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DeRank ™: 0,86

DeAge™ : 7212 days • Here since 11 september 2006

Tool Aenima

8 dec 06

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This review does not do justice to a masterpiece of 90s rock at all. It says absolutely nothing in particular. Try again, you’ll do better.

AC/DC Back In Black

6 dec 06

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You're not wrong, de-cano. Quite fresh and fun at the beginning (including this album), but then the same old stuff. Over time, they've tired me out.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

6 dec 06

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It's not said, DaveJon. Hearing Waters, even after all these years, performing songs like "Set the Controls for the Heart of the Sun" and "Sheep" is an emotion. Preferable, in my opinion, to Gilmour playing "Comfortably Numb" acoustically or the songs from his not-so-transcendental solo albums. I repeat, I wish I had seen Gilmour, but in my opinion, Roger Waters is undoubtedly the best of the bunch, as proven by the years.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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Not in the realm of Pink Floyd, I was referring to highly technical music that exists for its own sake and is popular today (like Dream Theater, for example) which doesn’t resonate with me. I agree that Gilmour plays better, but Waters wrote most of it. Don't you think they both have the same right to play it? And don't you believe that if "Shine On" is not the same without Gilmour, it is similarly not the same when played solely by Gilmour acoustically without Waters?

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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No. Music is something else. The show's staging has nothing to do with it; I want to hear beautiful songs, preferably played well, not fireworks or fifteen-minute speed solos. Waters is getting old and doesn't have the voice he once did, but he's still Waters, and I would have given my soul to be in Verona and hear him sing the Pink Floyd songs, rather than some crappy cover band! I would have given my soul just to go to Venice to see Gilmour anyway.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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Well... Opinions. For me, there are things far more important than technique. For instance, I would never go to see a Dream Theater concert in the world.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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@davejon: When did they save them? After they disbanded? Anyway, let's take another example: the Rolling Stones. They weren't (aren't) anything special when it comes to playing, so should they give up? I saw them in 2003 and I almost came, even though Jagger was struggling to sing Angie!
@tom traubert: Gilmour didn't write many songs in Pink... Maybe in the early days he did, and some were beautiful, probably still fresh with ideas, but from Dark Side onwards he always limited himself, probably forced by Waters, to writing solos (undoubtedly beautiful) and assisting with the rhythm and not much more. From Meddle onwards, there are no songs in Floyd written solely by Gilmour, and the two post-Waters albums of Pink Floyd don't hold a candle to the old ones (not even compared to The Wall). Just my humble opinion.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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I know that Gilmour is infinitely better than Waters at playing guitar, not even comparable. Even in singing, Gilmour has definitely aged better, but Roger is Roger! And it’s not a given that to play live you have to be really good; otherwise, the Beatles, for example, who were technically quite mediocre, could have saved themselves years and years of concerts.

Roger Waters The Dark Side Of The Moon Live

5 dec 06

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I'm sorry, that's what I think. We are still in the realm of top-level music; however, I consider Gilmour to be inferior to Waters in terms of both compositions and lyrics. He may be an amazing guitarist, one of the most expressive of all time, but as a composer he is simply good, not excellent like the gentleman in question. I also think Wright is better than Gilmour when it comes to creativity. David's solo albums are not exceptional (in fact, I find About Face terrible), while Roger's show some sparks of genius... Even these things are worth noting.

Sly And The Family Stone There's A Riot Goin' On

5 dec 06

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Well done donjunio, great review... You write really well. To judge it in its entirety, I should be familiar with the album (unfortunately, I know at most 3 songs by Sly) but still, good job. However, allow me a note: it's true that Hendrix had later turned towards funk and black music, but certainly not in 1971... He had been dead for a year! :-)