Siberian Khatru vs. Lemmings

Each song from Close to the Edge and Pawn Hearts will now compete!

This time l'll go with VDGG, just by a hair.

Lemmings for me.

Clean sweep for VDGG

Lemmings. I have heard Fragile and CTTE way too many times.

I don't even like Lemmings, so Yes it is.

Khatru gets the nod.

Lemmings.

Great songs ofc, i go with Lemmings its too epic!

Magnum Vaeltaja wrote: Wanorak wrote: Lemmings. I have heard Fragile and CTTE way too many times. Isn't incessantly replaying prog albums an indication of how great they are more than anything?

Not objectively great and not really for me in a long-term subjective manner either. What was great for me at one time may not be great for me at another stage in my life. Music I once thought great may no longer seem that great anymore. it might even seem poor when compared to music I now prefer to listen to.

I've been addicted to a fair amount of music that I once played incessantly and then got sick of (that earworm can be difficult to shake off especially for an OCD type individual). It can be an addiction that one's happy to break or one just gradually loses interest as you discover new things. I used to be addicted to cigarettes, not that I ever thought they were great, but now just the smell of them makes me feel sick.

I used to play Gentle Giant incessantly, but later I found the band hard to bear. I used to adore Fragile and played it a great many times, but have barely wanted to listen to it in two decades. Maybe had I not played those so incessantly back then I might like them more now.

For me the fresher discoveries I tend to prefer. I rather like it when I play the music and don't remember every single note, harmony, and instrumental flourish.   In those cases I can just listen to the whole thing in my head if I want to.

By the way, I heard Rush far too many times because my roommate used to play the music incessantly. Sometimes music is hard to avoid even when one wants to.