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Tsevir Leirbag
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Joined: May 03 2009
Location: Montréal
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Points: 8321
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Posted: December 27 2009 at 16:20 |
1. Roger Waters
2. Peter Hammill
3. Peter Gabriel
4. Greg Lake
5. Serge Fiori
6. Jon Anderson
7. Dagmar Krause
8. Richard Sinclair
9. Kerry Minnear
10. Mikael Arkerfeldt
(11.) Jean Leloup
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Les mains, les pieds balancés
Sur tant de mers, tant de planchers,
Un marin mort,
Il dormira
- Paul Éluard
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arcane-beautiful
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Joined: November 04 2009
Location: Newry
Status: Offline
Points: 310
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 07:30 |
Tim Ripper Owens
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Russel Allen
Jorn Lande
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presdoug
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Joined: January 24 2010
Location: Canada
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Points: 8912
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 08:21 |
Helmut Koellen Kim Merz Johnny Gustafson Peter Gabriel Francesco di Giacomo Aldo Tagliapietra Federico d'Andrea Rudolf Schoen in no particular order-more than five, but had to mention all of these
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TGM: Orb
Prog Reviewer
Joined: October 21 2007
Location: n/a
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Points: 8052
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 09:35 |
Pfeh, trying again:
1. Peter Hammill --- (significant interval) 2. Demetrio Stratos 3. Chris Farlowe 4. Peter Gabriel 5...erm... Greg Lake, maybe... or Francesco Di Giacomo... Richard Sinclair as a possibility
Outside the sphere of 'progressive', Jacques Brel would be unquestionably on there... if anyone's heard how far the original version of Ces Gens-La flattens the perfectly good Christian Descamps version or the sheer speed of his vocal on Vesoul...
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LinusW
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Joined: September 27 2007
Location: Sweden
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Points: 10665
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 09:55 |
TGM: Orb wrote:
Pfeh, trying again:
1. Peter Hammill --- (significant interval) 2. Demetrio Stratos 3. Chris Farlowe 4. Peter Gabriel 5...erm... Greg Lake, maybe... or Francesco Di Giacomo... Richard Sinclair as a possibility
Outside the sphere of 'progressive', Jacques Brel would be unquestionably on there... if anyone's heard how far the original version of Ces Gens-La flattens the perfectly good Christian Descamps version or the sheer speed of his vocal on Vesoul...
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You got three of them right. Demetrio Stratos, Peter Gabriel, Francesco Di Giacomo. As for my other two...blargh, no idea.
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Mr. Maestro
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Joined: March 05 2010
Location: Knowhere, USA
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Points: 918
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 14:56 |
1. Steve Walsh (Kansas).
2. Peter Gabriel (Genesis, etc.)
3. Thijs van Leer (Focus)
4. Ian Gillan (Deep Purple - he sang "Child in Time," which is progressive enough for me)
5. Geddy Lee (Rush)
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"I am the one who crossed through space...or stayed where I was...or didn't exist in the first place...."
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UndercoverBoy
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Joined: November 10 2009
Location: Tulsa, OK, U.S.
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Points: 5148
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 15:58 |
1. Peter Hammill (VDGG) 2. Peter Gabriel (Genesis) 3. Robert Wyatt (Soft Machine) 4. Francesco DiGiacomo (Banco) 5. John Wetton (King Crimson)
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Gerinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 10 2010
Location: Barcelona Spain
Status: Offline
Points: 5160
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 18:05 |
Really difficult to pick out five...
Greg Lake
Freddy Mercury in his good old times
Annie Haslam
Emila Derkowska from the polish Quidam
Gabriel / Fish in a tie
probably not in sequence, it's too difficult !
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J-Man
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Joined: August 07 2008
Location: Philadelphia,PA
Status: Offline
Points: 7826
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Posted: March 23 2010 at 18:08 |
In no order, here are a few favorites:
Peter Gabriel Fish Daniel Gildenlöw Mikael Åkerfeldt James LaBrie Neal Morse (shoot me now, but I love his vocals) Dan Swanö
-Jeff
Edited by J-Man - March 23 2010 at 18:09
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ten years after
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Joined: September 07 2007
Location: Australia
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Points: 1008
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 07:22 |
Hammill
Decamps
Byron
Kristina
Lake
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Gerinski
Prog Reviewer
Joined: February 10 2010
Location: Barcelona Spain
Status: Offline
Points: 5160
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 15:20 |
May I point that rating singers may be tricky, we use to judge them by the timbre of their voice (this or that guy / lady have a great voice), but singing is more than that.
First of all, usually singers do not only sing, but they decide (compose) the melodic and rythmic phrases which the vocal part performs. A singer may "write" wonderful vocal phrasing but not have a very good voice himself or viceversa.
Secondly we have the technique. Some vocalists may have a natural good timbre but lack technique, or viceversa.
Thirdly we have the timbre, which is the most obvious attribute and as I said, the one we unconciously tend to judge vocalist for. A good sounding voice is probably most important than anything else, but as I want to note by this post, not the only thing a very good singer is supposed to do well.
Finally vocalists frequently write the lyrics, and that can be another point in their "evaluation sheet".
And we might still add the qualities as front-man / front-woman since many vocalist have to carry that role too, when looking for the "total package" best singers.
Do I still miss something?
Just asking for "the best singers" may feel incomplete unless we specify: best timbres? best overall?
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richardh
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Joined: February 18 2004
Location: United Kingdom
Status: Offline
Points: 30472
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Posted: March 24 2010 at 16:10 |
Chris Thompson (Manfred Manns Earthband)
Greg Lake (ELP,King Crimson)
John Wetton (King Crimson,UK,Asia)
Peter Nicholls (IQ)
Christina Murphy (Magenta)
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Pilkenton
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Joined: March 28 2010
Status: Offline
Points: 72
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Posted: March 29 2010 at 08:59 |
John Wetton Greg Lake Adrien Belew Jon Anderson Peter Gabriel
honorable mentions--Phil Collins & Chris Squire
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FusionKing
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 28 2009
Location: Scotland
Status: Offline
Points: 522
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Posted: March 29 2010 at 11:52 |
1. Jon Anderson
2. Geddy Lee
3. Ian Anderson
4. Phil Collins
5. Greg Lake
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"Man is nothing else but that which he makes of himself" - Sartre
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