Deep Purple vocalists
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Topic: Deep Purple vocalists
Posted By: Cristi
Subject: Deep Purple vocalists
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 09:34
Maybe it's not such a smart question because obviously Gillan will definitely be the winner, but i'm curious how many votes will the others get. I would also like you to explain little bit your choices.
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Posted By: Chris H
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 09:35
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The poll says which one do I ENJOY more, and the is certainly Rod Evans, although undoubtedly Ian was the revolutionary voice in Deep Purple.
Rod Evans  ------------- Beauty will save the world. 
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Posted By: fratelmaestro
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 09:37
| Ian Gillan....No comment!!!! |
Posted By: Prayermad
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 09:42
| of course it's Gillan. Thre words: Child In Time |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 10:04
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IAN GILLAN is DEEP PURPLE
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Posted By: Kotro
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 10:30
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Voted for Ian because I feel he has the best voice, although I am much more of a Mark I fan. ------------- Bigger on the inside. |
Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 12:59
| Another "didja know" - it seems that when things starting going sour between Gillan & Blackmore, Ritchie was thinking of trying to get another singer more in the style of Paul Rodgers for the band, i.e. less of a "screamer" & more traditional bluesy vocalist. Strange when he actually became the boss of his own band (Rainbow), that he went for Dio. Good pick, though. |
Posted By: Tormato
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 14:49
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Ian, but Glenn is an amazing singer too! ------------- I like Tormato, so shoot me! Every person in the world can't think the same. |
Posted By: paolo.beenees
Date Posted: April 20 2007 at 14:57
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GILLAN!!!!!!!!! Child in time would convince anybody! By the way, check out what he could do on the first recording of "Jesus Christ Superstar" ------------- 
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 17:58
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Ian Gillan!!!!
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">  
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Posted By: vunder
Date Posted: April 21 2007 at 23:16
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Loved the song "Hush", but Gillan gets my vote. "Child In Time" is a great example, but listen to one of the more obscure tracks "Bloodsucker" off (In Rock) for, IMO, one of his best. ------------- "If I only had time" |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 04:05
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i go with gillan and coverdale /hughles ------------- Nothing can last there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 09:17
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I thought Tommy Bolin did a few vocals as well? ------------- The best eclectic music on the Web,8-11pm BST/GMT THURS. CLICK ON: http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php - http://www.lborosu.org.uk/media/lcr/live.php Host by PA's Dick Heath. |
Posted By: Passionist
Date Posted: April 23 2007 at 09:28
| Hughes, Coverdale. Both are excellent singers and without coverdale there would be no Whitesnake. But as it is said, Ian Gillan == Deep Purple. |
Posted By: cyberiancygnus
Date Posted: May 08 2007 at 17:39
I like Coverdale although Gillian is awesome
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Posted By: Certif1ed
Date Posted: May 09 2007 at 03:31
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Gillan - utterly remarkable! ------------- The important thing is not to stop questioning. |
Posted By: profskett
Date Posted: May 09 2007 at 11:25
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Ian Gillan is certainly one of the best rock vocalists eveer.
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/profskett/?chartstyle=OldPaperOArtist"> 
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Posted By: Draconean
Date Posted: May 10 2007 at 11:30
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Ian Gillan! ------------- I'm running still, I shall until, one day I hope that I'll arrive |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: May 10 2007 at 13:22
Didn't Ronnie James Dio sing in the same band as Gillan ?
------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: glasshouse27
Date Posted: May 27 2007 at 19:01
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Ian is by far the best |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 29 2007 at 17:32
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Giligan for me too (if we were voting for best Purple vocalist, which we're not), so I clicked Rod Evans: "When the night wind softly blows through my open window Anthem from The Book Of Taliesyn ------------- What? |
Posted By: BroSpence
Date Posted: June 01 2007 at 00:18
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Ian and then David |
Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: June 01 2007 at 14:17
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I prefer Coverdale... his voice just touches me the most !
Burn is my favorite Purple album, not only because of the music, but because Coverdale upgrades it. ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: ZowieZiggy
Date Posted: August 01 2007 at 10:25
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Ian of course, although Glenn brought an extreme power to the vocals (together with Coverdale). ------------- ZowieZiggy |
Posted By: dedokras
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 10:40
| Gillan of course, the only other I like is Hughes. And I can't stand Coverdale. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 21:14
Though I think Ian Gillan was the voice of DP, I voted for the one I enjoy most - Glenn Hughes, who is probably my favourite vocalist ever. Just listen to "This Time Around"... pure magic!
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: August 02 2007 at 21:22
Giligan was a Purple vocalist? Was Mary Anne his personal groupie? 
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darqdean wrote:Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 05 2007 at 14:03
| Although I voted for Gillan I have to say that Hughes is my favourite vocalist to pass through Purple. Gillan is more suited to the Purple sound though. |
Posted By: Tetragon
Date Posted: August 09 2007 at 06:45
| Rod Evans..Ian Gillan was just a wailing alcholic. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 09 2007 at 06:51
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Woo! Go Rod! Move over Coverdale, we've found a new vocalist for Whitesnack ------------- What? |
Posted By: Kaizer_O
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 05:33
Well, I suppose I just really enjoy listening to wailing alcoholics  Gillan for me |
Posted By: Guzzman
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 11:46
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Ian Gillan! And not only because of "Child In Time" but much more so for "Strange Kind Of Woman" from "Made In Japan". The "battle" between voice and guitar is amazing. If you don't listen very closely you might be fooled by Gillan to believe that you're hearing the guitar.
------------- "We've got to get in to get out" |
Posted By: Paradox
Date Posted: August 18 2007 at 09:58
Good Lord his solo album 'Private Eyes' is terrible. I voted for Ian Gillan, because I think he has a brilliant voice... ------------- 
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Posted By: Barla
Date Posted: August 18 2007 at 13:15
Despite I voted for Gillan, that vocal line is absolutely tasty!  (and don't foget the awesome chorus!)------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Barla/?chartstyle=LastfmMyspace">
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Posted By: Codice Gea
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 09:39
Ian Gillan...of course
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 09:44
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Posted By: Publius84
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 12:10
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IMHO Ian Gillan. Amen. ------------- I know what I like and I like what I know... Prog is in my heart, in my mind, in my soul... |
Posted By: 1800iareyay
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 12:12
| Ian Gillan without question. Maybe if Glenn had been lead, there would be some contest, but even then Ian would win by a mile. One listen to Child in Time should seal it. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 19 2007 at 14:18
Glenn Hughes's voice is actually much better than Gillan's - I saw him live in 2003, and my jaw dropped to the floor when he started to sing. His range is utterly amazing, especially if you consider the fact that he's 54 and spent almost twenty years of his life in the throes of alcohol and cocaine addition. If you get a chance to listen to the two CDs he recorded with Tony Iommi in recent years, you'll see my point. His recent solo output is also highly recommended. However, I think Gillan is perfect for Deep Purple, and I don't think anyone but him can sing "Child in Time". Unfortunately, I just read in another thread that the godawful James LaBrie dared to sing "Highway Star"  ... If he dares cover "Child in Time", then he'll be a dead man! |
Posted By: meinmatrix
Date Posted: August 21 2007 at 03:40
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Ian Gillan for me. Problem with David Coverdale is that he was too much blues influenced during his Purple days. He was lacking range in his vocal performance. Whitesnake fixed this issue. ------------- 
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Posted By: MrEd49
Date Posted: December 30 2007 at 18:36
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Ian Gillan.
From the very first moments he spent in a recording studio with Deep Purple in early June of 1969 where the band was set up to record the Greenaway/Cook song, "Hallelujah" for a future 'single' release...at approximately a minute and a half into the track when he unleashed what would become one of Deep Purple's most recognizable and longest lasting 'trademarks' - a gravity defying scream of such intensity that it seemed to come roaring and shrieking right out of the centre of the earth, Deep Purple had found thier 'voice'...Gillan's voice - at his peak, which is, sadly well in the past, now - was as rich, powerful and utterly as beautiful as wild, fresh honey flowing over solid oak.
My very favorite rock vocalist of the 60s/70s & for that matter, of all time.
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 18:48
| gillan is the best. coverdale is good but whitesnake suck. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 19:13
There were two stages in Whitesnake's career, the early period from 1978 to 81 was more blues and less spandex and is well worth checking out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgObbc5t_Y - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-KgObbc5t_Y ------------- What? |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 19:41
Whitesnake were a great band in the late Seventies and early Eighties, and had very little to do with what they became with their mega-successful 1987 album (which is not bad by any means). |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: January 03 2008 at 19:47
That version of Whitesnake also featured Jon Lord and Ian Paice if I recall correctly. ------------- What? |
Posted By: mickcoxinha
Date Posted: January 04 2008 at 14:37
| For me Evans because he had the best voice of them and was the best singer, since high-pitched screams don't mean anything to me, despite of all technique and skill required to do the way Gillan did. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 12:24
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COVERDALE AND HUGHES I ENJOY MUCH MORE
But still Gillan is another "GOD" vocalist.(not good , god) Coverdale and hughes has CTTB that is very hard rock with much funky elemnts. Stormbringer very soul funky type of album love it. And Burn more like an album from MK II but with it's Coverdale Hughes touch. Gillan I only listen frequently Fireball Machine Head and Made in Japan. Both Coverdale and Gillan amazing singers. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 12:26
| Wow how can Evans beat Gillan?? Evans I like his albums but they're psych it's like if you prefer Syd Barret rather than Gilmour or Waters voice. |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 12:27
| Whitesnakes first 4 albums are awsome specially Ready an' Willing is great very DP style but more blues elements. Any one heard Ain't gonna cry no more to day?? It's fabolous. |
Posted By: Jim Garten
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 12:30
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Coverdale's Mk3 version was a great lineup, in pre pooched out hair/mega cheek boned days, but for me, Gillan is the one vocalist I always associate with classic Purple.
But who voted for Joe Lynn Turner, for God's sake? 
You do indeed - in fact (truly) the other members of Whitesnake once took the stage in T-shirts with the logo "No I Wasn't In Deep Bloody Purple" ------------- 
Jon Lord 1941 - 2012 |
Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 16:49
| Ian Gillan with the classic mk. II |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 16:53
Hey! Slaves & Masters isn't THAT bad. I like the album very much as well as The Battle Rages On. Of course I do love the classics, from Shades up to Come Taste the Band, they're all GREAT! |
Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 17:33
In order of my preference:
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 25 2008 at 17:40
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^Nice pics! And nice taste!
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Posted By: AlanD
Date Posted: November 26 2008 at 06:33
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I voted for Rod Evans - I just love the expressive tone of his vocals and that third Deep Purple album is one of my all-time faves.
Gillan was just as great, of course - but as he'll obviously win, I thought I'd give Rod's excellent contribution to Purple a vote... ------------- AlanD |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 26 2008 at 06:42
 hear hear!
...nice to see Rod is a comfortable second  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 26 2008 at 11:48
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1. Ian Gillan 2. David Coverdale 3. Joe Lynn Turner 4. Glenn Hughes / Rod Evans |
Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: November 27 2008 at 07:31
Someone actually voted for Turner ? 
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