This Place is a Zoo #3 - Bands |
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rushfan4
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Posted: September 20 2020 at 08:03 |
Welcome to the 3rd edition of a trip to the progressive zoo. All of these bands are named after animals that you might find at a zoo. I've tried to keep them to lesser known bands, but I have included a few better known bands because what would a zoo be without a Porcupine or a Camel. Hopefully, at least a few of you will give them all a shot and maybe you will discover a lesser known band. I scoured the prog archives' roster of bands to come up with as many animals as I could find and if this goes half way decent, I have a couple of more trips to the zoo planned for later weeks. At the very least, I have enjoyed checking out a number of bands that I was not familiar with. To try and make more conversation, I have opened up this poll for multiple votes. Vote for your 3 favorites and then feel free to list them and discuss.
I am not going to post all of the videos here this time. I have created a YouTube playlist that can be used to listen to all of these songs. I am looking for some feedback here. If there is a preference that I should post the videos in this thread, I can do that, but I know on some devices it tends to bog down the loading of the thread. Have fun!
Edited by rushfan4 - May 15 2021 at 21:07 |
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Cristi
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I like 6 bands out of this long list, I've heard of a few others.
I'll listen and post later.
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The Dark Elf
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Mandrill. Santana meets Chicago. Interesting mix.
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
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Manuel
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Good band in this list, but for me, it has to be Camel.
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Progosopher
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I voted for Badger but will say that Mandrill is the hottest group on this list. I expected to see Atomic Rooster somewhere.
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The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty"
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rushfan4
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Atomic Rooster have themselves a spot in a future poll. I don't know that I have ever seen a rooster at a zoo, but I suppose that there can be zoos with various farm animals in them. Maybe a petting zoo?
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Camel!
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geekfreak
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Camel
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Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."
Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
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Cristi
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thought this was a bands poll and the songs just a sample to know their sound
Chose Camel
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Mormegil
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Had to give it to Camel.
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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dr wu23
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From that list Camel...but there are other tracks from PT's Stupid Dream that might have worked for me.
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rushfan4
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I'm kind of disappointed. Unfortunately, I expected this to be a two-horse race, so I am slightly surprised that it has become a one camel race. I guess I shouldn't be too surprised though, as Camel is very well-loved here at PA. Too bad for them it never translated into a bigger following outside. I tried picking something from one of their lesser loved albums, but...it is still a pretty good song. I'd say it is probably in my top 10 from this list and probably even top 5, but all is cool. I hope that people have checked out some of the other songs, because there is some pretty good stuff in there.
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Grumpyprogfan
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Lots of good ones. Lemur Voice, Platypus, Nice Beaver, but I shall choose...Wolfspring.
BTW, did not even listen to the Camel song. Edited by Grumpyprogfan - September 21 2020 at 12:43 |
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Nice Beaver.
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judahbenkenobi
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There is an area for farm animals here in the Guatemala zoo, so I say that inclusion is valid Thanks for posting the videos in YouTube. It makes things simpler for those of us that are not familiar with much of the bands. |
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Meltdowner
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I used the same principle of not voting for songs I already knew and voted for Ultraviolet Hippopotamus, Mandrill and Les Rhinocéros. Nice to see Big Red Panda up there, even if I didn't like that album much.
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Frenetic Zetetic
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Captain Beefheart - Flash Gordon's Ape would be my vote!
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Cristi
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it's bands with animals in their name this round.
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rushfan4
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Yes. As Cristi said, this poll is for bands named after animals...I suppose that Captain Beefheart, has "beef" in his name, and by all accounts he was a bit of an animal. I've got a couple of Beefheart albums, but I am not overly familiar with him. What I've heard really wasn't my thing though. This song would have fit in the This Place is a Zoo#1 poll, which was songs with animals in the title. I may do another one of those further down the road, so I'll have to keep this song in mind if I do.
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rushfan4
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I saw this on Facebook today, so I had to steal it for my poll since I thought it was appropriate.
Ugh. It won't let me paste or upload the image, so hopefully the above link works.
Edited by rushfan4 - September 23 2020 at 16:08 |
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