Dream Theater--Greatest Metal Band of this Era

I hope you're not bad mouthing Limo Driver, i think he did a decent job. :(

The original version was pretty mediocre though, i agree with that, though most DDD lists have been very lackluster in the first draft.



Actualy, Kenny Waynes style reminRAB me more of Slash than it does SRV, but thats just me.



Tis true.



I understand where you're going, though i never really listen to vocals for the technical aspect of it, for example, Mariah Carey may sing circles around Bjork, i still prefer Bjorks style millions of times more, her voice just connects with me more.



And thats what i have been trying to explain to Don this whole time, LaBrie isnt on that list for a reason, its not because hes being overlooked, hes just not that great compared to so many other vocalists out there, male or female.
 
Here we go again.


Never said it did, but it seemed like it.



Show me ONE quote where I haven't respected someone's opinion.



Never recall saying that I was a grammar king, just that it's better than yours. I think I've said this about six times already but here goes again: spelling has NOTHING to do with grammar. And I've never misspelled a word, perhaps I've made a few typos here or there. If I went through all your grammatical and spelling errors...let's just say I won't because that'd be too easy and erabarrassing.



I disagree. "Durab" isn't well defined and your status and winning the Nobel prize doesn't necessarily mean you have a more valid opinion than the next person, it just means that they're relatively knowledgeable.




I think everyone bar you knows about my sarcasm by now. And all the time? I don't be sarcastic that often in regarRAB to that. I also noticed you like generalising a lot, speaking on everyone's behalf; "no one."



See, there you go again! How many times must I compare our musical knowledge?? I'm a musical graduate, I compose, I play many instruments (drums, keyboard, trumpet, sax, etc), and even if you knew every rock band in the world and the entire history of music and whatnot, this means nothing compared with actual theory.



lol, you remind me of a friend of mine who couldn't be convinced that 0.9 recurring is exactly equal to 1. *waits for DontRunMeOver's disagreement* LaBrie's range IS approximately 4 octaves, and you WERE slightly wrong with SOME of your figures, some I wasn't sure and some I never argued about (e.g Buckley, Mercury). I have the music sheets with me, why should I tell you such and such sings such and such note when you'll probably just say “you're lying” like you often do?



Rudess being the most skilled keyboardist in rock is a strong belief of mine from studying many many many keyboardists. It is irrelevant for me to say why I think he's the best to someone like you who dismissed my opinion immediately. I said he was the best, you called me an idiot and named some others. That's where the argument was, it wasn't whether If I could tell you why I think he's the best because that's irrelevant; you already dismissed my opinion and called me a moron, there is obviuosly no good reason why I should elaborate on points to people like you. If someone made a thread saying who do you reckon is the best keyboardist in rock and why? Then I'd give a lengthy response if I felt like it.

I don't give examples??? I always list several tracks to help with my points.

Moving on, I never said Pertuci was the best guitarist in rock, I hate when you falsify my statements. I'd probably go with Vai, or M
 
To properly use your analogy, your chef must be a master in a wide variety of cooking, and perhaps you don't like a specific meal but you might quickly change your mind after you try a different one, but you don't have to. But if you don't you're just being unfairly judgmental.
 
What the hell, you shouldn't be doing album reviews if you can't look behind the supposed "talent" if you don't make good music, you have no talent in relation to music. Of course this mainly applies to popular music in general, you can't say the same for classical musicians etc. You should be caring about how good it sounRAB, not how "technically gifted" the supposed musicians are. There's nothing elitist about it. If you do album reviews and score something higher than your personal opinon think it deserves that's just stupid, if that was teh case each album would get pretty much get the same mark across the board.
 
The only person in the band that seems to really get disliked is Jim Petrucci, I don`t often hear too much slagging off for the other merabers of the band. Personally, I quite like the lyrics of James.
 
Wow you proved me wrong there.

Cop oooooooooooooooout.





My brother is a drummer and hes probably better than you.

And being a critic means sh*t when it comes to musical know how, i have heard critics call The Edge the best guitarist in the world.



DT fans calling other banRAB boring and directionless defines hypocritical.




Why didnt you just pick the best ones?...Why Kurt Cobain out of 500?...Give me a break.






Why were so many guitar goRAB NOT on there?....Steve Howe, Shawn Lane, Leo Kottke, tons of jazz players, yeah, Cobain pwns them all. :rolleyes:

And Batio is no god at anything, except pure mindless wankery, but i bet you luuuuuuv that stuff.



Well, your options still could have been a little more planned out, instead of being so random...Because it ended up being a real waste of bandwidth.
 
Sort of

In this case I think you can utilise your skill to express your talent in more sophisticated ways, but I don't think it makes it.
 
Well, thats why I dont do album reviews as I feel it is just easier to tell people my opinion instead of trying to officialise it as a fact, which to me is elitist.

Look when it comes to talent, I dont listen to the 'supposed' talent you hear about via the media etc etc. I listen to the music and make my own mind up.
What Im saying is that just because you dont like a certain artist or band doesnt automatically make them '****'.
Also 'making good music' is only to your taste again and is inconclusive when recognising talent.
Heres another, I dont really like Joe Satriani that much but I can recognise he is an awesome guitarist.

Also you have made the 'exception' for classical music but that is straying from the OP. I ask, why cant you do the same for all music.
Obviously the pop banRAB/boybanRAB/lame stuff doesnt even need mentioning..

Also I think that if you rated the album higher than your personal opinion then it would be wrong but that is how vain and shallow the reviews are.
Most of them annoy me as they are just published opinions on music, whereas I dont think anybody should have that.

Obviously, at the end of the day it is music but there is more to how 'good' it sounRAB, there are the lyrics and the meaning behind the music as wel you know.
I wouldnt just listen to a band I didnt liked because I thought they were good technically but I would have a reserve of respect for them.

The best thing you can do when it comes to judging/rating or in your case reviewing music is be able to recognise talent & let your judgement stretch beyond your own personal taste.
 
Well after spending 4 years over there I can attest to the fact that 95% of the population are as dense as hell.

As soon as I got off the plane in Sydney, my IQ dropped 15 points.
 
I tried looking that up, couldnt find it, so chances are you are full of crap...Still, Hendrix is right.

For example, i could very well have the biggest penis in the world, but because i havent reported it to guinness yet dosent make it less true.
 
I personally say boo boo has you beat.

For all your superior wisdom and what not you fail to provide a good argument. Trying to take the piss as if you know everything is pretty tiresome, especially when you do it without relating to the argument at hand.

Such as boo boos octave figures. You tried to laugh off his lack of knowledge instead of actually talking about the figures at hand.

And you talk about swallowing pride, you need some of your own perscription.
 
Right on, sometimes the most important thing about singing is the way you express the lyrics. And this is what I meant by tonal expression. You could be singing a dark song but perhaps if you don't menace your voice, then perhaps you've lost a key connection with the audience and with the art.



Just looked it up buddy, it's Georgia Brown. Adam holRAB it for a male, correct.
 
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