Who are some of the best vocalists in prog?

 

Fair enough ... you could say that for almost 3/4's of all rock band singers ... it became about the fame and whatever else, and in some cases it works, because the band helps it sound better.

 

... The voice is an instrument, and just because someone can talk and shout does not mean that ANYONE can sing, it certainly doesn't mean everyone should be considered a singer. The voice is an instrument that you learn with practice, just like any other instrument. Learning to sing requires an attunement and connection to your mind and body. ...

 

Carefull here when you say this ... because you are saying that just because the voice is an instrument, it is now "limited" and can not do different things ... like screaming, or other sound effects .... which instruments can do, if people want to have fun with them and try different things ... or you can spend 30 minutes watching "Fellini's Orchestra Rehearsal" ... which is more fun, anyway! ...

 

When you say learning to sing, all you are saying is ... using the 12 notes, and adjust to the chords and notes that he/she is supposed to sing ... and "sounds" can not be used .. has to be words, let's say ... and all of a sudden, this limitation hurts.

 

The other part is ... that we place these invisible limitations on these things. Go listen to many Eastern singers and what they do with their voices and how they meld it to the music (only word for it! ... we sing too much and don't meld or grok very well either!) ... and this is not something that we teach in western cultures ... and the ability to be better and more expressive, is sometimes more difficult.

 

There is a place in time, for everything ... and I don't know ... listen to Jim Morrison do some of his screams, and they are in tune and strong ... but again, we decided that we don't like that attitude, but we like other attitudes ... and then it becomes a serious discussion as to what is and isn't.

 

And then ... guess what rock music has been about for the past 50 years ... I don't have to tell you ... it has been about breaking the process and the definitions ... so different things in front of the microphone will be considered ... wether you or I like it or not ... and I think in the end, this is a very good thing ... we need more emotion in music, so we stop the very "classical" stupidity that states these kinds of passages in music mean this and that and this and that ... and rock music kinda told that off at first (progressive music) and then started using lyrics to help you make believe that A Star is Born is still true!

 

You must see the insanity in it all ... and how singing has been busted up ... and a new standard will be set in 50 years ... but to think that Peter Hammill is not a singer because he screams, or Roy Harper ... is really sad, because some of these people are at the forefront of that school of theater, film and the arts that were magnificent in their use of the "voice" in defining and coming across with their work ... which no one is denying its power, strength and beauty all wrapped up into one idea!

 

Times change ... but "western" singers are severely limited in their abilities and I like the idea and freedom that screaming or anything else ... can be done right and has a place in music ... opera and the "conventional" music simply was never able to find a place for true emotion ... it was always an "idea of that emotion" .... and most rock music, for me anyways ... was about telling those conventions and ideas to go to hell ... including singing ... so Roger Chapman is awesome for me, Peter is great, Roy is fabulous, Renate is insane and out of this world, Mani is the ultimate sound effect, no lyrics guru ... and even the early Greg Lake ... was pure poetry in motion and the music colored the words! ... instead of some lame lyrics telling me what I am supposed to be thinking! ... see the difference between the voice being an instrument and just another singer?

 

As an instrument yeah ... scream.

 

As a singer ... nahh ... go back tot he choir you came from ... ciao baby!

 

I just think that his band and his work deserve better attention ... they are not 15 minute cuts per se, but the variation and talent and the ability to make sure the music could color Freddie's emotions ... is something that most any band anywhere in the world would die to have ... and the last thing he recorded is enough to make anyone cry ... which is a wonderful anthrm for pretty much everything that the band and him, gave us ... !

 

But because there was a lot of hits, and we don't think that the stadium song is progressive because the masses are in it () ... fits ... and it doesn't the mandatory keyboards to tell us to fly and dream ... in many ways, if you break down the restrictions, all of a sudden you have a band that is much more progressive than a good 75% of the bands listed in our top list ... a lot of which is not even original and just a copy of the same thing done before ... you can't really say that about Queen.

 

I just think that his band and his work deserve better attention ... they are not 15 minute cuts per se, but the variation and talent and the ability to make sure the music could color Freddie's emotions ... is something that most any band anywhere in the world would die to have ... and the last thing he recorded is enough to make anyone cry ... which is a wonderful anthrm for pretty much everything that the band and him, gave us ... !

 

But because there was a lot of hits, and we don't think that the stadium song is progressive because the masses are in it () ... fits ... and it doesn't the mandatory keyboards to tell us to fly and dream ... in many ways, if you break down the restrictions, all of a sudden you have a band that is much more progressive than a good 75% of the bands listed in our top list ... a lot of which is not even original and just a copy of the same thing done before ... you can't really say that about Queen.