Greg Lake’s voice...

A bit off topic, but speaking of voice similarities, in the TransAtlantic song "Stranger in your Soul" during Peter Trewavas' (bassist for Marillion, for those who don't know) vocal break, he sounds dead on like Pete Townshend.

Greg Lake IMO has one of the best voices in Progressive Rock, much better than Roger Daltrey's and in the same league than Ian Anderson, but the three of them are absolutely different.

• Greg Lake voice sounds well educated calm and melodic, even when does harder stuff well also.
• Roger is a Rock singer sounds like he had no formal musical education (Don't know if that's correct, just guessing), but a lot of strenght, great with the hard stuff not so good on the softer.
• Ian is more like a singing narrator, his range is very pleasent calmed, ideal for folky stuff but great on everything he sings.

Even when Threefates is going to kill me, I believe that the only voice similar to Greg's is John Wetton.

Iván

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ivan_2068 wrote: Greg Lake IMO has one of the best voices in Progressive Rock, much better than Roger Daltrey's and in the same league than Ian Anderson, but the three of them are absolutely different. Greg Lake voice sounds well educated calm and melodic, even when does harder stuff well also. Roger is a Rock singer sounds like he had no formal musical education (Don't know if that's correct, just guessing), but a lot of strenght, great with the hard stuff not so good on the softer. Ian is more like a singing narrator, his range is very pleasent calmed, ideal for folky stuff but great on everything he sings. Even when Threefates is going to kill me, I believe that the only voice similar to Greg's is John Wetton. Iván

Agree with everything except that Roger isn't good at softer stuff. He does an excellent job on the first half of "Behind Blue Eyes", and on "Too Much of Anything". Roger's softer voice was underused though, they always had Pete sing the more mellow stuff, it's a shame too, because Roger had an awesome emotional delivery even with the mellow songs.  But yes, Lake is better at softer, although they are both great. 

His voice probably sounds out of key because he normally sings lower, and it seems somewhat strained, but still very emotional.......the notes he hits along with the lyrics strike a chord with me, so maybe i'm just biased.

But anyway, i agree with you; Daltrey never had a lot of range, he sort of sang in the same loud voice all the time, aside from the rare softer songs (but i still like it very much).

He has got a very "weak", monotonous voice, sometimes not in tune...far behind emotional "multivoices" singers as Peter Hammill, Arthur Brown...

^ Even if we weren't discussing Greg, I'd have to agree with you on that one Doggy...

Greg's voice makes the angels sing, Peter Hammill's makes them run and hide....

I haven't... and I've got a feeling I've heard him a little more than you have....

^ You won't get an arguement on that from me....

Yet another subjective post - I do like the small band of embittered ELP fans battling back to back, refusing to allow logic to undermine their religion - like any fundamentalists really

To be honest with you guys!!
what really happen to Greg Lake’s voice? When you listen to
his record with crimson and early ELP you truly believe that is
an angel singing!!! It brings tears to my eyes every times l listen
to in the court of the crimson king, epitaph and turn me on, but
what happen after love beach his truhlly last good singing
album (in my opinion) his voice was transformed. It is
unrecognizable you might thinks it is a different vocalist singing
those beautiful ELP songs I feel terribly sorry for him. I do not
enjoy his voice anymore, age did not did any good to his voice
the same happen to aim Anderson, David Gilmour, Richard
right, Robert watt, singer for Kansas I forgot his name