Saperlipopette! wrote: Moogtron III wrote: I like the vocals with both GG and VdGG. I agree. I guess I can understand it may take some getting used to, but to me here's two bands where the vocal parts are on the level with the rest of the music - in extremely different ways. And I have a real hard time with weak vocals dragging the rest of the music down in prog (Eloy & the seemingly endless amount of constipated-sounding rockopera vocalists from the mainland of Europe mm).

zravkapt wrote: This should be H To HE vs Acquiring, but it's not. Between these two it's easily Hawn Pearts.

Yep.

I'll have to go PH.

Two worthy finalists!

I enjoy very much VDGG between 1970 and 1977 and of course Pawn Hearts, but GG is one of my top 3 bands. Although I prefer their first three albums and In a Glass House, Octopus deserves to win this.

Very hard decision, but Octopus it is.

Moogtron III wrote: I like the vocals with both GG and VdGG.

I like GG vocals mostly---and on Freehand for example the vocals are sublime--Hammil's vocals are the acquired taste.

Horizons wrote: Am i the only one who can't stand 99% of Gentle Giant's vocals? Everyone throws Hammill's name out there, i'm surprised nobody even suggests that GG are an acquired taste as well.  Voted VdGG because Pawn Hearts, for me, occupies a wonderfully unique niche in the classic prog scene.

No, you are not the only one. GG vocals annoy the hell out of me. I'm not crazy about VdGG either. I don't like that they have no regular guitarist, and they're often too stark and minimal for me. But Hammil's voice has never bothered me, and I do like the dual saxes, so I'll give them my vote.

This is too close. C'mon baby, you can win this!!

Horizons wrote: Am i the only one who can't stand 99% of Gentle Giant's vocals? Everyone throws Hammill's name out there, i'm surprised nobody even suggests that GG are an acquired taste as well.  Voted VdGG because Pawn Hearts, for me, occupies a wonderfully unique niche in the classic prog scene.

No you are not all on your lonesome. I certainly used to feel a bit iffy about GG and the vocals were a major part of that. Through the course of this I've given them much more of a listen and have come to appreciate them a lot more. They will never be my favourite group but I do now enjoy the quirkiness and damn good playing while the vocals simply don't irritate me the way Hammill's yowlng does.

Otoh, my VdGG/Peter Hamill collection goes back thirty forty odd years and to be honest is probably still in pristine condition cos it very rarely gets an airing. Now that is not to say that Hammill is rubbish, just that I don't in the main particularly like what I hear. There are good, even great bits here and there but not enough to counteract t'other.


Edited by t d wombat - September 28 2015 at 20:00