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Finnforest
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 18:16 |
If quantity of live shows doesn't matter, then its easy for me. Kate Bush.
None of these blokes ever commanded a stage and did the things she did on the Tour of Life. At a very young age she put together all of that choreography and then sang immaculately while doing it all.
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micky
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 18:22 |
man that is hard... for once the popular set of anwers.. aren't actually bad answers. giving it to the dude in the flower outfit... the other guy? Prog frontman? Nah... no what he was the greatest frontman of fashioned challenged hobo bands as well as the greatest frontman for a folk rock band James LaBrie? really? Steve Wilson!!!??? HAH!!!
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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t d wombat
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Posted: June 29 2015 at 21:42 |
Of those I've seen live it is a tossup between Gabriel and Mr Tull. I remember seeing Gabriel at the Barcelona Football Stadium (Nou Camp) 20 odd years back and he was simply gobsmackingly good, so he gets the nod but j jaysus guys, Wilson at 47 is the youngest here. Excusing La Brie and Fish the rest of them are out shopping for zimmer frames while as good as they are/were charisma is not the first word that comes to mind.
In all fairness Collins should have made the list though I'd have still given it to Gabriel even though I am not still pining for the fjords. (Other than I never did get to see Lamb live .... sigh !)
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Moogtron III
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 01:15 |
Peter Gabriel for me. As for Ian Anderson: he's probably good too, hearing the funny stories he tells live (hilarious), but I was a bit disappointed when I saw Tull live. Peter Gabriel always has some interesting visual things that catches your eye, like rolling in some kind of inflated ball on stage. Of course, I didn't even mention his Genesis days, which speak for themselves.
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Formentera Lady
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 09:11 |
My vote goes to Gabriel, though Fish (and I think you mean the Marillion one) is a close second. Having seen him with Marillion in the early 80's was such an amazing experience.
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manofmystery
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 09:30 |
Torn between Ian Anderson and a write-in vote for Frank Zappa I really do want to see Ian beat that bum Petey Gabriel
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Flight123
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 09:32 |
Peter Gabriel is a 'bottom', I don't understand!
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TeleStrat
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 11:16 |
Ian Anderson was always going to get my vote but he seemed to be doing well so I put it off. I decided to vote now just in case PG gets a last minute surge in support.
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Atavachron
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Posted: June 30 2015 at 16:38 |
Kind of a trick question-- if by 'best frontman' we mean most skilled as an individual; brought the most to a band; or was a great stage leader. Geddy may be a technically superior bassist to Greg, but better? No I don't think so.
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 19 2017 at 13:15 |
I would have voted for PG but Greg Lake only had ONE vote!!!!! So now he has two.
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Prog Geo
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 11:39 |
Mikael Åkerfeldt and Devin Townsend (2 of them)
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Sonorous Meal show every Sunday at 20:00 (greek time) on http://www.justincaseradio.com
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cstack3
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 12:00 |
Peter Gabriel - nothing could compare to his crowd-surfing stunt during "Lay Your Hands On Me" in his 1980s concerts.
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ForestFriend
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Posted: August 20 2017 at 23:39 |
In terms of fronting a band, Ian Anderson all the way. Great stage presence and on-stage personality. Not a half bad musician either.
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cstack3
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 00:11 |
ForestFriend wrote:
In terms of fronting a band, Ian Anderson all the way. Great stage presence and on-stage personality. Not a half bad musician either.
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Good comment, welcome to PA! I saw IA a few times (TAAB, Minstrel) and he was truly amazing! And, he is a very good musician on almost any instrument he touches, much like Gabriel!
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BaldJean
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 08:48 |
other: Peter Hammill
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A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta
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lazland
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 09:57 |
From the list, Jon Anderson. I took the family to see the ARW gig in Cardiff earlier this year. By God, he can still command a sizeable audience
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Argo2112
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 09:58 |
I like Jon Anderson a lot but I voted for Ian Anderson. I Only saw Tull once but he was amazing on stage.
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Hrychu
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 11:07 |
Helmut Köllen. Great voice.
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Kingsnake
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 11:20 |
Voted for Ian Anderson (plays all instruments and really fronts the band, on top of that a very gifted songwriter)
Others: - Freddy Mercury (although he only plays piano, he really commands the crowd) - Michael Sadler (plays all instruments, even a drumsolo, and interacts very well with the crowd.) - Bernie Shaw (not to dismiss all other Heep-singers, but Shaw sings all songs from the entire history of the band, and fronts the band for over 30 years!!! now)
The theatrical guys Fish, Peter Gabriel, Andy Sears, Geoff Mann, Peter Nicholls etc. are all very okay, but most of the time they don't bring anything musical to the band. Visually enchanting, but I'm more interested in hearing music.
And seeing David Gilmour in the list, is kind of weird. He's a extremely boring stage presence. Frank Bornemann is much more engaging.
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miamiscot
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Posted: August 21 2017 at 14:32 |
Jello Biafra
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