Songs that have great VOCAL melodies - Progressive Rock Music Forum

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Originally posted by ClosetothSupperBrick

ClosetothSupperBrick wrote:

I would like some (preferably) song and album (which are acceptable, but I have less time to devote to them) suggestions with this topic's title as criteria.
Background: I am a singer myself, so I love vocalists who can show their talent off, and blend with/enhance the actual instruments of the song, but I hate when a really good song instrumentally is ruined by bad vocals/unmemorable vocal melodies. Please refrain from mentioning the well-known vocal-talented bands (Yes, Genesis, Kansas, even VDGG who is one of my favs despite varying opinions), and I would like 70s bands' songs, as you might tell from my username. Thank you in advance, as I am 18, and grateful that the people who lived through those glory years, and who have the memory to provide these young ears with the obscure, yet still amazing, music, are willing to be a resource for great recommendations!

A couple I would like to nominate, which I found on my own:
"Beautiful Scarlet" - Rare Bird
"Don't Make Me Cry" - Tonton Macoute
"Sorrow" - Lucifer's Friend"
"Autumn" - Twenty Sixty-Six and Then

I like the songs that you've listed.

Beggars Opera's "Silver Peacock" comes to my mind.

An album that springs to my mind is Khan's Space Shanty. I'll nominate "Hollow Stone" as a representative from it.

And while from the 60s (close enough to 70s) Colosseum. Will go with "Butty's Blues"

I'm no vocalist, but when I think of great vocal vocal melodies, I often think of Prog Folk. So I'll mention Linda Perhacs' "Parallelograms" , and while maybe not a Prog Folk artist, Nick Drakes' "Riverman" (which may be my favourite song of all time, but I suspect that the vocals would not be strong enough for you). For Folk, More akin musically to the bluesiness of what you've listed, I do think that Jan Dukes de Grey's Sun Symphonica is awesome, but vocally may leave something to be desired, and you may think really off-base. :)

Edited by Logan - November 21 2018 at 05:58

cstack3 wrote:

I'm a huge fan of Queen's earliest work, check this song from Queen II!

Great song. I was actually going t suggest the whole "Queen II" album, since the vocals are magnificent in every song.

Carpet of the Sun or Ocean Gypsy - Renaissance

Just about any Renaissance song starting with Northern Lights.

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These make my knees wobble every time I listen to them...

Once Upon the Sea of Blissful Awareness / Tales of the Inexpressible / Shpongle

Le Gardien / Novo Sub Sole / NIL

Both are female singers. The latter is in French.

VdGG - Everything peter hammil made.
Magma - Wurdah Itah.. live the women choir parts mostly but the others aren´t too bad either.
Oh and its incredible fun trying Arbeit Macht Frei from Area. Or other area yoddlings. Their melodies are brilliant.
Italian Prog in general is a very good place to search for great vocal melodies.. Palepoli...