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Old 05-03-2008, 09:36 AM   #764 (permalink)
ProggyMan
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Originally Posted by Rainard Jalen View Post
True that they are generally not instrumental virtuosi, but again, technical proficiency is not the aim and inventive/playful exploration is. And ultimately, I think "talent" is best kept as a measure of creative brilliance rather than technical prominence.
I think he's talking compositional skill. Anyway, Porcupine Tree are doing something original. They are no doubt influenced by Floyd but they haven't sounded like them since before Signify. From Lightbulb Sun on they sound nothing like Floyd. Floyd never mixed in Metal riffing with psychedelia the way PT has done (Radioactive Toy is on one of their first albums actually).
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