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Most Overrated Band of the 'Big Six' |
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Floydoid 
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 Topic: Most Overrated Band of the 'Big Six'Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:05 |
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Lately I've been seeing more usage of the term 'Big Six' in terms of prog rock bands, and it got me wondering which (if any) you consider to be the most overrated.
So... vote away and discuss. |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:07 |
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Yessssssss more polls to focus my hatred of ELP in.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:09 |
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Never understood what was so great about JT, nor why they should be included as a Tier 1 prog band.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:14 |
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Clearly Pink Floyd. I don't hate them, some of their songs are really great, but they're not prog according to my definition (great sound design and some nice melodies, but no complexity). I would actually replace them with Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator in the above list.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:19 |
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The most 'overrated' band of the 'big six' is 'Genesis'.
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Magma America Great Make Again
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:39 |
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All six are freaking amazing
no vote |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:42 |
me neither, I always chalked it up to a bad early experience with Aqualung, but I guess it's not just me.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:46 |
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ELP, the least original of the six.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:53 |
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King Crimson has released some remarkably overrated albums, so they get my vote.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:55 |
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easily genesis most overrated
Not my choice tier 1 either...why no VdGG, why Jethro Tull? |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:56 |
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none are overrated
Edited by Cristi - January 16 2019 at 00:21 |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 10:59 |
I've merely listed the 'big six' as they are most often quoted elsewhere. |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:01 |
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ELP easily
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:01 |
Admittedly the only album of theirs I can get into is Pictures at an Exhibition... I'd put that on my top 10 album list of all time. |
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:11 |
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Genesis, of course. I've never been able to listen to an entire album apart of Lamb.
If we forget things like Love Beach I like ELP. None of the others can be called overrated even if I can't call myself a Tull fan.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:28 |
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None of them are overrated to my ears, so no vote.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:52 |
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Voted for ELP by error. I meant Jethro Tull.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 11:57 |
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ELP, I will never understand how anyone could like them.
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 12:10 |
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While I still can't vote, I'm going to say that it's a good thing this time, as I don't think I've listened to enough of all of the bands. (I'm only truly familiar with Yes and Pink Floyd, and as I love both of them, I can't consider them overrated!) I really need to listen to more prog.
However, I am curious about the idea of "The Big 6." Is this a consensus of prog fans in general? Are there no others that qualify? Is six too many? (For the record, I am familiar with "The Big 4" of Thrash Metal and have opinions about that. I've even contemplated a personal "Big 4" for Power Metal, if you're curious.)
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Posted: October 29 2015 at 12:34 |
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It's obvious, so obvious: ELP.
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