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Topic ClosedLong Live the bombast!! Ys vs Brain Salad Surgery
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Poll Question: Two questions here: Favourite and most bombastic
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    Posted: March 06 2009 at 17:55

After the joke let's speak the truth here , Brain Salad Surgery was an album released by Emerson Lake and Palmer , Camel........................... they just couldn't even imagine to pull that stuff off.LOL

Both are favourites of mine and often revered as love-hate albums because of the bombast. Both records have heyboard virtuosos on them... Brain Salad Surgery is my favourite album of all time but Ys may be the most agressive and haunting symphonic prog album ever recorded. So it's really a tough choice , in my opinion it's a draw.
 
 
PD: For those that don't know this italian masterpiece , picture how good it must be that me- an ELP fanboy does not vote for the best record by his favourite band.


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I prefer Ys.. great album!
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Moonmadness ftwTongueWinkLOL!
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^ Angry  mentioning that album is  just like breaking wind in the presence of the Mona Lisa


YS...  BSS smokes anything Camel ever tried... but YS smokes 99% of all prog albums.
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^that 1% is a Camel album, right?Wink

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Originally posted by cacho

^that 1% is a Camel album, right?Wink


checkmate...LOL
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*rubs hands in glee, thinking of a nice Moonmadness review*LOL
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^ Angry just like belching in the middle of Nessun Dorma

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This Ys a no-Brainer for me.
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Ys, of course

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Originally posted by memowakeman

Ys, of course


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Ys's frantic keyboards, dominant and dramatic vocals and the slightly "avant-ish" sound make this album a one of a kind listening experience.
I once made the mistake of listening to it while I was pissed off at something... big mistake... the vocals drove me more mad... and the music's erratic nature made me want to tear something apart... LOL
But the music is brilliant!!! just I will make sure to always listen to it when I'm calm.


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I've tried YS several times but I just can't digest it yet. Those spins have taken place mostly at work doing other stuff at the same time, so maybe it's just the lack of concentration.

BSS also took some time, but now I love parts of it, like other parts and just can't bring myself to much enjoy some.

Will not vote since I don't know YS that well.


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Ys is undoubtedly great but I gotta go with Surgery, completely original and nothing like it before or since, whereas Ys greatness is more in a prog tradition
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Crimson87 why you keep torturing???LOL


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Originally posted by crimson87

After the joke let's speak the truth here , Brain Salad Surgery was an album released by Emerson Lake and Palmer , Camel........................... they just couldn't even imagine to pull that stuff off.LOL



No, they wouldn't ever want to try to match ELP's level of bombast. Camel made sensitive, subtle music - far beyond anything ELP could ever do in that respect. But the level of musicianship of Camel is at least as good as ELP - Latimer is as fine a guitarist as Emerson ever was a keyboard player,
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Man, I love BSS but Ys is just too good not to vote for it. Big smile
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