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WaywardSon 
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 Topic: Plant or Coverdale
Posted: March 31 2007 at 10:18 |
A lot of people say that Coverdale is a Plant clone, but I donīt agree. Their voices are completely differnt.
My vote will probably be in the minority
Mr David Coverdale!!
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Barla
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 11:52 |
Robert GOD Plant!!!
One of the best vocalists of all time!! 
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andu
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 12:06 |
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Regarding strictly voice, I'd say you're right, Coverdale has an awesome voice which doesn't really sound like Plant's; it's just that Plant has set up the standards for the high-pitched hard/blues rock vocalists and one feels the urge to compare any other with him, which is not necessarily good. The Coverdale/Page album showed the differences pretty well, imo. Anyway I go with Plant in your poll.
Still the poll could be a "creativity" poll, and for me Plants would win it by miles, if so. Just think of his contribution to Zeppelin, "No Quarter" or "Walking into Clarksdale", and, from his solo works, "Principle of moments", "Pictures at Eleven", "Fate of Nations, "Dreamland", "Mighty Rearranger"... He has aged well as both a vocalist and a musician.
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Modrigue
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 12:17 |
Largely Robert Plant for me
His voice is incredible, frightening and unique ! 
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andu
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 20:50 |
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Chus
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 21:01 |
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In my experience, I'd say Coverdale is the one that has been more constant than Plant when talking about live performances. In gigs, Plant doesn't fully develops with range, while Coverdale had always been able to deliver even improve on the range he applies on records (and even LZ covers). Plant, however, wins in creativity IMO, as andu said. For the record Coverdale started to imitate Plant as soon as he founded Whitesnake, while their timbres and tones are totally different. I found his pre-Whitesnake years a bit better, the latter years make him sound more like coming off a hair-metal factory (even though his live performances were horrible, check California Jam with DP to see this; more pleasant was Made In Europe)
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markosherrera
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Posted: March 31 2007 at 21:44 |
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I prefer Plant voice ,and he is better composer than coverdale
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BroSpence
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Posted: April 01 2007 at 16:06 |
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Plant is better. He still sounds good today. He is a powerhouse.
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daz2112
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 08:32 |
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Mr.Coverdale for me! Great Voice!
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progadicto
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 09:31 |
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Plant... what an awsome voice! Coverdale has a grat voice too but Plant came from another world!
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Raff
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 09:36 |
 WaywardSon wrote:
A lot of people say that Coverdale is a Plant clone, but I donīt agree. Their voices are completely differnt.
My vote will probably be in the minority
Mr David Coverdale!! |
Count mine too! As great as Plant was (and still is, in spite of his not being a spring chicken any more), I prefer deep voices to high-pitched ones as a rule, and Coverdale's voice in the Seventies and early Eighties was nothing short of unique. However, he managed to almost shoot it to hell when he started imitating Plant, first with the 'hair metal' version of Whitesnake, then with Coverdale-Page.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 10:02 |
Plant...naturally.
I don't really think Coverdale is a Plant clone,he just has a similar vocal style.
Plant inspired a whole generation of vocalists,so naturally he would have spawned some imitators.
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Chus
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 10:24 |
Ghost Rider wrote:
WaywardSon wrote:
A lot of people say that Coverdale is a Plant clone, but I donīt agree. Their voices are completely differnt.
My vote will probably be in the minority
Mr David Coverdale!! |
Count mine too! As great as Plant was (and still is, in spite of his not being a spring chicken any more), I prefer deep voices to high-pitched ones as a rule, and Coverdale's voice in the Seventies and early Eighties was nothing short of unique. However, he managed to almost shoot it to hell when he started imitating Plant, first with the 'hair metal' version of Whitesnake, then with Coverdale-Page.
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Prog Serpent
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Posted: April 02 2007 at 19:12 |
WaywardSon wrote:
A lot of people say that Coverdale is a Plant clone, but I donīt agree. Their voices are completely differnt. |
It was not so much the voice Coverdale was taking, but the stage persona. I have seen pictures of late 70s Whitesnake, and whom he is trying to copy is very clear.
But for the purposes of what really maters in music, that is the music, I have to go with Plant because I like his voice more.
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Witchwoodhermit
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Posted: April 03 2007 at 00:51 |
Clone Plant.
Cheapen him with commercial plod.
Give him a ridiculous...
hairdoo
clothes
persona
band
Make him utterly unworthy.
And call him
Coverdale.
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Paradox
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 06:18 |
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I voted for Robert Plant. I think David Coverdale has a great voice too though, but as I had to choose I went for Plant.
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toolis
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Posted: April 04 2007 at 06:23 |
Witchwoodhermit wrote:
Clone Plant.
Cheapen him with commercial plod.
Give him a ridiculous...
hairdoo
clothes
persona
band
Make him utterly unworthy.
And call him
Coverdale.
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you forgot the great voice... and nobody gave him that... 
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-music is like pornography...
sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more...
-sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue...
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Jared
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:15 |
I can't tell you how gratifying it is to see Coverdale getting a good pasting...
now, where's that Whitesnake loving Snow hound when you need him...
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Draconean
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Posted: April 06 2007 at 16:49 |
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Guzzman
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Posted: April 08 2007 at 11:11 |
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I voted for Plant but - as others have said before - Coverdale is a pretty good vocalist as well.
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