Thats who that is ? Anyhow I understood what he said to be that they didnt stick to them. Either way this got pretty blown out of proportion, Omni said they had posted too quickly and breifly but compounded it by saying things like being deaf if you cant hear jazz, which was sure to make at least one person say wa? and respond that you must not know jazz. I could see how it all unfolded.
I was surprised no one called me out on saying ELP displayed little or no jazz (I forget how I worded it) when at times they sounded very fusion-ish and nearly predated Mahavishnu. Im talking about the song Tarkus, a very interesting listen when understanding that it was '71.
Here I thought you were morphing into a decent and intelligent person to converse over music with rather than continuing to beat the old vs young dead horse. I don't care if ELP invented the cheeseburger, I don't like their music too much, and I don't have to invent anything myself in order to have that right, mk? In fact, I could honestly care less how original sounding or not a band is. I write and listen to FEEL something, you know? Not so I can stand and observe brushstrokes with my nose up like I'm some jaded curator at a museum. And when I listen to something, my perception isn't tainted by when it came out, who else came out at the time, what it sounded like, or what matter of damn anybody in the entire world thinks about it. And considering I'm a Floyd freak, it's completely gay for you to even think you need to point out anything regarding speed or technicality to me. In fact, if YOU actually listened to any of my own stuff, you would realize those things aren't the point there either. But we're just a lil ol' band from Florida and not in some legendary status, so that pretty much means it's not worth such attention. Is all that controversial for this thread? 
