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Poll Question: which of these bands have best musicianship
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2013 at 07:43
Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:


Originally posted by Dellinger Dellinger wrote:

There are some bands here that I don't know. And I don't really know so much of music theory and such thing. However, for what it's worth, the classic Yes line-up from Fragile and CttE is just unbeatable for me.

Agree--no one touches this Yes line-up---but Seconds out Genesis and the 80's line up of KC were all amazing live.


I would say almost Seconds Out Genesis... if only they had released that album with Bill Bruford on drums it would have been great.

Love Bill, my favorite drummer--did you hear Genesis Live in Bern 76---while there are amazing parts that Bill plays--and his jams with Phil are great--there are some songs his powerful style doesn't completely work on---but still it's great to hear. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2013 at 11:18
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Is there anyone left on these forums remotely gauche enough to fall for an objective judgement of musicianship?
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:


I know these threads are designed to provoke healthy debate but this is just plain vanilla sillyErmm
 
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Originally posted by dictionary.reference.com dictionary.reference.com wrote:

knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
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As Noel Coward might have said 'ecstatically' - I don't need a definition of the term thanks, just how you would arrive at a method to quantify musicianship that does not rest upon the listener's own aesthetic judgement Approve

(If you're up for it, try quantifying anyone's happiness while yer at it)
How is it even possible to quantify a quality?  Aesthetic judgment is essential to assessing musicianship, no?

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2013 at 19:41
"I would say almost Seconds Out Genesis... if only they had released that album with Bill Bruford on drums it would have been great."

Actually, that's Bill on Cinema Show. Sadly, the only track he is on on that album.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2013 at 20:08
Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

"I would say almost Seconds Out Genesis... if only they had released that album with Bill Bruford on drums it would have been great."

Actually, that's Bill on Cinema Show. Sadly, the only track he is on on that album.

I was lucky enough to record an FM radio broadcast of a "Trick of the Tail" tour show with Mr B on drums.  It was Christmas evening 1976 and I had just gotten a Radio Shack 8 track recorder that morning as a present.  Unfortunately I never transferred the 8 track to cassette so the recording is long gone.  One of the odd things I remember about the set list is they actually played "White Mountain".  Years later I found a $50 2 CD bootleg from that tour but the sound quality was so awful I passed.

A funny thing about those 1st few post-Gabriel tours, they would either play Suppers Ready or Cinema Show but never both.  At the '78 show, Collins began the banter that always led to Suppers Ready but switched it up at the end and they played Cinema Show instead LOL
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 17 2013 at 20:55
Originally posted by maani maani wrote:

"I would say almost Seconds Out Genesis... if only they had released that album with Bill Bruford on drums it would have been great."

Actually, that's Bill on Cinema Show. Sadly, the only track he is on on that album.


Yeah, I know. But I believe there are recordings of whole shows with Bill Bruford. I don't really know why they didn't use them. Perhaps they just thought that he wasn't so well suited for the songs...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 01:08
Yes (Squire, Wakeman, Moraz, Howe), Genesis (Collins, Hackett), ELP, King Crimson (Fripp, Brufford and ...). I can't choose one band. Maybe Naked City or Henry Cow or The Jimi Hendrix Experience or....:P. Beauty lies in the fact that we have so many great bands.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 01:13
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

vote on the one you think is the most technically most proficient group, best musicianship, combination of studio and live preference, who caries their chops most evenly from studio, to live, sorry if i have left out any bands. can't remember everyone.

These are the bands on my top of my head i thought of who caries their music best ffrom studio to live, who have similar live chops as studio chops.

also make a list from most proficient to least proficient band based on musicianship in this list of bands 


Hmm, I don't know. I couldn't vote on this one. A little too subjective for me. Although Mahavishnu Orchestra or Steve Hackett might have been a better choice than Toto.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 03:38
Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


I was lucky enough to record an FM radio broadcast of a "Trick of the Tail" tour show with Mr B on drums.  It was Christmas evening 1976 and I had just gotten a Radio Shack 8 track recorder that morning as a present.  Unfortunately I never transferred the 8 track to cassette so the recording is long gone.  One of the odd things I remember about the set list is they actually played "White Mountain".  Years later I found a $50 2 CD bootleg from that tour but the sound quality was so awful I passed.

A funny thing about those 1st few post-Gabriel tours, they would either play Suppers Ready or Cinema Show but never both.  At the '78 show, Collins began the banter that always led to Suppers Ready but switched it up at the end and they played Cinema Show instead LOL
 
Wow, White Mountain is one of my absolute favorites of Genesis and of HUGE nostalgic value since it is the first song by them I ever liked, long before I actually got into the band properly. Then again, with Phil on vocals I'm not sure I even want to hear that live version as it may just be a major disappointment...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 05:37
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:

Is there anyone left on these forums remotely gauche enough to fall for an objective judgement of musicianship?
Originally posted by ExittheLemming ExittheLemming wrote:


I know these threads are designed to provoke healthy debate but this is just plain vanilla sillyErmm
 
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Originally posted by dictionary.reference.com dictionary.reference.com wrote:

knowledge, skill, and artistic sensitivity in performing music.
Happy? Wink


As Noel Coward might have said 'ecstatically' - I don't need a definition of the term thanks, just how you would arrive at a method to quantify musicianship that does not rest upon the listener's own aesthetic judgement Approve

(If you're up for it, try quantifying anyone's happiness while yer at it)
How is it even possible to quantify a quality?  Aesthetic judgment is essential to assessing musicianship, no?


I think you finally got it i.e. our opinions are NOT demonstrable facts, ergo they cannot be used to measure such phenomena as 'musicianship' - it's good fun to choose but no-one is qualified to decide
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 12:05
Originally posted by Josef_K Josef_K wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


I was lucky enough to record an FM radio broadcast of a "Trick of the Tail" tour show with Mr B on drums.  It was Christmas evening 1976 and I had just gotten a Radio Shack 8 track recorder that morning as a present.  Unfortunately I never transferred the 8 track to cassette so the recording is long gone.  One of the odd things I remember about the set list is they actually played "White Mountain".  Years later I found a $50 2 CD bootleg from that tour but the sound quality was so awful I passed.

A funny thing about those 1st few post-Gabriel tours, they would either play Suppers Ready or Cinema Show but never both.  At the '78 show, Collins began the banter that always led to Suppers Ready but switched it up at the end and they played Cinema Show instead LOL
 
Wow, White Mountain is one of my absolute favorites of Genesis and of HUGE nostalgic value since it is the first song by them I ever liked, long before I actually got into the band properly. Then again, with Phil on vocals I'm not sure I even want to hear that live version as it may just be a major disappointment...

I hear you, I hate what Phil Collins and the band became dragging the Genesis name through the mud, but I think he was still cool in the "Trick..." and "Wuthering..." days...the problem started when he shaved.  No beard...Phil got weird LOL 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 18 2013 at 21:37
Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


Originally posted by Josef_K Josef_K wrote:

Originally posted by The.Crimson.King The.Crimson.King wrote:


I was lucky enough to record an FM radio broadcast of a "Trick of the Tail" tour show with Mr B on drums.  It was Christmas evening 1976 and I had just gotten a Radio Shack 8 track recorder that morning as a present.  Unfortunately I never transferred the 8 track to cassette so the recording is long gone.  One of the odd things I remember about the set list is they actually played "White Mountain".  Years later I found a $50 2 CD bootleg from that tour but the sound quality was so awful I passed.


A funny thing about those 1st few post-Gabriel tours, they would either play Suppers Ready or Cinema Show but never both.  At the '78 show, Collins began the banter that always led to Suppers Ready but switched it up at the end and they played Cinema Show instead LOL



 

Wow, White Mountain is one of my absolute favorites of Genesis and of HUGE nostalgic value since it is the first song by them I ever liked, long before I actually got into the band properly. Then again, with Phil on vocals I'm not sure I even want to hear that live version as it may just be a major disappointment...

I hear you, I hate what Phil Collins and the band became dragging the Genesis name through the mud, but I think he was still cool in the "Trick..." and "Wuthering..." days...the problem started when he shaved.  <span style="line-height: 1.2;">No beard...Phil got weird </span>LOL<span style="line-height: 1.2;"> </span>


I actually like Phil Collins much better as a singer than Peter Gabriel. For me Collins is a very good singer, while I don't really like Gabriel at all, though I have learned to tolerate him.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 04:22
We know that a poll is about opinions, not an algebra exercise. Nothing wrong with that.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 12:02
I find it impossible to place the depth of KC's musicians, the multi instrumental virtuosity of GG, the flamboyance of ELP and the energy of Rush next to each other and attempt to judge which of these groups had the best musicians.  Ultimately, trying to opine on this is only going to reveal more about your preferences and biases than where the musicians actually stand in terms of ability.   So no vote, but my favourite musicians are those that made up Wetton-KC.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 13:07
Totos musicianship is found on 10 000 albums, if you count all the current and former main member of the band, i find that to be impressive not just as a fan of the band but as an objective view of what is impressive, that is impressive
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 19:48
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Totos musicianship is found on 10 000 albums, if you count all the current and former main member of the band, i find that to be impressive not just as a fan of the band but as an objective view of what is impressive, that is impressive
Producer David Foster brought in Lukather & Paitch to help out on Chicago's '16' album - seriously, one of the better 80's mainstream albums I've heard.  The opening cut off the album is fantastic.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 19:55
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Totos musicianship is found on 10 000 albums, if you count all the current and former main member of the band, i find that to be impressive not just as a fan of the band but as an objective view of what is impressive, that is impressive
Producer David Foster brought in Lukather & Paitch to help out on Chicago's '16' album - seriously, one of the better 80's mainstream albums I've heard.  The opening cut off the album is fantastic.
If you really want to hear them sheck out Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees one of the ebst albums of the 70s, and Thriller by Michael Jackson,    Jeff Porcaro plays drums on the Pink Floyd song Mother.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 20:15
Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Totos musicianship is found on 10 000 albums, if you count all the current and former main member of the band, i find that to be impressive not just as a fan of the band but as an objective view of what is impressive, that is impressive
Producer David Foster brought in Lukather & Paitch to help out on Chicago's '16' album - seriously, one of the better 80's mainstream albums I've heard.  The opening cut off the album is fantastic.
If you really want to hear them sheck out Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees one of the ebst albums of the 70s, and Thriller by Michael Jackson,    Jeff Porcaro plays drums on the Pink Floyd song Mother.
Jeff also played on Roger Waters 'Amused To Death' album - I think he played on the best song, 'It's A Miracle'.  Also David Gilmour's 'About Face' album. 
Oh yeah, the Toto video was cool to see - they are such precise musicians without a doubt, but not too proggy.  Gyorgy Porgy is a great track, but they didn't do 'Hold The Line'. 
Jefferson Starship were way cool around '79-'84. 
Boz Scaggs, eh ??  I don't mind what I've heard of him.
I never did get into M.J. although 'Thriller' is about the best thing he ever did.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 19 2013 at 20:35
Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Originally posted by Tom Ozric Tom Ozric wrote:

Originally posted by aginor aginor wrote:

Totos musicianship is found on 10 000 albums, if you count all the current and former main member of the band, i find that to be impressive not just as a fan of the band but as an objective view of what is impressive, that is impressive
Producer David Foster brought in Lukather & Paitch to help out on Chicago's '16' album - seriously, one of the better 80's mainstream albums I've heard.  The opening cut off the album is fantastic.
If you really want to hear them sheck out Boz Scaggs Silk Degrees one of the ebst albums of the 70s, and Thriller by Michael Jackson,    Jeff Porcaro plays drums on the Pink Floyd song Mother.
Jeff also played on Roger Waters 'Amused To Death' album - I think he played on the best song, 'It's A Miracle'.  Also David Gilmour's 'About Face' album. 
Oh yeah, the Toto video was cool to see - they are such precise musicians without a doubt, but not too proggy.  Gyorgy Porgy is a great track, but they didn't do 'Hold The Line'. 
Jefferson Starship were way cool around '79-'84. 
Boz Scaggs, eh ??  I don't mind what I've heard of him.
I never did get into M.J. although 'Thriller' is about the best thing he ever did.
this is Jeff, David Paich and David Hungate http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s8l75Oxf1U
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 20 2013 at 19:53
I really like IQ's musicianship to choose one of the bands on the list.

I cannot believe that Camel is not on this list.

They would have got my vote.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 21 2013 at 12:17
1. King Crimson
2. Gentle Giant
3. ELP
4. Dream Theater
5. Genesis
6. Rush
7. Yes
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