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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Banks. No contest.

More interesting and emotional chord progressions. More variety of sounds. Greater creator of atmosphere.


Absolutely agree - no contest whatsoever.
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Id vote Bardens. But I feel I need to hear more Banks before I vote. I'm a big fan of Bardens tho.
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One of the toughest choices yet - these two are the very best (Martin Orford and Mark Kelly are the ones who come closest).

But for me, it has to be Bardens. He and Andy Latimer interplayed like no other musicians on this planet and Bardens knew better than any other musician how to move back and let someone else take the limelight after he'd had his moment of brilliance in the spotlight (something neither Emerson nor Wakeman ever learned). And he gave us The Snow Goose, the most perfect album in history. Case closed.

Sorry for Tony - if it had been anyone else, he'd have got my vote.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Martin Orford and Mark Kelly are the ones who come closest).


Hmmm...not for me, and I've seen both of those guys quite a few times with their bands.

For me, the only keyboard player from a more recent band that comes close to Tony Banks for composition and atmosphere is another "TB" - Tomas Bodin from The Flower Kings Wink
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Banks  has more feeling
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To begin, I am a huge fan of both players' main bands (Camel and Genesis), so it would be a tough choice, if I voted. To me, Bardens has some unbelievable great moments (especially in Snow Goose and Mirage), while his creativity, so to say, falls even below mediocre level on some later records. Banks, on the other hand, keeps constantly delivering high-quality playing, but often fails to impress me the way Bardens does.
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Bardens.
 
Even though he more than once fell in the traps of techno--pop, new age and AOR, still he found room for good solos, interesting orchestrations and cleverly ordained multiple layers on his arsenal of keyboards. Banks, on the other hand, couldn't avoid getting bland as he and Genesis went pop with decreasing energy. Not Collins but him, here's the real villain in the demise of Genesis after Hackett's departure.
 
Bardens it is for me.
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Banks - for his superior melodic sense.  I love Camel too, but more for Latimer's guitar than for Bardens' contributions.
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Banks was so staid and precise, though. Bardens put a human touch on the proceedings with his ability to jam happily away in tandam with Andy Latimer's Les Paul. He oozed more personality in his broken down style than Banks could realize in his lofty chord progressions. God rest his soul, and let him rest in peace.Stern Smile
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