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Negoba 
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Joined: July 24 2008 Location: Big Muddy Status: Offline Points: 5208 |
 Topic: The far ends of the talent spectrumPosted: April 27 2011 at 10:15 |
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So I'm combing through some youtube and such watching guitarists and saw the version of Stevie Ray Vaughn's "Riviera Paradise" he performed the night of his death. The talent and soul in that player was just unfair. A true artist.
Earlier in the day I had heard, for the first time, one of the songs off Metallica's Death Magnetic "My Apocalypse" Kirk Hammett may well be the most talentless hack to ever grace major stages. I was thinking to myself that every one of Megadeth's guitarists could probably play Hammett's solos note-for-note after one listening, with more authentic emotion.
So give me first a musician whose talent just floors you, otherworldly.
And then a musician who just mystifies in its crappitude.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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The T
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 14:24 |
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In the rock world: Terry Bozzio (talent) - Mike Pointer (opposite)
I'll come up with more names later |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 14:26 |
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I agree about Kirk Hammett. Never rated him at all and his solos have always left me cold.
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Epignosis
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 14:55 |
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Awesome:
Drums- Neil Peart Bass- Victor Wooten Guitar- Steve Howe Keyboards- Rick Wakeman Compositions- Kerry Livgren Terrible: All of the Above- Simon Railton |
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Epignosis
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 14:59 |
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Also, I want to take this moment to complain about Mike Oldfield.
Not his playing, but his tone. He has to have the worst electric guitar tone I've ever heard. |
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Snow Dog
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:00 |
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Utter nonsense. His tone is superb and definitive.
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Ricochet
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:05 |
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That's too easy.  And Wakeman is pretty much second to Richard Clyderman, so I think whatever talent we're talking about, it went the drain, in the last 30 years at least. Edited by Ricochet - April 27 2011 at 15:06 |
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The T
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:06 |
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Vocals:
Talented - Russell Allen. Good - Peter Gabriel Bad - Jon Anderson Horrible at everything - Zappa 
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Icarium
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:16 |
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Christina Aguilera = talented singer who not only are compareable to her pairs (Britney, Shakira, Gwen Stefani and Jessica Simpson), but are compareable also to the most tallented female singers and divas)
Britney Spears = she got the looks and some mooves but have a average potensial can not be compared to the great vocal talants like Straisand, Warwick, Ross, Dion and Huoston. Aguilera can raise here head and compare herself to the elite divas. Edited by aginor - April 27 2011 at 15:17 |
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rushfan4
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:21 |
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Although on the biggest stage of her life, Christina Aguilera can't remember the words to the Star-Spangled Banner.
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Negoba
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:29 |
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She was showing her age a tad too...the sad life of eye candy. Glad I'm so unpleasant to look at. I digress to the norm with age.
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You are quite a fine person, and I am very fond of you. But you are only quite a little fellow, in a wide world, after all.
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The T
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 15:29 |
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^and it was not the forgetting of the lyrics what made that performance atrocious...
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Epignosis
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 16:03 |
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I cannot listen to an Oldfield album with headphones. His tone is tinny and causes me pain. Worst ever. |
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Slartibartfast
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 18:09 |
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I'm and Oldfield fan and all of y'all are full of crap.
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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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dwill123
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 20:30 |
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Unbelievable talent: Guitar: Shawn Lane Drums: Tony Royster Jr. Not bad, I just dont get the attraction: |
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stonebeard
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 21:08 |
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His tone on Songs from a Distant Earth is wondrous. |
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The Truth
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 21:23 |
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Could never decide on one truly amazing artist (I'm way to easily impressed I guess. |
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Atavachron
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 21:40 |
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Agree about SRV-- I think he came off to many as just some modern blues player or Albert King/Hendrix imitator. But live, especially in his drunken heyday during the early 80s, he was incredible, probably the greatest white bluesman ever. I also have to agree about Hammett, low on skill and taste, high on bluff.
As for pop stars, Pink has tremendous talent, great voice and a real edge to her music. |
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SaltyJon
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Posted: April 27 2011 at 21:49 |
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Oh, it's in the general music forum!
Talented: John Coltrane Pharoah Sanders Worst piece of crap ever to blow into a saxophone: Kenny G |
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Dean
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Posted: April 28 2011 at 03:50 |
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I prefer him as a bassist.
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What?
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Epignosis wrote:
) but the crappy one for me would definitely be