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Tony R

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:39

el böthy wrote:

Soon
hands down one of my favorite vocal performances

Me too!

Plus the previously mentioned Ronnie James Dio for Stargazer,Mistreated etc (and that's a very large etc!)

Fish - Heart Of Lothian, Script and F-F-F-Fugazi

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 17:24

Aaron wrote:

eloii wrote:

Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird

Renate Knaup Krautandschwans is just fantastic in gereral, I always look forward to hearing her voice.

Aaron

that's one for each of you hahhaha. Next to Annie she's probably my 2nd fav female prog vocalist. I really love Renate's vocals on Green Bubble Raincoated Man from Wolf City Thumbs Up

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:44

GREG LAKE-JERUSALEM

JON & VANGELIS-ONE MORE TIME

DAVID BYRON-IF I HAD THE TIME

RONNIE JAMES DIO-STARGAZER

DAVID COVERDALE-MISTREATED

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:33

some of the most emotional vocal performances for me:

Yes - Endless Dream
Jon Anderson / Vangelis - Outside of This
Boston - Can'tcha Say
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Bllinded by the Light
Pain of Salvation - Second love
Opeth - Reverie/Harleuqin Forest
Dream Theater - Misunderstood
King Crimson - Fallen Angel
Uriah Heep - Fallen Angel
Arena - Bitter Harvest (Fallow Ground)
Ayreon - The First Man on Earth
Rush - Red Barchetta

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:28

Boz Bailey on Islands was fantastic

Aaron

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 16:27

eddietrooper wrote:

I'd like to mention Chris Cornell on his solo album Euphoria Morning (specially the slow song Steel Rain).

Seconded to say that if you like Euphoria Morning, you should check out the band Eleven (the principal members of which co-wrote and played on large parts of that album).

Edited by Teaflax - May 19 2006 at 16:29

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 15:42

a few obvious ones:

Greg Lake on 'Epitaph'

Justin Hayward on 'Question'

Chris Thompson on 'Blinded By The Light'

Peter Gabriel on 'Solsbury Hill'

John Wetton on 'Fallen Angel'

Roger Waters/Dave Gilmour on 'Comfortably Numb'

...but as good as they are nothing beats.....

Peter Nicholls on 'The Last Human Gateway'

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 14:21

Echolyn: on quite a lot of their compositions such as One voice, As the world,A cautious repose and many others. Ray Weston is one of the best vocalists i know with his clear and powerful voice, Brett Kull is also quite good.

TFK: I'm the sun, Eyes of the world, King's Prayer and also many others. Quite a few of them on Paradox Hotel. Hasse and Roine are really good at singing harmonies. Roine Stolt is also very good at singing quiet songs or passages with much feeling. He sometimes falls somewhat short if he has to sing a chorus alone, Hasse Froberg is very important here.

Spocks Beard and Neal Morse. Neal morse has a very good voice,SB harmonies are usually great especially on the Beware of darkness.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 12:45

maybe it's not progressive, but the best vocal i've ever heard is Ian Gillan (Deep Purple) "Child in Time"

el böthy

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 12:42

Soon

hands down one of my favorite vocal performances

"You want me to play what, Robert?"

Aaron

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 12:31

Vibrationbaby wrote:

Aaron wrote:

eloii wrote:

Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird

Renate Knaup Krautandschwans is just fantastic in gereral, I always look forward to hearing her voice.

Aaron

It`s too bad she didn`t appear on more tracks. Cry

I sort of agree, but I also appreciate how they didn't over use her, even when she played a more significant role, it is not as if Amon Duul II's albums revolved around her. She was just nicely placed into the mix.

I am interested in hearing her with the few albums she did with Popol Vuh. Anyone feel like commenting on that.

Aaron

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:40

Deep Purple - Child in Time

Eloy - Poseidons Creation

Led Zeppelin - The Ocean

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 11:06

Teaflax wrote:

Jeff Buckley - Grace

I agree with the great Jeff Buckley.

As non-prog artists seem to be valid in this thread, I'd like to mention Chris Cornell on his solo album Euphoria Morning (specially the slow song Steel Rain).

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 10:44

I`ve always liked Thijs van Leer`s qiurky vocals. Probably one of the few prog artists with formal voice training. On the other end of the spectrum Mani Nuemeier from Guru Guru has some real wacked out vocals. Examples : Dagobert Duck`s 100th Birthday, Atom olch, Der Elektrolurch, Moroso (live ), Ooga Booga, Samantha`s Rabbit, Walking Eating My Hotdog etc.

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 10:37

Aaron wrote:

eloii wrote:

Amon Düül II - Archangels Thunderbird

Renate Knaup Krautandschwans is just fantastic in gereral, I always look forward to hearing her voice.

Aaron

It`s too bad she didn`t appear on more tracks. Cry

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 10:09

Peter Hammill on The Emperor in His War-Room - the "Ghosts betray you! Ghosts betray you in the night! They steal your eye from its socket!" part is chilling and unforgettable - I doubt there's another singer alive who can do that song justice.

Also, Dagmar Krause's singing on Living in the Heart of the Beast is especially astonishing. I understand she's an acquired taste but I can't understand why!

Edited by laplace - May 19 2006 at 10:11

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 09:52

"The Wall", "Reason To Be", "Carry On Wayward Son" by Steve Walsh
Actually, classic Walsh just brings back memories of my childhood. The man sounded great on anything. He just had a fantastic range, a power, but (a the risk of sounding fruity) a sweetness to it. The man could really rock out, but pull in the reins on a tender ballad.

"Surrounded" by James LaBrie of Dream Theater
I seem to always hit the 'repeat' button on this one. To me, it's all LaBrie. His voice does remind me of 80's metal at times, but the guy can flat out sing. He just really stands out on this one.

Now, the Steve Hogarth section:
Yes, I know he's not popular amongst the Marillion purists, and I know he's lambasted at times; however, I experience several 'goos flesh' moments throughout his career with Marillion.

"Easter"- Probably one of Marillion's greatest songs. And brilliant musicianship aside, Hogarth delivers pure emotion. Especially on the last section.

"Cover My Eyes (Pain And Heaven)"- OK, it's pop, but I really enjoy listening to Hogarth on this one. Great range and steady from start to finish.

"The Great Escape"- Hogarth is just all over the place on this one. One moment subdued, the next manic and angry, and lastly soaring highly. Just a great song.

"Afraid Of Sunlight", "Beyond You", "Beautiful"- I picked the more tender songs from Afraid Of Sunlight because these songs just shows a different side of Hogarth. The songs just ache, but are so beautiful. I love emotional vocalists, and the vocals here are so effective that you can share the pain along with him. "Beautiful" isn't so much a painful song, but still a plea for help and still wrought with angst.

"Fantastic Place", "You're Gone" - Pretty much for the exact same reasons as the Afraid Of Sunlight bunch. H has lost something off of his voice, but still very emotional. He begins "Fanstastic Place" a little bit down and almost sounds as if he's bored; however, he really takes it to another world. Probably one of his better vocals from their more recent albums.

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Edited by E-Dub - May 19 2006 at 09:53

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 09:35

I was really into metal music in the past so there are a lot of performers I adore and a lot of really amazing performances to point out, but for now I think there is just one song that I think everyone should have heard, because of the amazing vocal performance.

It's In the Woods - Mourning the Deaath of Aase by Synne Larsen. This song is in the album "Three Times Seven on a Pilgrimage", just to avoid any mix-up, because another, quite different version of the same song is in the album "Heart of the Ages"

waiting for the showers to stop...

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Posted: May 19 2006 at 09:06

I really like Chris Farlowe's performance on Three Score and Ten by Colosseum - some might find it corny but I think it's empassioned and dramatic.

I agree with Ghost Rider about Stargazer and, talking of Rainbow, Graham Bonnet gives a incredibly powerful performance on Danger Zone.