I'm wondering what the greatest single scream in rock'n'roll.  

I'll propose Roger Daltry in "Won't Get Fooled Again."  And John Lennon in "Revolution" (if that's John).  Anybody else?

Kate Bush  " Violin ", from Never For Ever (1980) she let's rip through out that track , think i read somewhere she as a four octave range what ever that means lol.
So i would put her forward as the biggest screamer in Rock n Roll at least female wise .

DaveRam  

I'm guessing that Little Richard is going to be in there somewhere.

Thom Yorke - Climbing Up The Walls.
Iggy Pop - LA Blues.

And let's not forget:
Ringo - I've got blisters on my fingers!!

Though pretty much nothing beats Daltry.

What about Kurt Cobain?

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Kate Bush  " Violin ", from Never For Ever (1980) she let's rip through out that track , think i read somewhere she as a four octave range what ever that means lol.
So i would put her forward as the biggest screamer in Rock n Roll at least female wise .

DaveRam  

I imagine Polly Harvey could give her a run for her money.

Beastie Boys - Sabotage

And no-one has dareed say Yoko but I suppose thats more of a shriek than a scream. lol

What about Pattie LaBelle , singing LADY MARMALDE , did anyone see her singing at Live Aid ? the American leg ,now their's a women with a powerful pair of lungs ,her screaming can wake the dead lol

Good one Polly Harvey also Janis Joplin  

DaveRam

I share my Birthday with Roger Daltrey 1st of March which is a bit of a scream lol

DaveRam

Good picks.  I wouldn't have thought Kate Bush, but I bet she's got one helluva scream.  Maybe like Ann Wilson on "Crazy on You"?

I guess Howling Wolf had more of a howl than a scream--and he's blues more than rock-n-roll.  

Little Richard is maybe the archetypal r-n-r scream, since half of his songs seem like screams.  

The late Billy Mackenzie of the Associates had an extrodanary vocal range 1982's Sulk album is overflowing with vocal
gymnastics from him, Party Fears Two , Country Club ,No ,Bap De La Bap , Skipping .
As anyone else got this cd? had forgotten just what a voice he had, kinda of Opera meets Shirley Bassey on Acid lol

DaveRam

Screamin' Jay Hawkins anyone?

Cool thread idea. I can't think of many that haven't been named already, but I always loved Robert Plant's screaming on "Immigrant Song". Aaah-ah-aaaaah.... AH!

Deep Purple's Child In Time is full of great screams!

'Cold Turkey' - Lennon

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I'm wondering what the greatest single scream in rock'n'roll.  

I'll propose Roger Daltry in "Won't Get Fooled Again."  And John Lennon in "Revolution" (if that's John).  Anybody else?

Roger Daltry's scream on Won't Get Fooled Again" was just perfect......not over- or underdone.

I think that's Paul letting out a scream at the beginning of Revolution.

I wondered if that was Paul, HG.  I'll have to look at that video.  Pretty awesome scream.  

Roger Waters on "Careful With That Axe, Eugene".

I think the 'Revolution' scream is both Paul and John, but i'm not sure.

I think you're right, it's a harmonically blended scream (if that's possible).  I'm not sure if it's a scream but Van Morrison does some guttural pyrotechnics on "Listen to the Lion."

And the worst one? Paul's on Golden Slumbers: Smileeees awake you when you rise...
Ouch!

I always wondered why he was screaming a "lullaby."   Poor kid musta been frightened to death.

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And the worst one? Paul's on Golden Slumbers: Smileeees awake you when you rise...
Ouch!

That's one of my favourite parts to that song. He sounds very emotional.

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And the worst one? Paul's on Golden Slumbers: Smileeees awake you when you rise...
Ouch!

Would you call that a scream? Surely he's just putting in some heart felt emphasis. And it sounds great.
I think it was quite clever to put a roar of adult emotion into lullaby lyrics - it lifts the whole song.
If you're having that then I'm having John's girlie ye-he-hee on Imagine  

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Would you call that a scream? Surely he's just putting in some heart felt emphasis. And it sounds great.
I think it was quite clever to put a roar of adult emotion into lullaby lyrics - it lifts the whole song.
If you're having that then I'm having John's girlie ye-he-hee on Imagine  

John has similar (ye-he-hee) scream (or whatever you call that) on Don't let me down - but that one is nice, isn't it?
Screaming for Yoko, I suppose...

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I always wondered why he was screaming a "lullaby."   Poor kid musta been frightened to death.

Maybe to WAKE UP somebody with this lullaby...
(Smileeees awake you when you rise...)

Woke up, got out of bed ...

Back to best screams...
How about Paul's collection of screaming and shouts on refrain of Hey Jude???

(http://www.pootle.demon.co.uk/wgo.htm)
...the full text of Paul’s amazing shoutings from where it comes in clearly at 3:58 is (approximately) …

(3:5"Jude Judy Judy Judy Judy Judy.. ow, wahow!"
(4:07) "Ow hoo, my my my"
(4:12) "Jude Jude Jude Jude Joo-oo ..."
(4:1"Na na na na na, yeh yeh yeh"
(4:24) "Yeah you know you can make it, yeah Jude, you not gotta break it"
(4:30) "Don’t take it bad Jude"
(4:33) "Take a sad song and make it better"
(4:36) "Oh Jude, Jude, Hey Jude, woooow"
(4:44) "Ooo, Joooode"
(4:47) "Yeah"
(4:50) "Hey, hey, hey-ya-ay"
(4:57) "Hey, hey, hey …"
(5:03)"Now Jude Jude Jude Jude Jude Jude, yeah yeah yeah yeah …"
(5:12) "Woh yeah ye-ah"
(5:16) "Ah nanananananana cause I wanna na na na"
(5:20) "Nanananana ... nanalalal ow ow ow"
(5:35) "Oh God"
(5:37) "The pain won’t come back Jude"

(5:5"Yeah, eh hehe heh"
(6:03) "Make it through"
(6:07) "Yeyeye Yeah .. yeah y-yeah ... yeah-hahahaha ...."
(6:20) "Goodeveningladiesandgentlemen mymymymy mahhhh"
(6:29) "oooo"
(6:35) "oo-oo"
(6:41) "ooo"
(6:47) "Woooh"
(6:4 "Well then a na-nanan"
(6:56) "Isn’t that …"

And the song starts sooo soooftly...

And how about John's  (aaaaaahs) on "A Day In The Life" (after Paul's "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.")???

"It's beautiful and so are you..."

Paul's Helter Skelter?
And Ringo's (at the end of the song): I've got blisters on my fingers!"

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And how about John's  (aaaaaahs) on "A Day In The Life" (after Paul's "Somebody spoke and I went into a dream.")???

"It's beautiful and so are you..."

There's a lot to say about this particular subject   ...

Sometimes I hate Lennon's screams. He sounds extremely crazy...

You guys and girls are writing about average screams  
Have you ever heard In Rock by Deep Purple. That's the SCREAM!
Ian Gillan is the greatest screamer  

I was listening to Careful with that Ax, Eugene the other day and Roger Waters deserves some kind of medal for the length and volume of that scream.  Wow!  Hi primal scream makes John Lennon seem well adjusted.  

Oh course, there's Scream Thy Last Scream, Old Woman with a Casket by Syd.  Although I don't remember much actual screaming, but I could be wrong.  

Pink Floyd--now there's a band with some "issues."   AAAHHGHHHHHGHHHHDHALHAHHHKDJKHLHKALJL!!!!!!

John's primal screams on 'Mother'.  Turn it up at the fadeout and listen to the last one--it starts at his toenails.  I'm surprised he didn't rupture anything.

Has anyone mentioned Cold Turkey, he screams his guts out on that,
specially on the Live in New York City version!

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I was listening to Careful with that Ax, Eugene the other day and Roger Waters deserves some kind of medal for the length and volume of that scream.  Wow!  His primal scream makes John Lennon seem well adjusted.  

Oh, that is truly a fab scream. Sorry, John.

ok consider the alan parsons project on the albums tales of mystery and imagination....the cut the tell tale heart....agreeing with d of course ian gillian is a master screamer...hiway star is another good example of this...and what of rob halford from judas priest?....

The end of 'Soily' on WOA--belts out some great screams.

scream thy last scream old woman with a casket . . . .

Sorry, can't get that out of my head.  Now if I can just avoid Vegetable Man.