Talk:Roger Hodgson

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Does Roger Hodgson do the falsetto voice in the song "Goodbye Stranger"? Here, the article says that he is recognized for his high-pitched voice. [[PLEASE REPLY!!]]Gm1121983 00:04, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

  • I'll give you guys a week to respond to this. Gm1121983 13:30, 29 May 2006 (UTC)
It probably is him who sings, "Goodbye stranger, it's been nice, hope you find your paradise." Like you said, he has a high-pitched voice. I thought it was a female voice at first. Mr. Conrad 12:55, 19 June 2006 (UTC)

Rick did all the backing vocals on "Goodbye Stranger." redlake6

So who did the lead vocals? —Mr. Conrad 20:12, 5 August 2006 (UTC)

I thought Rick Davies was the lead singer. Roger Hodgson is the one with the high-pitched voice. —Gm1121983 12:14, 9 August 2006 (UTC)

Wait, I've got it. Roger sings the lyrics to the chorus, so in this case, Rick is doing the backup. —Mr. Conrad 12:06, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Good point. Roger does the backing vocals at the end of "Hide in Your Shell". He says, "So what's he gonna make her do, etc." —Gm1121983 12:09, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

And Rick Davies sings the ooh's in the outro to "Goodbye Stranger". —Mr. Conrad 23:44, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Yeah, add some ooh's just for the fun of it. —Mariusz Zielinski 23:45, 10 August 2006 (UTC)

Rick sings all the lead and background vocals on Goodbye Stranger, and I believe John Helliwell does the whistling before the second chorus. Usually, Roger or Rick would overdub their own backing vocals on their own songs, while the other singer (or John) would sing parts where the different voice will stick out (i.e. Rick's "If I could see something" on Dreamer, or John's "what she got? Not a lot" on Breakfast.) They would all play active roles in live background vocals, especially John even though he never sings lead.

I disagree with Cedric about who sings backup on "Hide in Your Shell". Roger sings the lead vocals on that song. I believe Rick or another singer sings the background chorus. —Flatts 22:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

Actually, Scott Gorham was one of the backup singers on "Hide in Your Shell". —68.45.188.45 11:18, 23 April 2007 (UTC)

I think he does the chanting.
Roger Hodgson: You got demons in your closet.
Scott Gorham: You got demons in your closet.
But I think Roger does sing the background chorus at the end as well as the whining. As King Tarkus said above, Roger and Rick overdub their background vocals on their own songs. —69.136.244.218 15:31, 29 September 2007 (UTC)

Christine Helliwell and Vicky Siebenberg sing the "So what's he gonna make her do" chorus at the end. --Gm1121983 14:23, 9 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] John Helliwell

I think John sings the oohs during the outro, or he plays the saxophone. —Brian Michael Barbera 22:31, 1 January 2007 (UTC)

He could be doing both. —Gm1121983 18:59, 5 January 2007 (UTC)

John doesn't play the sax on "Goodbye Stranger". In the video, you can see his sax in the background, but he sings instead. —Flatts 22:31, 2 April 2007 (UTC)