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Eloy vs Porcupine Tree
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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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tough one, but 

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Not tough at all : Eloy

Although their later work is rather average (with the exception of Ocean 2) their work up till 1982 is excellent and sometimes fabulous.
I have never been impressed by PT and always found them unoriginal.


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Eloy far and away, and all the way, on this one.

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Eloy by a mile.
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Porcupine Tree.
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Now that I think of it...Colin Edwin and Klaus Peter Matziol both have a similar style of playing bass. Sorta like a smooth shaven dove in olive oil.
I dig both bands just about equally. It’s a matter of what I’m in the mood for.
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Eloy by far
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E L O Y 
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Eloy has at least one album I really like. Believe it or not, I'm having a great time listening to Metromania.
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Originally posted by friso friso wrote:

Eloy has at least one album I really like. Believe it or not, I'm having a great time listening to Metromania.

I like it, too. Thumbs Up
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Eloy for me too.
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It seems to be boiling down to a popularity contest at this point. I'm pretty sure Eloy would be beating the Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, the Tangent or BBT by a lot more.
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

It seems to be boiling down to a popularity contest at this point. I'm pretty sure Eloy would be beating the Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, the Tangent or BBT by a lot more.

Eloy's been around a long time and they make good music. PT just isn't my bag.
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I like both bands but these are two wildly different animals (no pun intended).
In the end I think PT impacts me more (Stupid Dream, In Absentia, Deadwing..) than Eloy....as much as I like the late 70's work like Ocean and Silent Cries.

btw,,,currently listening to 'Dawn'(1976) by Eloy


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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by A Crimson Mellotron A Crimson Mellotron wrote:

I am yet to discover Eloy's music.

Me too. I only know Porcupine Tree.



I know of Eloy and I do rate them highly but, I just rate PT slightly higher
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It's a PT for me.
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by friso friso wrote:

Eloy has at least one album I really like. Believe it or not, I'm having a great time listening to Metromania.

I like it, too. Thumbs Up

I love that album too.. I love most of their lps.. 

I really enjoy some of PT's early catalogue but Eloy are a infinitely preferable to my earsSmile

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Eloy was my favourite band for quite some time as a teenager but I grew out of them. I still like some of their stuff though and Matziol is a bass genius. Tough poll, I'd say Eloy's best are up with PT's best (that's 3 or 4 by each of them) but PT are more consistent, they haven't done stuff that I hate, and Eloy have some albums that really wind me up the wrong way these days, so PT it is.


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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

It seems to be boiling down to a popularity contest at this point. I'm pretty sure Eloy would be beating the Flower Kings, Spock's Beard, the Tangent or BBT by a lot more.

Eloy's been around a long time and they make good music. PT just isn't my bag.

Surely a poll asking which of two options one prefers will only ever be a popularity contest?

However, provided everyone who answers, answers honestly (that is, selects a preference only if they are familiar enough with both bands to do so), then I see no reason why the results should be questioned?

It would appear that those who prefer Eloy are more inclined to write a post as well as just vote, but from that you could also infer Eloy were always the underdog here, based upon previous polls in this forum,

Eloy and PT both have some fabulous albums in their discography, but PT is far more consistent. I definitely prefer some Eloy albums over some PT albums, but I prefer PT overall. There is not a PT album that I don’t like, but there are Eloy albums that don’t work for me.

I personally am surprised that Eloy is as competitive as it is here - not just because PT is potentially better known, or more liked, but because most people would agree that their discography is far more patchy than PT’s. 🤷🏻‍♂️

If there were a poll comparing the most highly rated Eloy album against the most highly rated PT album, then it might be a more level playing field. But I think comparing bands in general, rather than specifically, leads to looking at all they’ve done, and despite any number of highs, or just how high those might be, overall consistency cannot be overlooked.
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