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moonlitbay 
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 Topic: Best vocal performance of all time?
Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:20 |
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All vocalists, good or bad, have their ups and downs. Therefore let's find the best single vocal performance in prog rock of all time...
I'm not interested in comments like "everything Russel Allen has put his mind to", or "Peter Gabriel's voice make everybody else's singing sound like caughing", and so on...
The thing I want is a single song, or even better, a verse or refrain where your vocalist is awesome.
My personal favourites must include:
Jorn Lande (Ark) - Missing you... specially the last two refrains.
Mariusz Duda (Riverside) - Dance with the shadow (he shows a tremendous aspect of different types of vocal.
Steve Hogarth (Marillion) - Final on the song "King". Beautiful!
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A reunion.......it will never happen in my lifetime!!
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Jeremy Bender
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:34 |
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Greg Lake - Epitaph
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BaldFriede
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:38 |
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Peter Hammill on the vinyl version of Robert Fripp's album "Exposure" in the song "Disengage". Wow, that really blows me away. Unfortunately the CD-version uses a different take of the vocals, which still is good, but is just no match for the vinyl version.
According to the biography of Robert Fripp, he didn't give Hammill any
idea which melody he had to sing, he just stuck a sheet of paper with
the lyrics in front of him and said "Sing!" And Hammill is definitely a
person that likes challenges, so he delivered.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Marwin
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:49 |
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Opeth - Ghost of Perdition. Åkerfeldt is a master at both agressive and
clean this song shows that. A real highlight for me is the vocal melody
round 3:00 which is allso repeated at the end.
Pink Floyd - A Great Gig in the Sky. ive allways had a weakspot for
this song. May not be for everyone but to me its a masterpiece.
Pink Floyd - Echoes. Gilmour and Wright make a good combination my favourite is the first vocal part.
Dream Theater - Another Hand - The Killing Hand (live at the Marquee)
this is one of those songs that hit me in the face and became an
instant classic. Vocaly i think its LaBries best live performance and
the ending allways gives me goose bumps.
The Gathering - Leaves. Pure beauty in my opinion the albums Mandylion
and Nighttime Birds are filled with some of the best female vocals ever.
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Syzygy
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 14:51 |
- Robert Wyatt - Las Vegas Tango - End of an Ear
- Captain Beefheart - Big Eyed Beans From Venus - Clear Spot
- Klaus Blasquiz - Wurdah Itah (the whole album)
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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RobRocks
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:06 |
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I still get chills everytime I hear the "Watch the sparrow falling ..." passage in Dream Theater's "Pull Me Under" on "Images and Words".
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Winter Wine
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:35 |
Well obviously -
- The Close to the Edge finale!!!!!
- The Suppers Ready finale!!!!!
- In the middle of Man Erg when Hamill shouts/sings HOW CAN I BE FREEEEEEEEEEEE..... and so on
- The first 3 or 4 mins of I've seen all good people
- Dogs, best vocal performance from Gilmour and Waters in one track, the changeover to Waters always hits me "Got to admit, that i'm a little bit confuuuuuuused"
- Echoes, the harmony between Wright and Gilmour, beautiful
- The vocals shared between Wright and Gilmour on Time
- Knots, so odd yet loveable, reminds me of -
- Leave it from 90125, love that GG type intro
- 21st century schizoid man, totally raw and aggressive
- Lakes performance on both "The Endless Enigma" and "Trilogy" from the same album, wonderful melodies
- LOVE the Formentera Lady vocals, "Formentera lady, sing a song for me" the melody is so dreamy or something..
- Vismund Cygnus vocals, how Bixler can hop between octaves is pretty amazing
"Pan American nightmare, ten thousand feet funfair, convinced that I don't care it's safe as houses I swear!I was just sitting musing the virtues of cruising, when altitude dropping my ears started popping, ONE MORE RED NIGHTMARE!!!!"
"Westside skyline crying Fallen Angel dying,risk a life to make a dime" -
Two of my favourite Wetton performances with Crimson
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AceBad
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:53 |
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Maynard James Keenan from Tool, on the song "Push*t"...especially the end...so much power.
Also, I've recently developed an appreciation for the crazy things Mike
Patton can do with his voice. His singing voice is great, but in
addition he can create some of the wackiest and most interesting sounds
I've heard come out of a person. An example song that highlights the
range of things this guy can do with his voice is "When Good Dogs Do
Bad Things", from his collaboration with The Dillinger Escape Plan. I
love that vocal performance, although (or maybe because?) it's quite
terrifying.
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Kleynan
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:54 |
Jon Anderson - Yes - Close to the Edge  = Perfection
Mikael Åkerfeldt - Opeth - Isolation Years
Greg Lake - King Crimson - Moonchild
David Gilmour - Pink Floyd - Mother
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horza
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 15:58 |
Jon Anderson - CTTE - fantastic
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Originally posted by darkshade:
Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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ANDREW
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:21 |
DEEP PURPLE - CHILD IN TIME
Great vocals by Ian Gillan!!!!!!
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sleeper
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:25 |
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All of Suppers Ready is special and Ill add Fish's spoken passages on Forgotten Sons, so much passion its hard to believe.
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Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Peter
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 16:58 |
 Some opera singer, I imagine -- though the concept is highly subjective!
"Of all time" -- snicker!
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
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video vertigo
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:02 |
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Steve Hogarth - Memory of Water.
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"The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa
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salmacis
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:11 |
Peter Hammill on VDGG's 'Lost' is a particular stunner for me, as is his 'This Side Of The Looking Glass' and 'Betrayed'. But then most of Hammill's vocals are utterly fantastic; he's perhaps the ultimate prog singer.
David Byron delivered a plethora also; 'Come Away Melinda', 'Midnight', 'July Morning' and 'Wonderworld' stand out for me particularly.
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SirPsycho388
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 17:23 |
 Marwin wrote:
Pink Floyd - Echoes. Gilmour and Wright make a good combination my favourite is the first vocal part.
Dream Theater - Another Hand - The Killing Hand (live at the Marquee) this is one of those songs that hit me in the face and became an instant classic. Vocaly i think its LaBries best live performance and the ending allways gives me goose bumps.
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I absolutely love the Gilmour/Wright combination on Echoes - it hits me so hard when the vocals first come in, and then again in the same vein toward the end of the song
I agree that LaBrie's vocals are best on Live at the Marquee's Another Hand/The Killing Hand... he has so much power and emotion in his voice, definately one of his best (I actually think that whole Live album shows some of his best performances).
Another favorite is the sparatic vocals in the first few mintutes of CTTE, where everyone hits one note out of the chaos and then it jumps right back into insanity!
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Strangers passing in the street by chance two separate glances meet and I am you and what I see is me. And do I take you by the hand and lead you through the land and help me understand the best I can
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chamberry
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 18:14 |
I have some:
- Anekdoten's singer in "the old man and the sea" of vemod when he sings with anger. Im a sucker for that type of voice
- Pink Floyd's Roger Waters in "careful with that axe eugene!" of
Ummagumma. I didn't knew he did the screaming or that he could do that
- Greg Lake's voice is IMO on the best, even if he is in King Crimson or in ELP
- Gentle Giant's "Knots". nough said
- Opeth's "in my time of need" in damnation. I love that song just by the way he sings with Steve Wilson.
- all of Mike Patton's work with Mr.Bungle
- James LaBrie's vocals in "learning to live" of images and words.
the last chorus he sings right after all the solos sends shivers to my
spine.
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erlenst
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 18:38 |
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Ian Gillan is amazing. I would
especially mention his performance on Child in Time from Made in Japan
as orgasmic.
Another winner has to be Jon Anderson. Highlights include Heart of the Sunrise, Close to the Edge and Awaken.
Edited by erlenst
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NotAProghead
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 18:40 |
David Byron "July Morning"
Ian Gillan "Child In Time"
Robert Plant "Since I've Been Loving You" and, of course, "Stairway To Heaven"
Dio "Catch The Rainbow" and "Stargazer"
Francesco Di Giacomo "R.I.P"
John Wetton "Rendez-vous 6:02"
Jim Morrison "Crystal Ship"
Mark Knopfler "Brothers In Arms" (can't call him "vocalist", but he's the best singer for DIRE STRAITS)
David Coverdale "Soldier Of Fortune"
John Lawton "The Dance"
Greg Lake "The Sage"
Janosh Kobor "Györgyhajú lány" (OMEGA).
Edited by NotAProghead
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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eloii
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Posted: January 30 2006 at 18:47 |
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Ian Gillan - Fighting Man
Rush - Tom Sawyer (i dont know... i like it )
Yes - Close to the Edge
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