Where Bruford Belongs!
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Topic: Where Bruford Belongs!
Posted By: Rubedo
Subject: Where Bruford Belongs!
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 01:32
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C'mon, Billy sit still!!! I personally think his pinnacle was the band
"Bruford." That band was a true supergroup: Holdsworth, Stewart,
Berlin. WOW! ------------- The views expressed are that of Rubedo and Rubedo alone, don't think that I don't realize this! |
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Posted By: progadicto
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 15:50
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I THINK THAT BRUFORD SOUNDS GOOD EVERYWHERE, DOESN'T MATTER THE BAND OR THE TIME... HE STILL SI ONE OF THE BEST MUSICIANS THAT I EVER HEARD... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 18:04
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Personally i like his work with KC. Although he was great with Yes, His own bands, UK. Basically everywhere he played he was great. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 19:31
I strongly recommend the book "Drummers And Where They Belong: A Study On Psychiatric Wards" by A. Square, Random House 1999 -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 21:08
His work with KC is amazing , so i voted KC ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 21:33
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------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
BaldFriede wrote:Posted By: ian_b
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 21:39
| bruford was amazing in heart of the sunrise so yes is my vote |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 22:30
Buford in Close to the Edge  
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Posted By: Trotsky
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 23:08
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Good poll Rubedo ... I'd go for Yes narrowly over KC ... You've obviously not that guy we had on here about 6 months ago who was obsessed by Bruford's brief stint with Genesis! ------------- "Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.” "No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present." |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: July 21 2005 at 23:52
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Yes ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 03:27
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Good idea for a poll. For me: his band Bruford. I really love Feels Good To Me, One Of A Kind and Gradually Going Tornado. He played in many good bands, though. |
Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 04:10
I must admit I'm a drummer myself ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 08:46
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Though I prefer Yes with Bruford, I think Yes did just fine with Alan White until Drama. So I'm going with King Crimson, because Bruford seems to fit even better there than with Yes. |
Posted By: Eetu Pellonpaa
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 11:37
| Earthworks! I love KC and Yes too, but... |
Posted By: Hangedman
Date Posted: July 22 2005 at 23:01
Bruford didnt really start truly developing untill he did Larks tounges in aspic with jamie (james?) muir. Its a hard choice between KC and Bruford's solo stuff. But Ill go with KC. (personally I think alan white was better with Yes, no clue why yes is doing so well in this poll  )
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Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 00:59
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Bill Bruford belongs with Bruford, he was excellent with Dave Stewart (another very talented musician) and the underrated Jeff Berlin, not to forget Alan Holdsworth Plus Yes has a drummer they don't freaking need Bruford, they have ALAN WHITE who is excellent in his more rock and roll way. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 15:42
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I couldn't agree more!! As a drummer/percussionist/writer, his best place is with himself, and I include his Earthworks albums as extensions of his solo career. As a member of a band, his best input was with King Crimson. Although he was a Yes-man in two of yes's best albums, I think that Squiere is more proper for Yes than Bruford: Bill is too free-spirited for Squire's peculiar bass playing drive, while White is more disposable, and he also is more adequate for Jon Anderson's positive vibes. There is something kind of wicked in Bruford's multi-faceted percussive vision - yes, every pre-Bruford KC album was a step forward for a time when Bruford and KC would be ready to meet halfway and join forces. Regards. |
Posted By: spectral
Date Posted: July 24 2005 at 15:46
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I voted YES because of his performance on Heart of the Sunrise. But to be honest, I really can't decide. The guy is a genius. I don't care who he plays/played for, he's truly a legend. ------------- "...misty halos made visible by the spectral illumination of moonshine." |
Posted By: Publius
Date Posted: August 02 2005 at 21:23
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Genesis. Footage of him with the band is incredible ------------- I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8 |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 11:48
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I voted for Yes, but I could've said KC or UK as well (unfortunately I don't know much about his solo work). I saw Bruford live with Anderson, Wakeman and Howe, and he was amazing. I remember a guy in the audience shouting 'Octopus!' at him during the drum solo. |
Posted By: Maike
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 12:05
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For me he is the Yes Drummer. But is also the King Crimson Drummer,
so... I guess he'll have to keep both jobs (a kind of part time...) 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 17:59
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Yes Not that i got enything against White, but he is no bruford if you know what i mean... ------------- 
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Posted By: Guests
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 19:54
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I LOVE Bill Bruford's Earthworks, but I voted Yes
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 21:17
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Did you know Bill Bruford was a member of Gong once? As far as I know there don't exist any recordings of this though. Gong seems to be a band that attracts great drummers, since Pip Pyle and Pierre Moerlen played there too. ------------- BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: NetsNJFan
Date Posted: August 03 2005 at 21:39
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if theres a way to bring Gong up you'll find it -------------
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Posted By: floydaholic
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 10:44
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Bruford in Relayer=SWEET In all seriousness i love his drumming in CTTE ------------- I'll see you on the Darkside of the moon... |
Posted By: Damen
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 10:48
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I'd have to go with Yes, Bruford shined the brightest with Yes, but his work with KC comes in at a close second. ------------- "It's amazing that we've been able to put up with each other for 35 years. Most marriages don't last that long these days." -Chris Squire |
Posted By: Maike
Date Posted: August 04 2005 at 12:18
Bruford in Relayer would be 6 stars material |
Posted By: Olympus
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 18:18
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He should be put back in YES. ------------- "Let's get the hell away from this Eerie-ass piece of work so we can get on with the rest of our eerie-ass day" |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 19:02
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Although he has done soem great stuff with both Yes & KC I'm going with Bruford,, just love One Of A Kind...
------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: September 29 2005 at 21:54
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Yes and Crimson -- equally astounding in both. (I voted Crimson, as he's falling behind in the poll there.) He's always the best prog drummer, wherever he is, in my book. I can always spot Bruford's drumming -- very unique! There are many fine drummers out there, but how many have been so downright distinctive?
Bruford, Levin and Torn is great stuff too, BTW -- Bill continues to excel and amaze! ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 19:47
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I must say that I don´t know his solo stuff...but ever since I heard Discipline for the first time I got hypnotise by his playing in King Crimson...much jazzier, and virtuoso than in Yes...so my vote goes for KC! Bruford...my favorite drummer in my favorite band! ------------- "You want me to play what, Robert?" 
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Posted By: alan_pfeifer
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 20:15
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I say KC. He was great in Yes, but his stint with Fripp made those 80's albums. |
Posted By: Harry Hood
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 20:22
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My vote goes to KC. He was very talented in Yes, but his work with KC was very original and innovative. ------------- 
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Posted By: Emiaj
Date Posted: February 19 2006 at 20:24
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all of the bands and projects mentioned..one of the best drummers on the planet..
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 19:26
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Alllllll |
Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:11
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Such a hard choice between KC and Yes. Gotta say Yes by a hair. ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:14
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Hard to decide between Yes,KC and UK. I'll go for Yes. He is incrediible in any setting,though. -------------  |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:28
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I also had difficulty between Yes and KC, chose Yes. The guy is simply unreal. |
Posted By: ken4musiq
Date Posted: February 23 2006 at 21:59
Ditto |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 02:45
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I have heard only Yes and Crimson with Bill Bruford, but I can't imagine him playing badly. He shines on every album I have heard so far! |
Posted By: JL08030
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 03:28
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I voted King Crimson. That's where I want him. He seems to be pretty firm in wanting to be in Earthworks, so that's where he should be. At this point, anyone besides Alan White in Yes would sound "wrong". People are excited at the prospect of Bill on Relayer. Yet Alan's performance pushed it over the top. ------------- A Chaos of Visions and Voices |
Posted By: rokmebaby
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 03:40
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This one was a toughie. I have been a Bruford fan since
purchasing Fragile back in the day. So, I have to think about
what I play most. I love Bruford with Levin most of all, so my
top "collective musical efforts" as Bill would say are: King Crimson with Levin Bruford and Levin (Upper Extremities, Blue Nights) Yes Bruford (with the amazing Jeff Berlin) King Crimson with Wetton UK Earthworks ABWH Kudos to the question poser. ------------- Where is Klaatu when you need him? |
Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 08:47
| YES |
Posted By: Empathy
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 09:55
My thoughts exactly. ------------- Pure Brilliance: 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 24 2006 at 13:18
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YES was best with Bruford, KC hade so many great drummers before him, Michael Giles is 1 of my all time favorites. So i think Giles shuld have stayed with KC and Bruford with YES. -------------
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Posted By: MattiR
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 16:28
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Probably in Yes. It was his first music team
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Posted By: nobody
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 17:45
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There is one fundamentally awesome recording of Gong during their brief stint with BB. It is available currently on the BT site DimeaDozen here: http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=84460 - http://www.dimeadozen.org/torrents-details.php?id=84460 If you are not a DIME member you will have to sign up... but here is the info for that exquisite bootleg in case you are interested: Gong (featuring Bill Bruford) This is absolutely fantastic stuff, "You" era Gong with Bill just slamming. He even uses the discarded "dirty crash" cymbal from One More Red Nightmare in this concert. The Oslo portion is A+, just a pristine soundboard, while the Rotterdam part has some distortion (mostly in the vocals...it's still highly listenable). Any BB fan should have this one, it's one of my all-time favorite boots. Oh yeah, I voted for BB with KC but he is the greatest anywhere he lays his drumstool. My favorites after KC are National Health, Genesis, Yes and the above Gong tape. ------------- "Some of you are going to die... martyrs, of course, to the Freedom I will provide!" |
Posted By: daz2112
Date Posted: March 04 2006 at 18:08
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He is brilliant whatever band he plays in, but i vote for Yes ------------- In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole |