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Top Five rock Bass players
Since Paul got mentioned, maybe Roger Waters also? My understanding he is not the best but at least he did not f$&@-up the end result?  
You can only take 5 albums to a deserted Island...
Anyone to bring something digestible from "Top 30" or "American Idol" to the Island? Anyone, please? I am going thru my second reading of "The Song Machine: Inside The Hit Factory" and still feel like an alien by totally Not getting the music floo... 
Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that?
@grinnell my man, I am going to meet you there in a sec... My Sondek is warming up!!! 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
@jmcgrogan2  I totally and fully-absolutely agree with you! But what exactly r u talking about?! 
Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You
@stereo5 "Amused" hit me the moment it came out! I play it often to remind me of my younger self. Not much came after that would keep me in tune with times, so I am downgrading to classical... 
Dark Side of the Moon - Is MFSL really all that?
As mentioned, it depends on your medication! Whenever I play any of my dozen pressings of LPs or SACD or that boxed set I just zone-out... ;-(    Which one is the best?  I will never know... 
Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You
@theo Did you manage to warm up to Pros and Cons of Hitch Hiking?  
List of musicians changed career with better success...
@folkfreak thats how I personally "discovered" Sylvian: thru his collaborations w/Fripp and Czukay! Good call!!! His last efforts are sublime!!!! 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
@bondmanp No, I do not have Japan first three albums, but I really love how Sylvian is evolving. Just hope he wont "evolve" as far as Bjork did! ;-(Love Peter Gabriel, have all his albums in heavy rotation! I was talking about Phil Collins whom I ... 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
@czarivey thank you for clearing my brain. I "discovered" Japan long after falling in love with Sylvian and never paid attention that his bandmates are still with him and that I actually hunt down their solo efforts as well. Thanks again!!! 
Tell Us about an Album That Took a Long Time to Grow on You
Believe it or not, Wish You Were Here. It was The Wall which opened my ears to (now) my all-time-favorite band. Go figure! 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
David Sylvian since he left (or disbanded?) Japan.Phil Collins post Genesis is a good  example of commercial success and (for my tastes) musical degradation... 
What is/are your the most favourite composer s ?
I wonder if anyone living within a driving distance of a Cathedral managed to approximate the sound of organ at home. Listening to live Bach is surreal, but on my home stereo it is just OK... 
List of musicians changed career with better success...
Klaus Schulze became an icon of Electronic Music once he left Tangerine Dream, for me he is on the same level as Mike Oldfield in terms of never quite breaking into "mainstream" (thanks God!) but opening new ways for the youngsters who did. 
Outboard crossover? Why not?
Here is a photo of Naim SBL x-over, original (L) and with upgraded parts (R):http://square-2.com/wp-content/uploads/xover_Naim_Audio42.jpg now, the same original (R) with more serious upgrade (L):http://square-2.com/wp-content/uploads/xover_Naim_A...