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Mortte

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Topic: Your favorite Yes vocalist
Posted: March 01 2018 at 02:27

Those other lead vocalists have been ok, but it´s Anderson.

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Posted: March 01 2018 at 02:14

Jon Anderson (he's magic).

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 21:14

Dopeydoc wrote:

Yes without Jon Anderson is like a French meal without cheese Wink

I agree he is the most important singer but apparently not everyone sees it that way.

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 18:22

he was

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 17:49

Trevor Horn, I wish he was in the band longer.

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 17:05

Still no votes for Trevor Rabin yet. ;)

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 16:34

Yes without Jon Anderson is like a French meal without cheese Wink

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Posted: March 14 2017 at 03:44

Obviously the main guy. But I did think Benoit David added a new dimension to Yes, sort of like Trevor Horn but a bit better. Trevor Rabin made a fine second vocalist due to his tendency to sing rather than bellow (JA's usual backing crew). But none of them would be cutting it as main vocalist without having a pedigree). None of them could really do justice as the original singer, if they were, on the classic era Yes albums. I wonder if they would have been had someone else warbled on them...

Jon Davison is a good cover singer but after the last studio album... I hope never again... Just be a good tribute band.

Is ARW a tribute band? Maybe that could be another thread...

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Posted: March 13 2017 at 10:24

Yeah, I mean JA of course.

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Posted: March 13 2017 at 01:45

Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV.

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Posted: March 13 2017 at 01:12

iluvmarillion wrote:

Rednight wrote:

It wouldn't be Anderson without Squire.

I sort of agree with this. Squire is a great backing singer, if not a lead singer and highly underrated. Naturally though, Anderson wins this poll (and any other poll for high octave range).

Hammill has a bigger range than Anderson. Anderson's skills are quite hyped up on this forum (or most prog forums for that matter).

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Posted: March 12 2017 at 23:05

Rednight wrote:

It wouldn't be Anderson without Squire.

I sort of agree with this. Squire is a great backing singer, if not a lead singer and highly underrated. Naturally though, Anderson wins this poll (and any other poll for high octave range).

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Posted: March 12 2017 at 13:37

Jon Anderson, no contest here.

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Posted: March 12 2017 at 05:33

Come on, there is only one answer here. Although I must say I've recently gotten into Billy Sherwood's voice through his work with Circa.

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 23:55

In truth, it's Anderson, but I gave the vote to Squire because I like his voice.

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 21:25

Originally posted by Upbeat Tango Monday

Upbeat Tango Monday wrote:

twosteves wrote:

April fools polls are on April 1 a few weeks away. LOL

Anderson has one of the most beautiful voices in music with an amazing range.

^ This

I'm glad there's still people who love Anderson's singing. He's actually one of my very favourite ones, along with Francesco Di Giacomo and Annie Haslam (and stretching a bit more, I guess I can include Peter Hamill, Greg Lake, Dio, Freddy Mercury). There seem to be many people who dismiss him for his very high, and they would say, annoying vocals. But I love just the sheer beauty he can evoke, as well as high notes and work perfectly with those symphonic passages of the band. And there's just that tone, that something in his voice, that even if others can reach his notes and range, they just don't have it... I guess it's that special quality that has led people to describe his singing as the voice of an Angel... or for the detractors to describe him as an elf on helium. Yet, it seems he has to use his voice correctly, mostly as used on Yes, for on some of the latest releases I have heard him, on The Living Tree, and on Invention of Knowledge, his voice sort of tires me... and it's not just that he's older, that isn't so notable, but it's too many words with less variations... and perhaps the lack of adecuate backing vocals doesn't help either (Jon was at his best when he had Squire... and even Howe, I guess, to balance things up).

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 21:06

Replayer wrote:

I think your Pink Floyd poll was more inspired due to the fact that
there were three very distinct main contenders to choose from. I don't
include Rick Wright and Roy Harper in their number due to the fact that
Wright sounds similar to Gilmour and Harper's vocal delivery was similar
to Waters', as noted in the thread.

In this case, you've got
three singers who sound close to Anderson (Horn, David, Davison), two of
which were specifically chosen due to said similarity (David, Davison).
As for Steve Howe, I think it says a lot that he stopped performing
lead vocals on his solo albums after the first one. Not to mention the
fact that Anderson sang lead vocals on all the band's best known,
commercially successful and most highly rated material.

In short, I don't see the point of the poll, since Anderson is sure to win.

Which is why I am voting for Billy Sherwood.

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About the Floyd poll, I agree that Roy Harper is sort of the odd-man out. But not so much because of any similarity with Waters (which I actually don't really see... and I even think Waters would have trouble nailing the song as well as Harper did... but just because he was not a member of the band, just someone who happened to be recording in the same studio at the same time and was invited in. About Wright... he might be a bit similar to Gilmour (actually, I only realized it was him on Wearing the Inside Out because I read about it), but still he was a full member of the band who did his lead vocals, or shared lead vocals on several songs, so he should be considered... even if he sings very similar to Gilmour, still people should have a favourite (whom, clearly by the results of the poll, is Gilmour).

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 20:56

Can't be anyone other than Anderson.

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 20:10

This is one of those polls where you already know the outcome before it is made. It would have been more interesting just between the other 3 lead vocalists the band has had: Horn, David, and Davison. In that case I think I would go for Benoit David.

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Posted: March 11 2017 at 17:06

twosteves wrote:

April fools polls are on April 1 a few weeks away. LOL

Anderson has one of the most beautiful voices in music with an amazing range.

^ This

Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.

Poll Question: Who is your favorite Yes vocalist?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Steve Howe	1	[2.08%]
Chris Squire	4	[8.33%]
Jon Anderson	37	[77.08%]
Trevor Horn	2	[4.17%]
Trevor Rabin	0	[0.00%]
Billy Sherwood	1	[2.08%]
Benoit David	1	[2.08%]
Jon Davison	2	[4.17%]
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