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Poll Question: who is your choice?
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I would say a combination of Latimer and Ferguson, I'm not sure who sings in Song within a song, but he's voice is pretty bad, and anyways I love the vocals on that song.
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funny, I like every one of those singers aside from Hogarth and Marianne Faithful (don't know who she is), and I wouldn't say that all of them have a "bad" voice (especially Clapton, Neil Young, and Brian May).  My pick is a toss up between ol' Neil and Brian May...really like Ray Davies as well.
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I had given up on this list until I read the last nomination - Marianne Faithful - oh yes, not a great voice, but a really great singer. Clap
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I don't necessarily think Brian May has a bad voice at all. If you're singing alongside Freddie Mercury on the other hand... you're bound to be overshadowed. 
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Lately, it's been Tom Waits
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Steve Hogarth is a good prog singer. He may not be clear and disting or hit the notes totally right all the time, but he sings with emotion, which overrides anything else (assuming his voice isn't annoying and I don't think it is).
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Steve Howe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOv_g0BmoRA

Brian May  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w1ydSXHsc9Y

 
 
 
Eric Clapton with Mark Knopfler http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8ipQl9pywg
 
 
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Originally posted by laplace laplace wrote:

deny it all you want, everyone on the list is a terrible singer. ;)also I don't think Bjork's a bad singer at all given her range and depth. It might be an intentionally quirky voice but I don't think that makes it technically bad. just sexy


Agreed. Bjork is technically a pretty good singer. Her range is fantastic, she is powerfull, versatile and original. She sings with great emotion and her intonation is actually very good; when it's not, it's obviously not supposed to be. Some people think that afemale singer has to sound like Karen Carpenter or Janet Baker to be 'technically good' It's not the case.

Anyway, Lemmy is my choice. Dreadful singer. Great voice!
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Bob Dylan. And Mark Knopfler, though he doesn't really sing.

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Knopfler for me, I love his work, and I'm used to his voice. Same with Latimer and Gabriel. Love their stuff.

Axl Rose has a voice like a cat getting cut in half with a chain saw. Unreal how bad he is. Pathetic, actually. I've never heard a pro singer sound worse. Dylan's voice is better. At least to my ears.

Ian Anderson was mentioned by several. I actually like his voice, although it's not operatic quality. It suits his songs quite well, or maybe the songs suit his voice. Chicken and the egg?

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tom delonge is a really sh*t singer...but i really like him as a guitarist and singer
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^ Yup.

Also Cedric from The Mars Volta. Not bad, but not brilliant technically, I guess.
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Les Claypool

 

he can't sing for ****

but its awesome anyway.
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Of these, Latimer and Faithful. Also Nick Barrett.

I don't really care that much about Hogarth's voice. I agree it's a bit generic and samey. Still, he's better than Fish, who sounds like a ham actor to me, very artificial despite (because?) of his so-called expressiveness. I can't believe people actually fall for the 'emotion' in his singing. And Hogarth's vocal melodies are generally much better than Fish's.

There's a few missing in the poll, like '70s Peter Gabriel and Geddy Lee. Jon Anderson sings flat; so does the IQ singer (forgot his name). I don't think Stolt or Neal Morse have good vocal technique, either.

Singers with good technique whom I don't like are LaBrie and Annie Haslam.



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Other: everyone in the first Wakeman albums. also, Steve Hackett.
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Other: Thom Yorke. As a singer he has nothing but a good falsetto. But I love his style.
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How is Geddy not on this list???
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Originally posted by Proletariat Proletariat wrote:

Bright Eyes
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I don't think he has a bad voice.
 
I'm going with the lead singer of Pavlov's Dog. He can sound like a dolphin at times,but I love it.
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Ringo, Reed, Dylan, Young, Nelson, Davies, and Lynott all have fantastic voices.
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