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zravkapt
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 10:47
Hercules wrote:
The other reason is that Focus had a sense of humour and fun. Everything about KC is so "up its own ****" and serious.
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 10:57
zravkapt wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The other reason is that Focus had a sense of humour and fun. Everything about KC is so "up its own ****" and serious.
You must have read my mind! Well done
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 11:01
zravkapt wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The other reason is that Focus had a sense of humour and fun. Everything about KC is so "up its own ****" and serious.
and people bitch about Benny the Bouncer or Are You Ready Eddy being fun send-offs and mood lighteners.
Imagine if ELP had done
that .. .my god how the fur would have flown with the haters. LOVE IT!
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 11:27
Fripp certainly has a sense of humor even if it is very dry.
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LearsFool
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 11:37
I have to focus.
The-time-is-now
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 12:07
King Crimson.
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AEProgman
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 12:12
Focus needs some love
Hercules
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 12:19
zravkapt wrote:
Hercules wrote:
The other reason is that Focus had a sense of humour and fun. Everything about KC is so "up its own ****" and serious.
I'd forgotten that, but I try to forget that whole album if possible.
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HackettFan
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 13:48
I'll vote later when I make up my mind.
Michael678
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 13:51
King Crimson, ADER!!! though Hocus Pocus is an awesome song!
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 14:01
Poor Focus
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 14:17
Kind of indifferent to Focus. Got some of their albums and they're nice but I never listen to them. King Crimson are always engaging and I listen to all their classic albums regularly.
Moogtron III
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 14:45
Focus for Moving Waves , Focus III and Hamburger Concerto especially, but there's more great stuff by them.
verslibre
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 15:26
The Crims.
And I've never thought of a song like "Elephant Talk" as "'up its own ****' and serious"...
The Bearded Bard
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 15:52
Hercules wrote:
Argonaught wrote: Had Focus never existed, would the world of prog be much different today?
Who cares?
King Crimson may have influenced many other bands, but so what? Does that make their music better?
The other reason is that Focus had a sense of humour and fun. Everything about KC is so "up its own ****" and serious.
Hardly!
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 15:54
Well there's some kind of pleasure without resposability when you vote for a band that will loose.
But I have to vote for Focus because I love their first albums and don't care for anything by KC except the debut and Starless
Man With Hat
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 16:23
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 16:50
Duh.
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 18:35
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Posted: December 21 2014 at 19:07
Backing the loser again because yodelay-hee-hoo.
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