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TexasKing

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Topic: 1974 song duel: Mariabronn or Astronomy?
Posted: January 27 2018 at 15:46

Like both songs, but Astronomy wins easily.

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Posted: January 27 2018 at 18:56

Like both songs, but Journey edges it....

“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

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Posted: January 27 2018 at 19:03

B.O.C.

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Posted: January 27 2018 at 19:40

Squonk19 wrote:

Like both songs, but Journey edges it....

Yes.

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Posted: January 27 2018 at 22:02

I'll go with the Soft White Underbelly Wink

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Posted: January 27 2018 at 22:30

I used to have Kansas’ debut. I got rid of it shortly after acquiring it, yet I love Styx.......
As for BOC, I’ve not EVER, heard a note ...........

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Posted: January 28 2018 at 07:55

Tom Ozric wrote:

As for BOC, I’ve not EVER, heard a note ...........

my reaction exactly John

you need to fix that Tom....

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Posted: January 28 2018 at 08:00

Indeed

! Not even close - and "Astronomy" is not even my favourite BOC song. In terms of "prog" quotient (for those who care about that stuff anyway Tongue

), I'd go for "Seven Screamin' Dizbusters", "Monsters", or the incredible version of "Veteran of the Psychic Wars" from ET Live. Kansas are OK, but there is just no comparison. None at all.

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Posted: January 28 2018 at 08:05

^^^

The Mick is back! With a classic Johnnie Mac outburst to boot :)

Tom, not a note?!?!?!?!?

Secret Treaties is my favorite BOC, Astronomy for me.

I do like Kansas also up to the Point of No Return, although their last album from 2016, Prelude Implicit is very good.

Edited by AEProgman - January 28 2018 at 08:09

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Posted: January 28 2018 at 08:21

yeah Mac was classic wasn't he haha.

hard to pick a fav on my end... if I placed a gun to my head ... I'd have to say the 2nd album but Secret Treaties is right there man.

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Posted: January 28 2018 at 16:02

Now if the choice had been with "Then Came the Last Days of May", BOC would have got my vote - a haunting song amongst the best they ever did.

Edited by Squonk19 - January 28 2018 at 16:53

“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 06:01

both are great songs

Journey I guess

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 07:26

Journey From Mariabronn easily.

Astronomy is a fine song though.

BOC is one of those bands that I've wished I could get into but other than a few songs, they don't click with me.

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 09:12

I love BOC but Kansas is the clear winner here.

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 10:00

Journey From Mariabronn easily.

I don't care for BOC

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 17:28

Tom Ozric wrote:

I used to have Kansas’ debut. I got rid of it shortly after acquiring it, yet I love Styx.......
As for BOC, I’ve not EVER, heard a note ...........

No kidding, Tom? You're missing out! ;)

And you gave up way too soon on Kansas, too. They're one of my favorite bands.

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 17:29

Squonk19 wrote:

Now if the choice had been with "Then Came the Last Days of May", BOC would have got my vote - a haunting song amongst the best they ever did.

Ditto that!

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Posted: January 29 2018 at 19:22

Tough choice.......two bands that I like a lot. Seen both several times over the years.

Giving Kansas some love since they are down in the poll......but if it was reversed I might have voted for BOC.

I have been a bit disappointed over the years with BOC,,,,,many of their songs are fairly average rock but then they will have two or three great tracks on an album. I think all the early Kansas albums are very good but then they also fell down in the later years. IMHO Kansas has better musicianship overall...especially keyboards and drums though Buck Dharma is hard to beat on guitar.

I guess for me it really depends on the album and/or the track as to how I feel on any given comparison.

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Posted: January 30 2018 at 04:15

Kansas

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Posted: January 30 2018 at 04:47

verslibre wrote:

Tom Ozric wrote:

I used to have Kansas’ debut. I got rid of it shortly after acquiring it, yet I love Styx.......
As for BOC, I’ve not EVER, heard a note ...........

No kidding, Tom? You're missing out! ;)

And you gave up way too soon on Kansas, too. They're one of my favorite bands.

I have Leftoverture and Point Of Know Return, but yes, I have never even ‘sampled’ anything from Blue Oyster Cult. I think I had them mixed up with Black Oak Arkansas.................I will have to change this current situation real soon.
Actually, I want to obtain the Kansas album with the bird on the cover.

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Poll Question: Journey From Mariabronn or Astronomy?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Kansas - Journey From Mariabronn	13	[41.94%]
Blue Oyster Cult - Astronomy	18	[58.06%]
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