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Raccoon
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763 |
Topic: The ALMIGHTY Avant Poll Posted: August 10 2017 at 20:17 |
Just a few of my favorite RIO-Avant Albums!! Choose your favorite!! Obviously I have a bias for Residents, so I added a massive amount of Res on this poll.. And Not Available ended up on my last poll, so that may be might vote.. But all wonderful, extremely differing albums here..
I've been possessed by a RIO spirit for about a year now Just simply love these wonderfully-creative albums.
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Larkstongue41
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 07 2015 Location: Eastern Canada Status: Offline Points: 1360 |
Posted: August 10 2017 at 20:35 |
Sandwich
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"Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar."
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Raccoon
Forum Senior Member Joined: February 17 2012 Location: 444 Grove St RZ Status: Offline Points: 763 |
Posted: August 10 2017 at 20:52 |
And I have to say, after listening to SO MUCH Zappa (everything from Freak Out! to Joe's Garage Act I, excluding Ruben) Zappa is the most genius artist I've ever heard. Each albums sounds completely different from the last one, and even his extra-sides (Burnt Weeny and Weasels, and I believe Chunga's Revenge is also extra-sides) are all fantastically-complete.
He's the modern classical-composer, and there'll never be another--and there's never been anybody to try and imitate him, only people that have been inspired by him. I own 20 albums from him, and they're all wonderfully unique (I also enjoy Jazz From Hell, which I own) |
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Barbu
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 09 2005 Location: infinity Status: Offline Points: 30845 |
Posted: August 10 2017 at 22:02 |
Mononcle Viande
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YESESIS
Forum Senior Member Joined: July 26 2017 Location: Maine Status: Offline Points: 2215 |
Posted: August 10 2017 at 22:15 |
Of the one's I've heard I'd go with We're Only in it for the Money, but had to disqualify myself on this one because of too many albums that I haven't heard yet.
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mechanicalflattery
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 08 2016 Location: Seattle Status: Offline Points: 1056 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 00:35 |
Meet The Residents, with Weasels Ripped My Flesh, Eskimo, and In Praise of Learning close behind
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ALotOfBottle
Prog Reviewer Joined: February 17 2016 Location: Lublin, Poland Status: Offline Points: 1990 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 01:07 |
LegEnd followed by the three other Henry Cow albums, Uncle Meat, Weasels, and Meet the Residents. Good selections!
Edited by ALotOfBottle - August 11 2017 at 01:08 |
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someone_else
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 23998 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 02:27 |
In Praise of Learning.
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Manuel
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 09 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 12389 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 05:31 |
Of the ones I've heard, "We're only in it for the Money" gets my vote. I have to liste to the 4 I don't know, so my vote could change.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 20204 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 05:44 |
I'll go for Western Culture
Could as easily have gone for Any of the Henry Cow's California A Little Man & A House... Onze Danses Pour Combattre La Migraine If you'd put any of 3 other early UZ albums that would also have been a challenger
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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octopus-4
Special Collaborator RIO/Avant/Zeuhl,Neo & Post/Math Teams Joined: October 31 2006 Location: Italy Status: Offline Points: 13358 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 07:26 |
I go for Cardiacs this time.
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Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half.
My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
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miamiscot
Forum Senior Member Joined: April 23 2014 Location: Ohio Status: Offline Points: 3426 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 08:48 |
Tough one here! Really hard not to vote Cardiacs but We're Only In It For The Money gets my vote.
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The.Crimson.King
Forum Senior Member Joined: March 29 2013 Location: WA Status: Offline Points: 4591 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 08:59 |
"We're Only In It..." for me with "In Praise of Learning" a strong 2nd...
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Man With Hat
Collaborator Jazz-Rock/Fusion/Canterbury Team Joined: March 12 2005 Location: Neurotica Status: Offline Points: 166178 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 10:30 |
Tough call. I'll go with Western Culture over Weasels..., Uncle Meat, Heatwave, and DV.
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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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Mellotron Storm
Prog Reviewer Joined: August 27 2006 Location: The Beach Status: Offline Points: 12938 |
Posted: August 11 2017 at 16:46 |
Heatwave for me. Funeral Plain is one of my all time favourite Avant pieces.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
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Flight123
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 01 2010 Location: Sohar, Oman Status: Offline Points: 1399 |
Posted: August 12 2017 at 01:22 |
Too many choices and too many challenges to loyalties - it is the whole genre that needs to be voted up. Even Genesis went avant on 'The Waiting Room'. I went for IPOL for the sake of voting...an album that should have captured more mainstream prog consciousness/wider success - its opener is less than 3 mins (the kick ass War). The album is better than anything achieved by bands such as King Crimson, etc.
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Hercules
Prog Reviewer Joined: June 14 2007 Location: Near York UK Status: Offline Points: 7024 |
Posted: August 12 2017 at 03:02 |
After a lot of trying, I've finally got to understand the Cardiacs. I really like most of A Little Man....... and I'm currently working on Sing to God. But generally, this genre ain't my thing.
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
Forum & Site Admin Group RIO/Avant/Zeuhl & Eclectic Team Joined: March 16 2007 Location: Boston Status: Offline Points: 20204 |
Posted: August 12 2017 at 07:20 |
Welcome aboard!
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Ian
Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
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Mascodagama
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: December 30 2006 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 5111 |
Posted: August 12 2017 at 09:16 |
Such a lot of things I love here...meaningful choice is impossible
Anyway, I voted for the Jean-Claude Vannier because it's really great and nobody else did yet...
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Soldato of the Pan Head Mafia. We'll make you an offer you can't listen to.
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dr wu23
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 22 2010 Location: Indiana Status: Offline Points: 20468 |
Posted: August 12 2017 at 09:28 |
I only know about half ogfthose albums.....I guess one of the Zappa albums would do it for me.
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