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FragileDT 
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Posted: August 07 2005 at 08:56 |
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Dream Theater no question. You might not like them but I doubt any of those bands up there can play a number of their songs. The only band I could see maybe doing it would be Yes. Keyword: Maybe.
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One likes to believe
In the freedom of music
But glittering prizes
And endless Compromises
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raindance
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 19:51 |
 floydaholic wrote:
It is difficult to beat a line up consisting of Bruford, Squire, Howe and Wakeman musically. They are some of the most talented people on their respective instruments. On top of that Anderson made nice contributions to songwriting and had an angelic voice. The ultimate prog band. |
Totally agree
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floydaholic
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 19:46 |
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It is difficult to beat a line up consisting of Bruford, Squire, Howe and Wakeman musically. They are some of the most talented people on their respective instruments. On top of that Anderson made nice contributions to songwriting and had an angelic voice. The ultimate prog band.
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I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon...
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:27 |
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Yes, always had good keyboard players. (Even Tony Kaye wasnt too bad)
Then Steve Howe, and Peter Banks, who actually played quite well on Time
And A Word, and then the great Chris Squire on bass, Bill Bruford was my
favorite between the two drummers but Alan White is still awesome too. And
on top of this they have the beautiful vocal stylings of Jon Anderson. You
just cant go wrong with that.
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Posted: August 06 2005 at 00:09 |
Yes with the Close to the edge line up...The Fripp-Wetton-Bruford-Cross King Crimson line up is maybe 2º...thought Cross ( to me at least) is not as good as the rest...still awsome!
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 07:59 |
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rush or king crimson with bill bruford. perhaps yes with bruford too.
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"...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine."
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Syndromet
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 07:20 |
Gentle giant, no doubt. King crimson with Bruford, Levin, Belew and F in second followed by Elp and Yes in a split 3. Born in 82 if anyone wondered. The year prog died... :D
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http://www.freewebs.com/ligyrophobia/
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Posted: August 05 2005 at 03:23 |
I chose Yes (at least their CTTE lineup), but I could've chosen ELP, King Crimson or UK as well - and please, for the love of God, let's not start another Wetton vs. Lake argument!
BTW: where the heck are Rush? Of all the above-mentioned bands, they're the only one that have had a stable lineup for years. And yes, I know, Lifeson is not on the same level as the other two - nevertheless, two out of three is not bad, is it?
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hegelec
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 16:26 |
For me the band with the best musicians is undoubtedly Gentle Giant; JPW was one of the best drummers in Prog, Ray is one of the most underrated of British bass players, Kerry was a virtuoso keyboardist and vibraphonist of the highest quality, and Gary Green is one of the most brilliant guitar players of any prog band period! And how about all those instrument changes?! Ray alone played recorder, sax, violin, trumpet on stage. And their singing . . . Knots and On Reflection are both vocal pieces that feature dazzling singing virtuosity- and both were performed live on a regular basis. NO CONTEST: GG!!!
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Cheers!
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 15:54 |
Ethereal wrote:
Defying Gravity and Time Odyssey... try these  |
OKay... Thanks!
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 15:22 |
Defying Gravity and Time Odyssey... try these
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gulliman
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 14:17 |
Ethereal wrote:
Nope.. u will laugh at my stupidity once I remember and tell u.. it has to be the heat, it's over 40C here and I'm toasted.
Edit: I remembered! I was thinking about Gary Moore, but it wasn't him, and I was banging my head on the wall...
it's Vinnie Moore!! Now that's one guitar player me likes
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Man... But Vinnie Moore is way more of a shredder than Vai! At least from bits I heard (I don't have any of his albums as of yet) he has more of that Malmsteen's syndrome of showing off! They sounded too neo-classical (read: too Malmsteen-like) to my taste, but if you'd suggest me a couple of his (in your opinion) best albums I'd try him again.
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 13:58 |
I voted KC. Yes don't make it; Steve Howe is NOT the virtuoso he's
acclaimed to be, and he doesn't seem to have noticed it himself,
because he constantly pushes himself to points where he's either not
tight, or he misses the notes. Even on studio albums. I just ADORE his
sound and general style, though! But, Squire plays everything right in
some unison patterns where Howe misses... and he's a bassist. It's
ALWAYS the other way round! Go Squire!!
Wakeman never was a fave of mine either. Good for a rock
keyboardist, average for prog rock. Again, though, he has his sound,
which saves it for him. Alan White never was an appropriate replacement
for Bruford, but I guess that in the 70's, there WERE no appropriate
replacements available for a guy of Bruford's calibre. Possibly palmer
or Peart, but they've got other styles of playing.
So, Crimson with Bruford, that's the killer!
But, of course, Spastic Ink owns everybody else, but they'e contemporary, and that's like cheating. 
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Ethereal
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 11:03 |
Nope.. u will laugh at my stupidity once I remember and tell u.. it has to be the heat, it's over 40C here and I'm toasted.
Edit: I remembered! I was thinking about Gary Moore, but it wasn't him, and I was banging my head on the wall...
it's Vinnie Moore!! Now that's one guitar player me likes
Edited by Ethereal
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gulliman
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 10:59 |
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Jeff Beck perhaps?
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Ethereal
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 10:40 |
See, that's what I mean.. it's a matter of taste. I got Time Machine
and another one I can't recall (and can't find either for somew
reason..). But most of Satriani's work I have on pc. Now, there is this
other guitarist I simply adore and I just CAN'T recall his name... I've
spent days and nights talking about him, I love his music and all of
the sudden my mind is stuck...and he is very famous... it's like
forgetting your neighbour's name 
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 10:31 |
That's interesting... I have all Vai studio releases (well, except for Flex-Able which is a bit boring indeed) and am looking for his Alive In An Ultra World. Nuff' said!
At the same time I have only two albums by Satriani (Engines Of Creation and Surfing With The Alien).
Satriani is good, actually he is great, but for some reason these two albums are kinda' "enough of Satriani" to me. 
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 10:00 |
None that I have bought.. I have listened to his Anthology though and I
know most of his "soundtrack" work.. have seen him on video and on
telly loads of times and I used to have a playlist with some of his
compositions in my old pc. I just don't like his style, he's too much
of a show off for my taste. I do like Satriani though, I find his music
very uplifting, although technically he's not Vai.. I don't want
the man to talk to me while making sounds on his guitae, I don't care
if he can make it burp, after 10 minutes of listening to him I have
this urge of changing the music.
It's just me being weird, nothing personal.. 
What I meant with the above post is that just "best" can't really describe a musician...
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gulliman
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 09:49 |
Ethereal wrote:
What do u mean by "best" musician? Steve Vai is an excellnt guitarist, still he bores me to death... |
What Steve Vai albums did you hear? Just curious...
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gulliman
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 09:46 |
May I ask something?... If Steve Howe is such a good musician, then why his solo albums are a pile of crap?? 
I voted for Saga just because they a very underrated. If Saga weren't on the list I'd vote for Genesis. (Feel free to ask me what do I think of Phil Collins solo albums! )
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