| Author |
 Topic Search  Topic Options
|
rileydog22 
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 24 2005
Location: New Jersey
Status: Offline
Points: 8844
|
 Topic: Gentle Giant vs Van Der Graaf Generator
Posted: December 21 2007 at 14:55 |
|
Gentle Giant by a hair.
|
|
|
 |
martinprog77
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 31 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 2511
|
Posted: December 29 2006 at 02:56 |
|
Van Der Graaf Generator
|
|
Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
|
|
freekske
Forum Senior Member
Joined: December 11 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 339
|
Posted: December 28 2006 at 20:13 |
Very hard choice!! but I have to go with VDGG, probably because it's easier to get in to their suff; But I still love GG aswell 
|
 Yes it is!! 
|
|
martinn
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 09 2006
Location: Argentina
Status: Offline
Points: 360
|
Posted: December 28 2006 at 19:55 |
Gentle Giant! 
|
|
|
|
Supertwister
Forum Groupie
Joined: June 07 2006
Location: New Zealand
Status: Offline
Points: 83
|
Posted: October 17 2006 at 17:56 |
Woo! Tie of 57. I prefer Gentle Giant. I may be biased because I've heard more of them but still I reckon it's Gentle Giant for me.
|
|
|
|
Yito
Forum Senior Member
Joined: November 28 2005
Location: Mexico
Status: Offline
Points: 145
|
Posted: October 17 2006 at 13:58 |
For me this is a battle of lyrics(Van Der Graaf Generator) v.s music (Gentle Giant) and i vote for the music. 
|
|
Psalm 96
1 Sing to the LORD a new song;
sing to the LORD, all the earth.
|
|
Moekk
Forum Groupie
Joined: April 22 2006
Location: Austria
Status: Offline
Points: 62
|
Posted: October 17 2006 at 11:00 |
|
could never make an decision like that. both very important bands for me
|
|
Peter
Special Collaborator
Honorary Collaborator
Joined: January 31 2004
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 9669
|
Posted: October 16 2006 at 22:40 |
Actually, I would prefer to have both of these great, highly original, classic prog bands in a place of honour in my collection. I quite like them both.
So why should I choose? Is someone coming to take my CDs of the band I don't vote for? A poll like this is really little more than a gauge of record sales among those who choose to respond. What do the results mean? What will you do with the results?
I can see why one would choose one sports team over another -- they are in direct competition, and there are quantifiable, established ways to measure the quality of their performance relative to each other.
But I'll say it again: music is not sports, or math. Must all art be reduced to these endless absolute "all or nothing" equations? Why all of these constant meaningless "X vs Y" polls? Have we been invaded by record company executives, accountants and radio programmers? Is this how we should think of art -- a mere competition, able to be decided mathematically? Will we be reduced to one last standing "best" artist in the end? 
Which do you prefer -- Mom or Dad? Your left leg, or your right? Trees or fresh water? Food or oxygen? 
I don't know -- I just can't relate to this type of poll. Are they really that interesting?  Thirty people you've never met simply write "Gentle Giant" or "Van Der Graaf Generator." WOW. That's some mighty interesting reading, all right....
Edited by Peter Rideout - October 16 2006 at 22:46
|
|
"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.
|
|
Toon
Forum Groupie
Joined: May 29 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 78
|
Posted: October 16 2006 at 20:06 |
|
I choose Van Der Graaf Generator...though I have still not fully gotten into Gentle Giants work.
|
|
|
|
pinkyfloydyfan
Forum Groupie
Joined: October 09 2006
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 78
|
Posted: October 16 2006 at 20:00 |
Tough!
For the variety, i'll choose GG. For the historic interest ("moyen age", Rabelais: Pantagruel, Panurge,...) GG is far in the front.
BUT my heart goes with VdGG. The sax! NO guitar (but sometimes...)! The voice of Hammill! The poetic lyrics!
GG vs VdGG quite tight!
|
We are pilgrims! 
|
|
soundsweird
Prog Reviewer
Joined: December 08 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 408
|
Posted: October 13 2006 at 00:10 |
GG's tone could be playful, happy, depressing, serious, ancient, brand new, etc.
VDGG's tone? Well, pretty much one, constant, unchanging..........
You get the picture...... tone is obviously important to me.
|
|
Pulse
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 18 2006
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 183
|
Posted: October 12 2006 at 21:56 |
|
GG for me. Octopus, Glass House, and Playing the Fool beat just about everything VDGG ever did.
|
|
The Miracle
Prog Reviewer
Joined: May 29 2005
Location: hell
Status: Offline
Points: 28427
|
Posted: October 12 2006 at 21:25 |
|
I love VDGG but GG win for me by a little.
|
|
|
|
Erpland316
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 30 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 359
|
Posted: October 12 2006 at 21:20 |
|
Van der Graaf Generator!
|
|
"Science is all metaphor"-Timothy Leary
[IMG]http://freespace.virgin.net/martin.jones10/amonpic.jpg">[IMG]http://imagegen.last.fm/red/artists/Yeti316.gif">
|
|
Pnoom!
Forum Senior Member
Joined: September 02 2006
Location: OH
Status: Offline
Points: 4981
|
Posted: October 12 2006 at 17:59 |
|
Gentle Giant, glad I pushed them into the lead, because, even though I don't think they're the best thing to happen to prog, they're much better than VDGG.
|
|
proger
Forum Senior Member
Joined: June 03 2005
Location: Israel
Status: Offline
Points: 944
|
Posted: September 18 2006 at 13:06 |
|
Van Der Graaf Generator- doing that for me with no dout!
|
|
...live for tomorrow...
|
|
Equality 7-2521
Forum Senior Member
Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
Status: Offline
Points: 15783
|
Posted: September 18 2006 at 10:22 |
|
VdGG have Peter Hammill
Enough said
VdGG
|
|
"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
|
|
babydoctor
Forum Groupie
Joined: September 05 2006
Status: Offline
Points: 45
|
Posted: September 18 2006 at 07:03 |
|
The way I see--er, hear--it, GG appeals primarily to the intellect,
VdGG to the affect. I invariably choose music that moves me (and moves
me a lot, in this case!) over music that makes me think. Although, as
an added bonus, VdGG does the latter as well. Perhaps the best vocals
I've ever heard, by the way.
|
|
SolariS
Forum Senior Member
Joined: October 27 2005
Location: United States
Status: Offline
Points: 891
|
Posted: September 17 2006 at 23:44 |
I went with VdGG, but I'll admit, I haven't done a complete survey of either of the two bands catalogs. I love 'In a Glass House', but I really didnt care for Octopus. On the VdGG side, I've enjoyed Godbluff - A LOT H to He - A Pretty good amount Still Life - A fair bit So that's 3  for VdGG and 1 for GG, with one 
|
|
|
|
one hand clap
Forum Groupie
Joined: May 29 2006
Location: Canada
Status: Offline
Points: 60
|
Posted: September 17 2006 at 23:17 |
GENTLE GIANT 100%, I can't stand the vocals in Van der Graff Generator. It's all over-singing, like every female french canadian singer. I know most people will dissagree with me on this, but I have to put it out there. I also don't like the vocals in Jethro Tull either, I guess I'm just picky with my singers
|
|
Donate monthly and keep PA fast-loading and ad-free forever.
/PAlogo_v2.gif "Progarchives.com Homepage")
Gentle Giant vs Van Der Graaf Generator
