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Focus vs. Nektar
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Poll Question: which band do you prefer?
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Focus were good
Nektar were crap
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:



   
   
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Relax
I played another poo in the ocean recently and lasted a good 5 minutes
All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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When Nektar hit that spot they really hit it and i love it.. but some of it sounds more heading towards Uriah heep territory, a bit leaden.. sorry, i do love them and the lps i play i really get into.

Focus is exactly the same really in terms of when they take off they sound so tight in an incredibly 'loose' fashion; relaxed, almost effortless and i love it. But some of it (much the minority) can sound a tiny bit pedestrian and souless. Again i love them and (parts of) the Focus 3 lp is one of my desert island discs.

In this case, Focus, narrowly, over Nektar 

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Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:



   
   
   ^ My god, you're such an ass. + deaf


Relax
I played another poo in the ocean recently and lasted a good 5 minutes
What do you MEAN by that?
"It just has none of the qualities of your work that I find interesting. Abandon [?] it." - Eno
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^ His playtime with poo is much longer usually, I think, whether his poo is on land or in the sea.;) Dr Prog's Playtime with Poo sounds like it could be a winning children's TV program. I prefer Nektar's Journey to the Centre of the Eye to A Tab in the Ocean. I vote for Focus in this repeat poll, by the way. And Hamburger Concerto has a kind of crescendo/ build-up that I adore in music.

Edited by Logan - May 01 2022 at 11:42
Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me.
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^But what does HE mean by that (and let's not be coy)? I'll have to give 'Concerto another spin. Thanks.
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^ I assumed that he meant that he tried playing A Tab in the Ocean recently, but only lasted five minutes into it because he found it "crap".

Edited by Logan - May 01 2022 at 11:59
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Originally posted by Rednight Rednight wrote:

Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:



   
   
   ^ My god, you're such an ass. + deaf


Relax
I played another poo in the ocean recently and lasted a good 5 minutes
What do you MEAN by that?

I assumed he meant the same as 'sending the Brown family to the Seaside'..

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I like both bands, but find Nektar more substantial, more lively, more rocking, more memorable.

A Tab in the Ocean, Remember the Future, and Down to Earth are all more impressive than anything Focus released.


Edited by Boojieboy - May 02 2022 at 16:54
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Focus
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."



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Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
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