Harrison vs Wright, vocals
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Topic: Harrison vs Wright, vocals
Posted By: Dellinger
Subject: Harrison vs Wright, vocals
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:43
| Who do you like better as a singer between Richard Wright and George Harrison? |
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Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 19 2012 at 23:50
| Interesting poll because both singers seem to be interchangeable with the more dominant vocalists in their respective bands, viz, McCartney and Gilmour. Going with Harrison. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 05:14
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A difficult poll, this one. But I go for a Floyd member also here. The reason: the Pompeii version of Echoes and the last version of Arnold Layne on Gilmour's DVD. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 06:40
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Harrison. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:25
?? Harrison sounds more like Lennon than he does McCartney. ------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
rogerthat wrote:Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:27
Not to me. I have confused Harrison with Macca on Something. Understandable, because Macca can sing that song without sounding significantly different too. Lennon is a lot more nasal than either of the two. |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:40
| Who was the keyboardist in the Beatles (besides session players)? McCartney? If we're going to be fair, shouldn't Wright be going up against McCartney as a keyboardist? :-) Anyway, I went with Harrison, I love his voice. If there's a poll about keyboard players, I'd go with Wright. |
Posted By: jude111
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 07:43
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 08:54
I think George Martin did most of the keyboard playing actually. Either way, Wright would easily get my vote on that one. When it comes to singing though, I prefer Harrison. |
Posted By: dreadpirateroberts
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 09:19
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Billy Preston did a bit too, toward the end
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Posted By: HannesHolmqvist
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 09:35
Me too, until recently I always thought John sang Taxman. George is also my choice in the poll. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 10:32
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Richard Wright's vocals sounded it's best when he was signing doubles with David; on his on though, they are still pretty great. I really like George's vocals too, especially on Beatles tracks like Piggies and Something. I haven't heard too much of his solo stuff except one or two songs.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 12:40
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This is now the closest one in this series. I suppose Wright. ------------- 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: jude111
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 18:46
ALL THINGS MUST PASS is the best solo Beatles album, IMO. Fantastic album. I've always seen it as kind of a twin brother to Derek & the Dominoes LAYLA album.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 19:45
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Wright, hands down! Awesome singer. Great vocal. Magical vocal. I would much rather prefer his voice to Harrison's smoked-up voice (where the latter is cool to me.)
One more person wouldn't hurt: I too think that George and John sound alike, albeit I think I could tell them apart. No freaking way any one of them sounded like uncle Mac.
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 19:57
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Pink Floyd should have let Rick sing more.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 20:01
| ^ I don't think he would be cool enough to pull off some tracks on WYWH or Animals or The Wall. Besides, it wasn't just their choice. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 20:08
He sings one line on "Dogs." It's my favorite part of the song. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 20:41
| ^ Which line was that? |
Posted By: Prog Sothoth
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 20:43
It's amazing to me that there's only two songs on that album that get regular airplay ("My Sweet Lord" and "What Is Life" obviously) considering how impressive so many of those songs are. The title track, the opening track, "Let It Down", and hell, most of the first two LPs. Even the jam LP is pretty cool to listen to once in a while. Great echo-y atmosphere as well. I dig some of Wright's vocals as well ("Remember A Day" and "Matilda Mother" in particular), but I'd have to go with Harrison. |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 21:24
I tried to pair each member from each band on every instrument, and on vocals I tried to pair the members from each band who felt to me that fulfilled the same roll. I would have liked to put Wright on keyboard vs someone from The Beatles... but I just didn't even know if there was a keyboard player as such on The Beatles that would suitably go against Wright (I guess keyboards for The Beatles was more of a "session player" thing). However, if anyone thinks there's a suitable keyboard player on The Beatles, I would be more than happy to see the poll done too. As well, I didn't find a suitable member on Pink Floyd to put as a vocalist against Ringo Starr. |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: May 20 2012 at 21:32
"And then moving in silently downwind and out of sight." ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Capt Fongsby
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 13:10
| ^That's Gilmour, not Wright. |
Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: May 21 2012 at 13:36
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Harrison...I think ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |