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ELP vs Van der Graaf Generator |
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AFlowerKingCrimson 
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 Topic: ELP vs Van der Graaf GeneratorPosted: April 24 2018 at 15:46 |
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Ok, now this should be interesting.
Edited by AFlowerKingCrimson - April 25 2018 at 09:36 |
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Hercules
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 16:48 |
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I don't love ELP, but they did some good stuff until over-pretentiousness set in.
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Wanorak
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 16:54 |
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Love both; but the edge goes to ELP because of Lake's great vocal tone. I love Hammill as well but I have to be in the right mood.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 17:17 |
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I genuinely prefer VDGG.
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Manuel
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 17:23 |
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I'll vote for ELP over VDGG any day.
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Larkstongue41
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 17:32 |
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I prefer VDGG by quite a margin.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 18:08 |
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ELP. Actually could write memorable songs. Actually could sell albums. Actually could sell out concert venues. Actually could help get you laid rather than chasing women out of the room when you played their music.
They, along with Yes, Tull, Floyd and Genesis could do what the rest of the prog bands stewing in their ornate time signatures and fuzzy-headed obscurantism could not.... They could be wildly popular with a wide array of listeners, sell platinum albums and still compose complex music that even snobs on Prog Archives would listen to. That is not just a marvelous feat, it's almost miraculous.
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 18:21 |
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 18:40 |
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On this one, I go with VdGG...
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ProgMetaller2112
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 18:57 |
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VDGG has done more for me in a shorter period of time than ELP has ever done. Sad really
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 19:03 |
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[Actually could help get you laid rather than chasing women out of the room when you played their music.]
Whaaat?
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Squonk19
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Posted: April 24 2018 at 23:57 |
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ELP. At their peak they were both progressive and yet accessible too. They seem to be the whipping boys on PA forums at present, but despite their pomposity at times and their post classic era deterioration, they deserve a little more prog love for what they did.
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b_olariu
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 00:01 |
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Van der Graaf Generator< ="text/" ="" ="/B1D671CF-E532-4481-99AA-19F420D90332etdefender/huidhui.js?0=0&0=0&0=0">
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 01:50 |
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Good to see VDGG getting love.
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someone_else
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 02:02 |
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I would have chosen for ELP for years, but now I lean a bit more towards VdGG.
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 02:23 |
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This time VdGG all the way.
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They catch on don't they? 
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Upbeat Tango Monday
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 04:23 |
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ELP for sure.
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Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement.
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 04:37 |
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ELP all the way.
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Cristi
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Posted: April 25 2018 at 04:40 |
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