jamesg1213
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Where exactly did I, or anyone else say that? I never said anything about his keyboard skills compared to your oft-mentioned favorite players either. I don't know where you dream up this nonsense.
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I merely stated an opinion via a comparison. Obviously, you did not like the "comparison" ... and I bet it has more to do with pop music, than somewhat more challenging and serious music that my examples tended to create.
I have never disliked TB, or Genesis, or PG. Of all the solo albums by any of them, I find that Anthony Phillips is far more interesting than any of them, although I have to say that Steve Hackett is doing a lot of very nice stuff as well. My list of CD's by those two is immense, and surpasses the others.
If you believe all opinions are non-sense, you might take a look at yours, as well?
I'm not sure that a "keyboard skill" has anything to do with music itself. There are many folks that know all the keys and all the switches, and they have no soul behind them to carry them through and to ME, the proof is in the originality and the music design and work. After a while a song is just a song, and a pre-fabricated process and design, and for my tastes, I fell out of that process a long time ago.
I can enjoy a song just as well, but my real satisfaction? In the music itself, and not just a teasing moment, as most songs tend to show us ... thus, I happen to like longer things, and sometimes they may be conceptual and sometimes they might not be ... but they show some variety and talent, that most musicians are afraid to try and tackle. That's why they come back to the "song". It's easier, and everybody "knows" it.
But for me, PG is like so many folks out there ... mainly copying what they have done before. It's still nice, but not special for my tastes.