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    Posted: April 28 2020 at 07:03
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‘The Hendrix of the voice’ as I read somewhere.
The way he articulates every word, phrase and mood - unbelievable. Can go from soft to guttural in a split second, can be absolutely bonkers at times. He writes intelligent lyrics and the music is mostly adventurous and unique to match. He’s not everyone’s cuppa, but one of the greatest of our time.
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All good for me. His rasp and gravelly off-kilter way of singing is unique.
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Quite useful if you need to clear mice or other small rodents from an outbuilding.

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It is one of the most unique voices i've ever heard. The thing is, the dude can actually sing, but he moreso uses his voice as an instrument. He also was sort of doing those somewhat gutteral vocals far before they were expanded on in genres like death metal. Same can be said for the singer of Comus.
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I love it, but in the beginning it took some getting used to. I think he sometimes overdoes the shouting, he is better when he doesn't. Also he has on some albums that I think he mixed himself not presented his voice in the best possible way (I actually think he should have left the mixing more to others).
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Originally posted by softandwet softandwet wrote:

What do you think about it? Just drop your opinions.

Hi,

When ANYONE can specify how they feel, be it in song or film, or theater, it doesn't matter what their "voice" sounds like. 

People didn't like Joe Cocker either, and yet a lot of concert goers ended appreciating someone that really had the quality and the chops to be where he was.

The same thing goes for Roger Chapman, who was capable of doing soft stuff as well as the harder stuff.

It has nothing to do with the "voice" ... it has to do with their delivery and quality of delivery, and PH is one of the best about telling us about his feelings, and his honesty shines all over each and every word he brings out. 

Sad that people get stuck on the voice and can not HEAR the words and their quality! Just separates the rotters from the music appreciation society!


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Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Quite useful if you need to clear mice or other small rodents from an outbuilding.

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pretty horrible---I'm neurotic enough lol don't like neurotic voices or music---what especially bothers me is put on voices---I like a singer to open their mouth and sing and the natural sound to come out and not be too pretentious.
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I think there is a great difference between 1969-71 records and 1975-77 records.

I love Hammill's voice in Aerosol / The Least / H to to He / Pawn Haerts: in these Lp he touches the higher notes with an angelic and wonderful voice (Refugees) and he touches the more dramatic notes with an expressionist voice.

Instead in Godbluff (partially) /Still Life / World Record (most of all) / The Queit (partially) he is not able to catch the higher notes and so he sings with an hoarse and strangled voice that it is difficult to listen to.
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I like his vocals a lot, very expressive vocalist. I enjoy classic VDGG quite a bit. 
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I really couldn't stand it at first but it gradually grew on me
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Originally posted by moshkito moshkito wrote:

Originally posted by Mascodagama Mascodagama wrote:

Quite useful if you need to clear mice or other small rodents from an outbuilding.

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I'd rather listen to nails scratching down a blackboard for a week.
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Not really my favorite, though he is a good singer, with good technique. I just don't like his tone. 

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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

I think there is a great difference between 1969-71 records and 1975-77 records.

I love Hammill's voice in Aerosol / The Least / H to to He / Pawn Haerts: in these Lp he touches the higher notes with an angelic and wonderful voice (Refugees) and he touches the more dramatic notes with an expressionist voice.

Instead in Godbluff (partially) /Still Life / World Record (most of all) / The Queit (partially) he is not able to catch the higher notes and so he sings with an hoarse and strangled voice that it is difficult to listen to.


Yeah I feel very much the same way about this! Enjoy the later VdGG albums as well, but nowhere near as much as the earlier albums and Peter Hammill's debut.
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Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

‘The Hendrix of the voice’ as I read somewhere.
The way he articulates every word, phrase and mood - unbelievable. Can go from soft to guttural in a split second, can be absolutely bonkers at times. He writes intelligent lyrics and the music is mostly adventurous and unique to match. He’s not everyone’s cuppa, but one of the greatest of our time.


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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I'd rather listen to nails scratching down a blackboard for a week.

If I may paraphrase Charles Baudelaire (who was originally referring to Wagner):

I love Hammill, but the vocality I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.
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On some songs I love him, others I don't.
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