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LearsFool 
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 Posted: July 25 2015 at 22:33 |
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Similar to Softs/Faust, I'm voting for a doomed underdog: Khan.
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PrognosticMind
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 04:20 |
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Octopus.
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"A squid eating dough in a polyethylene bag is fast and bulbous. Got me?"
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someone_else
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 05:48 |
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I give the edge to Space Shanty.
Edited by someone_else - July 26 2015 at 05:48
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Skalla-Grim
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 07:15 |
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Though I love "Space Shanty", my vote goes to "Octopus", which is one of GG's finest albums and an incorporation of progressive rock values.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: July 26 2015 at 11:40 |
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Like both a lot, just giving the edge to GG.
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Ian
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Barbu
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Posted: July 27 2015 at 04:50 |
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Octopus lol
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t d wombat
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Posted: July 28 2015 at 21:31 |
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I'm beginning to wonder if the so called Canterbury Scene is merely the same bunch of guys playing under different names.
Have to go with GG on this one.
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Andrew B
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Necrotica
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Posted: July 28 2015 at 21:33 |
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Octopus all the way!
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Atavachron
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Posted: July 28 2015 at 21:59 |
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Tough, so different. Gotta go with Oc, but SS is a hardrock gem.
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"Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy
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proggman
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Posted: July 29 2015 at 20:53 |
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Gentle Giant, Octopus.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Atkingani
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Posted: July 29 2015 at 22:40 |
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Space Shanty is a great album but Octopus seems unbeatable here.
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b_olariu
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 01:58 |
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octopus by far, one of the most elegant and quirky albums ever made
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addictedtoprog
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 06:53 |
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The creature.....
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Prog Sothoth
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 11:28 |
KHAN!!!
I remember binging on GG for a while in an attempt to get into them some years ago...man that backfired. Even the band name now gets on my nerves.
Someday I'll give GG another shot, but I'll just dig the Canterbury stuff for now.
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dr wu23
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 12:54 |
 Prog Sothoth wrote:
KHAN!!!
I remember binging on GG for a while in an attempt to get into them some years ago...man that backfired. Even the band name now gets on my nerves.
Someday I'll give GG another shot, but I'll just dig the Canterbury stuff for now. |
I couldn't agree more, though I have been listening to GG from the beginning because some guys at college played them in the early and mid 70's. There are a few GG albums I do get into (the first and Acquiring..) but for the most part I always thought they were far too quirky for their own good and intentionally played that way to simply be different .
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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jayem
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 13:33 |
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GG, for the variety of trips, the balance in everything. The first and fifth track I fail to meet, the other ones were immediately painting wonders. Way more than the product from nice hard-working little dwarfs !
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Raff
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 13:39 |
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A vote for the underdog here - not that it will make any difference. Octopus is also a favourite, so the outcome will make me happy anyway.
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Moogtron III
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 15:11 |
Raff wrote:
A vote for the underdog here - not that it will make any difference. Octopus is also a favourite, so the outcome will make me happy anyway.
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Yes, that sums it up for me as well.
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Man With Hat
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Posted: July 30 2015 at 20:31 |
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Octopus.
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Dig me...But don't...Bury me
I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive
Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect.
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2nd Round Classics: Octopus v. Space Shanty
