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Poll Question: Which is the best?
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Points: 2492 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 22:10
Originally posted by The Whistler The Whistler wrote:

I still believe that Di'Anno was better. His hoarse growl sounded almost out of place, and gave the songs an interesting quality. ARE they just dragon and dungeon songs? With Di'Anno, it's harder to tell. He gives 'em an edge.

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I would ask if you were high, but I read your other thread. LOL

Di'Anno gives the songs a decidedly punk edge, which is fine for some of the early harsh songs but it's really bad for "The Phantom of the Opera", and the band was moving into power metal (which they would help pioneer) with or without him. I can't imagine how his severely limited range would sound with the operatic music that Harris was crafting.


 
Quote WIth Dickinson though, you know that this is some crap about the various metal cliches. The man IS a metal cliche. He sounds like a cross between a displaced opera star and a Batman villain.

He is only a cliché now because he is one of the ones who helped create that mold that every metal screamer seems to occupy these days. He, Dio, and Halford established that over the top appearance and vocal style, and the only one who successfully emulated this style yet sounded unique was Geoff Tate (and then HE became the subject of copycats). He is the origin of the species, as it were.


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Points: 65684 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 18 2008 at 22:06
Dickinson's a hack..  well OK, not really, but Di'Anno was irreplaceable, sorry
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Okay, I think I can fairly do this poll...
 
Okay, I don't think I actually can, but, whatever. Point is, with the purchase of Powerslave, I now have two Di'Anno albums and two Dickinson albums. The third guy...probably doesn't count too much in the long run, eh?
 
Anyways, this is about who's the better Maiden vocalist. It seems to me that Dickinson will probably take this, seeing as how his arrival prompted THE arrival of the classic Maiden scene.
 
However, and although 'Slave HAS helped me appreciate the vocals of Bruce "SCREAM! SCREAM FOR ME LONG BEACH! BWA-HA-HA!!!" Dickinson a little more, I still believe that Di'Anno was better. His hoarse growl sounded almost out of place, and gave the songs an interesting quality. ARE they just dragon and dungeon songs? With Di'Anno, it's harder to tell. He gives 'em an edge.
 
WIth Dickinson though, you know that this is some crap about the various metal cliches. The man IS a metal cliche. He sounds like a cross between a displaced opera star and a Batman villain.
 
Which doesn't mean that, in his right, he's bad. When he gets into his groove, he's a worthy disciple of Dio. But Di'Anno is better. At least he didn't force the audience to clap along to "Phantom of the Opera."


Edited by M@X - February 19 2008 at 09:28
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