Best King Crimson Vocalist
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Topic: Best King Crimson Vocalist
Posted By: video vertigo
Subject: Best King Crimson Vocalist
Date Posted: May 25 2005 at 23:04
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some of these were just background vocalists, but I added them anyways. ------------- "The rock and roll business is pretty absurd, but the world of serious music is much worse." - Zappa |
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Posted By: Yurkspb
Date Posted: May 26 2005 at 06:56
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Adrian Belew is beyond compare for me! Though it's strange considering that I prefer 1969-75 KC albums over their later works. Adrian's singing is the most versatile and, it seems to me, sincere of all KC vocalists. His voice can "send shivers down my spine" (sorry for trivial words). When Lake sings about "mankind in the hands of fools" the way he does it sounds a little bit fake to me. (Though he's also a very goos singer, no doubt). As for Wetton, I don't like his voice that much and others didn't play a significant role in KC. |
Posted By: Philrod
Date Posted: May 26 2005 at 13:02
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greg lake, especially on epitaph. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Philrod/?chartstyle=Geldropdown-small"> 
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Posted By: alchemist
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 18:28
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Greg Lake is great!!!!! Yeah he has the best voice from any vocalist from Crimson......
------------- no great genius has existed without a touch of madness... |
Posted By: Progger
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 19:36
Greg Lake no doubt about it with John Wetton also getting a thumbs up I think Adrian Belew would probably be the first to admit he ain't no singer
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Posted By: Yanns
Date Posted: May 27 2005 at 21:20
| Greg Lake. Second to Wetton, despite the speech impediment. Third probably to Haskell. Boz ain't too bad, but he isn't on the list. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 12:46
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I'll vote for Wetton. Lake, Belew, and Haskell are all close for second. ------------- 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: Moogtron III
Date Posted: May 28 2005 at 18:19
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Tough one. Lake and Wetton are my favorite vocalists in ANY band. But Lake wins. KC really had some good singers! Adrian Belew is very good too. |
Posted By: Aaron
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 00:43
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Boz does a fantastic job on Islands, where the hell is he? Aaron |
Posted By: Alfi
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 11:33
| I agree with Aaron. Boz should definitly be included because he was one of the five lead vocalists in a king crimson-lineup |
Posted By: omri
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 14:23
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I add my voice to yaans aaron & alfi. This poll is not suficient without Bozz ! ------------- omri |
Posted By: CaincelaOreinim
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 16:41
| Adrian Belew has remained the most consistant vocalist for Crimson for the past two decades...he gets my vote. Wetton a close second...the rest...no contest for me. Not a big fan of Greg Lake that's for sure, and I'm surp - no, actually I'm not. |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 16:42
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Greg Lake was IMO the best vocalist, though the later incarnations of KC created better music than the stuff GL sang. ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: nousommedusolei
Date Posted: May 29 2005 at 19:45
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Gordon Haskell?! Are you people nuts? ------------- I don't believe in demons I don't believe in devils I only believe in you |
Posted By: King Crimson
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 18:34
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John Wetton |
Posted By: MustShaveBeard
Date Posted: June 04 2005 at 20:30
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Well obviously Greg Lake. Boz is criminally underrated, though. His voice really fit the Islands album, IMO. ------------- Your life or your lupins!!! |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: June 05 2005 at 16:54
| Greg Lake!!! With John Wetton as a close second. |
Posted By: Possessed
Date Posted: June 06 2005 at 00:48
| Greg Lake. The double tracked voice on the previously unreleased version of Epitaph is awesome! |
Posted By: The Wizard
Date Posted: August 09 2005 at 18:52
| Greg Lake. Great in both Crimson and ELP. |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: August 09 2005 at 18:54
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I always felt that John Wetton fits the KC vocalist bill the best. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Bilek
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 05:45
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Greg Lake is far ahead by now, so why should I vote?!?!? And why is everyone forgetting Jon Anderson? Lizard is probably his first encounter with prog (The Yes Album was relesaed one year later) and he sings the hell out! Wish he was a KC member for some time! John Wetton is very good, too, but it's his bass playing (Starless!) what makes him a prominent Crimson member. ------------- Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret: Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!) |
Posted By: Jeremy Bender
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 05:50
| Greg Lake with Adrian Belew as close second. |
Posted By: slipperman
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 10:44
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Boz Burrell might be my second favorite...curious that he's not included in the poll!? Greg Lake is utterly fantastic, I sure would've liked to hear him on 'Lizard', which is ruined by the vocals. Gordon Haskell is AWWWWWFULLLLL!!!!!!!! the Wetton-era is my favorite Crimson, but sometimes Wetton sounds a little awkward. Someone above mentioned a speech impediment; I hear an old man with marshmallows in his mouth...only sometimes. He's clearly great at other times ("One More Red Nightmare", "Starless", "the Great Deceiver"). And Belew has loads of character. ------------- ...it is real...it is Rael... |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 12:25
| Just two words: Greg and Lake. Wetton comes far, far behind (he's quite lame on Larks', better on Starless, good on Red) and the others are not in the same league. |
Posted By: MANTICORE
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 16:13
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Posted By: Maike
Date Posted: August 10 2005 at 20:05
| BELEW |
Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: August 11 2005 at 00:08
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Yeah Greg Lake for me too ... I think Fripp kept getting everyone else (well, the other singer/bassists Haskell, Burrell and Wetton at least) to try and imitate him ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: Zac M
Date Posted: August 11 2005 at 00:13
Wetton and then Boz (I love Islands )------------- "Art is not imitation, nor is it something manufactured according to the wishes of instinct or good taste. It is a process of expression." -Merleau-Ponty |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: August 13 2005 at 17:18
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Wetton. ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: proger
Date Posted: August 14 2005 at 13:28
wetton ------------- ...live for tomorrow... |
FragileDT wrote:Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: August 14 2005 at 14:13
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1. Wetton 2. Lake 3. Belew 4. Haskel (Circus!)
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Boz (sorry...)