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Icarium
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Topic: Tony Banks vs Kerry Minnear Posted: November 04 2011 at 05:42 |
just had to do it
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friso
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:00 |
Banks is a brilliant composer, but when it comes to artistic freedom and expressions I have more admiration for Kerrry Minnear.
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yanch
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:06 |
Very, very tough. Love both of these guys and they are both spectacular players. Lean a little more toward Banks. Other keyboard players-notably Keith Emerson-talk about Banks as the best they've ever seen, so vote Banks, but only by a tiny bit.
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elpprogster
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 06:57 |
Tony Banks; for his composer skills and keyboard playing!
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akaBona
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:00 |
Kerry Minnear. Very unique player ...
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criticdrummer94
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:21 |
Tony Banks. Fantastic
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twosteves
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 07:53 |
Banks--best overall prog keyboardist.
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:30 |
Love both but give my vote to the Giant key player
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:43 |
Banks (pre-Abacab), but I love both.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 08:53 |
Tony Banks, because although he never was a virtuoso player, he could always work very well with sounds and moods. Plus he could play complex stuff, more pop / rock stuff, movie music, classical stuff...
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Manuel
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 09:23 |
yanch wrote:
Very, very tough. Love both of these guys and they are both spectacular players. Lean a little more toward Banks. Other keyboard players-notably Keith Emerson-talk about Banks as the best they've ever seen, so vote Banks, but only by a tiny bit. |
Agreed.
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DiamondDog
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 09:48 |
I regard Banks as a middle-order Keyboard player, a good journeyman, certainly not in the same breath as Emerson, Ritchie, Wakeman, but he gets my vote on this occasion.
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HolyMoly
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 10:17 |
A good matchup. I give Banks a slight edge for his knack for melody.
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richardh
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 11:53 |
Kerry
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dwill123
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 12:00 |
I like both but Banks gets the vote.
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 12:50 |
Kerry is the better player. The vote would have been tougher if it had also included their merits as composers. Kerry is more interesting but Banks has more command over structure, something that I am attracted to in music.
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Progosopher
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:21 |
Banks - he is the true heart of the classic Genesis sound. Not that Minnear is second-rate, because he isn't.
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lazland
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:29 |
Banks.
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Hercules
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 13:41 |
Minnear, but Banks is still brilliant.
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Posted: November 04 2011 at 14:56 |
The Cinema Show. Nuff said. Tony Banks
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