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  1. 02-28-2014 #76
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    For me the conversation has to start with Sir Paul! Sting, Tim Schmit, Lake, Wetton, Bruce, Waters... Chris Squire, love his voice and always felt short changed he never followed up Fish out of Water. Richard Sinclair
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    Quote Originally Posted by bigbassdrum View Post
    Mark King - Level 42
    Wow!

    That was awesome! Love that kind of "slap 'n' pop" bass-playing. I only have a compilation from Level 42, but I love every song on it. I have to get more sometime...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Gruno View Post
    When performing with his solo band, he was the bass player for most of the songs.

    Thanks for sharing, Gruno, that was great! "Waiting" is one of my favorite tracks from Thud and it's really cool to hear it live!
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  5. 03-04-2014 #80
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    Sir Paul
    Sting
    Squire
    James Dewar from Robin Trower's 70s band anything of Bridge of Sighs
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    Geddy Lee
    Paul McCartney
    Sting
    John Wetton
    Roger Waters
    ........ I'm out of ideas
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    Quote Originally Posted by yesrushcrimson View Post
    Geddy Lee
    Paul McCartney
    Sting
    John Wetton
    Roger Waters
    ........ I'm out of ideas
    Well, there's four pages of them ahead of you
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    Quote Originally Posted by trurl View Post
    Well, there's four pages of them ahead of you
    I thought exactly the same thing
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    Quote Originally Posted by phil1db View Post
    abit left field..and perhaps not the best but interesting

    Lothar Meid
    Uli Trepte
    Jean-Herve Peron
    Useful for completeness, though. I never knew who played what in Faust, so thanks for that info. Lothar Meid is probably not "good" at singing, but that was never really the point of ADII anyway. Robby Heibl and Klaus Ebert also sang during their tenure with the band.
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    Quote Originally Posted by markowitz View Post
    James Dewar from Robin Trower's 70s band anything of Bridge of Sighs
    Whollley f....

    I don't remember seeing him listed/mentioned in this thread yet... Unforgiveable omission (on my part, at least)
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  12. 03-05-2014 #87
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    [QUOTE=Progbear;227181]Useful for completeness, though. Lothar Meid is probably not "good" at singing, but that was never really the point of ADII anyway.

    -so true -infact Danny Fichelsher on his one track probably sounds the best of the lot of them
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  13. 03-05-2014 #88
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    Quote Originally Posted by Trane View Post
    I don't remember seeing him listed/mentioned in this thread yet...
    Quote Originally Posted by mogrooves View Post
    Jimmy Dewar
    Jack Bruce
    Steve Gould
    Gordon Haskell
    Alan Gorrie
    Just for the record....
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    Yes, Mogroves had it first!! I added a video for some easy proof of what a great singer he was/is. In this Place is also a great tune that he just blows out of the water. I always felt that playing bass and singing at the same time was more difficult for me than guitar or keyboard, and I am most comfortable playing bass. Finger plucking and singing is not as intuitive to me. The guy playing slap on that Level 42 video in this thread is impressive, although not my style. Jack Bruce was just an animal. Sting also makes it look easy.
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    Unless I missed it in someone else's list, John Lodge.

    My top list of singers have always been

    Wetton
    Lake
    Robert Lamm - damn keyboardist
    John Lodge

    I could listen to any of those 4 sing the dictionary or phone book and enjoy it.
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    I did not see John Lodge?

    My personal favorite singers of all time have been:

    Wetton
    Lake
    Robert Lamm - damn keyboardist
    John Lodge

    They could sing the phone book or the dictionary and i would enjoy it.
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    Guess I killed this thread with my splendid voice!

    Thanks for not makin' fun, though.......it's true, my nuts probably hadn't dropped yet.
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    [QUOTE=phil1db;227231 -so true -infact Danny Fichelsher on his one track probably sounds the best of the lot of them[/QUOTE]

    Agreed. Well, I liked Renate fine, and Stefan was a decent singer even if his Bay City Rollers-wannabee stuff was highly inappropriate for ADII. But Danny's vox on "Sleepwalker's Timeless Bridge" makes me wish he stepped behind the mike more often. Too tough for a drummer? In Popol Vuh he played mainly guitar, but they had that twee little Korean song sparrow.
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    Quote Originally Posted by WytchCrypt View Post
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    Quote Originally Posted by Progbear View Post
    Agreed. Too tough for a drummer? In Popol Vuh he played mainly guitar, but they had that twee little Korean song sparrow.
    and Renate
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    Quote Originally Posted by klothos View Post
    Ben Orr (The Cars)
    A-yup.

    Benjamin Orr (September 8, 1947 – October 3, 2000) was an American rock musician best known as the bassist, vocalist and co-founder of the rock band The Cars. He sang several of their best known songs, including "Just What I Needed", "Let's Go", and "Drive".
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    Esperanza Spalding
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    Sting
    Richard Bona
    Peter Cetera
    John Wetton
    Colin Moulding
    Geddy Lee
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