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ghost_of_morphy
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Topic: Hackett vs. Howe, round 3 Posted: August 07 2017 at 20:01 |
OK, same band, same album. Who gets the love?
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twosteves
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Posted: August 07 2017 at 20:53 |
this is easy---Howe--- Hackett to Bits is not what I like Steve to do---rework a mediocre song
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Manuel
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Posted: August 07 2017 at 22:04 |
Howe obviously. Bad song comparison though, Hackett has much better songs to be compared to Howe's.
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maryes
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 04:54 |
I take the words of twosteves and manoel !
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Mormegil
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 07:46 |
Sketches in the Sun for this one . . .
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 08:08 |
Yeah, I guess Howe.
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verslibre
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 10:57 |
In this instance, Howe.
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Barbu
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 11:07 |
Neither baby.
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Wanorak
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 15:55 |
Hackett to Bits by a wide margin.
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Rednight
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Posted: August 08 2017 at 19:41 |
GTR - what a sh#tty album. The rehash of what had been committed on an earlier Hackett album was unnecessary, but so was GTR. Sketches' is a lovely little number, so I went with it.
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axeman
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Posted: August 09 2017 at 14:56 |
Hackett to Bits was the one song I replayed on that forgettable album. However, Gates of Delirium wins over about anything--except maybe Hackett's solo on Neal Morse's 12 (off of "?")
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freyacat
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Posted: August 10 2017 at 19:41 |
Sketches in the Sun is a fantastic composition. It could have worked in Yes or Asia as well. It showcases Steve Howe's unique voice, and creates a beautiful atmosphere.
Hackett to Bits was better as "Please Don't Touch," on the album of the same name. I have never been convinced by GTR playing it.
I owned the GTR album before I knew who Steve Hackett was, and I only knew Steve Howe from Asia. A Child of the 80's, finding his way toward prog...
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twosteves
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Posted: August 10 2017 at 20:45 |
Rednight wrote:
GTR - what a sh#tty album. The rehash of what had been committed on an earlier Hackett album was unnecessary, but so was GTR. Sketches' is a lovely little number, so I went with it. |
I actually think there is some good guitar playing on GTR----actually won best guitar album the year it came out from Guitar Player or one of those magazines. It suffers from bad production and a crappy singer. It's about as prog as Asia---maybe a little more like Jeckle and Hyde and Imagining ....
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Progosopher
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Posted: August 11 2017 at 23:55 |
Hackett rehashes a great but old tune, putting more distortion and speed into it. Howe performs a brilliant new melodic piece that has a timeless air to it. Guess which one I voted for?
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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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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: March 27 2018 at 17:29 |
Hackett.
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