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Easy Livin 
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 Posted: April 14 2007 at 03:50 |
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, let's keep the criticism constructive, and avoid personal insults. Remember that many of the singers mentioned in this thread are members of bands who are highly revered in these parts.
So far, the discussion appears to have been largely superficial, with people simply saying they don't like a singer's voice. There is a significant difference between someone not singing to your personal taste, and someone singing badly.
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Topographic
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Posted: April 14 2007 at 03:44 |
I have to agree with Garion81 here. Lumping Lake, I. Anderson and Plant in here isn't right. They may or may not be "good" now, but at one point, they were. I would agree that they're not as good as they once were, though, but they're not the worst by any stretch. As far as Neal Morse goes, the guy can sing, but I too have always felt there was a bit of a boybandish quality to his vocals, which bothers me when I'm listening to V. I don't think he's awful, but his vocal quality isn't exactly my favorite. Now Steve Howe . . .  I haven't had the pleasure of really hearing him sing by himself, but I can tell just by the way the Yes backup vocals are that he would not be my cup of tea by any stretch. I have all the respect in the world for the guy as a guitarist and a songwriter, and I would even go as far as to say he's probably my absolute favorite rock guitarist, but as a vocalist . . .  Fortunately, he blends alright with Squire and J. Anderson surprisingly well. Latimer from Camel is okay as far as I'm concerned. Of course, you don't really hear him that often, so it's hard to tell. The best vocalist out of that group in my opinion was actually the late Pete Bardens. Listen to "Spirit of the Water" off of Moonmadness if you don't know what I'm talking about. -Topographic
Edited by Topographic - April 14 2007 at 04:01
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verslibre
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Posted: April 14 2007 at 02:24 |
 Ixtlan wrote:
It's got to be Neal Morse.
Listen to Richard Marx.
then listen to Neal Morse.
I rest my case. |
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Tommydouglas
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Posted: April 14 2007 at 02:13 |
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Nick D'virgilo (sp?)--Neal Morse's replacment in Spock's Beard. His voice is lackluster to say the least. Spock's Beard should try and recruit a new vocalist.
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"I'm not really spiritual, just religious."
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endlessepic
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Posted: April 14 2007 at 01:06 |
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Definitely Chris Squire, Amazing bass player but bad vocals.
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Matt Dickens
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 23:24 |
James Labrie live is absolutely dreadful.
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If it ain't broke don't break it.
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Zitro
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 23:16 |
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Steve Howe/hackett
umm
Andy Tillson is awful, Just hear the opening epic "In Earnest"
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valravennz
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 23:00 |
Geddy Lee.....his voice invokes images of fingernails being scratched on a black board - ewww!!
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"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence"
- Robert Fripp
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tszirmay
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 22:19 |
Easy: Lee Jackson on the Refugee album, formerly with The Nice. Thank God for Emerson and Moraz  
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MajesterX
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:45 |
darksideof wrote:
Greddy Lee does some awsome yelling!!!!! |
So goes Mikael Akerfeldt, bit I'm not complaining!  I can stand almost every singer, but the guy from Pavlov's Dog, I'm not fond of. I love Plant, Gilmour, Geddy, Labrie, all the ones people usually don't like for some reason, maybe because my first rock band was Rush...
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febus
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:41 |
Strange names on this thread!
ROBERT WYATT  IS my # 1 favorite prog singer; he has the most unique voice of them all and is the one who sings with the most emotion, warmth and personality/,the most touching and sensitive!
Just listen to MOON IN JUNE on ''third '' by the softs , or his last magical album '' CUCKOLAND''
RICHARD SINCLAIR is a great pleasure as well;in my top10 i stopped listening to Caravan when he left ; can't stand ''poppy'' Pye Hastings
and....GREG LAKE????????what is he doing here???
Edited by febus - April 13 2007 at 21:49
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Tholomyes
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:37 |
Neal Morse for me. Can´t stand his boyband voice style, sorry.
But like other said above, i think that Wyatt's vocals are one of the most unique; just listen As Long as he lies perfectly still from Volume two, what a beauty.
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Zargus
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:31 |
OMG ! how culd you put Robert Wyatt in that list you monster ! 
His amazing vocals is what makes the first 2 soft machine albums so incredibly awsom !
I yust love the english alphabet.. 
Edited by Zargus - April 13 2007 at 21:35
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micky
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:21 |
Gluhwein wrote:
Without a doubt James Labrie is the WORST in
prog. Dream Theater could be mentioned in the same breath as the
70's immortals if they had a lead singer who could perform live.
His rendition of "O Holy Night" is enough to make me convert to
Judaism. Horrible. |
hahahha that is enough to make me choke on my chicken
Dream Theater could be if they made albums that will still be listened
to in 30 years... do you REALLY think that is going to happen. I
didn't think so.. and it's not just the vocalist... it's the music..
which is all the matters...
but that conversersion due to LaBrie is a punchline we hadn't even
thought of at the AR mansion. I'll be chuckling over that the rest of
the night
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:19 |
Please has anybody heard Steve Howe singing?
The guy sounds like an animal being skinned alive, it's horrendous, he shouldn't sing in the shower.
He's a genius with the guitar, but for Fod's sake his voice ia a torture.
Iván
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eckhart
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 21:16 |
pantacruelgruel wrote:
Geoff Tate & everyone who sounds like him. Really ! |
Amen! Thank you! Don't get me wrong, I used to really like Tate. But, If anybody sounds even remotely like him(and there's thousands) it makes me wan't to vomit. Any of the operatic type stuff is really a turn off. I'd take Akerfeldt from Opeth without the cookie monster vocals any day over all of these singers. Truly good singers are very rare.
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MANTICORE
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 20:42 |
Eduardo Bort
Excellent Album but the vocals dessapointed me
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Ixtlan
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 20:31 |
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It's got to be Neal Morse.
Listen to Richard Marx.
then listen to Neal Morse.
I rest my case.
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Gluhwein
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 20:30 |
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Without a doubt James Labrie is the WORST in prog. Dream Theater could be mentioned in the same breath as the 70's immortals if they had a lead singer who could perform live. His rendition of "O Holy Night" is enough to make me convert to Judaism. Horrible.
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Antennas
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Posted: April 13 2007 at 19:44 |
aspinosa wrote:
GEDDY LEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Horrible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
okay: Steve Howe is indeed terrible. Who ever told this guy he could sing???
And I have to agree with those who mention James LaBrie - solely his singing on Ayreon's THE is rather okay.
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