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Poll Question: Who was the best?
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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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My three favorite are definitively

  • Gabriel
  • Hammill
  • Ian Anderson

My favorite depends of my mood...now, i choose Ian !
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Originally posted by micky micky wrote:

Greg Lake for heaven's sake.

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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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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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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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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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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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Points: 16837 		Direct Link To This Post 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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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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Originally posted by Blacksword 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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Originally posted by Norm Cash 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.

 

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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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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Jon Andreson seems to be getting a lot of votes all of a sudden, I think I detect foul play gentlemen.Confused
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Originally posted by Dr Know Dr Know wrote:

Jon Andreson seems to be getting a lot of votes all of a sudden, I think I detect foul play gentlemen.Confused

Obviously people have taste.
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