Fav K.Crimson vocalist
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Topic: Fav K.Crimson vocalist
Posted By: philippe
Subject: Fav K.Crimson vocalist
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 09:57
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:14
| Wetton |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:17
| No question about it. Greg Lake is obviously the most expressive of them all, and has recorded what is arguably their best album, 'in the Court of the Crimson King' |
Posted By: Hammar
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:21
Interesting vote!!!
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:33
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Correction : Gordon Haskell. The best of all is obviously Greg Lake. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:37
I've always liked the way Wetton didn't sound "polished." Raw, alway son the edge of breaking. 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 10:44
| I agree. Sometimes he would even sound as though he was struggling to get through a piece. He also could sound like the early Elvis sometimes. Let`s see who`s going to disagree with me on this! |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 12:07
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"The Black Queen chants the funeral march, The cracked brass bells will ring, To summon back the Fire Witch To the court of the crimson king." One vote for Mr. Greg Lake. |
Posted By: raggy
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 12:31
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Jon Anderson!! (Prince Rupert Awakes-Lizard) ------------- Now is tomorrow afternoon |
Posted By: RobJ
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 12:44
| Mr. Wetton gets my vote. |
Posted By: Bryan
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 13:38
Adrian Belew. The band was at their best under John, but he's hardly a great singer imo. Greg is a close second. As for the other two... 
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Posted By: Hammar
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 13:51
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I agree with Wetton, but Lake gets my vote, only because of "In the court.." |
Useful_Idiot wrote:Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 14:06
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They are all great...but I have a little preference for Gordon Askell (who unfortunately sung only on one K.C album). Greg Lake is fantastic in "the court of the king crimson", maybe his best effort as prog singer. If you have doubts about Adrian Belew, just check the lovely & sad song called "inner garden" (from "thraks"): just BEAUTIFUL.
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 17:00
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1. Lake - pure classic prog majesty! Stirring! (Not just on Court. Check also "In the Wake of Poseidon" -- he elevates Sinfield's great lyrics to an even higher plane!) 2. Wetton - he can really sing, & has the "common" touch, plus emotion and power! 3. Haskell - good range, from madman to poet/troubadour. Haunting voice (see my Lizard review) 4. Belew - Personable, with humour. I'm a big fan of his solo work, too. Can really belt it out, when he has to, as on recent "Dinosaur" -- great track! ------------- "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: arqwave
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 14:11
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wetton has a more straight voice than lake, and less "comic" than belew, haskell and burrell very theatrical, perfect blend man peace |
Posted By: The Analog Kid
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 10:39
| I'm very into the 90s and beyond Crimson lately, and I think of all vocalists, Belew has the best voice (and still has it). Although I like the Wetton/Bruford line-up best (but mainly instrumentally, Wetton is more a bassplayer), Belew for me is the man on the mike. |
Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 04:29
| This choice is very difficult for me, because I like all of vocalists of KC. Number 1 is Greg Lake... |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 05:02
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Greg lake gets my vote and won me over by Epitaph
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 05:29
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Greg Lake is my favourite voice in prog. John Wetton my nr. 2 voice. King Crimson had very good vocalists, most of the time! |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 08:22
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Posted By: Witchwoodhermit
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 09:00
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I've always felt Lake was "the" voice for Crimson. That aside, I wish Boz had stuck around a little longer. I love Islands, and feel his voice best suited Crimsons sound. ------------- Here I'm shadowed by a dragon fig tree's fan ringed by ants and musing over man. |
Posted By: Petary791
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 09:15
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It was really hard to pick, but I think Adrian Belew is a great singer. I mean Greg Lake has the more mellow/psychadelic type sound, I don't even know what Gordon Hashell was on (feel free to tell me,) I don't really like Islands so that kinda rules out Boz, and John Wetton is a damned close second. ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 09:17
Greg Lake but John Wetton sings Starless so well it makes the little hairs on the back of my neck stand up ! 
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Posted By: Gwaihir
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 10:13
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But I fear...tomorrow...I'll be cryinnnnnnnnnnnng Greg Lake But I love Wetton too ------------- Excuse my English, i'm French ^^ "The Sands of Time were eroded By... The river of Constant Change" |
Posted By: Ridge
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 10:56
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Wetton gets my vote as I enjoy the albums he signs on more. Lake overall is the best. ------------- Discipline is never an end in it self, only a means to an end. |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 13:13
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No contest at all - Greg Lake rules! |
Posted By: Viajero Astral
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 13:17
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LAKE and Wetton
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 13:44
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Tie between Lake and Wetton! ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Deliriumist
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 13:45
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Belew - without him the band sounds maybe too dark and...evil(?) imo. I see 'Discipline' as their best work. |
Posted By: yildizak
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 13:47
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Greg Lake! |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 14:37
they are all great though. ------------- 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 14:58
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I'll go with Wetton, but Belew and Lake arnt to bad, Haskell is awfull IMO and I cant remember what Burrel sounds like, as Islands is a bit forgetable IMO. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 15:03
Wetton the best for me. Haskell is really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really really awful !! 
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Posted By: Evolver
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 15:13
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While the Wetton era is my favorite Crimson, Wetton's voice had too little range, and always sounded strained. Belew is pretty good, but his voice often sounds thin. I voted for Lake. ------------- Trust me. I know what I'm doing. |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 16:49
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I gotta go with Belew. Those sustained notes in Frame By Frame and Matte Kudasai are pleasing to my ears.
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Posted By: Bastille Dude
Date Posted: March 03 2006 at 17:02
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Oh man this is tough because I love them all, but my vote has to go to John Wetton. There is just something I dig about his voice overall for the KC sound. |
Posted By: nobody
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 06:23
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The best Crim is always when they shut up and play, but I must echo the sentiment expressed by Witchwoodhermit above. Boz, when he wasn't scatting idiotically, had the voice most suited to the early KC material. I love the Zoom Club tapes where he is singing Lady of the Dancing Water, In the Court..., Cadence and Cascade and, best of all, Cirkus. And his is, IMO, the most terrifying version of 21st Century Schizoid Man, ably assisted by the VCS3 on Earthbound. Although his contributions to Islands are often fantastic (Formentera Lady, Ladies of the Road, and especially the title track), he really shouldn't be judged solely on the basis of the one studio LP he made with them, especially since there is so much good live stuff of that band around to establish his merits. I also love Gordon Haskell to death, but his solo records are better (especially the awesome It Is and It Isn't). On Lizard he is singing material he clearly didn't like or feel close to, even though he did a great job with it. ------------- "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!" |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 07:20
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Greg Lake ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |
Posted By: Karn Evil 9
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 07:45
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For some reason I felt that Gordan Haskell had the best voice for Crimson's sound. So insane and paranoid sounding. Lizards is my second favorite KC album due to his vocals (and of course how could you not like having Jon Anderson's guest vocals on the last song of an already amazing album?) But for talent, Lake wins hands down. Epitaph is my favorite song just because his voice is so great on that song. Its so beautiful. His best work ever was In the Court of the Crimson King ------------- Watch out where the huskies go,dont you eat that yellow snow |
Posted By: M. B. Zapelini
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 08:31
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John Wetton!!! Lake was a better singer, but Wetton's voice fits Fripp's music perfectly. ------------- "He's a man of the past and one of the present" PETER HAMMILL |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 08:44
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Greg Lake, but just an inch over Wetton. Lake is amazing on In the Court, and his performance on Eptaph is so emotional, far more than anything Wetton has done. Wetton ay have a more powerful voice, but Greg Lake has an edge imo. -------------  
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Posted By: DrWizard
Date Posted: March 19 2006 at 14:11
| Greg Lake is my favorite voice in prog rock. I especially like his stuff with KC over ELP because it is more edgy but man that guy can sing |