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Topic ClosedSigur Ros vs. Close to the Edge
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Poll Question: which of these concepts r ur fav
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    Posted: June 04 2008 at 15:30

the final showdowm

one's a band full of people too shy to finish their song titles and who haven't so much popularised boredom as refined the attempts of previous bands to conjure it. the other is an album with three songs on it with an ugly green gradient for a cover


Edited by laplace - June 04 2008 at 15:31
FREEDOM OF SPEECH GO TO HELL
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I am a big post-rock fan but really struggle with Sigur Ros - can't stand them.

Yes all the way.
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Why is King Crimson not listed?
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Posts: 15453 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 15:35
You really stimulate the forum, don't you? WinkLOL
 
Ok, fine... Let's vote anyway... The album beats the band... and any album by the band that released that album would beat any album by the band whose name is that of that band... because that album is great and the band that released it is very good, and the band on the other side is atrocious and any album released by it may be...
 
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I don't want to start flaming post-rock...

so I won't.

Close To The Edge!
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I fail to see the point of these.
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Close to the edge of boredom - one of the phrases that the critics used to describe Tales From Topographic Oceans
 
This poll gave this phrase a new meaningSmile
yet you still have time!
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"these two widlely-loved things both suck.  which sucks less?"  lappy stirs up trouble again...
 
So I'll throw in my vote for Sigur Ros.  They have been one of a very few bands to redefine progressive music in the new millenium, at least in quasi-mainstream consciousness.  I don't really think they're boring at all.  I almost think they're too listener-friendly at times.
 
CTTE is a prime example of old-skool symphonic rock, but lets be honest, only one side of that record is any good.
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Originally posted by GoldenSpiral

 
CTTE is a prime example of old-skool symphonic rock, but lets be honest, only one side of that record is any good.


Well, since compact discs are usually one sided, I agree.
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I ain't Sigur's fan, but everything about them is more appealing to my taste than 37 overrated minutes of blatant show-off

Sorry, I didn't want to insult anyone

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Just started to listen to Sigur Ros...not that they would beat 'Close to the Edge'. Just trying to make a conversation outside of ''Close to the Edge' is the best'.
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Two of the best things ever.
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Originally posted by NaturalScience

Why is King Crimson not listed?


hmmm..

why is Camel.. err.. I mean f**king Camel not listed? LOL
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Close to the Edge was one of the albums that got me into the genre of progressive rock.
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My vote goes to Sigur Ros.



Edited by Moatilliatta - June 04 2008 at 20:09
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Ok, I wonder how many views this poll will get in comparison to Tales vs Dream Theater. The count is on LOL and may the best poll win. I'm still recovering from the news of the cancelled YES tour.......Cry. Bought myself some beer to drown my sorrows.
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Posts: 11565 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 23:18
I vote Sigur Ros for the music videos, particularly Glosoli. CLICK  Beautiful.  I like Sigur Ros, but Bjork beats it.
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Posts: 6919 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 23:26
Stupid thread.
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Posts: 27906 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: June 04 2008 at 23:29
Originally posted by schizoid_man77

Stupid thread.
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