Your Perfect Dream Band...?
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Topic: Your Perfect Dream Band...?
Posted By: Eapo_q42
Subject: Your Perfect Dream Band...?
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 22:20
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Who makes up your perfect dream band? The impossible supergroup! You are allowed to choose ONE musician for each instrument, and ONE on vocals. Live or dead. I suppose if one of these are multi-instumentalists, there can be overlap (ie: same guy on two instruments). Here's one of mine (it changes, as you would expect, with the bands im currently listening to!). Guitar: Steve Howe Bass: Tony Levin Drums: Jon Theodore Snyths: Rick Wright Organ: Jon Lord Flute: Ian Anderson Saxophone: David Jackson Vocals: David Gilmour I know, weird choice for a dedicated vocalist, but there's something about his voice that puts me at ease. Couldn't help but choose him. So...who's got the ultimate dream band thought up? |
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Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 23:48
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Vocals & Flute: Devon Graves Guitar 1: John Petrucci Guitar 2: Steve Howe Bass: Chris Squire Drums: Ian Mosley Keyboards: Rick Wakeman or Jordan Rudess ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: Eapo_q42
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 23:56
| Forgot flute!......and saxophone, hehe thanks. I'll edit my original post. |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: January 26 2010 at 23:59
Where would we be without the influence of Ian Anderson. Flute is such a beautiful instrument and it works surprisingly magnificent in context. ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Eapo_q42 wrote:Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 00:05
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What if our ideal band has a multitude of vocals and/or more than one person on a specific instrument? (For example, something like Magma with 2-3 female and 2-3 male vocalists, sometimes 2 keyboards, 2 drummers, 2 of others, etc.)
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Posted By: Eapo_q42
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 00:16
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Point well taken. My original intent was to prevent "cheating" as in, people who can't decide which drummer would suit their line-up better, and so pick 2.... But, hey, i'm no fascist! Do what you want. |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 00:19
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Vocals- Jon Anderson Vocals- Steven Wilson Guitar- John Petrucci Guitar- Tony Iommi Bass- Roger Waters Drums- Bill Bruford Keyboards- Jordan Rudess or Rick Wakeman ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: NJCat_11
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 00:21
Touche That is a major dilemma ------------- "We are Defenders of the Faith" - Rob Halford |
Posted By: jampa17
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 09:10
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Vocals: John Arch
Guitar: Jim Matheos
Keyboards & programing: Kevin Moore
Lead Keyboards: David Paich
Bass: Tony Levin
Drums: Mike Portnoy
Chorus: Tarja Turunen and Simone Simons ------------- |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 09:18
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I hate to be a party pooper but there are about 100 different versions of this thread. ------------- 
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Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 09:23
Thanks Scott, but new people come on the site and want to discuss the same things people did in the past. I don't think there is a problem to that. I think always deferring to old threads would get kind of boring after a while. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 09:24
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OK. Then I guess that I will stop Site Monitoring then. -------------
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Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 10:02
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You're doing a fine job Scott.
As John says, old favourites do re-appear from time to time, I guess all forums are like that.
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 11:45
We need to record a statistic of how many of these threads are created a year. That would be pretty interesting  I remember creating one once... I suppose it's just right of passage here  ------------- "Market value is irrelevant to intrinsic value." Arnold Schoenberg |
Posted By: Eapo_q42
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 16:21
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Well, i won't apologise! hehe Since people use so many different combinations of words to name their threads, even using the search feature it can be quite impossible to figure out if the thread you want to start has already been made. |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 16:45
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Guitar - John McLauglin Bass - Jaco Pastorius Organ - Brian Auger Piano\Synth. - David Sancious Drums - Lenny White |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 22:15
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Well, I've already posted on 2 or 3 threads like this one. I just got a Renaissance CD a little while ago and that gave me an Idea:
- Annie Haslam on Vocals. - John Tout on keyboards (I think his playing is very beautiful and he's extremely ignored). - Ian Anderson on Flute and additional vocals. - Martin Barre on Guitars. - Greg Lake on bass and dditional vocals (I would just love to hear Lake and Haslam singing together). - Carl Palmer on Drums. I might just as well put Steve Howe instead of Martin Barre on Guitars, but I thought that it looked nicer to have 2 members from Renaissance, 2 from Jethro Tull, and 2 from ELP. |
Posted By: TheGazzardian
Date Posted: January 27 2010 at 22:33
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Steve Howe, Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Alan White or Bill Bruford, + pretty much any keyboardist :) The yes-men are pretty much my top instrumentalists for each of their respective fields.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 28 2010 at 23:17
| In other similar polls I have thought just about the same thing, but ofcourse I have my favourite Yes lineup well defined: Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, Steve Howe, Rick Wakeman, Bill Bruford. All among my very favorites on each of their instruments. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: January 28 2010 at 23:20
I usually choose Jon Anderson, Steve Howe and Chris Squire, but then add Gavin Harrison and Kevin Moore to mix it up a little. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: January 30 2010 at 20:45
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Vocals- Robert Plant Guitar- Jimmy Page Drums- John Bonham Bass- John Paul Jones or Vocals- Ozzy Osbourne Guitar- Tony Iommi Bass- Geezer Butler Drums- Bill Ward or Vocals- Jon Anderson Guitar- Steve Howe Bass- Chris Squire Drums- Bill Bruford Keyboards- Rick Wakeman Those three sound like pretty solid band line-ups to me, anyone agree? ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 00:14
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I'd be curious to hear John Goodsall replace Steve Hackett in the original Genesis lineup! Goodsall, Gabriel, Rutherford, Banks, and Collins. Similarly, the rumored union of Fripp with Yes after the departure of Banks would have been quite amazing, but it would have led to a totally different paradigm.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 31 2010 at 23:21
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Steve Hackett wasn't on the original Genesis lineup.
I think I've also read That both Ian Anderson and Keith Emerson wanted Howe for their respective groups. |
Posted By: SilverEclipse
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 09:42
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Lead vocals/lyrics/concepts: Jon Anderson Lead vocals/guitar/lyrics/concepts: Claudio Sanchez Guitar: Steve Howe Bass guitar: Chris Squire Keyboards: Keith Emerson Drums: Bill Bruford Flute: Ian Anderson Violin: David Cross Saxophone/woodwinds/etc.: Ian McDonald ------------- "and if the band your in starts playing different tunes, I'll see you on the dark side of the moon" |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 10:17
Oops, Anthony Phillips! Damn, I keep forgetting him! Those must have been amazing times, the Brits all hung out together & often swapped bandmates. Here's a very cool interview with Peter Banks about the era: http://www.themarqueeclub.net/interview-peter-banks-yes
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Posted By: nordwind
Date Posted: February 01 2010 at 17:02
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Neil Peart / drums
Steve Howe / guit1
Dave Gilmour / guit2
Chris Squire / bass
John Paul Jones / organ
Jim Gilmour / synths
John Wetton / vox  ------------- Jazz isn't dead.......it just smells funny. Frank Zappa / Live in New York |
Posted By: Terry
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 07:29
| My dream band is almost in existence. it would be Transatlantic but Chris Squire as the bass player |
Posted By: idiotPrayer
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 12:44
| Steven Wilson and Tomas Haake (drums is the only thing sw doesn't play) would be the constant line-up, and they would be joined by/collaborate with: Theo Travis, Fredrik Thordendal, Maynard Keenan, Thom Yorke, the boys from Sunn O))), Mick Harris, Mikael Åkerfelt, Robert Fripp, Clodagh Simons, Dirk Serries, Rob Booth & Sean Brown, you name it |
Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:17
+ 1 !! But what about Doug Ferguson ? Mmm... Ferguson or Squire ?  -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:44
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Peter Wolf - Male vocals/woodwinds (Flame Dream)
Karin Nicely - Female vocals (Persephone's Dream)
Sandra Schleret - Female Vocals (Dreams of Sanity)
Michael Brecker - Tenor Sax & Flute (Dreams)
Randy Brecker - Trumpet & Flugelhorn (Dreams)
Jake Reichbart - Guitars (Distant Dream)
Edgar Froese - Keyboards and synthesizers (Tangerine Dream)
Gabriele Tosti - Bass Guitar (Dream Machine)
Billy Cobham - Drums and Percussion (Dreams)
The album will be produced by Terry Brown who produced Fates Warning Perfect Symmetry, which is perfect since the combination of all these members who at once realized they came from bands with the name "Dream" in them, and thus decide to call themselved The Perfect Dream.
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Posted By: Geizao
Date Posted: February 02 2010 at 14:45
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Drums: Ian Paice
Bass: John Paul Jones
Piano: Keith Emerson (or below one)
Keyboard: Steve Winwood (or above one)
Guitar I: Steve Howe
Guitar II: Steve Hackett (or even Ritchie Blackmore)
Vocal: Jon Anderson (or even Robin McAuley)
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