Modern album FINAL!!! Hybris v. Spirit of Eden

Svetonio wrote: Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:  (....) those you are profiting with  in Bandcamp...(...) I told you several times that I don't work for Bandcamp. And no once I asked you to show a proof of your assertion that I work for Bandcamp as a bot, and you did not have any proof; in real life, you are an renowned lawyer as you said, so you should know that the false accusation is something bad. I'm very sorry because you don't like Bandcamp for some reason, but it's a legal stream & download site and, consenquently, those Bandcamp links are allowed at the Prog Archives. Bye!

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - October 06 2015 at 20:11

Raff wrote: rushfan4 wrote: FWIW, despite my disappointment with the results, I do want to send a hardy thank you and some micky's way for running the tournaments.  Although, I may not have agreed with most of your comments nor cared for your "college spirit", I did appreciate having inspirations to check out some of the unfamiliar acts.  Not enough free time to check them all out, but maybe some day.

Thank you too Raff! 

rushfan4 wrote: FWIW, despite my disappointment with the results, I do want to send a hardy thank you and some micky's way for running the tournaments.  Although, I may not have agreed with most of your comments nor cared for your "college spirit", I did appreciate having inspirations to check out some of the unfamiliar acts.  Not enough free time to check them all out, but maybe some day.

micky wrote: pffff.. you all suck. Tio Bitar should have won..

To the Dungen with you!!! 

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Raff wrote: . Just out of curiosity... Which album(s) would you have wanted to win? 5 Suns!! 5 Suns should have won!!

QFT.

Anyway, to respond to Scott's post, I don't think the site is too avant-leaning, or at least this is not the impression I get from hanging out in the forums. The problem is that a lot of the people whose tastes are more similar to yours didn't vote, while those with more left-field tastes did. Additionally, many more people voted in the Classics polls than they did in the Moderns, because many fans of classic prog dismiss even the bands you mentioned (remember WalterDigsTunes? He's not the only one of his kind). On the other hand, many people interested in modern prog (like Ian and myself) tend to like "weirder" stuff.

And, hopefully for the last time... I don't hate either PT or SW. I just don't think they're the best thing since sliced bread.

Raff wrote: rushfan4 wrote: Honestly, I think that it is rather a shame, and quite frankly, kind of embarassing, that with all of the great modern prog bands and albums that have been released in the last 30+ years, that a debatable prog album from a non-prog band would win the modern tourney.  Seems odd that the purveyors of all things prog couldn't select a more representative album of modern prog to win the modern prog portion of the tournament.    I am not sure I understand what you mean by "purveyors of all things prog". Lots of albums were selected, and - if you remember - everyone was involved in suggesting albums. After that,  people chose according to their tastes. It's called democracy. Personally, though I like Spirit of Eden a lot, I would've liked other albums to win, but I knew they did not stand a chance. As to Spirit being "debatable" in prog terms, most modern albums - unless they reproduce classic prog modes verbatim - are likely to be called so. Just out of curiosity... Which album(s) would you have wanted to win?

By "purveyors of all things prog" I meant "your ultimate prog rock resource". (I was too lazy to scroll back to the top to look at the PA slogan.)

The number of great modern prog albums that have been released are too numerous to list.  Certainly, albums by Steve Wilson or Porcupine Tree (hate them as much as you may) are far more representative of what "modern prog" is these days.  Personally, I would have preferred to see an album by The Flower Kings, or Spock's Beard or The Tangent, or some such band win the modern side of things, but realize that this site is way to avant leaning for something like that to happen.  Thus, I'd also have been more expecting to see a band come out of the prog metal side of things, given that is pretty much all modern. 

I'll have to track down the brackets to be more specific to the tournament as to which bands I would have wanted to win, but I suspect that list might be fairly long too. 

Honestly, I think that it is rather a shame, and quite frankly, kind of embarassing, that with all of the great modern prog bands and albums that have been released in the last 30+ years, that a debatable prog album from a non-prog band would win the modern tourney.  Seems odd that the purveyors of all things prog couldn't select a more representative album of modern prog to win the modern prog portion of the tournament.   

Talk Talk and New Wave for the win!

Svetonio wrote: Sean Trane wrote: Yup, I just voted TT, just to piss of Svetonia... Me? Who I am? LOL! I am Mr. Nobody. Actually, you piss of that great prog band Anglagard, just in favour of new wave band Talk Talk

I suspect Angalgard couldn't care less.