Which BWP tracks feature Steven Wilson on back-up vox?

[batmura]

Is that him on "Bleak?"

What other songs does he sing on?

 

[Riryoku]

I hear him in the acoustic passage of "The Drapery Falls", methinks.

 

[all_sins_undone]

Steven Wilson: "Devious movements..." (first clean part) in Bleak

 

[Godhead's Lament]

Steven Wilson: "Devious movements..." (first clean part) in Bleak

Damn. I thought that was Mikael, at least it sounded like Mikael to me.

 

[Maggot9]

It sounded like Mike to me at first too, but I then realized it was Steven.

 

[JoeVice]

i'm sure he does a lot of the harmony in the funeral portrait.

 

[Riryoku]

I instantly recognized the vocal change. That part's way too nasal to be Mikael.

 

[Forest-of-October]

That clean part on Bleak just doesnt sound like Mike at all, that was the only thing I really noticed though.

Speaking of Steven Wilson, Arriving Somewhere but Not Here, and the Sound of Muzac are beautifull songs wouldn't you say? I think it's hard to say who's clean vox I like better. I think Mike and Steven both have my favorite.

 

[steel102]

he did the growls on leper affinity afaik.

 

[Lietuvis]

I like Mike's vox more than Steve's, because Mike's are lower-pitched... it is nice to have a mix, though.

 

[winters epilogue]

I really like the way their voices blend.

Anyways:
Bleak - "Devious moments in your eyes/Breath comes out white clouds with your lies"

Harvest - higher vocals in verse/ "into the orchard I walk fairly way past the gate/halo of death all I see is departure, mourner's lament but it's me who's the martyr"

The Drapery Falls - "Waking up to your sound again, and lapse into the ways of misery"

He might be in the end of The Funeral Portrait, but I really do not hear his voice...but yeah, I think that is it for his vocals

 

[RiffBoy]

Steven Wilson: "Devious movements..." (first clean part) in Bleak

Is that a guessing from your part or have you heard him or Mike say it?

 

[Benighted Joe]

Steven Wilson: "Devious movements..." (first clean part) in Bleak

I'm not sure its only Wilson. Where have you read it?

But Wilson is without a doubt doing backing vocals in the acoustic part in the end of Drapery falls.

 

[all_sins_undone]

I'm not sure its only Wilson. Where have you read it?

Its a duet. He says the first line, then Mikael and him together sing the 2nd line. It repeats like that once more.

 

[Benighted Joe]

Its a duet. He says the first line, then Mikael and him together sing the 2nd line. It repeats like that once more.

I don't think so. Mike has that type of sound in his voice when he does high
notes. listen carefully. I compared with Porcupine Tree and Wilson definetely
has a more english accent aswell. But I could be wrong. I just want to know
where you've heard/read it.

 

[Liquid Diamonds]

I don't think so. Mike has that type of sound in his voice when he does high
notes. listen carefully. I compared with Porcupine Tree and Wilson definetely
has a more english accent aswell. But I could be wrong. I just want to know
where you've heard/read it.

No, he's right, it's DEFINATELY Steven Wilson. He sings the first line, Mike sings the 'reply'. Then again. And then they duet for the next bit. Definately.

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Wilson's voice is naturally higher than Mike's. Mike, I don't think can hit the pitch that Wilson hits. Maybe with practice, but the live versions of Bleak that I have are Mike and Per (just Mike for the BWP tour boots I have), with Mike doing the high parts and Per doing the low parts. Mike sings it a good couple of notes below Wilson does on the record.

/me waits for Mike's inevitable response

 

[Splintered Vision]

That clean part on Bleak just doesnt sound like Mike at all, that was the only thing I really noticed though.QUOTE]

Thats what i thought after a couple of listens of the song. The voice sounded too high pitched to be Mike. Then i learned it was Steven WIlson and all the pieces fell together

 

[winters epilogue]

Is that a guessing from your part or have you heard him or Mike say it?

Well, it is a "guess"...but if you listen to Porcupine Tree, you come to recognize his voice and I think it is pretty clear that it is not Mike doing that part.


I think there is just confusion because of the way I typed it, when I said "first clean part" I did not mean the entirety of it...literally the first line.

And I do not think the second line is a duet, that is just two Mike's overlapping.

All of "you're close to the final word, you're staring right past me in dismay, a liquid seeps from your chest and drains me away" is Mike

and then it repeats with Steven (mist ripples 'round your thing white neck), Mike (and draws me a line), Steven (cold fingers mark this dying wreck), Mike (this moment is mine)

Hope that clears up what I said, I know it does seem like I meant all first clean section - sorry

 

[NicholasDWolfwood]

Steve: Devious movements in your eyes
Mike/Steve: Moved me from relief
Steve: Breath comes out white clouds with your lies
Mike/Steve: And filters through me

Mike (with lower pitch mixed in the background): You’re close to the final word, you’re staring right past me in dismay, a liquid seeps from your chest, and drains me away

Steve: Mist ripples round your thin white neck
Mike/Steve: And draws me a line
Steve: Cold fingers mark this dying wreck
Mike/Steve: This moment is mine

that's how it goes, I'm pretty sure..the higher pitched parts are definitely Steve, otherwise Mike'd sing it that way live (he sings it in a lower pitch by a few steps)