PA's Battle to Stardom B5: Rush v. Kayo Dot |
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MovingPictures07
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Topic: PA's Battle to Stardom B5: Rush v. Kayo Dot Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:28 |
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One of the most unique modern progressive metal bands and possibly the most influential progressive hard rock band of all time are against each other this round. Make sure to vote in order to make the results happen!
Please: If you are not familiar with one or both of the band's material, I urge that you use the links provided and at least listen to the samples on their respective pages (or Youtube if the particular band has no online streaming). Rush's PA page: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=609 Kayo Dot's PA page: http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=1870 As always, discussions are encouraged. Recap: Round 2 B1: B2: Emerson, Lake and Palmer v. B3: B4: Van der Graaf Generator v. B1: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52648&PN=1 B2: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52714 B3: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52795 B4: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52869 Round 1 A1: A2: A3: Emerson, Lake and Palmer v. A4: A5: Can v. A6: A7: Van der Graaf Generator v. A8: Samla Mammas Manna v. A9: Rush v. A10: A11: Henry Cow v. A12: A13: A14: A15: A16: Gentle Giant v. A1: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51423&PN=2 A2: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51492&PN=1 A3: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51567&PN=1 A4: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51630&PN=1 A5: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51711&PN=1 A6: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51778 A7: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51855 A8: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=51928&PN=1 A9: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52011 A10: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52091 A11: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52158&PN=1 A12: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52246 A13: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52336 A14: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52411&PN=1 A15: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52487&PN=1 A16: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=52571 |
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31165 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:31 | |||
Well that was easy.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:32 | |||
MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:33 | |||
Yeah, it was for me too. |
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Logan
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:34 | |||
Mamma Mia!
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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rushfan4
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 22 2007 Location: Michigan, U.S. Status: Offline Points: 65938 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:35 | |||
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jimidom
Forum Senior Member Joined: August 02 2007 Location: Houston, TX USA Status: Offline Points: 570 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:49 | |||
Probably the easiest poll yet... |
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"The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side." - HST
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Padraic
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 15:50 | |||
It's the next one that's going to be impossible for me.
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Logan
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:01 | |||
Much as I do like Rush, and as important to me as the band was to me in my teens, Kayo Dot's Choirs Of The Eye is definitely a good enough album for me to give KD a vote. It also has the advantage over Rush albums, when it comes to my tastes, with the instrumentation. Rush does well with synths and keyboards, but I love having non-typical rock instruments in a line-up -- it makes it much richer and more diverse for me.
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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sleeper
Prog Reviewer Joined: October 09 2005 Location: Entropia Status: Offline Points: 16449 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:01 | |||
Kayo Dot
This is distinctly unfair! I demand a re-match. |
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Padraic
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: February 16 2006 Location: Pennsylvania Status: Offline Points: 31165 |
Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:05 | |||
I tried Dowsing Anemone with Copper Tongue and just found it to be a mess. There were some interesting passages in there but overall the album couldn't hold my interest. Yes it's far more avant, out-there, whatever, but it didn't do it for me. I'll take Rush's solid, consistent output in a heartbeat. |
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sleeper
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:09 | |||
Dowsing Anemone... doesnt do anything for me either, particularly the two longer tracks at the end. However, Choirs of the Eye and Blue Lambency Downward are both masterpieces IMO. The Manifold Curiosity is on the bands page here, I suggest you give it a try to see how you like it, its fairly typical of that album, andalso cmpletely different to anything on the two following albums. |
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Epignosis
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:12 | |||
I could easily vote for Rush, but I've got to admit, what little I've heard from Kayo Dot has really got me interested.
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Padraic
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:12 | |||
Interesting - is there a lot of agreement that Dowsing was a bit of a misstep? I will certainly check out the sample and see if I can get one of the other albums you mentioned. I certainly don't want to judge the band based on something that's not their best work. |
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Logan
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:14 | |||
I much prefer Choirs of the Eye to Dowsing Anenome.... You've found Rush consistent? I haven't been able to get into modern Rush. Even their latest, which some considered a return to form, I found unimpressive and not satisfyingly progressive (the former ones more mediocre), but to each his or her own taste. |
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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sleeper
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:21 | |||
Dowsing is a marmite album, you either love it or hate it. Many people love, as seen by it being voted album of the year 06 here by the collabs, but there's a good number of people that dont like it for its feeling of being noodly and that it takes a lot from drone music. All three of their albums are very different, with CotE leaning a lot more to the extreme metal side at times, Dowsing Anemone... much more drone/post metal influenced and BLD being more jazz and I dont know what, but no metal their. They're also in the wrong genre, they belong in Avant Garde. |
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Padraic
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:24 | |||
Yes, I have found Rush consistent. Their latest is indeed not progressive, but rather a good rock album that I do enjoy. I could say more, but as you said ultimately it's just a taste thing. They've been a favorite band of mine for almost 20 years. That's not going to change just because of my newfound enjoyment of bands like Henry Cow or Univers Zero. edit: listened to the Choirs of the Eye sample and unfortunately I wasn't really taken with it either. Edited by NaturalScience - October 29 2008 at 16:34 |
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TGM: Orb
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:36 | |||
That's my vote |
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Logan
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 16:38 | |||
Rush was a favourite band of mine through most of the 80's, but I went off hard rock in the 90's -- was more into jazz and electronic then (subsequently I've been moving back into hard rock more). I'm still big on early Prog bands I loved when I was a kid such as Focus and Gryphon, but my tastes have changed quite a bit throughout the years as I've gone through different musical phases (sometimes I return to music I once loved, then lost interest, then regained interest). As for Kayo Dot, I still don't have Blue Lambency Downward, but like what I've heard: http://www.myspace.com/kayodot
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Just a fanboy passin' through.
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JROCHA
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 17:13 | |||
The Power trio
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