Highest Voice in Prog
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Topic: Highest Voice in Prog
Posted By: Dr Know
Subject: Highest Voice in Prog
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 19:25
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I don´t think I have heard anyone (male that is) sing that high. On the track Song Dance he really goes hiiiiggghhh!! Maybe I´m wrong, who would you say has the highest voice? |
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Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 19:46
| Song Dance is the song and has David Surkamp on vocals from Pavlov´s dog BTW. |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:03
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------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Hmmm... These folks seem to have pretty HIGH voices:
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:05
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And then there's always:
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:08
Quite funny Peter, thanks for that .------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:09
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Peter wrote:
Posted By: Dr Know
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:09
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Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:15
Wow Tony your new signature is GREAT! 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:19
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I can believe it!!! These guys are my three favourite singers (from the '70s). I voted for David Surkamp, his voice is unreachable!!! Don't forget Ian Gillan. |
Posted By: Bern
Date Posted: March 21 2006 at 20:24
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^Hey ANDREW! You finally returned to your old account?
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:33
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DAVID SURKAMP by far, but strangely this guy really knows how to sing with his horrendous voice, his technique is impeccable. Ivám ------------- 
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:38
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Very prog, this falsettoed weiner was....
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Nazgul
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 02:45
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LaBrie
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Posted By: MorgothSunshine
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 04:46
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Demetrio Stratos, the highest, the lowest, the greatest!!! ------------- For every truth even the contrary is true... 
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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:00
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Yes, i came back
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Posted By: Tony Fisher
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 06:31
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Dane Stevens of Druid. He's the bloke with the beard and who is built like a brick s**thouse, but sings higher than anyone I've ever heard. Damned good, too, as were his band. |
Posted By: iguana
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 07:05
why, mariah carey of course...  ------------- progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false? |
Posted By: Erik
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 07:29
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Thom Yorke has his moments.
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Posted By: Phil
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 07:39
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David Surkamp I think! Unless maybe you count yodelling by whats-his-name from Focus.... |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 08:18
| You didn't say you were limiting this to male voices, so it has to be Annie Haslam. |
Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 20:31
David Surkamp with out a doubt. His vocal technique was just amazing particularly in "Song Dance" from "Pampered Menial". My other two "height" pushers would be Ian Gillan and David Byron. Amazing voices - I don't think any male vocalist today can compare with these guys ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: CryoftheCarrots
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 20:54
| The highest voice in prog has to be Cedric Bixler Savalla from The Mars Volta.Leaves all others mentioned for dead. |
Posted By: bundy
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 21:05
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David Surkamp. I still remember the first time I heard PAmpered Menial, saying to my friend, "Wow that woman has an amazing voice". I almost fell off my chair when he replied, "yes and what's more amazing is it's not a woman it's a male". Twenty years later, PM is still one of my ten desert island albums. A true masterpiece. Favourite track is Theme From Subway Sue. ------------- They who know do not speak! They who talk do not know! |
Posted By: rushfan6588
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 21:15
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Although they aren't always considered prog...they aren't on this site...i think the lead singer of Coheed & Cambria takes the cake. Gentle Giant also has its moments (So Sincere-from The Power and The Glory comes to mind) OHHHHH..and the lead singer of A-Ha |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 23:23
Whst's his name?????? HERESY!!!!!!!!!!! Hey friend, this guy is an icon of Progressive Rock and his name is Thijs Van Leer (Some other forms of his first name are valid). Iván -------------
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Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: March 22 2006 at 23:28
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Though he doesn't usually sing very high, Peter Gabriel can hit high notes too. I am yet to hear Surkamp. ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 00:14
Here I disagree,. if Peter was weak in something it was in high ranges. Usually when singers don't reach high notes, they ask the band to lower down the tone or use cheap tricks as repeating words (Phil Collins did that) or cut the last word. Instead of using low tricks Peter created that special semi yodel, that was a very efficient and intelligent way to make believe he could reach every high pitch and at the same time add drama to the lyrics. About Surkamp, imagine Geddy Leee after breathing 5 helium balloons but with the exact technique of Edith Piaff, you can't fail. Iván -------------
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Posted By: The Ryan
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 01:20
| The vocalist for The Mars Volta has been known to hit notes only a handful of males can on this planet, as high as the male voice has been known to reach. Tell me Geddy Lee can do that now, yeah right. |
Posted By: Mongo
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 01:41
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Roger Taylor ------------- "The options are ever fewer on the ground these days" Fish |
Posted By: Meddler
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 11:12
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Cedric Bixler-Zavala Yeah, he's my choice. |
Posted By: Duncan
Date Posted: March 23 2006 at 11:31
Precisely who I was gonna mention. He's BREATHTAKING. I love high male voices, personally. Testicle jokes, whatever, I DON'T CARE. I've been digging Pavlov's Dog a lot recently; the lush balladry and Surkamp's helium-induced, birdsong vibrato make a winning combination.
Boy, um, which ones? Could you provide time references or something? |
Posted By: Pafnutij
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 06:54
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David Byron hasn't been mentioned ...oh wait he has I'm beginning to like Surkamp's voice as well. It has a funny Bugs Bunny quality to it. |
Posted By: Drachen Theaker
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 07:19
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Probably Surkamp followed by Lee...both of 'em make Jon Anderson sound like Barry White ------------- "It's 1973, almost dinnertime and I'm 'aving 'oops!" - Gene Hunt |
Posted By: chopper
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 07:23
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There must be someone here who is musically qualified to identify the highest note sung on a prog record. My money's still on Annie Haslam, but then females do have a slight advantage. |
Posted By: CaptainWafflos
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 07:54
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John Arch of early Fates Warning has a pretty crazy high voice. Cedric of The Mars Volta is up there too. |
Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 08:00
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Aprodite's Child ------------- CYMRU AM BYTH 
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Posted By: erlenst
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 08:12
That's because you haven't heard the others. If you had ever heard Pavlov's Dog, you would never claim such a ridiculous thing. This is NOT about taste, but simple physics. His voice can reach higher frequencies than any other vocalist I've ever heard. |
Posted By: helofloki
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 10:42
| What about Daniel Gildenlow? Listen to the note he hits at the end of Used, can't get much higher than that as far as men go. However we forget quickly women sing prog too, so it's probably some woman. |
Posted By: cobb
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:25
| I would have to back up that that comment by helofloki. If anyone has seen the Transatlantic DVD with him in it listen to where he sings in the harmony. |
Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: March 24 2006 at 17:31
Well I didn't mean he hit high notes well. Wow that is pretty darn high! ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants.
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Posted By: Anguiad
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 00:49
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Mmm... I dunno who this Surkamp mister is, so I am not voting Though I have not heard alot of Rush, I can tell Geddy Lee has an excellent,and not that annoying, voice. It is interesting that his singing has evolved and that he can reach his vocals live, something many cannot(LaBrie can't and I cringed Jon Anderson is more melodic than high don't you think? Anyway I sure like his voice, and he is awesome live! About Cedric, he does reach high notes, but I don't have the knowledge to asure he is THE best, nevertheless he has a quite original voice, being a new band and all. Annie Haslam...only heard one song of her with the Yes bros in "Its all over now baby blue", and she has a cute voice. ------------- "Tis your birth and faith that wrong you...not I." |
)Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 08:18
David Surkamp is the great PAVLOV'S DOG's singer!!! I recommend you their first album called "Pampered Menial" released in 1975. |
Posted By: MrHiccup
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 08:55
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The highest voice...? It must be Thijs Van Lee-eee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeee-eeeer's voice.
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Posted By: TheLamb
Date Posted: March 25 2006 at 14:22
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Annie Haslm from Rennesiance or however you write her name, or her band's name... probably wrote that with 20 spelling errors, but nevermind...... anyways she has a very high voice... sortof... hmm... I think a vocal range of over 5-6 octaves, and thats opera soprano standards.... well then again she is an opera soprano.... whatever..... good singer! ------------- 
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Posted By: Deadwing12
Date Posted: March 26 2006 at 08:56
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Thom Yorke from Radiohead gets up there... and some of those prog-metal
singers an belt it way up there in the triple octave-y range But I still think the highest voice goes to that dude from Sigur Ros. Holy sh*t  Oh, and I almost forgot the great singer of the band in my sig Claudio Sanchez from Co & Ca, with his "castratto' . Sings like a much cleaner and smoother Geddy Lee, IMO------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Deadwing008/?chartstyle=Basquiat"> 
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 13:04
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ANNIE HASLAM ------------- 
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Posted By: Figglesnout
Date Posted: May 26 2006 at 14:08
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someone wanted a time for cedrics higher notes so i thought i'd provide.
in Cygnus...Vismund Cygnus after the build-up he bellows "ooh yeah" about 4 times...each extremely high, and then afterward he repeats the chorus with varied notes hitting possibly the highest note i've evr heard but i haven't heard everyone mentioned here so i can't be sure he's the highest singer--he can sing some high notes though.
Cygnus is definately his highest moment I think but other high moments present themselves in just about every other song they've written. the time for that parts in cygnus are:
7:35-8:00
and then 8:30-9:40
yeah re-listenign those are some freaking high notes...
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Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: May 27 2006 at 08:28
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Does anyone else think that the guy from Sigur Ros (cant remeber name) think he has an extremely high voice. Almost womanly. Not saying hes bad or anything, i love sigur ros.
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