Recount!

http://www.reuters.com/article/entertainmentNews/idUSTRE4AA7BZ20081111

It's so nice to know that the popularity contests don't end when you graduate from high schol. Take the Rolling Stone poll for greatest vocalist of the rock era. I take no issue with Aretha. Queen of Soul, and all that. My kvetch is farther down the list.

Bob Dylan in the top 10? Really? Was there a requirement that you actually had to listen to the person before you voted for them? Cause Bob Dylan sounds like a cat with adenoids on helium. All respect to his skill as a song-writer and icon of a generation. And for plugging in, he's got a lock on the rebel thing. And he's definitely a unique vocalist. The man is loved for reasons. But great? No. No.

Bob Dylan ahead of Roy Orbison. Janis Joplin. Freddy Mercury. Even ahead of Iggy freaking Pop. It's rock. It don't have to be pretty. And Iggy is a hell of not pretty. But rock vocals do have to have power, balls. It has to make your hair stand up on the back of your neck. And with all due respect, Bob Dylan as a vocalist doesn't. At least not in the good way.