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Progger 
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Posted: March 19 2006 at 13:45 |
 Dr Know wrote:
Jon Andreson seems to be getting a lot of votes all of a sudden, I think I detect foul play gentlemen. |
Obviously people have taste.
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Dr Know
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Posted: March 19 2006 at 13:27 |
Jon Andreson seems to be getting a lot of votes all of a sudden, I think I detect foul play gentlemen.
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DrWizard
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Posted: March 19 2006 at 10:50 |
GREG LAKE!!
i voted anderson tho because his voice is so smooth and it compliments
the music and the synth perfectly. heart of the sunrise...
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Posted: March 19 2006 at 09:40 |
Norm Cash wrote:
This is slightly off-topic, but after hearing his version of Firth Of Fifth on Hackett's Tokyo Tapes album, I've often thought that John Wetton could have been a good replacement for Gabriel in Genesis, had Collins not taken up the mantle.
I know there's a whole bass guitar argument in there, but I'm talking about his vocal qualities only.
Back on topic, my vote would have to go for Collins (circa 1976/77), Richard Sinclair, Eric Woolfson, or John Wetton.
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Though I'm not Wetton's biggest fan, I have to agree on his performance on The Tokyo Tapes. He sings very well indeed, and he would not have been a bad choice to replace Gabriel. Collins was quite good in the '70s, before Genesis' output started to deteriorate.
As to Richard Sinclair... don't laugh, but I find his voice positively sexy. To my mind, he's one of the great unsung heroes (excuse the unintended pun) of prog rock.
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micky
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 21:28 |
Blacksword wrote:
Jon Anderson gets my vote. Good pitch and crystal clarity.
Greg Lake should have been on the list, as should Justin Hayward and Annie Haslam. |
oh man.... good call on Hayward... and of course Annie Haslam.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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el böthy
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 20:28 |
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Voices in it´s prime?
Jon Anderson between Close to the Edge and Relayer...
Peter Gabriel between Tresspass and Selling England
Ian Anderson between Thick as a brick and Heavy Horses
Robert Plant between Led Zeppelin I and Physical Graffity
Ian Gillan between In Rock and Machine Head
Peter Hammill...´till this very day...WOW!
...haven´t heard much of Walsh
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"You want me to play what, Robert?"
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King of Loss
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 15:33 |
From that list, it has to be Gilmour, since Morse isn't out of his prime yet.
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 15:01 |
Jon Anderson gets my vote. Good pitch and crystal clarity.
Greg Lake should have been on the list, as should Justin Hayward and Annie Haslam.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Lofcaudio
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 12:53 |
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Since you qualified by saying "in their prime", I chose Steve Walsh. But my goodness, has anyone's voice ever deteriorated as much as his had? I actually like some of Kansas' recent stuff, but it's certainly not because of Walsh's torn-up vocals.
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Peace Frog
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 11:31 |
Syd Barret for some reason. Don't know why, but his voice makes me smile.
For good vocalists though- David Gilmour and Steven Wilson.
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daz2112
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 11:13 |
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Jon Anderson
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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Norm Cash
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 11:06 |
This is slightly off-topic, but after hearing his version of Firth Of Fifth on Hackett's Tokyo Tapes album, I've often thought that John Wetton could have been a good replacement for Gabriel in Genesis, had Collins not taken up the mantle.
I know there's a whole bass guitar argument in there, but I'm talking about his vocal qualities only.
Back on topic, my vote would have to go for Collins (circa 1976/77), Richard Sinclair, Eric Woolfson, or John Wetton.
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"We did it....you and me! Put him right under the table!"
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Endless_Enigma
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Posted: March 10 2006 at 10:50 |
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I voted Fish. There is just something in his voice that is very powerful to me. i know, I know, I see Gabriel influences and like Gabriel much more but somehow I think his voice fits so well with Marillion's music; especially psuedo-silk Kimono. That song gives me chills.
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Catholic Flame
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:56 |
micky wrote:
Greg Lake for heaven's sake. |
Agreed!
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“Great things are not accomplished by those who yield to trends and fads and popular opinion.”
~Jack Kerouac
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OldFatherThames
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:16 |
My three favorite are definitively
- Gabriel
- Hammill
- Ian Anderson
My favorite depends of my mood...now, i choose Ian !
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zarg2112
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 11:00 |
My favorite singer is:
Ian Gillan (Deep Purple)
but in the poll my favorite is Gabriel, only hear Dancing With The Moonlit Knight in live performance, it´s amazing.
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Oh My Lady Fantasy I... Love You
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helofloki
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 10:14 |
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two of these are not prog but here's my 3 favorite voices (in their prime): Daniel Gildenlow, Nat King Cole, Jeff Buckley
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 22:28 |
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IAN ANDERSON
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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stan the man
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 21:35 |
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A tie between Peter Hamil and Greg Lake. But since Lake is not in this poll i will vote for Hamil.
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true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants.
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tuxon
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 21:11 |
Freddie Mercury
but from this list Jon Anderson
Edited by tuxon
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