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Post by andre005 on Jul 12, 2018 20:41:44 GMT -5
I know we have touched on this a few times. But how much is Nick playing and how much is their session player playing,
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Post by Xxxxxx on Jul 13, 2018 9:52:02 GMT -5
I know we have touched on this a few times. But how much is Nick playing and how much is their session player playing, The session player is the great John Jones. He doesn’t get enough credit for what he did with TWA or the arrangements he played on. In fact he doesn’t get any credit now. Nick just stand there and uses one finger when needed. I’m surprised you asked that Andre!! Yes, potentially more touchy, with two finger of course, than the Simon issue. 😉
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 10:09:46 GMT -5
Nick is mainly a pad player, synth layers and interspersed notes. I love Nick though and even though he uses a lot of programmed parts, he's still the controller! They have hired or used others for piano i.e. Liberty.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 14:38:05 GMT -5
Nick is genius what he does: he´s a programmer...he knows the sounds, he can sample..maybe not so brilliant piano player but who cares if the music is what it is. Totally agree. In DD “circus”, Nick is the ringmaster. In DD “orchestra”, Nick is the conductor.
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Post by oakey on Jul 13, 2018 14:42:48 GMT -5
Listen to Notorious/We are family from the Japan reunion shows and Nick's piano playing in the latter. Then ask your kid who just started to study the piano to play WAF and try to find the differences. To me, this one-fingered piece is the most soulless playing ever.
NR is good in the studio, but he is a very poor live keyboard player, let alone he is able to play the piano.
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Post by oakey on Jul 13, 2018 15:12:07 GMT -5
I never really understood why people has this thing called "Nick can´t play" or whatsoever... Nick has given us so much, so many brilliant moments, feelings...the music.. I really don´t understand why people keeps on bashing him and his workmanship. Because this is a forum on which we discuss everything about Duran Duran....
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Post by oakey on Jul 13, 2018 15:33:34 GMT -5
NR is important for the band and him not being able to play much live does not affect my love for the band. Warren was a virtuoso who could play anything live, but I find him way less interesting than anyone of the fab 5. If I want to see a virtuoso playing, I would have been a Steve Vai fan. Alas, I find that type of music utterly boring...
Still, some 'live' moments of NR playing are cringeworthy (him miming his way through most of AVTAK for instance). There is nothing impolite about that statement.
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Post by errbt on Jul 13, 2018 15:42:08 GMT -5
Turns out he can't play sax either! ps Yes, I know they're all fake, but I loves me them "Shreds" videos!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 15:43:52 GMT -5
and we can be also polite..can we? ..and you’re not being rude? You remind me of somebody else on his thread A forum is for discussion. We discuss our thoughts and opinions with each other. On the whole we mostly respect each other. If we don’t then we leave each other alone. If you just want to be pro Duran and not have a critical word about them then the DD Facebook Page is the place for you. Welcome by the way.. and thanks for the intro 😉 No need to be so rude Skin. I was just saying that this "Nick cant play" is insulting. This is so old and boring thing to discuss. Let´s move on...
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Post by Deleted on Jul 13, 2018 15:57:57 GMT -5
No need to be so rude Skin. I was just saying that this "Nick cant play" is insulting. This is so old and boring thing to discuss. Let´s move on... Nobody is insulting you. Just putting you in the picture that everybody has opinion..and we all respect that. Nick cannot play keys live. He samples live..and he’s excellent at it. I love Nick but I’m not going to say what a fantastic keyboard player he is live..when he isn’t. Old and boring is comforting. It’s like putting on an old pair of slippers and smoking a pipe. We are so boring here. Ha! Yes-we all have our own opinions..and I strongly disagree with you all. And that´s my right, like it or not
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