Best Piano Player

Who do you think is the best ever?

And if someone says Elton John or Tori Amos I will punch myself in the face pretending it was you because as much as I love both of them they are both C class pianists.

Tori Amos a C class pianist?

You're an A class something, and it rhymes with "pianist".

-AC

She really is compared to anyone of these guys. I really like her and prefer her to any of them, but she is not anyway near technically as good. She couldn't play at half the speed, nor does she have the handspan, nor does she have the perfection of any of them.

Oh, and I meant to say to post your favorite too. My favorite is Tori Amos for whatever genre I consider her (haven't quite decided and I hate calling people Alternative) and my favorite rock keyboardist is Jon Lord of Deep Purple.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Tori Amos a C class pianist?

You're an A class something, and it rhymes with "pianist".

-AC

Right on!

Nellinator, you do realized Tori's played the piano with the piano strings. If you think that's C-Class I suggest you reconsider your judgment. My favorite (I won't even suggest he's the best) is Ben Folds. Great songwriter and he has such great prowess towards the piano. He really knows how to work a show as well.

Tori Amos, regardless of who she isn't technically better than, is technically brilliant.

As for hand span, she can play two grand pianos at the same time, one hand each.

-AC

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Tori Amos, regardless of who she isn't technically better than, is technically brilliant.

As for hand span, she can play two grand pianos at the same time, one hand each.

-AC

Exactly, well said.

Originally posted by Kram3r
Right on!

Nellinator, you do realized Tori's played the piano with the piano strings. If you think that's C-Class I suggest you reconsider your judgment. My favorite (I won't even suggest he's the best) is Ben Folds. Great songwriter and he has such great prowess towards the piano. He really knows how to work a show as well.

I love Ben Folds, its good stuff.

I'm still trying to work out what "A-class something" rhymes with 'pianist'...

Originally posted by Ya Krunk'd Floo
I'm still trying to work out what "A-class something" rhymes with 'pianist'...

Probably "idiot".

Les Dawson no question

Originally posted by Nellinator
Amos, despite AC's claims is less technically talented than a whole lot of people.

Read my post.

It doesn't matter how many people she ISN'T better than, what matters is how many people she IS better than, and technically...she's an excellent pianist. She's technically excellent.

I didn't say there wasn't any people better, I simply said you're not giving her enough credit.

-AC

How about Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, or Chick Corea, Or Herbie Hancock, OR McCoy Tyner.

How come none of these are on the list? Out of these Oscar Peterson, definitely..

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
Read my post.

It doesn't matter how many people she ISN'T better than, what matters is how many people she IS better than, and technically...she's an excellent pianist. She's technically excellent.

I didn't say there wasn't any people better, I simply said you're not giving her enough credit.

-AC

How about Bill Evans, Keith Jarret, or Chick Corea, Or Herbie Hancock, OR McCoy Tyner.

Why do you keep retorting with "But she isn't better than...", or "This man is way technically better."?

That's not the point I'm making. I'm not saying she's the best, I'm saying she's technically brilliant, not that she's the best or that there are none better.

-AC

She is not technically brilliant if she can't play at the speed and difficulty that several hundred people can play at. Therefore, she is technically good, but not brilliant. Tori Amos is interesting emotionally and lyrically and a very good songwriter, but she is not an amazing piano player that shocks me with skill, especially when I can play everything she has ever done, but don't even bother trying the arrangements the people I mentioned would do. This is like saying that Billie Joe is technically brilliant at guitar when that is simply not true when technical brilliance is defined by people like Malmsteen.

Originally posted by Nellinator
She is not technically brilliant if she can't play at the speed and difficulty that several hundred people can play at. Therefore, she is technically good, but not brilliant. Tori Amos is interesting emotionally and lyrically and a very good songwriter, but she is not an amazing piano player that shocks me with skill, especially when I can play everything she has ever done, but don't even bother trying the arrangements the people I mentioned would do. This is like saying that Billie Joe is technically brilliant at guitar when that is simply not true when technical brilliance is defined by people like Malmsteen.

What kind of retard logic is that? That's like saying someone who runs the 100mtrs sprint in 10 seconds isn't really fast just because people can run it in 9.

It doesn't matter if she shocks you with skill or not, she's a technically brilliant player, this doesn't change just because there are people more technically adept than her.

-AC

out of that list, i would say Sergei Rachmaninoff.

off topic, but best violinist in my opinion is Paganini.

Originally posted by Alpha Centauri
What kind of retard logic is that?
-AC

Hahahaha, I must say, AC = FTW.

Well come on.

"She is not technically brilliant if she can't play at the speed and difficulty that several hundred people can play at. ".

Never mind the fact that she can play better than way more than several hundred people, there's probably millions of people she is better than, millions. Yet, somehow, she isn't technically brilliant because there are better people.

It just doesn't make sense.

"I saw a Porsche yesterday, it was blisteringly fast.", "No it wasn't.", "Why?", "Cos rockets are faster.".

-AC