Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
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Topic: Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Subject: Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
Date Posted: July 14 2009 at 23:25
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Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
There were not many in the 70s except perhaps Curved Air, Renaissance and Mostly Autumn. But these days there is the new wave of female Goth opera style singers with symponic metal bands such as Epica, Nightwish and After Forever. Lately other bands with female singers include Blood Ceremony, Panic Room and Karnataka with Anne-Marie Helder and Rachel Jones. There are heaps of others.
My list is as follows:
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: July 14 2009 at 23:44
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Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 00:47
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1. Susie Bogdanowicz-Glass Hammer 2. Moïka-Arrakeen
3. Anna Batko-Albion
4. Christina Murphy-Booth-Magenta
5. Agnieszka Swita-Caamora
5. Anneke van Giersbergen-(former) The Gathering ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: martinprog77
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 01:39
1 .Mostly Autumn - Heather Findlay
 2 Kate Bush
 3 Magenta - Christina
 4 Mastermind -Lisa Bouchelle
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 5 Kaipa - Aleena
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 13:29
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[QUOTE=AtomicCrimsonRush]Top 5 prog bands with female lead singer
There were not many in the 70s except perhaps Curved Air, Renaissance and Mostly Autumn. Blimey, I know Findlay and Josh look a bit under the weather sometimes, but a 70's band?  Mine definitely include the brand new Mostly Autumn, Magenta, Curved Air, The Reasoning, and a non prog band Fleetwood Mac, because I have always adored Christine McVie's voice.  ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 13:56
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Off the top of my head: The Reasoning - Rachel Jones Pure Reason Revolution - Chloe Alper Curved Air - Sonja Kristina Renaissance - Annie Haslam Kate Bush - Kate Bush (yeah, prog related isn't prog, sue me  )------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 14:05
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Bacamarte
Dead Can Dance
Pentangle
Aghora
IZZ
just a few that came to mind
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 14:28
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1) Frumpy with Inga Rumpf. Incredible voice, but not for those who like female vocals to be sweet and innocent. Inga shouts and really rocks. 2) Art Bears with Dagmar Krause. Many don't like Dagmar Krause; I do. 3) Curved Air with Sonja Kristina. 4) Catapilla with Anna Meek. Another shouter! 5) The Red Masque with Lynette Shelley. Yeah, you guessed it, a shouter. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:23
Me too
 (and with Slapp Happy/Henry Cow)Aside fron the #1, My list would probably include many bands already mentioned, but here a few more:
1. Hilary Palmer - Secret Green
2. Becki Clark - Season's End
3. Sandra Schleret & Martina Hornbacher - Dreams Of Sanity
4. Evelyn Downing - Mermaid Kiss
5. Renate Knaup - Amon Düül II
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BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: natewait
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:27
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These are the only bands I could think of that I listen to regularly that have female vocals:
IZZ
Phideaux
Magenta
Kaipa
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 15:31
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How about top 20?
1- Heather Findlay- Mostly Autumn 2- Rachel Jones- Karnataka, the Reasoning 3- Christina Booth- Magenta 4- Silvia Erichsen- White 5- Anna Jenssen- Shine Dion 6- Candice Night- Blackmore’s Night 7- Astrid Van der Veen- Ambeon 8- Mae McKenna- Bainbridge, Camel 9- Joanne Hogg- Iona 10- Simona Rigano- Conqueror 11- Sonja Kristina- Curved Air 12- Annie Haslam- Renaissance, Haslam 13- Lisa Gerrard- Dead Can Dance 14- Margriet Boosma- Flamborough Head 15- Jane Relf- Illusion, Renaissance 16- Emilia Derkowska- Quidam 17- Maggie Reilly- Oldfield, Reilly 18- Barbara Gaskin- Stewart/Gaskin 19- Robin -Strawberry Fields 20- Karolina Struzycka - Nemezis ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 16:22
Yes sir! Three great ladies in that group! Susie's a doll. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
My favorite female vox in prog.Posted By: Garion81
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 16:40
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Lots of good singers listed. There is a band that played Rosfest and is playing Calprog this year form England who has a female lead called Touchstone. Will let you know after I see them . Of course my all time favorite is Jefferson Airplane's Grace Slick.
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Posted By: Tarcisio Moura
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:30
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My top five prog female singers of all time: 1) Annie Haslam (Renaissance) 2) Tarja Turunen (ex Nightwish) 3) Emila Derkowska (ex Quidam) 4) Katarzyna Subkowiez-Malec (Albion) 5) Tânia Braz (Arion) |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:40
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1. Magenta 2 Renaissance 3. Touichstone And which Prog band does Kate Bush sing for? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:55
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^ are the Utah Saints prog? ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:56
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Who are THe Utah Saints? ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:56
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-iTC2JmMbM - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-iTC2JmMbM ------------- What? |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 17:58
No...they're not. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 18:47
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Renaissance
Curved Air
Cos
All About Eve
Affinity
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 18:49
 Best lesbian lyrics ever. -------------  Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: July 15 2009 at 19:03
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Hmm, I don't know whether to name my top singers or my top prog bands with female singers, so this list is sort of a hybrid... 1. Lisa Gerrard...Dead Can Dance - Honest opinion, best band on my list, pretty good vocals too. 2. Floor Jansen...After Forever - Pretty much the only clean female singer who really knows what it means to be metal. First time I heard them, I was blown away by how her vocals easily overpowered the growls, as if rob halford had joined in a death metal band. Not to mention they are my all time favorite symphonic metal band. 3. Kate Bush - Of course. I love great pop singers, and if kate bush has qualified as proto-prog, than I'm shooing her in this list. 4. Simone Simons...Epica - I include this for the band, not the singing. Epica somehow went from complete rubbish to one of my favorite bands. It probably has something to do with their fascination with classical music. Listening to and writing that stuff can only help you as a musician. Simone is much better these days than when she started, but still isn't worthy of being considered a great singer.At her rate of improvement, she'll be worthy of the title "great" within the next 3 albums. 5. Anneke van Giersbergen...The Gathering - Another one I include more for the band than the singer. It's interesting that my list sways so heavily towards modern metal. I guess I somehow missed all of the old bands with female singers... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Seabury">   |
Posted By: progrules
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 01:27
It's obvious you're hanging out quite often in the beautiful girls thread ! Nice selection  ------------- A day without prog is a wasted day |
Posted By: Phideaux
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 02:11
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Valerie Gracious - Phideaux there is no comparison!!! |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 03:04
 Have to admit, havent gone deep into Female voice Prog.
Kate is wonderfull so i will only pick 1 ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 06:25
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To-Mera (July Kiss) White Willow (Silvia Erikson, Sara Trundal, Trude Eidtang) Epica (Simone Simons) The Gathering (Anneke Van Giersbergan) Madder Mortem (Agneta M. Kirkvaarg) ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005  |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 06:33
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Will peolpe stop picking Kate Bush already? She is NOT the singer of a Prog Band! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: American Khatru
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 07:41
Can't add to any of these lists as things are well covered imo, but I will say I'm mildly shocked at the low number of votes for Renaissance. Edit: image link changed. Of interest to folks in this thread, when I was searching google images for this shot of Haslam I came across this...  https://store.progressionmag.com/index.php?act=viewProd&productId=24 - Available online for 9 bucks. This mag has been around since the early 90s but I have to confess I've never read it. Will probably have to do something about that. ------------- Why must my spell-checker continually underline the word "prog"? |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 07:59
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KATE IS PROG !!!!  ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 08:04
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Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 15:45
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I guess Kate Bush don't count then. 1. Non Credo (Kira Volmann) 2. Catherine Ribeiro + Alpes 3. Cos (Pascale Son) Faun Fables (Dawn McCarthy) Spirygyra (Barbara Gaskin) + National Health I've grown a little less fond of Dagmar Krause. Can't listen to her as much as i used to. (just a little) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 16:33
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Y'all got the Kate Bush message then! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 16:40
Mmmm  Kate Bush for me (Every time) Not sure I'm her type though.
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Posted By: Captain Capricorn
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 16:57
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...right now & in no particular order:
Thinking Plague
Slapp Happy
Zao
Eskaton
Os Mutantes
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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 16:59
Smartarse. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: July 16 2009 at 18:42
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Ah, thanks for reminding me of eskaton. I can now kick off kate bush who isn't really a prog band...
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 17 2009 at 23:13
Just quoting this so I can have another look - Please let there be more prog like this!
how about:
 Lisa Fury - Karnataka
 After Forever!!!
Floor Jansen
 Jefferson Airplane
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Posted By: npjnpj
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 07:13
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Just got to add Cristina Scabbia from Lacuna Coil.
Not a prog band, I know, but she just has to be mentioned.
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 23:23
I know - she is incredible....
The female singer in Therion is incredible too! I just got hold of Therion's Sirius B and - I am astounded at how good she is.
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: August 18 2009 at 23:58
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^ totally brilliant singer - Therion seems to have incorporated a number of female vocalists over the years all of outstanding quality. These vocalists have included
Sarah Jessica Deva (Cradle of Filth - tours with Therion); Martina Astner Hornbacher; Karin Fjellander;
Lori Lewis (Aesma Daeva), Katarina Lilja (Sobre Nocturne). -------------  "Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 03:30
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Martina Astner Hornbacher was also in Dreams Of Sanity and Alas
...here's a list: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_metal_singers_by_genre - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_metal_singers_by_genre
...and another: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_rock_singers - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_female_rock_singers ------------- What? |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:04
Prog or not, Kate Bush is amazing, period. Let's see, other than Renaissance  , purely on the strength of First Utterance, Comus makes a strong case though it's a twin lead we're talking about. And then, Spirogyra. And that's it, I don't really care for Curved Air, Mostly Autumn Or Karnataka, either the singer or the music doesn't do much for me, as applicable. How about Magma and Shub-Niggurath, though I don't know if I can call those operatic chants as female LEADs, if yes, then Magma wins the thread for me because their music is the strongest of all these bands I mentioned.  And for something from the metal side, how about The Gathering, strange to see only two mentions of this band.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:12
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^ okay - Kate Bush sang with the Kate Bush Band - okay?
If I were to pick Renaissance it would be for Jane Relf. ------------- What? |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:13
Beg your pardon, what is the source of confusion here? I know she's a solo artist. |
Posted By: ten years after
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:24
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Top eight:
Curved Air
Jefferson Airplane
String Driven Thing
Its a Beautiful Day
Renaissance
Affinity
Babe Ruth
Magic Carpet
If the traditional folk bands included there are a heap of others (Fairport, Trees, Fotheringay, Pentangle, Spriguns of Tolgus, Spirogyra, Tudor Lodge etc) but i've never been quite sure how they qualify as prog.
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:27
and...
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:29
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Oh, I am sorry I had missed that capitalized declaration that Bush is prog...nah, definitely not...I agree, she's not prog, that's why she's in PR. But since she's on PA, I picked her anyway, sorry!
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:31
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^ It's not the "Prog" part that's the issue it's the "Band" part ------------- What? |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: August 19 2009 at 07:32
Alright, I get it finally! |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: October 19 2009 at 00:17
Kate Bush has got a premium in this neck of the woods
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 Not from a prog band but delightful singer and gorgeous I agree. Now back to female prog bands to keep the sanity.
Then there is the space Witch from Gong - Shakti Yoni
 hmmmm.... listen to 'I am Your Pussy' again now!
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 07:16
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Ok Had to bring this to life too - its one of those nights.
I will have to suggest the following prog rock chicks!
Guess who they are...
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Posted By: Pimpernal
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 07:55
The only one i know is Kate Bush  But she rocks! ------------- 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 09:00
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Posted By: InfiniteWake
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 17:51
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Okay, to get my two cents in: 1. Glass Hammer (absolutely no question) 2. Mostly Autumn 3. Ayreon (the female vocalists used on any album are phenomenal) 4. Landmarq 5. Epica? (Maybe...) |
Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 19:51
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5. After Forever!
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: March 30 2010 at 20:52
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Beate Krause (Carol of Harvest) and a couple of non-prog guilty pleasures - Holly Beth Vincent (Holly & the Italians) ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 05:46
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Posted By: Tarcisio Moura
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 06:38
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[QUOTE=InfiniteWake]Okay, to get my two cents in: 1. Glass Hammer (absolutely no question) 2. Mostly Autumn 3. Ayreon (the female vocalists used on any album are phenomenal) 4. Landmarq 5. Epica? (Maybe...) [/QUOTE Interesting choices. Have you ever heard Tarja Tarunnen (ex Nightwish)? Cheers Tarcísio |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 08:58
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Jerney Kaagman - Earth and Fire
Annie Haslam - Renaissance
Amanda Parsons - National Health
Deborah Perry - Thinking Plague
Jon Anderson - Yes
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Posted By: RoyFairbank
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 09:12
hah HolyMoly that's funny with Jon Anderson! I'm glad girls don't really sing like him though  .I've only heard Ren-as-ance and I wasn't overly impressed, though I appreciate Haslam's vocals especially on "It's All Over Baby Blue" from Howe's portraits of Bob Dylan Also, Kiki Dee on Freudiana (APP) "Your On Your Own" Clair Torrey (spelling) on "Don't Hold Back" APP, from Eve. I don't think too, too much of Phideaux's female vocals Non Progwise, cuz I have to, Definitely Berlin, my favorite female vocal'ed band (Teri Nunn). They are New Wave and famous for "Take My Breath Away." Try em'. Hint: "Pink And Velvet" from Count To Three and Pray, with one of David Gilmour's best solos. |
Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 10:54
There was a funny story about Berlin from the Yes tour of 90125 in the States. They had been lined up to support the band, Anderson found out about it, and said "who the f*** are they? Don't want them on my tour", which is why (and it was continued into the UK) we had the far preferable Loony Toons as the support act. Daffy Duck & Bugs over Berlin any day ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org |
Posted By: Nuke
Date Posted: March 31 2010 at 20:02
Oh, lol, I get it now! I thought he was playing AtomicCrimsonRush's guessing game, so I corrected his number 5 In retrospect, I probably should have noticed that there were only 4 pictures ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Seabury"> |