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Poll Question: Which DP vocalist do you enjoy more?
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Someone actually voted for Turner ?  Stern Smile
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1. Ian Gillan
2. David Coverdale
3. Joe Lynn Turner
4. Glenn Hughes / Rod Evans
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Originally posted by AlanD AlanD wrote:

I voted for Rod Evans - I just love the expressive tone of his vocals and that third Deep Purple album is one of my all-time faves.
 
Gillan was just as great, of course - but as he'll obviously win, I thought I'd give Rod's excellent contribution to Purple a vote...
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I voted for Rod Evans - I just love the expressive tone of his vocals and that third Deep Purple album is one of my all-time faves.
 
Gillan was just as great, of course - but as he'll obviously win, I thought I'd give Rod's excellent contribution to Purple a vote...
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In order of my preference:
 
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Originally posted by Jim Garten Jim Garten wrote:

Coverdale's Mk3 version was a great lineup, in pre pooched out hair/mega cheek boned days, but for me, Gillan is the one vocalist I always associate with classic Purple.

But who voted for Joe Lynn Turner, for God's sake?

Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

That version of Whitesnake also featured Jon Lord and Ian Paice if I recall correctly


You do indeed - in fact (truly) the other members of Whitesnake once took the stage in T-shirts with the logo "No I Wasn't In Deep Bloody Purple"


Hey! Slaves & Masters isn't THAT bad. I like the album very much as well as The Battle Rages On. Of course I do love the classics, from Shades up to Come Taste the Band, they're all GREAT!
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Ian Gillan with the classic mk. II
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Coverdale's Mk3 version was a great lineup, in pre pooched out hair/mega cheek boned days, but for me, Gillan is the one vocalist I always associate with classic Purple.

But who voted for Joe Lynn Turner, for God's sake?

Originally posted by darqDean darqDean wrote:

That version of Whitesnake also featured Jon Lord and Ian Paice if I recall correctly


You do indeed - in fact (truly) the other members of Whitesnake once took the stage in T-shirts with the logo "No I Wasn't In Deep Bloody Purple"

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Whitesnakes first 4 albums are awsome specially Ready an' Willing is great very DP style but more blues elements. Any one heard Ain't gonna cry no more to day?? It's fabolous.
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Wow how can Evans beat Gillan?? Evans I like his albums but they're psych it's like if you prefer Syd Barret rather than Gilmour or Waters voice.
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COVERDALE AND HUGHES I ENJOY MUCH MORE

But still Gillan is another "GOD" vocalist.(not good , god)

Coverdale and hughes has CTTB that is very hard rock with much funky elemnts. Stormbringer very soul funky type of album love it. And Burn more like an album from MK II but with it's Coverdale Hughes touch.

Gillan I only listen frequently Fireball Machine Head and Made in Japan.

Both Coverdale and Gillan amazing singers.
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For me Evans because he had the best voice of them and was the best singer, since high-pitched screams don't mean anything to me, despite of all technique and skill required to do the way Gillan did.
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Originally posted by Ghost Rider Ghost Rider wrote:

Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by jwxlite jwxlite wrote:

gillan is the best. coverdale is good but whitesnake suck.
There were two stages in Whitesnake's career, the early period from 1978 to 81 was more blues and less spandex and is well worth checking out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgObbc5t_Y


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Whitesnake were a great band in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and had very little to do with what they became with their mega-successful 1987 album (which is not bad by any means).
That version of Whitesnake also featured Jon Lord and Ian Paice if I recall correctly.
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Originally posted by darqdean darqdean wrote:

Originally posted by jwxlite jwxlite wrote:

gillan is the best. coverdale is good but whitesnake suck.
There were two stages in Whitesnake's career, the early period from 1978 to 81 was more blues and less spandex and is well worth checking out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgObbc5t_Y


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Whitesnake were a great band in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and had very little to do with what they became with their mega-successful 1987 album (which is not bad by any means).
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Originally posted by jwxlite jwxlite wrote:

gillan is the best. coverdale is good but whitesnake suck.
There were two stages in Whitesnake's career, the early period from 1978 to 81 was more blues and less spandex and is well worth checking out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgObbc5t_Y
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gillan is the best. coverdale is good but whitesnake suck.
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 Ian Gillan.
 From the very first moments he spent in a recording studio with Deep Purple in early June of 1969 where the band was set up to record the Greenaway/Cook song, "Hallelujah" for a future 'single' release...at approximately a minute and a half into the track when he unleashed what would become one of Deep Purple's most recognizable and longest lasting 'trademarks' - a gravity defying scream of such intensity that it seemed to come roaring and shrieking right out of the centre of the earth, Deep Purple had found thier 'voice'...Gillan's voice - at his peak, which is, sadly well in the past, now - was as rich, powerful and utterly as beautiful as wild, fresh honey flowing over solid oak.
 My very favorite rock vocalist of the 60s/70s & for that matter, of all time.
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Ian Gillan for me. Problem with David Coverdale is that he was too much blues influenced during his Purple days. He was lacking range in his vocal performance. Whitesnake fixed this issue.
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Originally posted by 1800iareyay 1800iareyay wrote:

Ian Gillan without question. Maybe if Glenn had been lead, there would be some contest, but even then Ian would win by a mile. One listen to Child in Time should seal it.


Glenn Hughes's voice is actually much better than Gillan's - I saw him live in 2003, and my jaw dropped to the floor when he started to sing. His range is utterly amazing, especially if you consider the fact that he's 54 and spent almost twenty years of his life in the throes of alcohol and cocaine addition. If you get a chance to listen to the two CDs he recorded with Tony Iommi in recent years, you'll see my point. His recent solo output is also highly recommended.

However, I think Gillan is perfect for Deep Purple, and I don't think anyone but him can sing "Child in Time". Unfortunately, I just read in another thread that the godawful James LaBrie dared to sing "Highway Star"Dead... If he dares cover "Child in Time", then he'll be a dead man!LOL
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