Which genre of prog do we prefer?

Symphonic

First three very easy

miamiscot wrote: I am a "symph weenie." Apparently.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: First three very easy RIO/Avant Zeuhl Canterbury Next two tough given it's less genre and more band specific Eclectic Crossover Just missing the cut Psyche / Space Electronic Folk Post / Math Kraut Guess I'm not a symph weenie

A symphony of weenies is something I'd rather not be in my head. Symph-sausages could be tasty.

Me neither when it comes to Symph, but there's are still lots of symphonic prog albums that I love. I seem to particularly enjoy the French and Italian symph ones (those Italians being found in the RPI category). And I still like Focus a great deal and many others from different countries. Earth & Fire's "Song Of The Marching Children" is one of my favourite pieces.   There isn't any category at PA that doesn't include albums that I like, so the exercise feels a bit strange to me. Some are more consistently good than others for me, which is how I decided to approach it. I used to have a bigger Zeuhl collection than PA did in its DB, and I liked almost everything. Canterbury has also seemed very consistently good to me in terms of bands that I like albums by Krautrock and Electronic are the other most consistent categories for me in terms of acts that I like. I love RIO/Avant, but I tend to appreciate the RIO and RIO related ones more than a lot of the non-RIO Avant Prog ones (though I do love Cardiacs, the Residents....) Come to think of it, it has been pretty consistently good. I should have opted for RIO/Avant, but then Folk needed some love from me. Mind you, I can;t think of any folk prog that I disliked right now, and I love acid folk.

Canterbury, krautrock, and RIO 

jamesbaldwin wrote: Logan wrote: By the way, I was rather disheartened not to see Indo-Prog/ Raga Rock in the poll, often said it, but it's a category that I wish was not so often overlooked: CLivage and Codona are two of my particular favourites. About the absence of Indo-prog: As I've written on my third message, it was an error.  I cant add it now, but you can put it in your fave five genres. I love Third Ear Band.

I had read your post on the omission; I should have mentioned that. I generally do try to take the time to read what others wrote (sometimes I don't want that to influence my writing/ thoughts), but if I have question or concern, I usually take the time to look to see if it's been answered already. And I also like Third Ear Band a lot. My issue has been that people over my years here have been dismissive of it, and neglectful. I don't blame them, or you for removing it since it likely would get very few votes. We've had polls such as this before and other similar topics, and it's a category that few seem to show much interest in. Sometimes I feel like a broken record, but then I realise I've been here for 14 years and most will not have heard that it's the same little tune again and again. At least the Indo-Prog/Raga Rock Appreciation topic made it to two pages. :)

I already voted for the ones I mentioned, and I got to mention it anyway amongst others. Limiting it to five doesn't really work for me (as a research project I understand the usefulness of such stats). As I always say with my polls, they are merely an accessory to discussion and discovery anyway, and I care what people have to say ideas-wise and humour-wise, not just how they vote.

Edited by Logan - March 12 2020 at 15:59

Prog Folk, Canterbury, and Zeuhl are my hands down faves, next would be, I guess, Crossover and Symphonic, though I like to hear what's new (and old) in the other subs.  

Argo2112 wrote: Top Five. Symphonic Jazz Fusion Heavy Eclectic Crossover

et Rock Progressivo Italiano also quite a lot