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Camel vs Roxy Music

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Poll Question: Which band do you like the most
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Wanorak Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2016 at 17:17
Love Camel but against Roxy Music, no. RM is just so unique.
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Both great and Camel.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote HackettFan Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2016 at 22:29
Camel
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote octopus-4 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 15 2016 at 00:05
What a question...ROxy Music is a good band but Camel is on another league (single factor apart)
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Frenetic Zetetic Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 02:54
Camel

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Roxy Music, no contest.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Cristi Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 07:19
Originally posted by iancat87 iancat87 wrote:

Roxy Music, no contest.

wow, no contest, really?
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote miamiscot Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 07:46
Roxy Music!!!

Roxy Music 9.5/10
For Your Pleasure 10/10
Stranded 10/10
Country Life 10/10
Siren 9/10 
Manifesto 8/10
Flesh + Blood 6.5/10
Avalon 10/10

That's an impressive discography with only one less-than-great LP.

Camel had three great albums.

Roxy by a large margin.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iancat87 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 08:01
Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by iancat87 iancat87 wrote:

Roxy Music, no contest.

wow, no contest, really?

Yeah, Camel doesn't do much for me. Roxy Music, to me, has way better songs, and truly one of the best runs of any band ever. I'd say only Flesh + Blood and Manifesto aren't up to the high standards that they'd set for themselves earlier in their career, but they made up for that tenfold with how excellent Avalon is.

Camel might be "more prog" with their complex arrangements and stuff, but Roxy Music made much more compelling music, pushing pop in new directions, and the songwriting is truly top notch.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iancat87 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 08:09
Originally posted by miamiscot miamiscot wrote:

Roxy Music!!!

Roxy Music 9.5/10
For Your Pleasure 10/10
Stranded 10/10
Country Life 10/10
Siren 9/10 
Manifesto 8/10
Flesh + Blood 6.5/10
Avalon 10/10

That's an impressive discography with only one less-than-great LP.

Camel had three great albums.

Roxy by a large margin.

I agree with this almost entirely. Personally, I'd give Siren 10/10 as well. It's my favorite of theirs! Front to back for me, it has the best songs they ever wrote, and even exceeds Country Life's greatness. I can't say enough about how dope that record is! And they're a band where 6 out of their 8 albums are excellent or total classics!


Edited by iancat87 - May 08 2018 at 08:13
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 09:04
^Did you ever see Roxy live....?
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^HA! I wish, for I am but a young man, thirty and one years lived in this skin. But I can hear you, Dr. Wu. You may be more than just a shadow of the man that I once knew.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Mortte Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 11:24
Roxy Music.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Squonk19 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 13:55
Camel - well ahead for me.

Edited by Squonk19 - May 08 2018 at 13:56
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote AFlowerKingCrimson Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:01
I like both quite a bit but it's almost a no brainer for me.
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:10
Originally posted by iancat87 iancat87 wrote:

^HA! I wish, for I am but a young man, thirty and one years lived in this skin. But I can hear you, Dr. Wu. You may be more than just a shadow of the man that I once knew.



I saw them in May 1983 in Chicago at UIC university......great show (tail end of the Avalon Tour)...one of the last they did for not long after Ferry went solo for a while and the band never really recovered.
I told my brother if he flew up from Florida to Chicago I'd pay for his ticket...it was the least I could do. ;)

I have always been a big fan of Roxy, but I actually voted Camel in the poll. Shocked
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iancat87 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:17
^Aw man, that's awesome! I think a while ago I found some decent live footage of them in the 70s on the ol' YouTube, but it's been a while since I looked. Might be time to look again...
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote dr wu23 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:29
^I have no idea where this was filmed but it looked just like this when I saw them at UIC....in 83.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2V-VzQ8kV0


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote iancat87 Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2018 at 14:48
^AWESOME. Thanks for this! Big smile
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