Jeff Buckley or Chris Cornell - Who was the better vocalist?

[Takes Two To Tango]

Both are amazing, who's do you take?

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Generally I’d say Cornell for consistency but Buckley killed it on Hallelujah damn

Legendary performance by Buckley indeed. It's one of the best of all-time.

 

[tank666]

Yep Jeff Buckley

 

[tank666]

Cornells acoustic version of Billie Jean is amazing though

 

[Long Dark Blues]

Cornell.

 

[Takes Two To Tango]

Close.

 

[Fedorgasm]

Hard for me to give too much credit to a one-hit wonder, especially when his one hit was a cover of someone else's song.

He was a good singer no doubt, but I have to give it to Cornell

 

[Kung Fu Kowboy]

Jeff Beck

 

[SirRealKiller]

This is like the Buckley vs Cobain thread.

Two different vocal styles, but Cornell is definitely more melodic than Cobain but a lot of his stuff is more harsh.

I personally can listen to Cornell all day and love it.

 

[SalvadorAllende]

Never really liked Cornell. Specially after he offed himself

 

[Senzo Tanaka]

Buckley. Cornell sounds strained to be at times. Can’t go wrong with either though.

 

[syct23]

Cornell is like Cobain to me,

Both good for their respective genres of music but not the best and severely overrated both in life and in death..

 

[Morning Star]

Cornell, not remotely close either.

 

[RoastBeast]

Cornell. Can tell it's him from the very first note. I can't tell Buckley from any average American Idol contestant.

 

[JudoThrowFiasco]

Buckley by a mile

 

[panamaican]

Cornell for me.

 

[Sano]

Buckley, and as far as musicianship it's not even come close. Jeff Buckley was special special. Died way too soon.

Take it from Cornell himself.

Hard for me to give too much credit to a one-hit wonder, especially when his one hit was a cover of someone else's song.

He was a good singer no doubt, but I have to give it to Cornell

He was far from a one hit wonder, Hallelujah just went mainstream.

 

[Spounman]

Chris Cornell. I was lucky enough to see Soundgarden once, his solo concert twice, and Audioslave like 6x.

Favorite vocals from him:
Temple of the Dog - Call Me a Dog
Soundgarden - Tighter & Tighter
Soundgarden - Blow Up the Outside World
Soundgarden - Like Suicide
Soundgarden - Burden in my Hand
Soundgarden - Rhinosaur
Soundgarden - Pretty Noose
Soundgarden - The Day I Tried to Live
Soundgarden - Mind Riot
Soundgarden - Hands All Over
Soundgarden - Loud Love
Solo Album - Preaching the End of the World
Audioslave - Wide Awake
Audioslave - Sound of a Gun
Audioslave - Shadow on the Sun
Audioslave - I am the Highway

My favorite music video of all time

 

[rivera]

Cornell could sing any style and kill it. It’s not close IMO.

 

[whocares]

I cover both these playas and Cornell is a harder nut to crack but Buckley is a more technically proficient singer. Like all great singers and musicians i'll vote tie and cite personal preference.