Gentle Giant and Van der Graaf Generator albums

Pawn Hearts 

Pawn Hearts for me.

I'll not risk another frontal assault. This rabbit's dynamite.



I hope you know I love you, man. I'd even be willing to share the comfy chair with you -- well, in actuality more of a comfy extra-plus supersized couch -- if it weren't for this darned pandemic, and my general rule to maintain at least a 100 yard distance between myself and others at all times (or roughly one furlong, as the foot flies, in these troubled days).

By the way, with how rough things are in Spain right now, the Spanish Inquisition would be particularly unwelcome.

Edited by Logan - March 27 2020 at 11:49

I could easily have voted for VDGG for the best first four poll.

However, overall, I like GG best stuff more.

dr wu23 wrote: Most remarkable...significant...in what respect? I like Acquiring The Taste  best from that list...though I like most of GG anyway.  VDGG has always been an effort for me to really get into in any meaningful way....though I understand why many like them. Interestingly....in college from 1969-1975...no one I knew had any VDGG lp's...but several people I hung out with had GG albums. Does that make them more significant?

That's for you to see decide. I don't think you should need my, or others, validation here to come up with your own approach or approaches. There is no right or wrong way. It seems many people don't really like liberty, like they don't want choice, to think things through for themselves, they seem to need or want others to hold their hands and guide them, and to live in a black and white world without nuance. You are all individuals. You are all different. You've all got to work it out for yourselves! That's the point!



There's a reason why I said "I thought about doing this as Gentle Giant/ Van der Graaf Generator album combos, but instead vote for the album of these that you find most significant or remarkable. Interpret that how you wish." I want people to think about the topic and come up with their own approaches. This is something I very often say (feel like a broken record), and is something I care about. I value creativity, I like open-ended questions, I like people thinking these things out for themselves and I like it when people share their approach, share their own reasoning to go with the choice.

I would say when one is really struggling, read the threads to get inspiration. See how others, including me in my opening post, if more in a silly fashion went about it. I see Pawn Hearts as the most significant and remarkable, and have gone into that (for me the answer is obvious), others will see it differently and take a different approach. The individual's approach is at least as interesting as the individual's answer to me. If you're thinking for yourself, then you're on the right path. Seems you are even if you desired clarification. At least you're questioning, but I'm hoping for more questioning of yourself and deciding for yourself.

Edited by Logan - March 26 2020 at 19:14

I don't know which would be the most significant, but even though I mostly like Van Der Graaf Generator better, my favourite album from either would be Gentle Giant's Debut (or the second one).

Gentle Giant,  Freehand , In a Glass House or Three Friends !!!

Both bands I absolutely love, so this is uber hard. After quite a bit of thought the album that edges it for me is Octopus by Gentle Giant.There is some magic in that album.

It's between Octopus and Three Friends for me.