A King Crimson song vs a VDGG song

nice! 

Ahhhh Refugees.... so beautiful. I had nearly forgotten about that one, thanks for reminding me! Both nice ballads but no contest, really. I Talk to the Wind is lovely but I much prefer the other ballads KC produced like Cadence and Cascade and Exiles.

"I Talk to the Windddd"

hahahhaha

Hard, but I go with Crimso on this one.

"Said the straight man to the late man, Where have you been?
I've been here and I've been there...and I've been in between."

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote: The Dark Elf wrote: ELP. The only way I would choose VdGG is if the vocal track was deleted in studio. Or maybe the microphone cord got cut by an engineer whose ears were bleeding. ELP was an option in the other poll. Not this one.

Refugees, easily.

King Crimson for sure.

dr wu23 wrote: Mortte....you got one right......    ;) I Talk To The Wind...... if I live to be 70 (hope I make it 3 more years ....) I'll never understand what people see in Hammill's vocals...he can't sing his way out of a wet paper bag.

I understand the fight one's way out of paper bag idiom, but how would one sing one's way out of a paper bag, wet or not? I guess you'd need one helluva set of pipes, and I think if it were possible, Hammill would have better luck at screaming that bag open than most other singers. The dude's sometimes shrill voice could shatter eardrums (well, at least with some amplification).

Would love it if you'd video yourself with a wet paper bag over your head while you sing Refugees. Then we can bow down before your mastery as the most powerful singer cum wet paper bag escape artist. ;)

As for me, I couldn't sing my way out of a large champagne glass (tried to shatter glass, but never hit the right frequency). I can understand someone not liking Hammill's vocals, but to claim that he is an incompetent/ unskilled singer when compared to other Prog singers is I think unfair to him. He has considerable range and dynamics and vocal control even if he chooses to sound like he loses control sometimes (part of the theatrics). I like a unique voice, and I think he has that. It resonates with me, but that doesn't mean that it should with others (sometimes I dislike his apparent "histrionics", and I can understand some not liking his light-opera rather cabaret-ish qualities). I do think he'd make a better Phantom of the Opera than, say, Geddy Lee or various growlers in Extreme Prog Metal.

As for my choice, really like both, but I went with Refugees. I find it very beautiful -- love the whole album it's off.

Edited by Logan - March 05 2018 at 13:22