The (Factually) Greatest Drummer

dtguitarfan wrote: thellama73 wrote: ^Even a patriotic American like me finds such jingoistic spelling complaints annoying. Let the man adhere to the traditions of his native land! OK...so, I can start calling groups "The Beetles", "Lead Zeppelin", and "Leonard Skynard"?

Sure, if you like.

HolyMoly wrote: Dream Theater are a very popular rock band.  Their fans are great in number.  Their drummer has strong skills on his instrument.  They make lots of albums.

thellama73 wrote: ^Even a patriotic American like me finds such jingoistic spelling complaints annoying. Let the man adhere to the traditions of his native land!

OK...so, I can start calling groups "The Beetles", "Lead Zeppelin", and "Leonard Skynard"?

Dean wrote: dtguitarfan wrote:   there is some tongue in cheek and teasing going on here.  Hence the winkity winks.  Dream TheatER haters going on and on and on about how Dream TheatER suck and how other bands are more enjoyable because they are more "tasteful" around here is really repetitive and really uninteresting.

See, all better now...

Snow Dog wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: thellama73 wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: Because music is a sport.  Nah, music should be in 4/4 all the time and never do anything interesting or unusual.... Because music is purely analytical.  Because music should be painfully repetitive.... I'm not going to bother with you anymore.  Good idea. There's no reasoning with people who think music is about technique and nothing else. ...there's no reasoning with people who think technique doesn't matter.... You are putting words in peoples mouths.

Haha, that's what the whole above conversation is!  I'm enjoying it, personally.  I have ceased to care - see the "Raters Who Suck" thread: I had a catharsis when I realized that NO ONE is reasonable when it comes to music, and the only thing anyone here is doing is stating how much they enjoy a piece of music or not.  Oh, people pretend it's more than that, but if you really think about it (I mean, in the sense of not trying to prove what your gut came up with through your head), you'll realize that measuring enjoyment is the only thing ANYONE can do when it comes to music.  Now, I do with people thought more about WHY they enjoyed or didn't enjoy music more, as when I have done this it's often changed what I enjoyed or didn't enjoy....

irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: Because music is a sport.  Nah, music should be in 4/4 all the time and never do anything interesting or unusual.... Because music is purely analytical.  Because music should be painfully repetitive.... I'm not going to bother with you anymore.

thellama73 wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: Because music is a sport.  Nah, music should be in 4/4 all the time and never do anything interesting or unusual.... Because music is purely analytical.  Because music should be painfully repetitive.... I'm not going to bother with you anymore.  Good idea. There's no reasoning with people who think music is about technique and nothing else.

...there's no reasoning with people who think technique doesn't matter....

dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: Because music is a sport.  Nah, music should be in 4/4 all the time and never do anything interesting or unusual.... Because music is purely analytical.  Because music should be painfully repetitive....

dtguitarfan wrote: irrelevant wrote: Because music is a sport.  Nah, music should be in 4/4 all the time and never do anything interesting or unusual....

M27Barney wrote: I love DT , but prefer Portnoy!!! And my favourite bit of drumming - listen to Alan White - Live on Yesshows - gates of delerium (especially the musical break.battle section) - nobody could have drummed that better...listen to it and if you like drumming YOU'LL LOVE THAT....

Dude...I wasn't born yesterday.  I have heard many, many versions of "Gates of Delirium", and yes, I do consider it one of the greatest prog compositions.

By the way - while I do personally think Mangini is the greatest drummer alive (after seeing him live and having to reattach my jaw many times throughout the show), there is some tongue in cheek and teasing going on here.  Hence the winkity winks.