Devin Townsend or Steven Wilson?
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Topic: Devin Townsend or Steven Wilson?
Posted By: TexasKing
Subject: Devin Townsend or Steven Wilson?
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 15:05
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Who? Devin for me.
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 15:46
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Steven Wilson, Porcupine tree, Blackfield, No man... |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 16:09
Devin is a talented guy - but Steven Wilson, despite the hype, is the prog icon, at least here in the UK. I'll even forgive him for Permanating.  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 17:20
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Townsend. Wilson does nothing for me (unless it's Brian Wilson). ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 17:46
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Devin Townsend 100%, Steven Wilson %0 ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Junges
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 17:57
This. Steven Wilson is pure ego. Devin is the opposite. ------------- 
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Thatfabulousalien wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 18:39
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Dev ------------- |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 19:51
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Steven Wilson for me... but... What do they really have to do with each other? ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 20:46
| I don't know, I really like both a lot, even though I know much more Porcupine Tree / Steven Wilson solo than Devin Townsend. I still want to get some more Devin, of course. Perhaps I would give a bit of an edge to Steven Wilson, but in this case I really would need to know more albums from Devin to vote. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: January 28 2018 at 21:30
| Steven Wilson, but not by much. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 01:02
Wilson’s music is average Townsend’s music is dogsh*t. I guess Wilson wins  ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 04:45
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Steven Wilson is a minor genius. Hand Cannot Erase is one of the great albums of the C21st so far. Devin Townsend's work leaves me as cold as a bucket of liquid helium. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 04:55
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 06:00
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Devin is cool but Steven Wilson ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Jeffro
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 07:28
That's what we do here, polls that sometimes don't make much sense. It's gotten to the point where I actually look forward to polls that try to compare two completely disparate artists/bands. ------------- We all dwell in an amber subdomain, amber subdomain, amber subdomain. My face IS a maserati |
Posted By: Kustin
Date Posted: January 29 2018 at 11:58
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Pretty tough selection between the modern pioneers of prog, considering their respective areas. I like a good portion of Wilson's works overall but most of the cake goes to Townsend from me. Love especially his albums Ocean Machine and Casualties of Cool. |
Posted By: stewe
Date Posted: January 31 2018 at 05:15
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Devin Townsend has his great, exceptional moments, such as Ocean Machine or a masterpiece called Synchestra. But since latter, he seems to be losing the steam and repeats more of the same, only without conviction. His mellow side has also good moments (several pieces on Casualties of Cool, album Ki) but the total quality is imo inferior. Steven Wilson has constantly high quality music, still shows high degree of creativity and inventiveness, and despite I perceive his solo a little inferior to Porcupine Tree, it tops Devin's efforts full of fillers (Deconstruction, Epicloud, Z2, Transcendence..) by miles. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/trevorrabin/?chartstyle=basic10" rel="nofollow">  <a href="http://steveer.ic.cz" rel="nofollow" |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: January 31 2018 at 05:53
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I respect Devin Townsend and judging by interviews he also seems to be a very cool chap with a good sense of humour. His music though leaves me cold. Love most of Steven's music so there you go. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: January 31 2018 at 08:55
His sense of humor is absolutely out of this world. Brilliant it is, and completely crazy. Look up his Instagram profile and you will never think about life the same way ever again. Awesome I tell you, and crazy! ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: January 31 2018 at 11:43
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Posted By: Thatfabulousalien
Date Posted: January 31 2018 at 12:19
And Dev's music is actually fun and worth listening too, unlike Wilson ------------- Classical music isn't dead, it's more alive than it's ever been. It's just not on MTV. https://www.soundcloud.com/user-322914325 |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 01 2018 at 15:22
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Wilson ------------- 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: micky
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 19:09
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hmmmm seen SWilson 3 times.. the scorecard walked out once, fell alseep the second never call me an idiot so I learned for the last show we saw of his at the Howard Theater... I got so f**king drunk I didn't care to walk out.. and couldn't fall asleep saw Devin only once... just before Xmas in Baltimore... was in a bad mood... no cigarettes.. was on the wagon... and yet did not walk out, fall asleep... or feel the need for pint or 4 to get through the show. Townsend by a landslide.... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 21:51
And why did you go to see Wilson 3 times if you don't like his music? |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: February 03 2018 at 23:18
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At this point, Townshend. -------------  
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 11:04
in my experience seeing an artist live is the true judge ...I've lost count of the number of bands whose albums did nothing for me but had 'it' live and delivered the goods live and were fun and entertaining live With SWilson yeah of course the albums did nothing for me but held out hope seeing him live might do the trick. Besides... we do have friends that do really like him so when they call up and say... hey man... let's go see SWilson what I am supposed to say..... no? Of course not... you go and try to act like you are enjoying yourself or simply hit the bar and get yourself loaded to where it could be the f**king NKOTB up there and you'd still have a fun time. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 11:29
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It seems to me the problem here is one of personality.....Townsend is 'likeable' to many and apparently Wilson is not....subjective as always. Perhaps due to his public comments. Music wise....Townsend's brand of 'exp metal' simply doesn't interest me but I find Wilson both solo and with PT to have some good melodic songs and albums. Frankly I could care if he's a prig in his personal life...the music clicks with me far more than Townsend's stuff. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Pigwheeler
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 12:42
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Posted By: mlkpad14
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 19:09
He is not a prig. He has made some very valid points. ------------- https://gamecrazyprofessional.weebly.com/ |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: February 04 2018 at 22:02
Well, I did enjoy the Raven show I got to see from Wilson, he just picked all the songs I would have hoped to hear (the whole Raven album, plus the best of his solo ones). I could hardly think of a better show. However, it would be great to see a Townsend show too, I'm sure he puts a great performance. |
Posted By: Pigwheeler
Date Posted: February 06 2018 at 00:26
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Dev is absolutely more personal, inspiring, introspective (even though Wilson* tries to look it), ambitious and puts his heart into it. Dev also tackled melancholy several times better than anything melancholy Wilson** ever done, in fact even Nirvana does melancholy better than him, lol On the other hand, Wilson has around 12 ambient albums and Dev has 2....which is unfortunate * and **: in porcupine tree and the 'solo' albums
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