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rogerthat
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Topic: Which singer was hardest to get into? Posted: April 01 2015 at 01:51 |
There's nothing much to 'get' in Latimer's vocals. Beautiful baritone and very gentle delivery but almost completely devoid of expression. Now you can either go gaga over his tone or you just find his style boring. Seeing as Jon Anderson is so popular in prog circles, maybe a lot of progheads actually like vocals that lack expression as they help you focus only on the musicianship, lol.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 14:44 |
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From what I've looked at, I'm the only person to mention him, but he's got a low tone to his voice which sounds displeasing to me. |
I mentioned him as well. While he's a great guitarist he just never struck me as a singer. He does what he can with what he's got, but 90% of the time it falls flat to these ears. One of the most horrifying things about this is the number of new prog bands that seem to have been inspired by his vocals (or maybe they're just as bad at singing as Andy ). Now if Camel had had a person like Arthur Brown doing the vocals oh lordy!!! They may even have hit it big!
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sublime220
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 14:35 |
From what I've looked at, I'm the only person to mention him, but he's got a low tone to his voice which sounds displeasing to me.
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Cristi
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 13:59 |
why is Latimer hard to get into (as I've seen a couple of people mentioning)?
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sublime220
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 13:55 |
Other: Andrew Latimer I love all the others so no vote.
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silverpot
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 12:23 |
Derek Schulman I have to say. His voice is lacking everything that makes an interesting singer; emotion, charm, drama...but I guess it suited the band well enough.
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Polymorphia
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 11:55 |
Cedric Bixler-Zavala. Not because of his actual voice, but because the production on his vocals post-Deloused. He can also get a bit ridiculous with the five syllable words. Crush the nebulons and chronotons in cephalopodic pteradons. He sings it like we're supposed to find it the most urgent thing ever.
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Guldbamsen
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 11:19 |
I guess I'm in the minority on the following, but the singers I find the hardest to get into include Annie Haslam(far too pretty), Andy Latimer (sleepy granddad discovers a singing voice from beneath the sofa) and Steve Hogarth (too something I guess). I never really got into these bands except for a few early Camel albums as well as Marillion (with Fish).
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 10:59 |
Listening to Roger Wootton (Comus) sing reminds me of a quote by Charles Baudelaire regarding Wagner: "I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws."
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Dayvenkirq
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 10:49 |
Flight123 wrote:
I can take a lot of weird vocals but I am sorry to say that Damo put me off some of the early Can.
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What about Malcolm Mooney?
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Flight123
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 08:46 |
Varon wrote:
Voted for Lee, because of his voice I cant listen to Rush
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Is that the only reason? Surely there are others
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Varon
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 07:29 |
Voted for Lee, because of his voice I cant listen to Rush
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 06:58 |
None of the ones listed, as in my view their vocals are perfectly suited to their respective bands' music. If I had to mention a singer I find particularly hard to get into, I'd go for Camel's Andy Latimer.
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Flight123
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Posted: March 31 2015 at 06:41 |
I can take a lot of weird vocals but I am sorry to say that Damo put me off some of the early Can.
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addictedtoprog
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 03:06 |
Hope to start enjoying The Mars Volta's vocals soon.
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addictedtoprog
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Posted: March 30 2015 at 03:03 |
Peter Hammill. It sort of annoyed me in the beginning.. But now i love him.
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Posted: May 16 2014 at 05:14 |
Derek Shulman (Gentle Giant)
I hated Octopus at first then it kind of grew on me like Osmosis
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progbethyname
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Posted: May 15 2014 at 10:37 |
I am very surprised that even Mr. Geddy Lee is in this acquired taste category. I think he is a goddam Canary, but hey that is just me.
Edited by progbethyname - May 15 2014 at 10:38
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Posted: May 15 2014 at 10:26 |
Horizons wrote:
twosteves wrote:
crimhead wrote:
Geddy Lee. Just can't listen to more than 1 Rush song at a time. |
well they all sorta sound the same anyway |
| In a pig's eye. Mr. Lee has done some phenomenal work on such landmark Rush albums as 2112 and Hemispheres - work that clearly meets the standards of what good prog entails (and I'm not even a Rush fanatic).
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Posted: May 14 2014 at 11:20 |
Geddy Lee from that list, but I don't dislike him particularly. I love Damo and Peter Hammill.
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