The (Factually) Greatest Drummer

dennismoore wrote: Dean wrote:   dennismoore wrote: Admit it, you are just cross with me about what I said about the Lord Cornwallis, The Royal Mail & Queen Mum, yes??? I think it safe to assume that none of those will create much reaction from a Brit. Well, we will moan about the Royal Mail as much as you, probably more, but we're unlikely to be offended or feel the need to defend it. Thanks for the clarification.  Admittedly I am tragically behind on all the current banter you Brits throw around, but I was surprised why SnowDog didn't at least address the issues in my post. An English lack of sense or humor or stuffiness?  Oops I did it again.   That sure won't make him show up any time soon and tell me what he thinks of Eric Johnson -Ah Via Musicom. Nonetheless, my undying love for all things Brittish has been reborn, as today in my mailbox, arrived the first two ELP records remastered in 5.1 DVD-Audio.  The remix is masterful and the listening experience is sublime bliss.

Most of us don't know who Cornwallis is (I had to look him up on Wikipedia) - that's not surprising because we tend to overlook the battles we didn't win  (unlike the you guys and the Alamo and Little Big Horn ). And if the French played a major role in that defeat then we're even more inclinded to fail to remember it  From a purely financial perspective we didn't come out of it too badly, unlike the colony and its allies who incurred serious national debt as a result - that ultimately led to the French Revolution and Britain's eventual victory over Bonaparte - choosing between an enemy at your doorstep and one 5000 miles away isn't that difficult. I'm not belittling the American Revolutionary War here - the result of it made two great nations and weakened several others - I doubt that Britain would have emerged as the leading player in the Industrial Revolution without losing half of the American colonies. Remember also, you guys still live closer to a couple of Commomwealth nations than we do .  

Edited by Dean - September 22 2012 at 06:16

Unfortunately, having to share a sense of humour means that only one nation can use it at any one time.

I wish I didn't keep misreading this thread title

akamaisondufromage wrote: Snow Dog wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: Unfortunately, having to share a sense of humour means that only one nation can use it at any one time. Ok, well it's your go.   no, no, no after you sir   (or after Dean)

"Your Majesty is like a stream of bat piss..."

Snow Dog wrote: Quoting Python is so passe.

rogerthat wrote: And King Crimson so totally conforms to old blues standards?

Um...I never said that?  Did the review say that?  I don't know why I've never really been able to get into King Crimson - they just haven't made a connection with me yet.  But they obviously have with you, and that's why I've said in this thread and in others: it's just preference, and I wish reviewers would be honest about this when they are negative and point out what people might love about the band and then admit their own dislike of the band just boils down to preference.

Dean wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Quoting Python is so passe.   No its not! I thought the Majesty/Dream Theater connection was witty and apt. Perhaps only I made that connection.

Snow Dog wrote: Dean wrote: akamaisondufromage wrote: Snow Dog wrote: Quoting Python is so passe.   No its not! I thought the Majesty/Dream Theater connection was witty and apt. Perhaps only I made that connection. Very subtle.

It is, but it's a clever connection.

Now DT is he music for the "educated"? Damn I have met quite a few DT fans who would fail miserably at fulfilling that standard. .

And it needs to be said one last time: with the exceptions of a few songs, those claims about DT not using the verse-chorus-verse structure are false. DT uses it in almost all their songs (starting with Pull me Under) though they extend the sections with instrumental paraphernalia. They have a few songs that don't follow that scheme, but they are few (but not so far between: almost all are in the same album, Images and Words).

I insist I used to carry the Fanboy flag for the band so please Thread Starter be gentle on me

Yes, it's most of it (not all) rather traditional.

Not that I dislike that. But it's reality.