Godbluff vs Free Hand

To very sinister, raw and groovy albums with dark imagery on cover art.

There are a few bands, I never really could get into: Tool, Muse, Radiohead, Vandergraaf Generator, Godspeed You Black Emperor.

Nothing negative, so I'm not going to bash bands, but it just never really appealed to me.
Maybe it's the dark undertones, the lack of romanticism, the lack of pastoral themes. Too modern, not playful,/joyful enough?

Anyhow, I would go for Free Hand anytime, anyplace. I maybe have played this album at least a dozen times a year for the last 25 years. Maybe the most played album by me (with Thick as a Brick, Octoberon and Mirage).

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Fried Eggs !!!!!!! I’ve listened to each of these albums as much as each other over the last 20-30 years........
Very tough to pick.......(at least I’ve listened to Godbluff many times in an altered state of mind.......... VDGG gets my vote.

I haven't listened to either albums in quite a while.

I will listen to both and get back to this poll :)

^ And you certainly made your friend very happy - one of the albums of my life, without the shadow of a doubt
(you should give it a second chance, it's impossible to dislike it that much, considering you are a GG fan...like loving manga and hating mamão...)

Edited by Quinino - February 10 2018 at 05:05

"Before beauty disappears entirely from the earth, it will go on existing for a while by accident" - Milan Kundera

kudos the OP.. that's an interesting poll question.

Two of the most overrated albums on this site.. beloved by those that love them.. ie.. hardcore.. non sexed non musically diverse live in their mama's basement prog fan.

for the rest of us.. pfff..

no vote.. but hey.. great poll!!!!

I find your lack of Bassoon disturbing.....

dr wu23 wrote:

GG.......but mostly because Hamill's voice has always annoyed me.

Oh yeah---can't take Hamill at all but Free Hand is my fav GG album Smile

Godbluff.

A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!

Neither are in my top 5 albums for each band, but head to head I'd definitely go with Godbluff Wink

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BaldJean wrote:

Kingsnake wrote:

There are a few bands, I never really could get into: Tool, Muse, Radiohead, Vandergraaf Generator, Godspeed You Black Emperor.

Nothing negative, so I'm not going to bash bands, but it just never really appealed to me.
Maybe it's the dark undertones, the lack of romanticism, the lack of pastoral themes. Too modern, not playful,/joyful enough?

Anyhow, I would go for Free Hand anytime, anyplace. I maybe have played this album at least a dozen times a year for the last 25 years. Maybe the most played album by me (with Thick as a Brick, Octoberon and Mirage).

my dear Sir, you apparently never really listened to VdGG, else you would have noticed how incredibly playful they are. many of the lyrics are tongue-in-cheek (especially some of the very dark ones), and the music is very playful too. who else but VdGG would start a song as a fugue and end it as a reggae? and they incorporated many dances into their music too, like cha-cha, bossa nova or fandango. and many of their melodies are very pastoral indeed. no, my dear Sir, you are entirely wrong with your evaluation of VdGG.

and this inherent irony of VdGG's music is very romantic indeed. have you never heard the term "romantic irony"?

Perhaps I listened to the wrong albums.

But I when I am dissapointed once by a band, I tend to forget about them.
It's like eating something that's burned or rotten. Then I won't even a try a good one.

Same goes for Zappa. I listened to some albums and songs and he and I never hit it off.
Perhaps the wrongs? Perhaps the wrong albums? I don't know.
But it will take a lot for me, to put on a record by Zappa and Vandergraaf Generator.

But for the sake of this post, I will try it. But not today, nor tomorrow. Tomorrow I'm going into the nature, and I can only stand music I love then, otherwise it will ruin my experience.

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Poll Question: VDGG Godbluff or Gentle Giant Free Hand?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Van Der Graaf Generator - Godbluff	38	[50.67%]
Gentle Giant - Free Hand	37	[49.33%]
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