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Originally Posted by Reaper16
**** Rudess. He is an other-wordly talent, but he's the musical equivalent of the kinds of writers who are so completely self-indulgent with their prose that the quality of the fiction is marred. The band has become so sloppy in terms of songwriting with Rudess at the keys. Kevin Moore was so much better for the band.
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That's surely a strong argument in terms of the band becoming "lazy" since the addition of Rudess. I surely liked their music much moore when Moore and (can't remember the other guys name and too damn lazy to look it up) the other guy were playing. But that's simply my preference (although I thought Metropolis 2 was outstanding).
I only meant that Rudess was the hardest to replace in terms of how the band has developed their sound and style, I think he would be the hardest to replace, as in what other keyboardist could replicate what he plays? I don't play keyboard, have a friend that does and has for nearly 20 years, and he says Rudess is hands down the best he's ever heard and the most difficult to emulate.