Van Der Graaf or King Crimson ? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I'd actually choose VDGG. I love KC, but VDGG is extra special for me, especially the first several albums. They tickle my prog spot very well.

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

Man With Hat wrote:

Love both, but KC takes it for me.

Same here

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AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

For those new to creating polls on here I recommend doing what I do and that is adding additional options such as "both equally" or "neither" or even "don't know both well enough to vote." This elicits more votes and the poll will stay around longer. Just a fyi.

Isn't that something.

I'll get right on that.

Anything else you can tell me, how to do things ?

Shake & bake.

gr8dane wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

For those new to creating polls on here I recommend doing what I do and that is adding additional options such as "both equally" or "neither" or even "don't know both well enough to vote." This elicits more votes and the poll will stay around longer. Just a fyi.

Isn't that something.

I'll get right on that.

Anything else you can tell me, how to do things ?

Nope. Nothing else at the moment. Wink

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Lewian wrote:

AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

For those new to creating polls on here I recommend doing what I do and that is adding additional options such as "both equally" or "neither" or even "don't know both well enough to vote." This elicits more votes and the poll will stay around longer. Just a fyi.

I advise against that. Fence sitting should not be supported. (At least you didn't suggest "other", which is the worst.)

Well, you are entitled to your opinion.

It's not fence sitting anyway. It's being able to vote even though you aren't an expert or actually do like both bands equally. We already have two party voting going on we don't need more of that in the prog world. Tongue

Anyway, I suppose my experience is different than yours. I've been doing it my way for a while with great success and I'm most certainly not going to stop now. In fact others have followed my lead since I started things. And btw, I do often have an "other" option when appropriate.

I am more of the opinion of just the options... but yeah, from time to time those "both" or "neither" can help you vote if the decision is too close. The one I usually dislike more is the "other" option... that opens the voting too much.

When considering the the magnitude of their entire body of work and 50 years of never selling out, King Crimson is for me the quintessential progressive rock band. So Crimson it is.

PROGMATIC

Close but VdGG.

10 years ago would have been KC by a mile but VDGG have been steadily moving up my list of personal faves every year as I listen to them more and more. So VDGG it is.

clearly VdGG for me, but unfortunately I can't vote because Friede has already voted. VdGG never disappointed, KC had a streak of lukewarm albums (Discipline, Beat, Three of a Perfect Pair) that don't really convince me. too much 80s plastic chic in them

A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta

Both masters of brilliantly organised chaos, but KC gets the vote.

Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

Poll Question: Who you like the most.?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Van Der Graaf Generator	26	[29.55%]
King Crimson	62	[70.45%]
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