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Blacksword
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I don't think Gabriel's voice was an impairment to the bands success at the time. They were still on the ascendancy when he decided to quit. They had released 7 albums, including FGTR and the live album, and in the UK, three had made the top 10 in the album charts, and Foxtrot just sat outside at number 12. SEBTP made it to number 3. On the Lamb Tour the band played what is now Wembley arena. By 1975 they were pretty successful, and much of that was down to Gabriel. They were also doing quite reasonable business across Europe. The US was the challenge, and they needed a change in direction to really break that market. That obviously came later. As for GG, I'm not a huge fan of the vocals, but they weren't bad and I don't think they had much bearing on the bands success or otherwise. The reason they weren't more successful is because their music was too quirky and inaccessible. |
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Much like Gary Green's guitar; had just enough of the nitty gritty to keep Gentle Giant from floating away. My favourite of the GG vocalists.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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His ability to "shift" into different levels of vocal intensity, on the same phrase, and even sometimes in the same note that he's holding, is incredible.
I Lost My Head is secretly one of the best GG tracks. Their golden era swansong track for me!
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Hercules
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Bloody hell - he's one of the best vocalists around!
All members of GG can sing.
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Spacegod87
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I've always liked it. He's not good in a conventional way, but I think that's what I like about his voice tbh.
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friso
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Great singer, but somehow I can't appreciate his vocals on the 'In a Glass House' album.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Derek rocks. Guy's range is fantastic. His tone and note selection are great. I can understand if he's a tad sterile for some, but for prog rock? GG is perfection!
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Nothing wrong with it, but I usually prefer Kerry Minnear's vocals (though Derek's fit many GG songs better and they knew well enough who should sing which).
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progmatic
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Love his voice.
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foregonillusions
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One of my dreams is to wake up and realize that I now like Gabriel's voice so that I can finally enjoy Genesis' awesome music.
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twosteves
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I like all the singers in GG---and I think they are an amazing band--but only a fan of a few select albums.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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I've always felt that GG would have been a bit more popular if they had a different lead singer. The same thing with PG era Genesis.
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Awesoreno
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I guess a pertinent question is: how many have been warded off from the band specifically because of his vocals?
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dougmcauliffe
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This isn't get annoying
I'll sum up the thread here, some will like it, some wont. Will it effect how much I enjoy the band? No.
Edited by dougmcauliffe - April 28 2020 at 18:27 |
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Awesoreno
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It seems there's a theme happening. I'm in quarantine, with not much better to do. So I might as well jump on this bandwagon. I had some friends who couldn't get into Gentle Giant, one of my favorite bands, because of Derek's voice, despite being initially intrigued by their music. Opinions away! (Personally, I don't have a problem with him. I can hear where they're coming from, and he isn't perfect, some songs are better than others.)
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