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Poll Question: Which artist is the strongest (whether absolutely or relatively)?
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19 [28.79%]
2 [3.03%]
13 [19.70%]
6 [9.09%]
2 [3.03%]
3 [4.55%]
1 [1.52%]
8 [12.12%]
4 [6.06%]
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    Posted: December 23 2012 at 08:41
Frank hands down.
Ian next up.
Robert pulls in third.
Everyone else is honorable mention.
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Literally impossible to say - at the moment I'm on a bit of a Morse bender - maybe next week could be Hammill, perhaps Vander..........but Morse it is.  Such an incredible talent, and fun to watch him perform as well. But he is one of many..........
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Points: 16952 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2012 at 11:43
Originally posted by Argonaught Argonaught wrote:

I don't know who Toby Driver is 


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Maudlin of the Well and Kayo Dot are his most famous bands.
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Points: 6632 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 22 2012 at 11:01
Originally posted by The Bearded Bard The Bearded Bard wrote:

Originally posted by HarbouringTheSoul HarbouringTheSoul wrote:


Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.

When was that? Shocked
Yup! This is news to me too.

Sorry my bad, I thought the latest conflict between the two led to Barre's dismissal by Anderson. But no they just parted ways in the meantime. That's why TAAB2 wasn't a JT album. Thanks.
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Let's say Robert Fripp.


One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D
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Originally posted by HarbouringTheSoul HarbouringTheSoul wrote:


Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.

When was that? Shocked
Yup! This is news to me too.
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Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by HarbouringTheSoul HarbouringTheSoul wrote:


Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:


Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?
There was an interview for the 40th anniversary of CTTE lately, in which Bruford talked a bit about Jon's approach. In a nutshell, it was: Either you take my songs, no matter how awful they are, and make something good out of them, or you come up with better songs.
Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.
When was that? Shocked


As a matter of fact the way you explain Jon's aproach doesn't sound bad at all.


I, too, think that proved to be a good aproach. Much the same as Waters' for The Wall I think. The other members, and Ezrin, have testified how "excrutiating" the demos were to listen to, but together they managed to make a rather brilliant dubble album out of them.  
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All of them have "strong personalities", but I will have to vote Wilson, because:

Uncle Bob is retired (so are Ian and Roger)
Uncle Frank R.I.P. is no longer with us
I don't appreciate Emerson, Vander and Morse all that much, and I seriously dislike Hammill 
I don't know who Toby Driver is 
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Drat. I thought we were voting on which personality is the strongest, which, of course, is Frank Zappa, but he is far from my favorite.
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Zappa for me. I love the fact that Neal Morse hasn't got a vote yet LOL
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Points: 12768 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 19:42
Originally posted by HarbouringTheSoul HarbouringTheSoul wrote:


Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:


Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?
There was an interview for the 40th anniversary of CTTE lately, in which Bruford talked a bit about Jon's approach. In a nutshell, it was: Either you take my songs, no matter how awful they are, and make something good out of them, or you come up with better songs.
Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.
When was that? Shocked


As a matter of fact the way you explain Jon's aproach doesn't sound bad at all.
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Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Eh?
Just some double entendres, amigo, based on some earlier comments.  Wink  And yes, I do have a real Native American cedar flute but I don't know how to play it properly.  I can get some good sounds out of it though.  Anderson, of course, usually plays a standard transverse flute.  Cedar flutes tend to be thicker and shorter while transverse flutes are longer and narrow.  Like people, flutes come in a variety of sizes.
The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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hmm yeah now that i read the OP extra carefully I think I would add Daevid Allen and Syd Barrett to the list for me, both are lovely songwriters and individuals 
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Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

An honourable mention for Uncle Rick Wakeman.  Just because unlike some others he does seem quite nice!  and funny.
 
You didn't read the opening post did you?
 
Umm No.  Sorry! 
 
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Look Sorry.  I do normally.  I won't do it again!  (he lied)
 
 
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An honourable mention for Uncle Rick Wakeman.  Just because unlike some others he does seem quite nice!  and funny.
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Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?

There was an interview for the 40th anniversary of CTTE lately, in which Bruford talked a bit about Jon's approach. In a nutshell, it was: Either you take my songs, no matter how awful they are, and make something good out of them, or you come up with better songs.

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.

When was that? Shocked
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