Puffnstuff

Well I'm 44 and DT is and has been my favorite band for several years. I grew up listening to PF and they aren't even in the same class as DT musically.

Necromancer

So you are an individual, with your opinion. You have your likes. & dislikes, Even if it isnt the same opinion as the majority vote. And so, (That should be respected). I do not hate DT, as a band, I simply have my own opinions, & favorites also. So I agree, D.T. is definatly! Not in the same class with Floyd.

Dr_Rez

I would agree that DT is much more talented instrument wise, but creatively they are def lacking compared to PF.

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Night_Lamp

Dream who? ...

Both are talented bands, but I don't 'Feel' DT the way I do when 'Meddle' is on the turntable.
Techincal ability is on DT's side, but let's not forget that Dave is a pretty damn good guitar player.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

The guy who fixed my boiler has technical ability.
Doesn't mean I want to hear him sing though.

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boo boo

Thats a pretty crappy analogy. Weither someone is skilled at fixing boilers is irrelevant to weither or not he would be a good singer. If someone is skilled at singing, well, then that IS relevant, if the style of music demands a skilled singer.

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sleepy jack

Yet i'm still willing to bet boilerman can make better music than Dream Theater.

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Urban Hat€monger ?

I wasn't talking about the 'skill' of singing.
My point is that you can be technical in music or in anything else , it makes no bearing on whether what you have to say is of any interest or not.

A handful of chords , a bit of originality & a purpose is all you need at the end of the day.

Returning to the premise of the thread..

When Pink Floyd started their purpose was to blow people's minds

The only purpose I can see in Dream Theater is to write really awful lyrics full of cliches over self indulgent twaddle and bore any non muso's to death.

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Seltzer

You're my favourite member on here and all, but come on... that was a bad analogy.


By the way, I love the Damo Suzuki avatar. I met him earlier this year while he was touring and got his autograph. I chatted to him for a bit and he asked me for a cigarette.

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