The best vocalist?
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Topic: The best vocalist?
Posted By: RaphaelT
Subject: The best vocalist?
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 19:59
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The candidates are my personal best, therefore Steve Hogarth is not included. My favourite is Peter Hammill. Trevor Horn is not a serious candidate of course. ------------- yet you still have time! |
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Posted By: stinkfist
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 20:04
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ive always liked Greg Lake's work ------------- how can this mean anything to me? when i really dont feel a thing at all |
Posted By: Odysseus
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 20:48
| Jon |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 21:51
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Where is Freddy Mercury? ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 22:04
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Freddy is perhaps the greatest but I mentioned the choice was subjective, and in my opinion Queen were not prog, but sth like ecclectic pop. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 22:48
ITS MY HERO! 
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Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: September 16 2005 at 23:01
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[QUOTE=RaphaelT]
Freddy is perhaps the greatest but I mentioned the choice was subjective,
QUOTE] Ecclectic pop? Some of it was sure, but if you don't consider prog you have to at least consider it rock. Yeah I was just added Freddy just for the sake of it. Overall hes my favorite vocalist. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Pablo_P
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 03:13
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it's so hard to choose... Jon Anderson Ian Anderson Peter Gabriel Peter Hammill Fish ^ they all are really great IMO... And where's Geddy Lee? ------------- Pablo P. |
Posted By: Mlaen
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 05:52
Gabriel. Peter Gabriel. 
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Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 05:59
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Steve Wilson for me please!
------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: Starette
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 06:03
What use is this poll without David Byron?  ------------- 50 tonne angel falls to the earth... |
Posted By: SomethingGood
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 06:56
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Daniel Gildenlow
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/somethinggood/"> 
Click the image. CLICK IT!!! |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 17 2005 at 08:18
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Geddy Lee and David Byron - the same, the options were result of my personal choice. You can judge me. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 16:25
For me too!
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Wolf Spider wrote:Posted By: Prodigal
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 16:29
| Other missing names on the list: Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Mikael Åkerfeldt and Maynard James Keenan. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 16:35
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Peter Gabriel ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 17:22
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Well, Akerfeldt is great at growling but prog rock is not only about it. I haven't heard much of Mars Volta nor Tool, sorry. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 17:23
Akerfeldt only good at growling? You don't know Opeth well, My Friend... Other - Mike Baker for me! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5"> 
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 17:29
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Opeth - poza kilkoma razy u Kosiñskiego w Nocy Muzycznych Pejza¿y nie s³ucha³em ich za wiele. A kim jest Mike Baker? ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 17:52
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Peter Hammill!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 19:39
| Peter Hammil of course. Amazing Vocalist and frontman who is so underrated its not funny. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 19:43
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Richard Sinclair for me!
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 20:13
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Whether queen is prog or not( which they are not) the poll entitled the best vocalist, should have the best vocalist included. but i voted my man stevey wilson ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Simkim
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 20:24
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Peter Hammill. But I don't see Francesco di Giacomo from Banco! |
Posted By: Violenza
Date Posted: September 18 2005 at 22:58
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How about Demetrio Stratos (Area)? or Mike Patton? I'll go with Peter Hammill as for the given vocalists. |
Posted By: R o V e R
Date Posted: September 19 2005 at 01:58
| greg lake |
Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: September 21 2005 at 11:21
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Jon Anderson or Peter Gabriel...today I'd go for Jon. Trevor Horn huh? Ho ho ho |
Posted By: Ed_The_Dead
Date Posted: September 21 2005 at 12:34
Pulchny, wasaty osobnik posiadajacy piekny, pelen emocji glos - wokalista symfoniczno-prog metalowego Shadow Gallery Co do Opeth - Jak chcesz sie przokonac o umiejetnosciach wokalnych pana Mikaela lap album Damnation... nie uslyszysz ani jednego growla tam... Moj ulubiony Album szwedow czemu napisa³em miast damnation opeth? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ed_the_dead/?chartstyle=asimpleblue5">
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Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: September 21 2005 at 12:38
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Hammill gets my vote, and where's Mike Patton? ------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: September 21 2005 at 15:48
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Jon Anderson - and he can still reach the high notes. I feel sorry for Trevor Horn, no votes and I can still remember him going red in the face trying to reach the high notes at Hammersmith Odeon on the Drama tour. |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: September 21 2005 at 18:56
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Proposing Trevor Horn was of course some kind of joke. Francesco di Giacomo - I love Banco, but actually haven't studied to find the name of vocallist. My fault, although I think Aldo from Le Orme would sufficiently represent the great genre of italian prog. Akerfeldt did a great performance on Ayreon's "Human Equation" but has not yet earned to be one of my favorites. Mike Patton - I used to didn't like Faith No More due to I'm Easy when I was young, but now my attitude is going to change. This polls follows the line of some other threads titled themselves "The best of" and giving the opportunity to choose between someone's favourites. Despite the title it doesn't pretend to be the most impartial poll of choosing really "the best vocalist". ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 16:06
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Other: David Byron!!!!! ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |
Posted By: DeadGhost
Date Posted: October 17 2005 at 16:26
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Mikael Akerfeldt Steven Wilson James Labrie (of 1992-1995) Russell allen Ray Alder (from Fates Warning - a really great singer!) Jon Anderson all of them are my fav. vocalists I voted for James Labrie, because i haven't heard any singer who can compare to him when he was at his best (on images and words, live at the marquee, live in tokyo and especially Awake!!) It's too bad he had food poisoning and his vocal cords were injured until then he was the greatest, IMO |
Posted By: A Guy
Date Posted: October 25 2005 at 18:11
Why do Dagmar krause (Henry Cow) and Deborah Perry (Thinking Plague) never seem to get mentioned in these vocalist threads, anyway? I don't know, maybe nobody thinks they are any good...
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Posted By: Destrio
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 01:10
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Tie for me between Fish and Steven Wilson. Wilson gets my vote.
And wheres GEDDY LEE? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 01:14
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many favorites are on that list, but have to go with Greg Lake.
------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 02:41
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I voted for Jon(not a big asurprise), but there are many great ones. Peter Hamill is tuly amazing for example. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 03:40
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Out of this list, Greg Lake wins hands down. His voice is the most beautiful of them all, even though you may not like what he is singing (and I do). However, I also like Peter Gabriel, Richard Sinclair (who reminds me of Lake), David Gilmour, Ian Anderson (who's probably the best lyricist in prog) and also Steve Walsh, though his vocal style is more American. My all-time favourite singer, though, is the great Glenn Hughes. Do yourself a favour and listen to the records he made with Tony Iommi. Sheer bliss! |
Posted By: Chipiron
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 03:54
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Greg Lake, although Jon Anderson's voice has aged better. ------------- [IMG]http://www.belderrain.es/GIFs/tora.gif"> |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 06:06
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I've choosen the "other" option, since 2 of the bests vocalists around nowadays aren't included on this list ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
: Steve Hogarth (Marillion) and Neal Morse (Spock's Beard, Neal Morse)
Posted By: Wolf Spider
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 06:25
Steve Wilson get`s my voice
------------- http://www.lastfm.pl/user/tomash33 - Last.fm |
Posted By: ColonelClaypool
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 06:47
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Steve Wilson. But Neal Morse is sorely missing from the poll. ------------- With magic, you can turn a frog into a prince. With science, you can turn a frog into a Ph.D. and you still have the frog you started with. |
Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 07:10
| I know James LaBrie is the thing about Dream Theater that turns off a lot of people, but personally I love his singing, he get's my vote. |
Posted By: Lindsay Lohan
Date Posted: October 26 2005 at 07:12
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Mike Patton-prog Bruce Dickinson-Nearly prog ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Fjuffe/?chartstyle=sideRed - [IMG - http://imagegen.last.fm/sideRed/recenttracks/Fjuffe.gif - |
Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 10:50
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I completely agree that leaving Neal Morse was a mistake - I haven't watched him on Transatlantic Live In Europe video at the time I started this thread. Steve Hogarth is a wonderful singer, who had bad luck replacing my neoprog favourite Fish in beloved Marillion - he is worse lyricist and more quiet on stage, so this is the reason H is missing. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 10:59
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Then: Greg Lake Now: Mikael Åkerfeldt (I like the versatility of his voice) |
Posted By: parrymason
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:18
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Peter Hammill Peter Gabriel Greg Lake Jon Anderson David Gilmour & Roger Waters are really good too, I still can`t decide who is better...  ------------- 
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Posted By: Genesisprog
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:20
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CRAIG LAKE !!! ------------- Frank Zappa,Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis,Rush,King Crimson,Jethro Tull,E.L.P,Rick Wakeman -They have one similarity- I Love Them all ! |
Posted By: Under
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 11:41
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The question was "who is the best vocalist?" Not, who is your favorite. Steve Wilson simply cannot be the best vocalist. He, himself, even disagrees with that opinion.
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Posted By: W.Chuck
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 12:37
What's about RUSSELL ALLEN from SYMPHONY X??  ------------- 
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 13:37
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Russell Allen - there is so many good progmetal bands, with so many good vocalists - and there is only 25 choices possible in a poll. ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 14:05
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Steven Wilson- I also like Labrie and Geddy- and the dude from Opeth |
Posted By: Syndromet
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 14:38
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"The candidates are my personal best, therefore Steve Hogarth is not included."
It's got to be other, then. -------------  It is said to be the first Test-pressing of the corean release??
http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/ |
Posted By: MegaMoog
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 14:53
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Where is Annie Haslam I guess The Vultures Fly High |
Posted By: Murder1
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:23
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Posted By: drumsandbass
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:27
| One more for Mr. Anderson |
Posted By: Crushed Aria
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:27
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Posted By: RaphaelT
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:44
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Annie Haslam - fair point, this thread is a little bit sexist. Daniel Gildenlow - the same as Neal Morse ------------- yet you still have time! |
Posted By: daghrastubfari
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 15:48
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Mike Patton is one of the greatest vocalists I think |
Posted By: Tholomyes
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 17:08
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Jon Anderson for me. But i also like: - Maynard James Keenan - Cedric Bixler Zavala - Greg Lake |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 17:23
| Freddie Mercury |
Posted By: SolariS
Date Posted: October 27 2005 at 17:26
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i had to go with Greg Lake incredible pipes |