like that. Man, that gives people like me, you know, there's there's something be said for short people. I like it. You know what? I like yourself.

And I love how we were like, hey, this just means the Molokia. And then in the middle of that song, he was like, they'll know if you're evil or divine and you can see like the demon stack you well yeah he might have played up that actually that song is that song is actually about resilience and and if you watch like the actual video for the for the studio version of the album you know this very typical theme a teenage kid it's like thrown into like some pit of hell you know and he like fights his way out and overcomes you know evil so uh yeah and it and and Dio and his lyrics, he always dealt with dichotomies, you know, it's always the throw

before the toss and the, you know, the yin and the yang, you know, so that was always a theme. That in rainbows and wheels, he's always got these themes in his songs and his, his lyrics are really interesting to really dive into. One of his former bands was Rainbow, great band. Yep. I'd say Rainbow Rising was one of my favorite albums ever for the longest time, but yeah. Yeah, Rainbow in the Dark. was one of his biggest solo hits.

And he said it was always in reference. He always liked to throw Rainbow references into his songs because of his time with Rainbow and Ritchie Blackmore. That's cool. Yeah. Yeah. That's awesome. Oh. So my number three song is one that.

I think we could all agree that Freddie Mercury, right? Yes. And this is a cool video this person put together. I want to see if I could find. I thought maybe I still had the tap the tab open. Because someone put it to a live audience. The song is The Show Must Go On, which was recorded right for his death in 1990. and they hadn't done, I think their last live performance was in 86.

But they linked it up so good to a live show that it really does look like he's singing the show must go on. So I was like, this is such a cool version. Oh, very nice. Yeah. Check this out. And Freddie Mercury was also one that I considered for my list. And I had you pegged for having him in your top five. So I figured Brad will have me covered on this one.

So we both forwarded over. lap already. Yeah, and Halford as well. I mean, that I was like certain of and Freddie Mercury, I was thinking, I'm like, gosh, I hope he puts it in there because it would be a horrible omission if we didn't. Yes. Yeah, you have to have

you have Freddie Mercury in here. Yeah. This is, the show must go on. These places, what are abandoned places. I guess we know. Behind the crowd. You're not set it up like that.

I would have never known that he wasn't singing that right there. Yeah, I didn't know either. I was just reading the things. Because it's when I first put it on, I was like, this sounds like the studio version. So I started reading the box. And yeah, I was cool. And I always felt like that was such a powerful song. I really love that song.

Yeah, yeah. And it's, you know, not one that you hear that often. So it's kind of cool to play a little deeper track. And, you know, Freddie Mercury, obviously, too. We could do a whole show on like the best frontmen of all time, you know, in terms of just entertainment and not necessarily the greatest singer. And he had it all. He was a front man, top five front man and top five singer, I would say. Yeah.

Yeah. You're right. Usually it's one or the other. Yeah. Yeah. He had that rare combination. So in my number three had one of those voices that probably. I think it might be the greatest voice in rock and roll of all time in terms of just pure, just a pure voice.

I mean, Dio could hit those high notes with all that rass, but this is just a clean voice. And that's Steve Perry from Journey. Oh, I love it, yes. Yeah, yeah. So that's my number three. And this song I picked to just kind of demonstrate, like, his vocal prowess. And it's also a little sentimental to me because this was from the Escape album, which was in And this was the second concert I ever went to is seeing a journey at the Rose Bowl.

They were on top of the world at that time. This was a monster album. And this was the ballad from it that was written by Jonathan Kane, their keyboard player. And it almost didn't make it on the album. But it thankfully did because it ended up being their biggest hit at the time until Don't Stop Believing, kind of surpassed it. But this is open arms. And this is a live version from the two. where I saw them on, but I think it might be from Houston, whereas I saw them at the Rose Bowl,

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five five octaves I think he is He might be in the Guinness Book of World Records I think it's It's very unique To span that much vocal range He is one of the craziest vocal ranges

In rock history I just to me Gunslero is my favorite band I think he is one of the greatest singers, one of the most talented singers, one of the best lyricists, great frontman, although Wendy's not punching fans in the face. He's a great temper as well. Yeah.

But I don't know. There's just something, there's just something about Guns and Roses and Axel. So I got to go with Don't Cry. I went with the alt lyrics because I feel like this is one of the most powerful lyrics. Nice. Guns and Rose catalog. I thought you might have

Oh, sorry. I was just going to say, I thought you might have Axel is number one. So now I'm, I'm going to be just rattling my brain to figure out who your number one is. I have no idea. So I'm glad. Well, I'll say you were close. Trip me up. You tricked me up here.

Classic. I always loved the way he ended that song. That extended. How many people have tried to do that. But like everyone, I know you probably have. I've tried to hold that note out. Yeah, singing in the car and it's like, man, I've been, I, sometimes I catch myself. I'm like, I probably shouldn't be trying to do this while I'm driving because I'm going to pass out. Because he's right out of air halfway through. It's, yeah, that song too. That's, if I'm not mistaken,

I think Axel claims that that was the first song they ever wrote, him and Izzy Stradlin wrote it together as the first Guns and Roses song ever written, even though it didn't make its way onto a record until Use Your Illusion. And then there was two versions, right? On Use Your Illusion One. And that's the one off the second Use Your Illusion 2. Is that correct? That's the Alt lyrics version.

I always thought, I was like the alt lyrics version a little better. That second to last verse, like, When you're in need of someone, my heart won't deny you. So many seem so lonely with no. one left to cry to I always just felt like that was such that to me is like one of the most powerful lines in rock history

and the emotion too a way sings in Shannon Houn from Blind Melon sings back of vocals on both versions oh wow I didn't know that yeah and I believe the original version I think is like longer so I don't know this but I kind of assume the alt lyrics

were just the probably the version there were probably the verses that weren't used for the four-minute studio version, regular one. But I think that was one those things too that they didn't know was going on the album.

This infamous story that Izzy, one of the last straws with Izzy is when he heard my world on Usualusion 2 and was like, what the F is this? Like imagine making an album and then getting it there's just things that you weren't even aware of on it. Yeah, you're like, how did this get on here?

Oh, man. Yeah, well, interesting that you picked somebody that held a really, really long note at the end, and there's a guy that holds a very long note in the beginning of this next song that we're going to go to my number two, if you don't mind me segueing there. Absolutely. So my number two and my number one could have easily been flip-flopped and probably should have But no, I think I did it right.

But my number two is an absolute renaissance, man, not just a singer, but also a world-class fencer, a multi-published author, even a very skillful soccer player, I understand, and a commercial airline pilot who flies his band all over the world when they're on tour, wearing his little pilot outfit and everything. And this is Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden. So Bruce, you know, I've actually gotten a lot of my friends who are girls to really appreciate Iron Maiden just by telling them the Bruce Dickinson Renaissance band kind of story. And it gets their attention. And then, you know, he's a great singer.

And the songs are a lot more melodic than people realize with their imagery and all. So the song I picked is Hallow Be Thy Name, but just to continue about Bruce, though, is he wasn't the original singer of Iron Maiden. There was a guy named Paul Deano, which some of you may or may not know. And Bruce was checking them out at a show. And he was in a band called Samson at the time. And he approached the guys of the band afterwards and said, you know, you guys are great. He goes, but I can do better than your singer. they were well aware of Bruce at that time because a lot of the, you know, the bands were,

local bands in England were playing with each other at the time. So they, they knew how great a singer he was. So they jumped at the chance and they kicked Deano out of the band and brought in Bruce. And it took the band in New Heights, much more theatrical. I know. Sundinival. Yeah, I like Deano. And I always felt bad about that story. But Bruce Dickinson took it from like an amazing band to just one of the most legendary bands of all time. Exactly. And their fame took off, you know, popularity took off as well. And he started playing big arenas. And one of Bruce's, which you'll see in this track that we're going to play, it's just a live version. But one of his things was to make the person, his approach was to always make the person in the very back of the arena or in the back of the stadium be able to, you know, acknowledge that person. So he would do big motions and, you know, with his hands and, you know, constantly. really being very animated and acting out the song. And, you know, doing all that while trying to sing very powerfully is not easy.

And he's, you know, anybody who's seen them in concert, I mean, guys running around the stage like crazy the whole time. So in 2015, and I've seen them a million times, but in 2015, he got diagnosed with throat cancer, which for a singer is a kiss of death. I've had friends and patients with throat cancer, and they can barely talk after they undergo radiation and all. And in his autobiography, he wrote a really great autobiography, and he's a really

touching chapter, really scary chapter about his bout with, with the throat cancer and just how painful it was and, you know, how he couldn't talk, you know, from the radiation therapy. So give him a lot of credit to not only beat throat cancer, but come back and continue to put out records and tour all over the world. And when they tour, they tour for like two years, you know, they're all over the place. And he's doing the flying on top of it. He's not just sleeping in the, in first class. He's flying the airplane.

So yeah, he was, he worked for British, British Airways, I think, or maybe it was Virgin Atlantic. I'm not sure. But he was a 747 pilot flying the big, big jump. That's a big guy. So out there. Yeah. Yeah.

And there's a great story where he was flying, I think it was Man United soccer team. they had chartered a flight and he was the pilot and the guys on the soccer team found out that Dickinson was their pilot and they were like no way we got we got to talk to him you know so he came out and after the flight they all took a picture on the runway together with him in his little uniform and everything which is so funny because he's flying the band like you think he would just be dressed in a t-shirt and shirts or something while he's flying but no he puts his little tie and his pilot had on in fact the beginning of this video we're going to watch you'll see it's just a very short maybe 10 second clip of him flying the ed force one is what they call it if for those of you're not familiar nice ascot who's on every cover of every album is called eddie and the way they got the name eddy is because he used to just be a backdrop on their stage behind the drum kit it was just a just a head but they're you know their road road roadie manager basically said it like like a good english man he said ed where's the ed instead of ed ed so it became Eddie

Eddie the Ed and that's how Eddie got his name but yeah so they're playing they dubbed Ed Force One and this is Hallowed Be Thy Name which is one again another song that almost didn't make it on the album It's off the number of the Beast album And they still they almost didn't put this song

Almost didn't put this song on the album Because they feared it might be too long And it is a long song It's an epic song Iron Maiden song's got much longer than this as when albums They were like, that's the ticket, man. Yeah, they got up to 13, 14 minute long

songs, which we won't be playing. But this one was almost didn't make the cut. And now it's basically probably one of the highlights of their show. They almost always closed the show with this. So when you watch this video, just remember that Drew Stikinson is just sang for about two

hours running around the stage before he belts this song out. So this is a hell'll be thy name. Imagine doing that and then having to go take a shower and then put your pilot suit on and go fly a plane to another country. That's wild. Is that, how recent was that? Was that after throat surgery? That was in 2008.

So before throat surgery, but I've seen them, you know, multiple times since throat surgery. And I can still, he hasn't missed a beat and got tickets to see him next year. So I'm looking forward to that. It's going to be an awesome show. Every other tour, they'll do like all. all the old hits. So, like, they'll have a new album, do, like, a lot of new songs, kind of newer material, and then a few hits, but, like, every now and then they do that tour, every other tour,

they do the one where they play nothing but the old stuff. They started that. Then I remember whatever the first show they started that was, I was at during that tour. It was like somewhere in time tour or something like that. Somewhere back in time, they called it. Because it was basically the stage set that they had. had from the Somewhere in Time tour and they did all the old songs from somewhere in time

to everything before that basically nothing after that and that that was a great show i was at that one as well and one of the things i'd like to say about iron maiden though is if i go to a concert i want to see a show you know i don't want to just hear the song and no offense to ashe and the music she likes but all those live clips we saw of dame matthews and a grateful dead and everything the bands are just standing there singing you know and there's nothing there's nothing entertaining about it you're just watching a guy doing his job and and and i don't know i mean i don't that's what bands are life i've seen there but i love it dude i know what you're saying like iron maiden they are there and everyone's moving around and there's things moving on the stage and they're going crazy it's a show yeah there's like explosions like all stuff like i want to see that i can listen to a record at home but i want to experience a show and

i don't think anybody does it better than iron maiden i'm sure there's some that do it just as well but nobody does it better and uh one of my all-time favorite bands and very easily could have been my number one mr bruce dickinson my hero i i thought that was going to be your number one and now of course it's kind of obvious by my shirt too but anyways we'll by deduction yeah now i know what your number one's going to be we're on to your number one we're out to your number one which i am completely stumped oh my number one is the first overlap is the first double up um and to me it's just ryan james deo is like the greatest metal singer and possibly the greatest singer ever and so he had to go well i had to go one album before you with a little rainbow in the dark

because it's just oh geez i had no idea you were even going to do that i brought that song up earlier that that was what yep so here you guys go man this is a d o twofer what he has in vocal talent he may be lacking in style the the old jeans tucked into the white cowboy boots is not exactly the greatest look but you know deal rocked it man he rocked it yeah he's rocked for a long long time this some might suggest Yes, yes. Great, great number one selection. Yeah, there's no arguing that. I mean, the vocal talent, just like we talked about earlier when I played him,

was just how does that voice come out of that little tiny body? I don't know. Pure power, too. Just such projection. Yeah. Yeah. When I saw him, I saw them do the Heaven and Hell reunion tour with Sabbath, where he was reunited with Sabbath.

And so I'm a radio city musical. We were in the back. It's not a huge venue, but we were all the way in the back. And they were filming live that night. So they weren't projecting the speakers in the back. So they can get better recordings, which kind of sucked on one hand. But I got to tell you, he just cut through that whole arena. I bet.

Yeah. So it's fun. yeah i saw the i saw many times but the last time i are maybe second the last time i saw him um motorhead opened up for him and they played uh the universal amphitheater which was like an indoor was that was maiden it was that was that was that was that was that was that was that tour and amazons goddine geo and motorhead so i was like yeah i don't think that might have been the last time i saw him um yeah that was in the early 2000s i think right uh maybe two thousand three or something like that.

Anyways, when we walked into the arena, Motorhead was already playing and when you opened the door to go down to where the seats were, it was like just, your eardrums were bleeding. It was so freaking loud. And so they had to like

go stand outside by the concessions for a little bit just because it was like I was going to lose my hearing. But when we came in a deal, I was like, you know, His vocals are so powerful. The vocals themselves were almost as powerful as, like, Motorhead's the entire sound.

Isn't that crazy? He said, it's like, it was just amazing how it cut through everything. Oh, man, dude, that's the only time I saw Dio with the band Dio, and that's the only time I saw Motorhead, and they're both great. But I had that same thought that it was Motorhead. We were in the nosebleeds of the garden, which is for you guys don't know this picture like a typical hockey or basketball arena and it was just destructive it was so loud that yeah yeah the loudest band i've ever seen and actually last time i ever

saw motorhead was at house of blues in anaheim which is like a pretty small club and it was almost unbearable it really was like oh my god if you're unbearable an arena put them in a tiny venue it's oh god surprised all the glasses weren't exploding behind the bar. But yeah, a little side note there. So that takes us to my number one, which... Yes, sir. Not much of a surprise, but my number one is a man who transcends generations.

And in my family, like, if I hadn't have picked him to be number one, I probably would have been disowned by my parents. So I went with Frank Sinatra, who I believe is the greatest vocalist of all time, is his breath his control of his breathing his phrasing his just swagger his coolness everything about sonatra is you know i guess growing up in an italian family you aspire to be just like frank so um he's revered the italian america imagine growing up in new jersey lord i was going to say you know my my aunt mary my aunt mary who was from rochester but she was in frank Frank's like original fan club back in Hoboken, New Jersey.

So yeah, so she would come out every year to see Frank in Vegas. So we would go to Vegas and see Frank play. And my aunt would sit there just goo-go-go-eye, just like a little teenage girl, just looking at them the whole time. It was, in fact, my sister and I would just watch my aunt the whole time. We probably watched her more than we watched Frank singing just to see her expressions. It was precious, really. great. So the song I picked is just, I mean, it's just pick a song out of a hat, you know,

I mean, they're all, they're all so great. But Frank had been through a lot. His career was topsy-turvy, and this was in 1956. His career had already had lots of ups and downs. And this album and this track really cemented his sort of mid-50s, artistic resurgence, redefined him as a king of cool swing music. This is a song called, I've Got You Under My Skin. It's from the 1956 album Songs for Swinging Lovers, which now nowadays has a whole different connotation. Yeah. And this is what Nelson Riddle is the band leader, and his arrangement for this is just great.

I mean, I love, it's just a slow buildup till you get to just this powerful crescendo. And that's what grabbed me about a lot of Frank's music. Not every song. A lot of his songs were ballads. But these songs that really kicked in right in the middle of the song. And the big band would be playing what I call 1940s and 50s heavy metal. It was the metal of its time. So this is Frank.

And I guess we'll say goodbye, right? This will be our outro. Yeah, we'll leave you guys out with this. and it's uh i'd say there's no better way right to represent the show the top vocals the frank sinatra yes take care you guys yeah we'll see you guys oh and don't forget to leave comments and leave the permanent ones under the videos because those are the ones that still last and then we can address them accordingly when we pre-record like we're doing tonight we like to if we can you know jump into the chat with you guys

That's not always possible. That's part of the reason why we pre-recorded because our show is not at the ideal time on Saturdays for either Brad or I. But what we can, we'll jump in. And I always read the comments. So if you leave a permanent comment at the bottom of the video, we'll definitely read them. And if you've sent any rants or something, please let me know. And we'll read it if you tell me what you said, if we weren't able to catch it. But sometimes we can catch them if we've got time to watch it live.

So thank you for your. support you guys and we'll leave you with uh francis albert the old chairman the king chairman of the board and the old blue eyes so take care you all here guys i've got you under my sleep in the heart of me so deep in my heart that you're really a part of me I've tried so not to give in I have said to myself this affair It never will move so well But why should I try to resist

When baby I know damn well That I've got you Under my skin I'd sacrifice anything Come what might for the sink I'm having you near in spite of a morning voice Comes in the night, it repeats, repeats in my ear Don't you know you're a fool?

You're never gonna win. Use your mentality, wake up to reality. I do, just a thought of you makes me stop Before I begin, because I've got you my skin. Frank Sinatra, a man and his music, featuring the orchestras of Nelson Riddle and Gordon Jenkins, playing the music of the man called Sanatra. If would sacrifice anything come what might for the sake of having you near in spite of a warning voice, comes of the night, it repeats how it screams in my ear. Don't you know, you fool, no chance to win. Why not use your mentality?

Wake up and step up to reality.