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I guess it really is no big news how lame virtuoso guitar players can become when forced or self forced to compose. Since I heard Steve Howe's first solo release, I was well aware that his performing skills are opposite to his songwriting ones. Maybe I was expecting more from Hackett, his first solo release is, in comparison to Howe's, far more daring and creative.

Anyway, the more I listen to GTR's "GTR", 1986, the worst it gets (and I am listening to their 2015 remastered deluxe 2 cds edition). The 80's Pop "clean cut" mainstream song style is the least of its problems. This could justify the audiences it expected to reach. No, the big upset is how self-indulgent these extraordinary guitar players can get. Showing off your lack of songwriting skills can turn out to be the best way to dissapont your talented performances followers.

You could gather around like 5 minutes of what is worth listening to, the rest is just expendable as 1000s of the 80's musical productions.

**2 "lame and forgettable" PA stars.

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