Your favourite vocal performance

Hands down, Daniel Gildenlow, Pain of Salvation. that man puts more emotion/feeling into his lyrics that i half expect him to implode or somthing... I find myself crying on some of their songs, the sheer passion he enfuses the music with. His voice is very remincent of "Jesus Christ Superstar", if any of you have listened to the musical broadway production... wide range of highs and lows, very beautiful. i have yet to hear any vocalist that comes within range of his ability

Edited by Mikeypoo - May 21 2006 at 21:57

Iron Maiden - Where Eagles Dare, Run to the Hills, The Trooper, Aces High, Drifter and Hallowed Be Thy Name (Beast Over Hammersmith versions)(Bruce Dickinson)
Rainbow - Stargazer (Dio)
Dio - Rainbow in the Dark
Black Sabbath - Heaven and Hell (Dio)
Queensryche - Queen of the Reich, Take Hold of the Flame, Eyes of a Stranger (Geoff Tate)
Yngwie - As Above, So Below (Jeff Scott Soto)
Symphony X - Accolade I & II, The Divine Wings of Tragedy (Russell Allen)
Deep Purple - Child in Time (Ian Gillan)

Muse - Microcuts

Ronnie James Dio's performance throughout 'Rainbow Rising' is hard to top. I mean, listen to 'Stargazer' or 'Run With The Wolf'.   

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Child in Time-Purple (Made In Japan version)

I'm going with Kate Bush - The Ninth Wave (second half of Hounds of Love).

Norbert wrote: Stargazer

Yes!

I like Marcella Bovio's rendition of Open Your Eyes on the Stream Of Passion CD. Maybe not the best ever but a bloody good show.

OT Räihälä wrote: Gentle Giant's On Reflection  - the vocal polyphony simply is as good as they come. A masterpiece of rock singing, although the style is originally not rock music.

A masterpiece of vocal (and instrumental) polyphony and contrapuntal techniques. I think that GG moulded the style into Rock very well.

Great choice

Norbert wrote: Queen had also some great vocal performances like The Prophet's Song.

Another great choice - that song alone justifies Queen's existence in the archives. There are few Prog bands that can touch it for vocals and use of tape loops.


My favourite vocal performance has got to be that on "First Utterance" by Comus - possibly closely followed by Necronomicon on "Tips Zum Selbstmord" - purely for the diverse ranges of vocal effects used, not because of advanced techniques or anything.

I prefer the "natural" over the academic
    


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And is it only me that noticed that Greg Lake goes flat when he sings "Jerusalem"? I prefer Mark Stewart's performance of that song.

Edited by Certif1ed - May 19 2006 at 18:56