Holy Crap all the anti Mangini You tube posts are annoying!!!

[bill1971]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

[erciccio]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

Why care about a bunch of nerds?

[bill1971]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

Why care about a bunch of nerds?

Good point.
Logically you are correct but I still get annoyed.

[Dedalus]

He'd completely destroyed FITL 

But it's always the same thing.. He overplays any shit in a Mangini-era song and everyone says "Oh my God, much better than the original and  yada yada yada" 

[rumborak]

I don't get that YouTube channel. The first two videos I saw were kinda fun for the lulz of it, but now I'm kinda getting the impression of a sad impersonator.

[Trav86]

Welcome to the internet.

[Zook]

I don't get that YouTube channel. The first two videos I saw were kinda fun for the lulz of it, but now I'm kinda getting the impression of a sad impersonator.

Yeah, he could definitely pass for Portnoy. The video should be called "Paralyzed if played by Mike Portnoy".

[porcacultor]

If we're thinking about the same youtube channel, the guy honestly seems like a Mangini fan as well, at least from some of the video descriptions. He sure plays the new stuff Portnoy-ish-ly, which is kind of interesting to me (a good source of visualizing the "what if").

That being said, I'm with you. I do not get the Mangini hate at all. Literally different strokes in this case, but I'll support and love what MM does in and for DT forever. Who cares if some people are stuck to the past?

[bill1971]

I think that drummer is a Mangini fan too. He just mimics his look and playing style after Portnoy. It's the people in the comments that are against Mangini.

[Darkstarshades]

I think the issue is
If these songs are 100% Mangini
Why making a Portnoy impersonation to play them?
Dress as Portnoy when you fcking play Portnoy songs, not Mangini's, you're only triggering trolls.

[Dedalus]

I think the issue is
If these songs are 100% Mangini
Why making a Portnoy impersonation to play them?
Dress as Portnoy when you fcking play Portnoy songs, not Mangini's, you're only triggering trolls.

People don't like Mangini, but they love Portnoy. Maybe that's the answer.

[hipodilski]

Just watched Paralyzed, this guy is atrocious to the point of being ridiculous. This is the most pointless overplaying I have ever seen. OK, he's perfected MP's style, but MP doesn't overplay - his fills are always at the right spot and augment the song, instead of hampering it.

Thumbsdown-ed the video instantly, sorry.

[wolfking]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

I'm sure Mangini isn't going to lose any sleep over it.

[bill1971]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

I'm sure Mangini isn't going to lose any sleep over it.

Exactly. He's the drummer of one of the biggest prog bands ever. Has the administration and respect of his band mates, all top notch musicians and maybe 100 people online don't like him. I think he can live with that.

[erwinrafael]

Nice recent FB post by Mangini:

"Oh gosh, the negative comments don't bother me as their data is usually wrong about what, or how things happen. Opinions are opinions. When people are used to something, it is usually the most comfortable zone and we don't like being taken out of our zones. I'm understanding like that. However, most will be silenced when they hear Pale Blue Dot and I think everyone will be shocked with they hear another couple of songs not yet heard and you'll know why when you hear them- and why they were not put out first. I believe that this record 'may' be the best received of all I'm on though once the whole thing is heard. It is the only one I contributed actual music for and I was involved with mic placement and some frequency suggestions that got used, so it means the most to me anyway. I'm not really looking for more than a majority of thumbs up. I don't like it so much when a band puts one out and headlines read, "this is our best!" It usually isn't and cannot be if people have had favorites for years or decades. Those moments can't be replaced. As long as it gets an overall thumbs up, I'll be happy."

[MirrorMask]

Great guy 

[Pettor]

Well this is the internet/Youtube climate in general. It's loud and a few people can make a lot of noise. Most people just don't comment. Sadly people like Mangini don't deserve it.

It's like we created this thing that if you don't yell "shit" even when it's just a small preference you somehow are not (or believed to not be) heard. But in general people are very positive and weirdly when negative commenters face reality it sounds quite different.

[Art]

Youtube comment sections are pure crap. I've learned to ignore it.

[genome]

[Dedalus]

I think it isn't a Internet/Youtube thing, but a fan thing. Internet/Youtube have only amplified the voices.

Steve Morse is another good example of an exceptional musician who has been getting that kind of shit for 25 years. Even before the internet thing.

[rumborak]

"...I was involved with mic placement and some frequency suggestions that got used"

To open another can of worms, am I the only person surprised by that comment? I don't think I've ever heard of a band where the drummer isn't the one directing the sound engineer about mic placement. The way MM worded it it sounds like this album is the first time that happened.

[lifesonrules65]

Nice recent FB post by Mangini:

"Oh gosh, the negative comments don't bother me as their data is usually wrong about what, or how things happen. Opinions are opinions. When people are used to something, it is usually the most comfortable zone and we don't like being taken out of our zones. I'm understanding like that. However, most will be silenced when they hear Pale Blue Dot and I think everyone will be shocked with they hear another couple of songs not yet heard and you'll know why when you hear them- and why they were not put out first. I believe that this record 'may' be the best received of all I'm on though once the whole thing is heard. It is the only one I contributed actual music for and I was involved with mic placement and some frequency suggestions that got used, so it means the most to me anyway. I'm not really looking for more than a majority of thumbs up. I don't like it so much when a band puts one out and headlines read, "this is our best!" It usually isn't and cannot be if people have had favorites for years or decades. Those moments can't be replaced. As long as it gets an overall thumbs up, I'll be happy."

Beautiful!!!!! Well stated.  A true world class musician and human. 

[Pound4aBrown]

There is a guy who basically covers DT songs on drums. He's a very good drummer but basically just fills over the songs. He just covered Paralyzed and people are saying how they wished he drummed for DT instead of Mangini!
Good lord.

Anyhow, it's really puzzling. I can see if someone prefers MP's style over Mangini but the hate is sickening

Why care about a bunch of nerds?

I dunno, people seem to put a lot of stock into what the nerds here say.

[Orbert]

"...I was involved with mic placement and some frequency suggestions that got used"

To open another can of worms, am I the only person surprised by that comment? I don't think I've ever heard of a band where the drummer isn't the one directing the sound engineer about mic placement. The way MM worded it it sounds like this album is the first time that happened.

That caught my attention as well, and yeah it does seem weird.

I guess I can see both sides.  Sure, MM is a world-class drummer, but the sound engineer is the expert at capturing a good drum sound in the studio.  This is his domain; the best drummer in the world will not necessarily know what it takes to get a good drum sound.  (And no, I'm not going comment on the sounds of MM's drums in DT thus far.)

But to come out and say he made some suggestions and they actually listened to them this time, wow.  It does sound like this isn't how they did it before now, and he's slipping in a little regret about that.

[bill1971]

Nice recent FB post by Mangini:

"Oh gosh, the negative comments don't bother me as their data is usually wrong about what, or how things happen. Opinions are opinions. When people are used to something, it is usually the most comfortable zone and we don't like being taken out of our zones. I'm understanding like that. However, most will be silenced when they hear Pale Blue Dot and I think everyone will be shocked with they hear another couple of songs not yet heard and you'll know why when you hear them- and why they were not put out first. I believe that this record 'may' be the best received of all I'm on though once the whole thing is heard. It is the only one I contributed actual music for and I was involved with mic placement and some frequency suggestions that got used, so it means the most to me anyway. I'm not really looking for more than a majority of thumbs up. I don't like it so much when a band puts one out and headlines read, "this is our best!" It usually isn't and cannot be if people have had favorites for years or decades. Those moments can't be replaced. As long as it gets an overall thumbs up, I'll be happy."

Ok, Bosk and others will people be silenced once they hear Pale Blue Dot? Is it that different? Is it just a Sound of Contact cover?

[Fritzinger]

Mangini's playing is out of control on that song. As is on most of the other songs on the album. S2N holy smokes.

[Adami]

Mangini's playing is out of control on that song. As is on most of the other songs on the album. S2N holy smokes.

I'm one of his more outspoken critics here (just as far as his drumming in DT goes, really like the dude himself) and I don't understand the philosophy that his drumming in one song or even one album will somehow invalidate my criticisms. I don't like his drumming on DT, but I really like his drumming on Illumination Theory. Does that mean my dislike of it on the rest of the album is invalid? No. I can hold both opinions. So I hope this doesn't turn into a "LOOK AT THIS CRITICS! THIS WILL SHUT YOU UP!" because for critics, such as myself, we can like something someone does, even when we dislike most of what he does.

[Dedalus]

Mangini's playing is out of control on that song. As is on most of the other songs on the album. S2N holy smokes.

I'm one of his more outspoken critics here (just as far as his drumming in DT goes, really like the dude himself) and I don't understand the philosophy that his drumming in one song or even one album will somehow invalidate my criticisms. I don't like his drumming on DT, but I really like his drumming on Illumination Theory. Does that mean my dislike of it on the rest of the album is invalid? No. I can hold both opinions. So I hope this doesn't turn into a "LOOK AT THIS CRITICS! THIS WILL SHUT YOU UP!" because for critics, such as myself, we can like something someone does, even when we dislike most of what he does.

Cool. Different tastes, outspoken critics. Nothing wrong.

For me the real problem is that most people don't like him because they can't like him, after all he is in Portnoy's place. It could be any other drummer. In fact, it is very easy to perceive these two kinds of criticism.

[Nel]

I was going to type "it's been nine years!" but then I remembered that there's still people who bombard Yes' Facebook posts moaning about Jon Anderson. Alas. 

[gzarruk]

Mangini's playing is out of control on that song. As is on most of the other songs on the album. S2N holy smokes.

That's another one I'm really looking forward to hearing. Only 10 days to go

[Dedalus]

I was going to type "it's been nine years!" but then I remembered that there's still people who bombard Yes' Facebook posts moaning about Jon Anderson. Alas. 

A comment in a Yes video on Youtube: "Yes is not Yes without Jon Anderson"

Posted by "Tempus Fugit" 

[Orbert]

The guy probably doesn't even realize the irony.

[erciccio]

Mangini's playing is out of control on that song. As is on most of the other songs on the album. S2N holy smokes.

I'm one of his more outspoken critics here (just as far as his drumming in DT goes, really like the dude himself) and I don't understand the philosophy that his drumming in one song or even one album will somehow invalidate my criticisms. I don't like his drumming on DT, but I really like his drumming on Illumination Theory. Does that mean my dislike of it on the rest of the album is invalid? No. I can hold both opinions. So I hope this doesn't turn into a "LOOK AT THIS CRITICS! THIS WILL SHUT YOU UP!" because for critics, such as myself, we can like something someone does, even when we dislike most of what he does.

I understand your critic, and of course it's legit, but that's not what you read on youtube.

You have people there writing that Mangini can only play 4/4...

It's a form of "disease" that affects many people on the web...the inability to accept that times goes by, summed up with the inability to accept that there is someone "better" than your idol. (yeah, you might like Portnoy more, but there is no doubt that Mangini is a better drummer from all kinds of "technical" perspectives..)

[Adami]

Stop reading YouTube comments.


Easy.

[jadiggerdt]

90% of all trolling from youtube comes from people who have never seen Mangini live, but when they experience this killer of a drummer  they just say what the hell happened now ? jazz, swing, death, metal, blues, he can play everything.