Roger Waters vs. David Gilmour (Vocals)
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Topic: Roger Waters vs. David Gilmour (Vocals)
Posted By: jikai55
Subject: Roger Waters vs. David Gilmour (Vocals)
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 08:12
| While Waters can sing very emotionally, my vote has to go to Gilmour for Welcome To The Machine. |
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Posted By: retuow
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 08:17
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Gilmour is by far the better singer of both... ------------- Human beings were created by water to carry it uphill. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 08:20
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oh yippee... you all are reaching DT heights for shear number of related polls... on second thought... not quite... haven't seen the Nick Mason vs. God poll yet.. oh yeah.. Waters.. think Wright actually was better singer than Gilmour anyway ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 08:25
Isn't it a ROGER WATERS song???????
 I will go with poor ROGER as he brings the emotion and the edge into his songs; but none of them are great, great singers anyway!
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jikai55 wrote:Posted By: ProgFan
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 08:39
| Roger Waters for me, he just can lay much more emotion in a song than Gilmour does. |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 09:13
| I voted for Gilmour but I always felt Wright was very underrated as a Singer and Keyboard player. I think Stay is a classic and the combination of Gilmour and Wright on Echoes is mindblowing...... |
Posted By: Kill Fede
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 09:19
Roger Waters
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Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 09:23
| Roger Waters |
Posted By: seamus
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 09:26
| No contest: DG |
Posted By: Planet_Gong
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 09:55
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for ever gilmour. no dubt
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 11:13
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Wright. Then Gilmour. Then Waters. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: darkmatter
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 11:17
David Gilmour by a MILE. Waters sounds good on Animals. But I listened to The Wall yesterday, and I have to say that it almost painful to here him sing sometimes.  Gilmour has a beautiful voice. I have respect for both of them.
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Posted By: chessman
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 11:28
Gilmour isn't in any way a great singer...but he is better than Waters, who tends to 'act' out the vocals more than really sing them. 
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:03
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GiImour... No doubt!!! ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:28
I concur. ------------- 'We're going to need a bigger swear jar.' |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:36
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The miracle is that the Floyd had Barret and Wright and Waters and Gilmour singing... I can't split their contributions, nor compare them.
------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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Posted By: lighthouse
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:47
A good leason I learned probably from listening to bands like Marillion and Floyd is nicer isn`t always better , there's an honesty in the phrasing the ownership of the lyric that an average voice can convey beautifully even better than a more commercial perfect to the ear voice can if the lyrics suite it, for this reason I went for Roger Waters 
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Posted By: keith_emerson
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:54
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very unfair poll!!! my vote goes for Waters cause i can't stand Gilmour. But you are just evaluating the only thing Gilmour does better than Waters... Waters is better: Composer, lyricist, person(i mean good guy), and he has deeper feeling such as Hammill does... My vote obviously goes for RW. (Not Robbie Williams huh  ) |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 12:58
Yeah, it was already obvious you are enlighted, thus voting Rick Wright  Man, he deserves so much more recognition...------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 13:20
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Roger Waters. ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 17:56
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I prefer David Gilmour's voice, although Waters is good on Animals.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 20:53
| you know, a lot of groups that I love have a lead singer combo (2 vocalists) , and it adds variety to theoverall sound. Waters's voice is best on the cynical hard edged stuff, Gilmour on the dreamier, mellow songs, & both had skill at singing the blues based songs. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 20:55
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Gilmour.
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Posted By: Jeams Pfirp
Date Posted: April 14 2007 at 21:22
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I voted for David Gilmour. -------------  
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Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 18:40
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David Gilmour, as Waters can't sing at all. (nor can he play the bass) ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 19:25
That's a pretty STUPID comment a 8 year old boy would do.
 You may like or not like the guy, but at least respect what he has done for a career. What have you done, you to judge his vocals and bass playing as zero!
This is the guy who composed most of the music of a band named PINK fLOYD!
This is the most stupid post i ever read on PA
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 19:27
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Each excels in their own fields, so its hard to choose really. ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: Jeams Pfirp
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 20:07
I agree, that was sort of harsh. -------------
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Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 20:35
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Gilmour's vocals are so sterile. They make me feel nothing; I hate them. On the other hand Roger is one of my favorite vocalists. His vocals are so human. I can't get enough. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: Asyte2c00
Date Posted: April 15 2007 at 20:36
| Waters over Gilmour, though I dont't rate Waters that highly as vocalist in the prog rock. |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 00:43
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I like them both equally. edit: in the vocal department. |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 00:58
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In this department Dave. But when they played together, both were flawless, the combination worked perfectly, they knew exactly what parts to take. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 01:04
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In the studio:
David Gilmour. Studios albums I love this man voice is soo beautiful, But live he sounds totaly different. It reminds me of the TV series the HULk and becasue of that I choose Roger water.!!!! he brilliant in the studio and live. Also he still can sing after all these years beautifully. Totally the opposite of Mr. Gilmour. ------------- http://darksideofcollages.blogspot.com/ http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Darksideof-Collages/ |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 03:43
| David Gilmour. |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 05:31
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Point is, he didn't compose most of the music. Yes, he wrote most of the lyrics (which I'll admit are mostly good), but the best material of PF, like Shine on you crazy diamond, Atom heart mother or Echoes were written in collaboration. Also, for the title track of WYWH, he didn't write a single note, he just delivered the lyrics and David Gilmour wrote all the music. And I don't believe it's coincidence that the best song on The Wall, namely Comfortably Numb, is co-written with David Gilmour.
So stop the nonsense about R. Waters did everything! Without David Gilmour's guitarplaying, PF wouldn't have been so popular. If David had left PF, that would have been much worse than the departure of R. Waters ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 05:37
| Waters and Gilmour are both poor singers. Rick Wright is the best singer of the band IMO. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 05:45
| David |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 05:51
Waters for me too - Gilmour as a singer is vastly overrated IMHO. |
Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 10:25
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My vote goes to David Gilmour, who I greatly admire for his singing skills.
Waters is definitely more histrionic, but his voice often gets on my nerves! Truth is that I can't imagine Gilmour singing The Trial or other freaky cuts from The Wall and The Final Cut A word for Rick Wright: he's always been sorely underrated as a composer and as a singer (when it comes to playing, he's surely no virtuoso, but as I repeated many times, I don't care too much about technicism) ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 13:41
| David, as a singer. |
Posted By: Floydian42
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 15:31
Right.... It was Dave that whole time. Anyway, I voted Gilmour. (Although, Waters IMO is the better musician) |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 16:43
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David Gilmour! ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: April 16 2007 at 16:47
There was a band before David Gilmour joined, remember?
n00bs these days ------------- Beauty will save the world.
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Posted By: dholl
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 19:30
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For years I thought Time and Stay (and what else?) were sung by David Gilmour! I think Pink Floyd is the best singer. |
Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 23:54
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I have nothing new to add to this debate so... ------------- 
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 00:05
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W-W-W-Waters. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 00:55
hahhahahhahha..... I have one word for that post.... bullsh*t. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 01:02
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For vocals, it must be Gilmour
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 01:06
ahhhhh... a blast from the past well said my dear... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Snipergoat
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 08:03
Actually David said in an interview he'd played like 90% of the bass on the records.. going way back to Meddle etc... :P Anyway, I don't agree with that guys comment at all, I like Rogers singing especially on Animals. But, how can you say Waters is the better musician? He's an amazing lyricist and writer... but I think Rick Wright and David Gilmour was were the real musicianship was at in Pink Floyd. |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: December 31 2007 at 08:08
| Maybe Gilmour is a "better" singer, but I find Waters' vocals much more interesting. |
Posted By: jetson
Date Posted: May 15 2008 at 21:12
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Wright But from those listed above: Gilmour. ------------- 
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Posted By: Relayer09
Date Posted: May 15 2008 at 21:32
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Gilmour has a much smoother delivery. ------------- If you lose your temper, you've lost the arguement. -Proverb |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 15 2008 at 21:42
^ so smooth it makes me drowsy sometimes  difficult, kinda like David Lee Roth and Sammy Hagar (or not like that at all, take your pick).. I give it to Roger for feeling, evoking many images and doing a great job even though he's not really a singer |
Posted By: Draconis
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 18:24
| Gilmour. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: May 16 2008 at 18:30
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Posted By: alanerc
Date Posted: May 17 2008 at 00:24
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The answer lies in the "Remember that night" DVD and the Echoes version in this svs is AWESOME the voices fit perfectly |
Posted By: A B Negative
Date Posted: May 18 2008 at 12:02
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I thought both sang on Welcome To the Machine... Gilmour is too soft and Waters is too harsh but the combination of the two is great. Add Wright to the equation and the result is fantastic. ------------- "The disgusting stink of a too-loud electric guitar.... Now, that's my idea of a good time." |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 18 2008 at 16:40
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I've got to abstain on this one. Aside from what you die-hard Pink Floyd fans say, The Final Cut is one of my favorite albums of all time, and Waters's vocals on that album, prolific as they are, are emotionally powerful ("The Gunner's Dream" and "The Final Cut" stand out in this respect). David Gilmour's On an Island makes me want to go to the beach every time I hear it, and I think his vocal on "Dogs" is superb. As for Wright, I've got to say I like his also. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 19 2008 at 01:44
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Gilmour. ------------- 
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Posted By: JLocke
Date Posted: May 19 2008 at 01:56
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Waters whines all throughout The Wall, and while that album may be my favorite of theirs, the irony is that I prefer Gilmour. I miss the days of prime Floyd when Waters was humble enough to realize who the better frontman was and allowed Dave to sing his lyrics for him.
I mean, when Gilmour finally chimes in during "Comfortably Numb", I realize just how much better he is at the whole singing thing than Roger. Sorry Roge, you may be a better lyricist, but Dave has you beat both in musicianship and vocal ability.
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Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: May 20 2008 at 18:26
| Gilmour |