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Scorpius
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Topic: King Crimson Singers Posted: January 24 2017 at 19:59 |
John Wetton for me by a long shot. Lake is amazing, but I prefer his later works to his time in KC.
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Tapfret
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 20:06 |
Lake, Wetton, Belew
Equally, but differently.
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Barbu
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 20:07 |
Belew
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Dellinger
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 21:17 |
Epitaph is all I need to choose. Actually, I rather dislike Wetton as a singer, specially with King Crimson and UK... though with Asia he was OK (in the studio, live he would just destroy the songs). Strangely enough, when Wetton has sung Lake's songs, he would really sound wonderful (though not as much as Lake himself... well, though I did like him singing Schizoid Man better than Lake).
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KingCrInuYasha
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 21:18 |
Tapfret wrote:
Lake, Wetton, Belew
Equally, but differently. |
Lol, I have to say the same. They each brought something new to the table with their pipes and did it well. Haskell was okay, but, even without his grievances with Crimson's material, I can't see him doing the stuff outside of Lizard. As for Boz, he was more or less a clone of Lake, albeit a nice one.
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 21:54 |
Lake was phenomenal, especially on Epitaph; haunting stuff, but I figured I'd vote for my favourite underdog here, Boz. His voice was exactly what Islands called for and he delivered it masterfully.
Wetton and Haskell I both enjoy as well, though to lesser extents.
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Posted: January 24 2017 at 22:41 |
Greg Lake
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 01:55 |
I like Adrian Belew, and of course guestsinger Jon Anderson
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Blacksword
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 02:13 |
Lake, closely followed by Belew. I was never a huge fan of Wettons voice although that was probably KC's best period musically..
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 02:39 |
Boz Burrell. "Letters" alone would earn him this vote.
Edited by BaldFriede - January 25 2017 at 02:41
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 06:42 |
Lake, followed by Wetton.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 06:51 |
Boz, closely followed by Lake.
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Hercules
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 06:58 |
Lake, with Wetton a very close second.
The vocals are usually pretty good. It's the music I don't like.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 07:34 |
Greg Lake.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 08:12 |
Tapfret wrote:
Lake, Wetton, Belew
Equally, but differently. |
this makes sense to me----
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 08:38 |
Boz Burrell, his stunning voice is one of the key components to my favorite King Crimson album - Islands.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 08:43 |
Jakko Jakszyk, without a doubt. I've been listening to KC's latest live albums, and I'm amazed how well he manages to cover all of the back catalogue. Not only does he manage to convey the spirit of the singers of those incarnations featured, but how he, at the same time, manages to make the songs his own is absolutely amazing. An astonishing feat.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 09:02 |
More product from Wetton for the band, and I love USA. Get well soon, John.
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Lewian
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 09:22 |
Belew, but all are good.
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Posted: January 25 2017 at 10:27 |
Gotta go with Wetton.
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