the queen of prog?

Yup, bunch of her solo stuff from the 90s, in fact.  Sadly not Annie in Wonderland or Still Life as it seems she doesn't own the rights to those albums.

That might be a Western/rock thing (re preference for high pitched vocals).   In India/Pakistan, baritones were more popular for the longest time and if errmm there were enough decent ones today, they probably still would be more popular.  Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan, one of Jeff Buckley's inspirations, tended to sing pretty high but the famous ghazal greats Mehdi Hassan and Ghulam Ali were/are baritones and most of our Hindustani classical singers are as well.  I love a great baritone like Jim Morrison too, wish there could have been more of them in rock.  

Edited by rogerthat - December 11 2014 at 11:14

crumpets and tea yay! yum

Star_Song_Age_Less wrote: Kati wrote: drum machine? I doubt that Phil Collins who is foremost a brilliant drummer would be content with anything not real sounding like a drum machine.    And yet, he was.   "Duke was the real transition from their 1970s progressive rock sound to the 1980s pop era.[28] The use of a drum machine became a consistent element on subsequent Genesis albums, as well as on Collins's solo releases. The first Genesis song to feature a drum machine was the Duke track "Duchess". The more commercial Duke was well received by the mainstream media, and was the band's first UK number one album, while the tracks "Misunderstanding" and "Turn It On Again" became live performance favourites. The drum machine Roland CR-78 that Collins used to make the sound effects on Duke, his first solo album Face Value, and the Brand X song "Wall to Wall" was also used on Phillips' album 1984 in 1981." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genesis_%28band%29 Phil Collins is a good drummer, but the repetitive nature of the drum machine altered Genesis' music, and not in a way that I like.  Don't get me wrong, I still find some of the stuff catchy, I just don't put it in the same category. And now the topic is way off the rails.

Tom Ozric wrote: One could say that most women don't really go for Prog because it can be demanding in terms of listening pleasure ; odd time sigs, strange instrumentation, loooong songs, and general weirdness that goes on.

Tom Ozric wrote: One could say that most women don't really go for Prog because it can be demanding in terms of listening pleasure ; odd time sigs, strange instrumentation, loooong songs, and general weirdness that goes on. I do know females that like Genesis, even Gabriel era, Yes, Floyd etc. but I've never come across a chick who loves Caravan, VDGG, Magma........

I think this is the reason most people in general don't go for prog, really.  Lazy listeners who want to use music only as a mood regulator and not as an art form.

Genesis was way better when Peter Gabriel was singing.  The drum machine killed them dead.

There's an obscurity problem with that list.  I really couldn't tell you if I liked Magma at all, for example, because I've never listened to them, nor have I run across them in a non-forum environment.  (Heard the others only a little).  Can't really help liking the bands that I've heard a lot vs. the ones I've heard rarely or never.  I can tell you that I love Opeth (Deliverance and prior, yes please), which doesn't exactly fall on the easy-to-listen-to side of the scale.

So lots of people put up a lot of suggestions for "queen of prog" but so far it seems that most people are saying either Kate Bush or Annie Haslam, though that might be since those names were in the first post.  And there are certainly some people whom I've never heard.  I checked out one of them - Natasha Khan - a bit so far - first impression is "nice" but nothing struck me.  Did anyone else listen to some of the suggestions on here so far?

Tom Ozric wrote: ^ Plus, I saw a pic of you proudly showing off your Beardfish LP - when I stared at the pic, I really shook my head in amazement. You blow me away !! Cool, too cool

Tom Ozric wrote: Kati !! You are an exception to the rule. I've said it before, you have incredible knowledge of Prog, and music in general. And AMAZING taste......plus an awesome artist. Too many great things....

Tom Ozric wrote: One could say that most women don't really go for Prog because it can be demanding in terms of listening pleasure ; odd time sigs, strange instrumentation, loooong songs, and general weirdness that goes on. I do know females that like Genesis, even Gabriel era, Yes, Floyd etc. but I've never come across a chick who loves Caravan, VDGG, Magma........

I am not fond of Annie Haslam's  voice, but respect those who do. Thus to me she is not comparable to Kate Bush whose vocals I do love.