Prog World Cup-Quarterfinals: PFM- Focus

Glad Focus won. Could you take the guitarist out of Focus and put him in PFM. That would make them the best band in the world.

And I was asking myself why a discussion should be seen as that devilish of a thing.

Squonk19 wrote: ... Would have voted sooner, but this thread was not a pleasant one to visit a few days ago. Hopefully it's all calmed down and we can celebrate our common love of prog and appreciate our diversity in the bands we listen too.

How on earth did that prevent you from voting? It makes no sense.

... Would have voted sooner, but this thread was not a pleasant one to visit a few days ago. Hopefully it's all calmed down and we can celebrate our common love of prog and appreciate our diversity in the bands we listen too.

^Poll's over since a couple of days ago. PFM won this one

Just realised I haven't voted. Very close - two great European prog bands - but more musical memories from Focus.

Damn this got close.

I voted for Focus btw

You may be partly right, but I think it´s only natural for some Prog listeners to grow into this avant type of music, cause many of them want to be challenged especially the ones who like to analyze their music but not necessarily those. Some of us internet guys are pretty nerdy guys and spend a lot of time on music so we cannot stay in one place all those years. And when I think about it Avant is very challenging even after years, so I guess that might be the case.

Of course on the other hand we have a more romantic type of prog listener, who likes the "Sturm und Drang" qualities of prog. The strive for more than ordinary live, that is so essential to the beginning of prog.

But I also guess some of the listeners of ordinary prog only (sorry for that it´s not offensively minded) would maybe like to achieve finding worth in avant but I guess they simply can´t because it uses stimuli that this person just can´t bear. Growling, Hectic, Dissonance, Discordance and Variance of Instruments in an unrelatable manner.

But isn´t that strange. I mean noone really has got a face to risk. Why shouldn´t that lead to a more open and objective discussion. Makes me sad. That it isn´t that way round shows that a discussion is more often based on who has the most authority or presence. On the internet we could be free to win or lose and noone would care. But maybe therein lies the problem, objectivity can only be forced.