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Ricochet 
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 Posted: July 25 2005 at 09:29 |
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Pink Floyd! followed by King Crimson and ELP
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Ethereal
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Posted: July 25 2005 at 09:27 |
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What do u mean by "best" musician? Steve Vai is an excellnt guitarist,
still he bores me to death. If u mean technically, I wouldn't care
less.. cbut combined with imagination and musical ear, I'd say both
Jethro Tull and EL&P
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yesman72
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 19:57 |
I gotta say even though I'm a loyal Yes fan, I'd have to go with Gentle Giant. Their stuff is amazing. They make everyone else look like pansies quite frankly. But from the list I'd have to say my favs Yes. ELP is pretty amazing as well but I gotta say Yes. 
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Hammill
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 11:52 |
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i just saw the poll's question. i'll choose YES as the band with the most virtuosist musicians from the bands listed.
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Hammill
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 11:50 |
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for me a good musician is someone who writes good songs...i don't care
about technique...music is more important..so my vote goes to van der
graaf generator.
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Drew
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Joined: June 20 2005
Location: California
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 10:42 |
 Humanizzimo wrote:
Rush is nice too...
But iŽll stay with YES 
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RUSH over yes any day of the week
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BaldFriede
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Joined: June 02 2005
Location: Germany
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 09:17 |
I keep forgetting the man is dead  . For me he lives on in the way he played. I myself feel very much influenced by him in my own style.
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 BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 09:14 |
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I'll explain why I give my preference on drums to the late Pierre Moerlen: His specialty is to start with a very simple rhythm, say a basic 4/4. After about 20 bars with occasional fill-ins he adds one constant hit per bar to the 4/4, making it a little more complicated. This goes on for another few bars, until another steady hit is introduced. All the time he adds some fill-ins too, of course. The rhythm get's more and more complicated, until rhythmic patterns and fill-ins become one intricate maze only he finds his way in perfectly. Very good examples for this can be heard in live-versions of "Zero the Hero" (after the space whisper part) or "Isle of Everywhere". Of course the music of Gong with its repetitive riffs helps him create this unique style.
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BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue.
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Tony R
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Joined: July 16 2004
Location: UK
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 08:10 |
Calvo wrote:
What about Dream Theater???? |
They suck big time!!!
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Calvo
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Joined: January 25 2005
Location: Portugal
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Posted: July 20 2005 at 03:58 |
What about Dream Theater????
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Tony R
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 18:50 |
Valarius wrote:
Yes (from that list... we all know who I'd really pick). |
Nothing existed before DT......The Beatles were really a Petrucci/Portnoy side-project and most of Mozart's stuff was written my Jordan Rudess. Earlier stuff like Vivaldi was written by Derek Sherinian and Kevin Moore invented plainsong.
So,whichever keyboard player Dream Theater had they were the best musicians in the world?
So Sherinian and Rudess were not the best until they joined Dream Theater!
How does that one work?
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King of Loss
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Joined: April 21 2005
Location: Boston, MA
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 18:33 |
A tossup between ELP and Yes from that list, but however you know what I'd like to pick. (Valarius )
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Tony R
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 18:26 |
I agree with everything Reed Lover says.Rush are the best collectively.
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Valarius
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 18:24 |
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Yes (from that list... we all know who I'd really pick).
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Humanizzimo
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 17:48 |
Rush is nice too...
But iŽll stay with YES
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Cygnus X-1
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 16:10 |
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RUSH!!!!!!
Ps if i say this in big enough letters will anyone care?
Edited by Cygnus X-1
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Drew
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:28 |
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Drew
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Posted: July 19 2005 at 13:27 |
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NONE OF THE ABOVE
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Mr Krinkle
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Location: Spain
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 19:48 |
Yep... This is a though one!
It's very hard for me to name THE BAND, because I like a lot of prog musicians, each with its own style:
Bass: Squire (my favourite), Wetton...
Drums (I am a drummer): Bruford, Collins, Peart, Moerlen, Pip Pyle, Mastelotto, Christian Vander...
Guitar: Fripp, Howe, Hackett
Vocals: Peter Gabriel, Jon Anderson, Peter Hammill...
Keyboards: Emerson ( IMO, the most versatile), Wakeman, Tony banks...
...You know... I LOVE THEM ALL!!!,... but I have chosen King Crimson, because I've never heard something like they did in 1972-74. Very talented musicians, especially live, where they were capable to create from the nothingness, much in the avant-jazz vein. Plus, I think it's the band that has aged best from the seventies ( I also like what they are doing now, doesn't happen to me with the rest).
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"...I like the way the music goes...there's a few good guys who can play it right..."
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bityear
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Location: Sweden
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Posted: July 18 2005 at 19:19 |
SPASTIC INK!!
There's really no competition.
Among bands with a more stable line'up, though, I'd say that Pain of Salvation, Andromeda, A.C.T. (Swedish patriotism here...  ) and Planet X are tops.
Of the old 70's bands I'd pick King Crimson. They've managed to
evolve and adapt in more ways than most bands manage, and they're still
among the best.
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