# Who was the best X? Repeating the same names over and over

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [April 3, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-x-repeating-the-same-names-over-and-over/783684 "2017-04-03T21:54:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-x-repeating-the-same-names-over-and-over/783684/21 "2017-04-05T16:42:22Z")

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> [@Count\_Blucher](#):
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> I thought your thread was going to be about hearing the same questions asked over and over by DJs on the air at radio stations.

I thought it was going to be about songs like “Hey Jude” that keep repeating the name over and over and over in lieu of actually writing a song.

Angie. Ahhhn-jay  
Babababababran  
Val-al-al-allll-arie

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**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-x-repeating-the-same-names-over-and-over/783684/22 "2017-04-05T19:09:44Z")

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> [@E-DUB](#):
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> I will maintain that Roger Daltry (at his prime, of course) is the best male vocalist that the rock genre has ever produced. Some vocalists have power. Some have range. Daltry had both.

> [@Quint](#):
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> Freddie Mercury.

Chris Cornell is better than both of them.

Bass: Jeff Berlin- still alive!  
Drums: Neil Peart- still alive!  
Guitar: Steve Howe- still alive, but, yeah, a “from the 70’s” guy.

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**Author:** ![somepumpkin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@somepumpkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/somepumpkin)\
**Post date:** [April 5, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-was-the-best-x-repeating-the-same-names-over-and-over/783684/23 "2017-04-05T21:17:31Z")

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It’s nostalgic more than anything. Give this another 150 years and let’s see if the names are still the same.

Also, it’s that the populous swims in the shallow end of the musical pool. The family end is heavily vetted, where the likes of Eric and Jimi are the popular kids, hanging-out on floating lawn chairs and bringing joy to many. There’s plenty of serious kids hanging out at the other end, though… many of them swimming too deep to be noticed or recognized for their talents.

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