10 Greatest Vocal Performances In Rock Music History

10. Slide Away - Oasis

The evolution of Liam Gallagher as a singer has gone through its peaks and valleys more than a few times. For as snide as he may have sounded on the first few Oasis projects, you could tell that he wasn't taking proper care of his voice toward the end of the band's tenure, sounding more like a rottweiler on some of the live cuts they were doing prior to the band's breakup. While they were still green though, Liam was more than capable of living up to his John Lennon/Johnny Rotten expectations on Slide Away.

Sounding much more optimistic than anything else on Definitely Maybe, this is about as heartfelt a performance that you were going to get out of Liam, sounding like he's on the verge of breaking down in some moments, knowing that he's finally found his other half. While Noel Gallagher wrote the words to this song, having him take over vocal duties for his brother just wouldn't have worked here, with the song needing that extra power to bring it over the edge, which works perfectly playing off of Noel's backing vocals towards the end of the song.

As it turns out though, this is only a taste of what Liam was capable of, with this being the only take from the original sessions for Definitely Maybe that made it onto the final version of the record. If this is the only thing that survived, you can only imagine how Liam's voice in this state would have sounded playing songs like Supersonic and Rock N Roll Star.