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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 5359 |
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 18658 |
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Hi,
I don't want to say a whole lot about any musician out there doing something or other with other folks. In many cases, Europe specially, many of the folks were in school together and knew a bit about each other, and I don't think that any of those folks worried about their friends being different. You're there to help as they want/need and that's that. The one thing that bothers me, is when another "superbsgroup gets started and the idea is that they can't miss putting something together, and almost every time it is terribly over rated and a bit on the ... publicity side, if not a chance for those folks to pick up some quick cash. It makes it all like we can not appreciate someone taking the trash out in the morning, or taking the child to school, or going to check the mail box ... the kind of mundane things day in and out ... and that's the real life ... the rest is just a bit of fun ... though I rarely buy any of that stuff. I did not like the GO thing, both albums. It was a really poor mix of musicians, and their compatibility was not helpful to the concept of the whole thing, in my estimation. I got the first one via the station, and heard it a couple of times, but ... but ... but ... that was it. Nothing special in it at all. Edited by moshkito - June 06 2025 at 09:55 |
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stewe ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Czechoslovakia Status: Offline Points: 596 |
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Projects like Explorer's Club or more recently Legacy Pilots come to mind. These are not necessarily bad (EC's second album is horrible), but generally containing mediocre to substandard songwriting. Even greatest guests cannot elevate that. I occasionally come across [very likely] wealthy guys from different parts of the world who apparently want their dreams come true and invite Steve Hackett and similar prog stars to play a tiny, insignificant solo just to create a hype about their mediocre-to-lackluster attempts to create music, while featuring this and that legend. [Un]fortunately I cannot remember their names..
Ayreon is a good exception from this. His albums do live up the hype. At least the classic ones before/including 2008, especially Into Electric Castle and The Universal Migrator. Then Lucassen IMO went downhill with the ability to write melodic hooks and memorable musical compositions. |
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