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Poll Question: Who do you like better as a singer?
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    Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:43
Who do you like better as a singer between Richard Wright and George Harrison?
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Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour.  Going with Harrison.
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A difficult poll, this one. But I go for a Floyd member also here. The reason: the Pompeii version of Echoes and the last version of Arnold Layne on Gilmour's DVD.
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Harrison.


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Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour.  Going with Harrison.

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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour.  Going with Harrison.

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Harrison sounds more like Lennon than he does McCartney.



Not to me.  I have confused Harrison with Macca on Something.  Understandable, because Macca can sing that song without sounding significantly different too.  Lennon is a lot more nasal than either of the two.
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Who was the keyboardist in the Beatles (besides session players)? McCartney? If we're going to be fair, shouldn't Wright be going up against McCartney as a keyboardist? :-) Anyway, I went with Harrison, I love his voice. If there's a poll about keyboard players, I'd go with Wright.
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Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour.  Going with Harrison.

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Harrison sounds more like Lennon than he does McCartney.

I agree.
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

Who was the keyboardist in the Beatles (besides session players)? McCartney? If we're going to be fair, shouldn't Wright be going up against McCartney as a keyboardist? :-) Anyway, I went with Harrison, I love his voice. If there's a poll about keyboard players, I'd go with Wright.


I think George Martin did most of the keyboard playing actually. Either way, Wright would easily get my vote on that one.
When it comes to singing though, I prefer Harrison.
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

Originally posted by rogerthat rogerthat wrote:

Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour.  Going with Harrison.

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Harrison sounds more like Lennon than he does McCartney.

I agree.


Me too, until recently I always thought John sang Taxman. George is also my choice in the poll.
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Richard Wright's vocals sounded it's best when he was signing doubles with David; on his on though, they are still pretty great. I really like George's vocals too, especially on Beatles tracks like Piggies and Something. I haven't heard too much of his solo stuff except one or two songs.
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This is now the closest one in this series.
 
I suppose Wright.
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Points: 1754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 18:46
Originally posted by Fox On The Rocks Fox On The Rocks wrote:

Richard Wright's vocals sounded it's best when he was signing doubles with David; on his on though, they are still pretty great. I really like George's vocals too, especially on Beatles tracks like Piggies and Something. I haven't heard too much of his solo stuff except one or two songs.
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Wright, hands down! Awesome singer. Great vocal. Magical vocal. I would much rather prefer his voice to Harrison's smoked-up voice (where the latter is cool to me.)

One more person wouldn't hurt: I too think that George and John sound alike, albeit I think I could tell them apart. No freaking way any one of them sounded like uncle Mac.


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Pink Floyd should have let Rick sing more.
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 20 2012 at 20:01
^ I don't think he would be cool enough to pull off some tracks on WYWH or Animals or The Wall. Besides, it wasn't just their choice.
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ I don't think he would be cool enough to pull off some tracks on WYWH or Animals or The Wall. Besides, it wasn't just their choice.


He sings one line on "Dogs."  It's my favorite part of the song.
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^ Which line was that?
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Originally posted by jude111 jude111 wrote:

ALL THINGS MUST PASS is the best solo Beatles album, IMO. Fantastic album. I've always seen it as kind of a twin brother to Derek & the Dominoes LAYLA album.

It's amazing to me that there's only two songs on that album that get regular airplay ("My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life" obviously) considering how impressive so many of those songs are. The title track, the opening track, "Let It Down", and hell, most of the first two LPs. Even the jam LP is pretty cool to listen to once in a while. Great echo-y atmosphere as well.

I dig some of Wright's vocals as well ("Remember A Day" and "Matilda Mother" in particular), but I'd have to go with Harrison.
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