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Stool Man ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2007 Location: Anti-Cool (anag Status: Offline Points: 2588 |
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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progbethyname ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 30 2012 Location: DAC LAND Status: Offline Points: 6140 |
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I am thankful for all three of them. Wow. To think you have a band where 3 guys can sing exceedly well. Lol I think that one ups genesis. ;) To answer the question though, if syd was with the band Pink Floyd would have been a very different sounding band for the years to come under syd's reign. It's true. I don't imagine an album like THE WALL ever being created. |
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Raving and drooling I leaned on his neck with a screeeeeeeamm! ;)
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progbethyname ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 30 2012 Location: DAC LAND Status: Offline Points: 6140 |
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Absolutely 100% for David Gilmore.
I've also said this before where I even got a lot of joy out of Gilmore's officia full take over with the band in, A MOMENTARY LAPSE OF REASON. some incredible guitar and vocals on that album. SORROW, TERMINAL FROST and NOT YET ANOTHER MOVIE still remain as some of my dear favourite PF tracks of all time. |
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Raving and drooling I leaned on his neck with a screeeeeeeamm! ;)
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Dellinger ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 7957 |
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It was definitley better for the band that Gilmour took over for Syd, without him we would never have heard those excellent classic albums from Dark Side to The Wall... nor the ones that preceded them. Surely, Pink Floyd would never have become the legends they are today. |
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Dellinger ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 7957 |
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Yeah, I'm not really sure I can really complain about Waters splitting from the rest of the Floyd,I really like those songs you mentioned, and "The Division Bell" couldn't have been any better if Waters had been part of the band. |
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mongofa ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 26 2011 Location: Zanzibar Status: Offline Points: 410 |
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The obvious choice
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progbethyname ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: July 30 2012 Location: DAC LAND Status: Offline Points: 6140 |
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You know what. Everything happens for a reason. Poor syd though. Anyway, WISH YOU WERE HERE was a great tribute to him. Omg Syd walked into the studio while they were recording that album and just broke the bands heart to see him the way he was. They barely recognized him! So so sad. ![]() |
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Raving and drooling I leaned on his neck with a screeeeeeeamm! ;)
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Dellinger ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 7957 |
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Indeed, too bad that for such a titan of a band to be able to grow, a man had to be broken ![]() |
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Anthony ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 08 2006 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 774 |
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Of course my vote goes to David. Calling Waters a vocalist is a joke. He either whispers or screams, there's nothing in between.
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giselle ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 18 2011 Location: Hertford Status: Offline Points: 466 |
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Has to be Roger Waters (he would say so too!).
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 12826 |
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Gilmour over Waters although I like the contrasting vocals especially when used in the same song ie Comfortably Numb.
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Dellinger ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: June 18 2009 Location: Mexico Status: Offline Points: 7957 |
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I'm not sure about Waters having that opinion. Not given their vocal abilities in the present at least. A few years ago Gilmour and Waters appeared together on some sort of charity concert, and it was actually Gilmour who was trying to convince Waters sing with him. Waters was rather reluctant, specially because something of the song Gilmour wanted to play (some cover from someone else), the thing is that I remember some interview, or excerpt of one, in which Waters said he didn't want to sing that song because Gilmour had such a beautiful voice and Waters himself couldn't stand up to it. In the end, Gilmour convinced Waters by offering to play Comfortably Numb in one of The Wall shows Waters has been presenting. Back then, I guess both Gilmour and Waters knew perfectly well which parts fitted which singer better, and that's the beauty of the team (including Wright), each one sounds the best on the parts they sing. |
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Josef_K ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 15 2011 Location: Stockholm Status: Offline Points: 147 |
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A hard one, voted for Waters though. Listened to a version where he and Clapton does "Wish You Were Here" recently in some charity concert and man... what a voice. The other two are incredible as well though, and of course much more technical. Syd is a wonderful singer as well, but comparing him to anyone about anything is simply not possible. Waters, Gilmour and Wright are very talented musicians. Syd was Syd. I guess no one ever understood him, least of all himself.
I also agree that they did their parts better than anyone else could have done them. The problem with Final Cut imo wasn't that Waters took over what should have been Gilmour parts. The problem was that no "Gilmour parts" were written, which is why that album lacks the diversity of previous ones, while still being a masterpiece in it's own right. Edited by Josef_K - July 03 2013 at 04:42 |
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silverpot ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: March 19 2008 Location: Sweden Status: Offline Points: 823 |
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You're right, Waters has no illusions of being the better singer. The charity you're refering to was the Hoping Foundation, to raise money for schooling of Palestinian children. The song Gilmour wanted Waters to perform was To Know him, is to Love Him, a piece they used to play while sound checking back in the day. Both thought it was effing hilarious, giving all the writings about all the bad blood between them. I also agree on the production skills of the pair. They made the most of the diverse voices in the band. Something I think is missing in TFC, too much of Waters angst to make me stand the album in one go. However, today when they perform the old classics on their own, I prefer Gilmour's voice since I don't think Waters can sing at all. It's also worth to notice that on the recordings you always hear Gilmours backing vocals when Waters is credited with the vocals. Like in Shine On... And the greatest performances of them all is Roy Harper's. ![]() |
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uduwudu ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: July 17 2007 Status: Offline Points: 2118 |
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No Syd is an omission. Quite significant I think.
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On stage Seamus was replaced by Madmoiselle Nobs
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
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maani ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Founding Moderator Joined: January 30 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2630 |
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Roy Harper and Clare Tory.
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Codera the Great ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: June 29 2012 Status: Offline Points: 91 |
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I really enjoy the manic theatrics of Waters on The Wall and stuff like that a good deal, but I think I'm going to have to go with Gilmour overall, since he is a better "singer", displaying a greater range and showing much more consistency. Love his voice.
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 7431 |
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Syd Barrett!
His inflections were very theatrical and clean, and well done, while also being quite stirring and satirical.
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