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It's all subjective, I like his voice, some don't.
 
Collins is a good singer as well but I prefer the tone of Gabriel. Compare and contrast "Carpet Crawlers" on TLLDOB and Seconds Out, particularly Collins and his "stickleback, back, back, back" which I find annoying.
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It's okay not to like someone's voice. I think PG is amazing, but no one can, or should, change your mind.
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I like his voice a lot, but I probably prefer Phil's by a slim margin. That said, some early Genesis songs should probably only be sung by Pete!
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This has been duscussed to death since music forums started on the web.
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I like Peter Gabriel's, but only when it comes from Peter Gabriel.

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I like Peter Gabriel's voice as much as I loathe Peter Hamill's. And that's a lot.
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Originally posted by HackettFan HackettFan wrote:

I love Gabriel's voice. It's the tone and soulfulness that cut through. He has a sensitive inner emotional quality mixed with enough darkness for it to remain cool.





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It is fine I guess, but sometimes he is overdoing it or getting theatrical ("Back in N.Y.C.", the character voices in "The Battle of Epping Forest").
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I, for one, LOVE the characters. It's why I adore Epping Forest and The Lamb. Big influence on me, but I'm also an actor :).
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I like his voice a lot, but I probably prefer Phil's by a slim margin. That said, some early Genesis songs should probably only be sung by Pete!
This....I really do enjoy and like Gabriel's voice. I actually prefer Gabriel's normal speaking voice over Phil's like when he does interviews.
Both are consistently great vocalists, few to no low points IMO. I really don't have much issue with any vocalists within the progressive rock genre, Gabriel is easily one of my top pics. H is also one I rate very high..
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True story....I was living and working in Tulsa, Oklahoma USA, in the mid to late 1980s, playing bass and guitar in various bands and art projects, and bumped into late guitarist Michael Hedges at the Tulsa Center for Contemporary Arts (which hosted shows by Adrian Belew, Guitar Craft, Chick Corea Electrik Band etc.).

Michael (a native of Oklahoma) was holding court, and opined about Peter's voice.  "You should hear it in the studio without any processing or delay," he said, "F-ing horrible!" 

LOL  I kid you not. 

I like how Peter does a little goat-sound at the end of some phrases, and his thick-as-Thames-Mud British accent is a scream!!  My college roommate used to stomp out of the room, he hated it so much.  Now, he is Gabriel's biggest fan.  

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I love Gabriel's voice! From the quirky characters on Get Em Out By Friday, to the heart-on-sleeve balladry and shouting in Supper's Ready, to the subtler inflections of The Carpet Crawlers and The Lamia, to the nightmarish narrations of Family Snapshot and Intruder, to the heartwrenching serenade that is In Your Eyes, and beyond. He's one of my favorite singers.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

Originally posted by superQuizzie superQuizzie wrote:

I know that his vocals are QUITE English. A very strong accent comes through in any song he's doing, where that's just not the case for most singers anyhwere. You know of any examples of peak Peter Gabriel?

His vocals are extremely English. This is strongly related to the truth that he is, in fact, English.

I would recommend that you try the third solo album, Melt as it was named over the pond. There are some gems on that, and it is, perhaps, as accessible as Gabriel got.

I'd say So is more accessible than Melt, but I suppose if your on a prog site Melt might be less irritating to some than So, lol.
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

When it comes to vocals, I prefer the "other" Peter. Both Gabriel and Hammill are quite theatrical in their singing styles. But the way I see it, the difference between them is that it is more difficult to take Peter Gabriel seriously.
 
 

I've only heard Pawn Hearts from VDGG, but from Hammill's performance on that album I'll much more inclined to take Gabriel seriously than Hammill. Just how I'm hearing it though.
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Originally posted by Sacro_Porgo Sacro_Porgo wrote:

I love Gabriel's voice! From the quirky characters on Get Em Out By Friday, to the heart-on-sleeve balladry and shouting in Supper's Ready, to the subtler inflections of The Carpet Crawlers and The Lamia, to the nightmarish narrations of Family Snapshot and Intruder, to the heartwrenching serenade that is In Your Eyes, and beyond. He's one of my favorite singers.


Yeah, he does have a versatile and expressive voice, more so than Phil's I guess. He sings 'character' parts better.

Get em out by Friday is one my favourite Gabriel performances in that regard. For pure feeling and emotion, my top pick would be Chamber of 32 Doors.
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I adore his voice! Phil is ok, but never fully like Peter!
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Not the greatest voce in the classical sense but Peter had a story-teller's voice that is, in my opinion, on a par with professional voice actors like Jim Dale (the Harry Potter series books on tape). His pronunciation and elocution are so engaging (I think of "Counting out Time" and "The Lamia" as two examples).
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I don't really like his singing either, and find it hard to understand how he is perhaps the most loved singer in prog. Neither do I like his lyrics. However, I do love the music he did with Genesis, and have enjoyed it so much that in many cases when I hear someone else singing it, it's just not the same. However, I do have enjoyed Phil singing some of Gabriel's Genesis songs (unfortunatley, usually the versions in the music have issues that make me prefer the original one). Also, often enough I have liked his live singing better... it's like his theatric antiques become a bit difficult to bring live, so he just switches it for raw energy, and that sounds better for me.
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I always saw PG as a kind of storyteller singer.
I don't think he has a conventionally good voice, but it's unique and the way he sings a song (tells a story) is always fun to listen to. 

I can always create images in my head and form a story from listening to the older Genesis songs.
It makes it interesting, but I admit there are times where I cringe at some of the lyrics from Gabriel.
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Originally posted by cstack3 cstack3 wrote:

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Michael (a native of Oklahoma) was holding court, and opined about Peter's voice.  "You should hear it in the studio without any processing or delay," he said, "F-ing horrible!" 

LOL  I kid you not. 
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I would almost think that this explains his not being able to do a lot of work in the past few years ... I think his voice has likely given out and he feels useless without being able to do his words and comments.

It's a sad way to go, for someone that got that well known, but it might also suggest that he could/should have taken some voice lessons, or singing work, in order to improve that, or make adjustments so that he could get away with some of those moments ... but if he "hid" all that ... eventually he will get caught, and I don't know if there is an answer or recipe for fixing it.

My guess, is that he is not capable of actually singing, and holding a note. And while that can be taught, there are times when the person's inner side can not adjust to that outside ... however, the difference, or contrast does not make him a bad singer, since in a studio everyone has a bad day, SPECIALLY when they can burn the money on it! Your band or mine would never even get the chance!

But it reminds me of a comment in the George Martin special ... and one artist that was not happy with the recording because her voice did this or that and GM said it was fine ... and he had something else in mind ... well, for the record it became a hit and she had her days in the shine! That kinda tells me that PG had an issue but no one tried to improve on it, and kept on hiding it.
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