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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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Hamill is my favorite prog lyricist. As long as I read them.LOL

I like his lyrics also.....but for me he doesn't have  a great pure  voice  though I like his passion, etc.


btw....two of my friends offline like VDGG but they also get annoyed by his vocals. It has always amazed me how so many here  think he's a good vocalist.


Interesting.  Would say voice or rather tone is only one of the aspects that make a singer great.  But arguably the most important one.  It is impossible to determine who has the best or worst tone because it's very subjective.  But as a singer I certainly have never found his tone INTERESTING.  It's more what he does with his voice but yeah it can be plenty overwrought at times too.  And it seems I am supposed to overlook that to only focus on his experimentation and I generally have a problem with this line of argument.  So I have given up.  I like their music actually but the singing is overbearing, gets on my nerves after a while.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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Hamill is my favorite prog lyricist. As long as I read them.LOL

I like his lyrics also.....but for me he doesn't have  a great pure  voice  though I like his passion, etc.


btw....two of my friends offline like VDGG but they also get annoyed by his vocals. It has always amazed me how so many here  think he's a good vocalist.
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Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I don't think there is a 'best' prog singer and it is so subjective that it becomes a futile  exercise in imho.
 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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so there is no  best prog singer, but there is a worst one?

How does one judge best...? Tone, hitting the right notes, phrasing, ...? That's why for me it's subjective.
There are many good ones.

As far as worst.....I never said anything about that.
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Some others, not mentioned so far, who deserve consideration:
 
Christian Descamps
Sonja Kristina
David Byron (if only Heep had covered Heart of the Sunrise)
 
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Greg Lake and David Longdon are great. I actually quite like Adrian Belew's voice too.
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Moraz will be at two of the PA shows.
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Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Isn't Moraz also coming to this gig?  Or is it something other?  They are gonna perform Song for all Seasons after, ahem, several seasons.

I think he is only to one or two of the gigs, and not the one in MA.  Yes they are doing "Northen Lights", "A Song for all seasons", and "Sounds of the Sea", supposedly all based on fan requests.  I do hope they still play "Opening Out" and "Day of the Dreamer".
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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Hamill is my favorite prog lyricist. As long as I read them.LOL
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Points: 9869 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2015 at 09:49
Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by emigre80 emigre80 wrote:

Originally posted by kenethlevine kenethlevine wrote:

Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

come on man.. Annie went without saying. her feet alone are worth both of Lake's tonsils...
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I will be watching for a glimpse of these form the 2nd row on Oct 22 in Rockport, MA!


Isn't Moraz also coming to this gig?  Or is it something other?  They are gonna perform Song for all Seasons after, ahem, several seasons.
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BEST prog singer....hmmm, how to determine best w.r.t something so subjective?

Will simply go with my favourite, Annie Haslam, since she has incredible quality of tone as well as crystal clear note/syllable production and thus would make a good case for one of the best anyway.  
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

I don't think there is a 'best' prog singer and it is so subjective that it becomes a futile  exercise in imho.
 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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so there is no  best prog singer, but there is a worst one?
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I don't think there is a 'best' prog singer and it is so subjective that it becomes a futile  exercise in imho.
 
 
 
 
ps: anyone who chooses Peter Hammill must immediately see an audiologist to have their hearing checked.
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Originally posted by Imperial Zeppelin Imperial Zeppelin wrote:

Steve Howe
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Originally posted by TGM: Orb TGM: Orb wrote:

Dagmar Krause does some really amazing things.


I quite agree!  I also thought Greg Lake's voice in the 70s was among the most underrated in prog.
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