Lady Gaga is one of the best piano players ever?

Catcher10 wrote: Kim chi is the best Kim ever........

Give me kimchi or give me spicy cabbage breath, oh wait.

A moment of silence for 88 Tofu House.

I'm one of those kind of guys who won't leap in to knock an artist I don't know no matter how popular or successful they are.  The hype does drive away any desire to dig deeper and actually try her crap.


Edited by Slartibartfast - March 01 2012 at 14:47

The T wrote: Someone said her albums are designed to make a profit, as if this was a bad thing, or as if all other musicians didn't do the same anyway.

Indeed, artists like her are making a big show to help sell their music.  Nothing wrong with that and no gun is put to your head forcing you to buy it.  Ignorance can be a wonderful thing and even once exposed you can still ignore it.  I do have sympathy for Laz.

Slartibartfast wrote: The T wrote: Someone said her albums are designed to make a profit, as if this was a bad thing, or as if all other musicians didn't do the same anyway. Indeed, artists like her are making a big show to help sell their music.  Nothing wrong with that and no gun is put to your head forcing you to buy it.  Ignorance can be a wonderful thing and even once exposed you can still ignore it.  I do have sympathy for Laz.

And also, you might not be ignorant and yet you might enjoy her pop tunes.

At least Gabriel's costumes had something to do with the music the band was playing. Donkey Face just dresses up for the sake of it plus it's nothing new. Elton Jon started with flamboyant costumes back in the early seventies.There was another hard rock band Black Widow that were using theatrics and costumes in their stage show back in the late sixties & early 70s. Then there' Alice Cooper. But I'm not really complaining about Donkey Face she just gives me something else to hate. But nothing will top Céline on my hate list. Yesterday. I read in the paper that the University of Québec wants to introduce courses devoted to Céline. I had to go to the toilet and spew my breakfast.

Vibrationbaby wrote: At least Gabriel's costumes had something to do with the music the band was playing. Donkey Face just dresses up for the sake of it plus it's nothing new. Elton Jon started with flamboyant costumes back in the early seventies.There was another hard rock band Black Widow that were using theatrics and costumes in their stage show back in the late sixties & early 70s. Then there' Alice Cooper. But I'm not really complaining about Donkey Face she just gives me something else to hate. But nothing will top Céline on my hate list. Yesterday. I read in the paper that the University of Québec wants to introduce courses devoted to Céline. I had to go to the toilet and spew my breakfast.

What would anyone do with a qualification in Celine Dion? What's happening to this world!?

Vibrationbaby wrote: At least Gabriel's costumes had something to do with the music the band was playing.

So I wonder why he was not even the frontman initially and poor Anthony Philips was saddled with that role.  They did it to get themselves some attention because Banks and Hackett quietly playing their instruments, and without the flamboyance of an ELP or Yes, might not get the audience enraptured.  It was a well executed, tasteful gimmick but a gimmick nevertheless.  We are as much guided by our subjective preferences and perceptions, with their inherent biases and preconceived notions, as the pop crowd.

I don't see why the prog crowd loves to pretend they make terribly educated choices all the time because if that were indeed true, Gabriel wouldn't be so consistently voted amongst the best prog rock singers of all time. 

rogerthat wrote:   I don't see why the prog crowd loves to pretend they make terribly educated choices all the time because if that were indeed true, Gabriel wouldn't be so consistently voted amongst the best prog rock singers of all time.

Edited by The T - March 02 2012 at 11:24

She's a great singer,  but just because she plays piano while singing doesn't mean she's amazing at it...

The video does not tell much about her ability to play piano, though it shows she knows how to use its dynamics. And she sang the song with a lot of feeling and very convincingly. It is certainly not a complex prog song, but I liked it. She definitely has abilities which I would not have expected from her.

Edited by BaldFriede - March 03 2012 at 12:28

akamaisondufromage wrote: So you pick your music based on how attractive the singer / band is?  Bit odd for someone who likes prog.

Another candidate for post of the year