Giving A Clone Five Stars

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   I don't think to have ever rated a clone 5 stars, but I don't see anything wrong in doing it if it's good. Just to give an example: Marillion were often considered a Genesis clone in the 80s, but Fugazi was really better than anything the Genesis were doing in the same period. 

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octopus-4 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams Joined: October 31 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 14799	Posted: August 02 2011 at 05:19
	I don't think to have ever rated a clone 5 stars, but I don't see anything wrong in doing it if it's good. Just to give an example: Marillion were often considered a Genesis clone in the 80s, but Fugazi was really better than anything the Genesis were doing in the same period.
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harmonium.ro Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989	Posted: August 02 2011 at 05:17
	^ I would rephrase that as "same musical ideas applied differently". Doesn't sound as good as in the way you put it, but that's how I see the situation.

TheRingshifter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: July 24 2011 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 6	Posted: August 02 2011 at 05:14
	A band can be incredibly similar stylistically to another band and still have completely original compositional ideas.

Textbook Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 08 2009 Status: Offline Points: 3281	Posted: August 02 2011 at 04:49
	Am I the only one annoyed by the plethora of reviews on this website which acknowledge that the record they are reviewing is a Yes/Genesis/whatever imitation and then giving it five stars? Call me crazy but isn't one of the criteria for five stars being somehow new or different in some way? Instead we get "Wobbler! Totally unoriginal Yes pastiche with nothing new to offer anyone! Five stars!" and so on but that's hardly the only example. I just don't understand how you can AGREE that an album is a clone and still consider it a masterpiece. Said it before, will probably say it again, people here review soft.

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