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Mandrakeroot 
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:17 |
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The Nice or... ELP??!??
I am for ELP. And you?
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Dean
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:31 |
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On balance, I can probably sit through more Nice than ELP, but it's close - I have to admit that the vocals on ELP are better though.
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iguana
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:31 |
ELP. they were quite nice 
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 09:57 |
We had a similar poll last week if i recall properly!!! 
ELP of course as Lake and PALMER were well way more talented musicians than the 2 Emerson's servicemen from the NICE.
Ilike ''the cry of Eugene'' , But TARKUS is one definitive moment of prog history!
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 10:01 |
 iguana wrote:
ELP. they were quite nice |
Hey, can we get a ::groan:: emoticon/smiley thing here please.  Thank you.
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iguana
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 10:29 |
use this one 
or this 
or that one 
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progressive rock and rural tranquility don't match. true or false?
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R o V e R
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 11:27 |
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Emerson,Lake and Palmer
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:01 |
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oh man.... that simply is no contest at all. Palmer and Lake were heads and shoulders above Jackson and ....or whoever it was...oh yeah Davidson. No wonder they got left at the alter several times. Being a second division musician works in cock rock.. not in prog.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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paolo.beenees
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:05 |
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Those maddening NICE!!!
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:38 |
Nice make nice Nice biscuits (in Nice):
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Spacemac
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 12:50 |
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ELP
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ozzy_tom
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 13:05 |
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ELP is more mature...much more mature. Anyway The Nice is also one of my favorites.
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:53 |
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ELP but I have to confess that there are a lot of bands here better than ELP.
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micky
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 14:58 |
aspinosa wrote:
ELP but I have to confess that there are a lot of bands here better than ELP. |
out of curiousity....who? Greatest rock keyboardist bar none... One of the greatest prog drummers of all... and a bassist overshadowed by them but skilled enough to complement those two... which is no mean feat. Prog groups are notoriously unforgiving of musicians whose skill level isn't up to snuff.
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 15:22 |
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Dean
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 16:46 |
micky wrote:
aspinosa wrote:
ELP but I have to confess that there are a lot of bands here better than ELP. |
out of curiousity....who?
Greatest rock keyboardist bar none...
One of the greatest prog drummers of all...
and a bassist overshadowed by them but skilled enough to complement those two... which is no mean feat. Prog groups are notoriously unforgiving of musicians whose skill level isn't up to snuff.
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The needed a guitarist 
Someone like Hackett, Howe or Holdsworth (or Hendrix)
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Posted: July 02 2007 at 18:19 |
ELP for sure.
But that won't stop me from playing Nice.
Nice were the beginning of the the great ELP.
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Posted: July 06 2007 at 00:13 |
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I really love this bands, of course, ELP has a bigger history, and much better albums, and is after Floyd, my favourite band, so, thats my choice
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Posted: July 06 2007 at 03:56 |
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The Nice were a very important part of the early development of progressive rock.in fact more so than ELP. However they were hampered by inferior equipment and recording studios. ELP had state of the art equipment and poly moogs.Hard to make a comparison but without The Nice there would have been no ELP. Musically both bands werre superb although ELP had more tn their locker so to speak with Greg Lake offering better vocals and lead guitar while Carl Palmer was an absolute 'monster' behind the kit,dwarfing Brian Davidson who was a very decent but unremarkable rock drummmer. That said Davison and Jackson were a better 'unit' than Lake and Palmer who tended to do theri own thing.Its all taste of course.ELP for me.
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Posted: July 06 2007 at 04:19 |
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richard is right, the Nice were more than important.. absolutely crucial. ELP were magnificent though, and made music that was superior and usually more pleasing. The more I listen to Greg Lake the more impressed I am not just at his musicianship and voice, but his technical skills on bass. And, lest we forget, his production of their records.
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