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Fragile 
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 Posted: January 07 2005 at 18:52 |
This is a thread that could have us all arguing continually for the forseeable future.No matter our backgrounds or how we arrived here we have a constant and that is our appreciation of all things prog.We can choose whatever words we wish to describe another and some of us no doubt have a better understanding of the technical side of instruments, but it all comes down to taste and that will far outweigh our belief in another's proficiencies.Words like journeyman are very appropriate to me, but , somebody else will find the journeyman a genius and therein lies the real beauty of all music.Yes, I like to tell Three Fates she should get carted away for her delusionment about Greg being a better singer than Jon, but others will find Robbie Wiliams better than them both  We are lucky to have embraced and experienced the music we love.This is a great site but how can I rid myself of old clowny.  and just for the record 'Yes Rules' 
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Garion81
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Posted: January 07 2005 at 18:56 |
The only thing I will agree to is Reed Lover is a geyser.
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 "What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Reed Lover
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Posted: January 07 2005 at 18:58 |
Thanks for the gushing praise Garion My Son. 
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Garion81
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Posted: January 07 2005 at 19:01 |
Reed look back about 4-5 messages
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Fragile
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Posted: January 07 2005 at 19:08 |
You do gush Reedy; alot of old codswallop
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Reed Lover
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 06:40 |
 Fragile wrote:
You do gush Reedy; alot of old codswallop
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In the absence of anything witty to say:
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Axe Victim
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 07:04 |
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Gentle Giant
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This Whole World Has Gone Slum Gullion
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Velvetclown
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 07:54 |
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philippe
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 08:16 |
Among this list, well...Jethro Tull maybe , next King Crimson despite that Greg Lake sings really wrong !! this guy can't sing but I like his guitar bass lines
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Reed Lover
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 08:27 |
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Velvetclown
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Posted: January 08 2005 at 08:36 |
Well Fragile wanted to get rid of me and I do not eat anything hairy ....................well..... 
Edited by Velvetclown
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Calvo
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Location: Portugal
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 08:55 |
I would like to say that Dream Theater has the best musicians in the world. Unfortunately this great band isn't mentioned in this poll...
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Swinton MCR
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Location: United Kingdom
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 09:26 |
How do you measure proficiency in any musical area - Speed - accuracy - Time-change and chord structure ?
Rush, Genesis, Camel, Yes, Dream Theater - all these bands have quality musicians and so do ELP, Floyd, IQ, Marillion, Twelfth Night et all - Again back to subjectivity and opinion - sombody who hates DT (Take a bow Reed) - will proclaim that the music they produce is rubbish - ergo they are not as profficent as Rush (for instance!).....
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Prog_head
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 09:35 |
Swinton MCR wrote:
How do you measure proficiency in any musical area - Speed - accuracy - Time-change and chord structure ?
Rush, Genesis, Camel, Yes, Dream Theater - all these bands have quality musicians and so do ELP, Floyd, IQ, Marillion, Twelfth Night et all - Again back to subjectivity and opinion - sombody who hates DT (Take a bow Reed) - will proclaim that the music they produce is rubbish - ergo they are not as profficent as Rush (for instance!).....
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I have to agree, it is a tough one to call.
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Sean Trane
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:12 |
separately the Yes members have a major advantage (CTTE & Fragile line-up) but their personal merits summed up exceeds the collective Yes merits.
However , the Beatles were the exact opposite. Their collective sums were much greater than their personal merits.
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let's just stay above the moral melee
prefer the sink to the gutter
keep our sand-castle virtues
content to be a doer
as well as a thinker,
prefer lifting our pen
rather than un-sheath our sword
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sigod
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:20 |
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Spock's Beard....
...duck sigod....
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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greenback
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:23 |
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RUSH, closely followed by....UK!
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[HEADPINS - LINE OF FIRE: THE RECORD HAVING THE MOST POWERFUL GUITAR SOUND IN THE WHOLE HISTORY OF MUSIC!>
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Possessed
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:36 |
I voted forJethro Tull.
In the 70's I think that The Mahavishnu Orchestra had some incredible musicians.
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Possessed
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:38 |
Axe Victim wrote:
Gentle Giant |
They should have been on the list!
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Frank
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Posted: March 01 2005 at 10:43 |
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I have voted for the King Crimson, according to me the most gifted during their history and with an equilibrium between virtuosity and creativeness only.I would like to vote an Italian lineup with Miki De Rossi/drums,Pignatelli or Laugelli/bass,Mussida and Venegoni/guitar,Pagani/violin and flauto,Nocenzi/keyboards,Di Giacomo and Stratos/voices,D'Anna/sax, gotten by by Pagani and De Scalzi.
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