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Beautiful and just Nick.. so many memories of these Nirvana.. for me they stop at Unplugged, simply because after that it wasn't the age anymore..

x Sleeper: the "contempt" is obviously mutual, although the quotes tend to undermine an absolutely exaggerated term. Your emphasized elegy, however, falls apart with the rather inappropriate and historically nonsensical consideration that "the Dream Theater have made history." History of what? They merely rehashed a genre from 20 years prior, the progressive, merging it, only at a formal and arranging level, never in substance, with (some) other genres, all obviously for the sake of their exhibitionism. In reality, this fusion is anything but modern. They simply jumped on the bandwagon of all those groups that, already in the 80s, embarked on the path of crossover between different genres as an attempt to innovate already stylized canons. An attitude, in short, that has been extensively exploited, which the Dream Theater have only resumed in terms of a useless and anti-synthetic pretext to be acclaimed as the best musicians in the world. But good musicians, as already mentioned, are another story. They are the ones who respect the song form, and adapt and innovate the piece, not degrade the work itself in function of their own self-celebration, with a truly tiresome and absolutely anti-progressive restorationist approach. The dark atmospheres and epic compositions of the DT are obviously rehashed and fried again; just listen to any Genesis album to attain such comparison. That Petrucci takes from Fripp seems evident, while he mostly adopts May's tiresome baroque style. If I don't know the members of the group, it's because, with all due respect, I really couldn't care less; the substance of what I've written doesn't change, and with a little intelligence, it’s easy to understand that.

Stardust, be careful. My judgments are always in response to other judgments, usually much heavier than the ones I allow myself.

what a situationalist masterpiece!

"six degrees of inner turbulence" an innovative album? Yeah, it’s clear that these youngsters are still a bit naive and immature... no, we’re not there at all; have they ever listened to King Crimson during the "Three of a Perfect Pair"-"Thrak" era? Everything, but I mean everything is there... and just to get back to my comment from yesterday, but Jack, do you know Kevin Shields or not? Do you know which band he was part of? THAT is a truly innovative band... have you ever heard of Tortoise? Nine Inch Nails? Massive Attack? Let’s go back a bit, what about Sonic Youth? Lou Reed, do you know which band he was part of? Guys, it's urgent, it's urgent to seriously review some truly modernizing and innovative stuff.

Then we have Jack: La Brie, a powerful singer… let’s admit it, who cares… but tell me, Jack, in your opinion, what the hell would be the difference between a powerful singer and one let’s say, a bit less powerful if the piece sung is awful? Guys, it’s not about aesthetics, it’s simply a matter of logic: a good singer or a good guitarist don’t make the song, very, very basic. According to your logic, Pausini only produces masterpieces because she is a good singer, a logic that can obviously be dismantled in three-tenths of a second flat by a five-year-old.

oh right, you’re right, "Regression" is not the same as "Pigs on the wing"... in fact, it is exactly, as we established earlier, like "Outside the wall"... what a sadness this group...

second epic declaration by Vladimir: "this album is practically perfect" BUAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH forgive the loud laughter, but these, let's say, "humble" claims really crack me up. This raises a second question, of a, so to speak, cosmological nature: what is perfection to you, Vladimir?

So, always with great patience, let's begin: Vladimir says, "When it comes to innovation, you can clearly see that either you come up with something from scratch and have no clue what you're criticizing, or you understand nothing about artistic inventiveness." Oh really? Explain to me, Vladimir, what innovation and artistic inventiveness are. I've already explained earlier (twice) what they mean to me, even providing a scientific definition of creativity, which obviously underlies innovation and inventiveness. I'm waiting for your definition so we can think on the same level.

Guys, my god, what a drag! Why do you always repeat the same things? One of you says, "technique isn’t everything," and you reply, "but haven’t you seen how technical the DT are?" Then I patiently reiterate, "yes, but I don’t give a damn about technique; it really doesn’t matter," and you respond, "La Brie is an amazing singer; he hits those high notes..." In short, it’s a bit like talking to a wall...