Greg Lake Vs John Wetton!
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Topic: Greg Lake Vs John Wetton!
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Greg Lake Vs John Wetton!
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 13:18
| The two iconic and influential former bassists for KC that went on to have significant success after leaving the band. Who do you prefer, Greg Lake or John Wetton? |
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Posted By: emigre80
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 13:20
| Love the typo in the topic heading - a subtle attempt to influence the voting perhaps? |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 13:33
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More like a Freudian slip! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 13:34
Works for me!  But I choose Lake since I prefer his out of Crimson career to Wetton's out of KC career, even though Wetton's is more diverse. In KC I consider them about equal for what unique goodness they brought to different forms of the band. -------------  
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 14:00
Lake really hasn't done much other than ELP where Wetton has been much more involved in prog. What's really cool about the two is that they both do bass and vocals quite well.  ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 16:10
| Wetton |
Posted By: akaBona
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 16:18
| John Wetton |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 16:25
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Tie ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 16:44
It's very nearly a tie, but Wetton sang a great song with Uriah Heep, and there's a little album I love called Danger Money. Oh, yeah: Crimson. So that's that.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 17:39
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Johnny boy. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 19:57
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 21:17
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Where's the neither option? |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: September 27 2015 at 21:29
| As a singer, as a bassist, or as a songwriter? As a singer, Lake by a mile, I don't really like Wetton's voice, specially with King Crimson (and UK), though his singing on Asia (studio) is OK (live it's not really enjoyable, either), while Greg Lake has some of my favourite vocal moments in rock (yet he doesn't really sing so beautifully always). As a bassist, John Wetton takes my choice. And as a songwriter... I don't really know, I would need to know exactly who wrote what. |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 01:47
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Greg Lake. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 03:27
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This is a tie for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 09:42
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Greg Lake: no contest |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 10:08
| Hey Steve. Very good poll. I pick Greg Lake. The number of great albums that Wetton has participated in more than Lake but I vote to my hero Greg Lake. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 10:11
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Thanks Omid! I'm glad you like it! ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: O666
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 10:19
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SteveG wrote:Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 10:30
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Posted By: Pastmaster
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 12:23
Blasphemy is my middle name.
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Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: September 28 2015 at 13:54
| Starting off this blew my mind. I can't give one the edge over the other from the standpoint of vocals. Wetton, though, proved himself on base with KC when they were doing the majority of their sets from improv. So, I have to give him an edge on brilliance there. |