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Gentle Giant.
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Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

Another one of those really odd pairings............like comparing Genesis to The Monkees. (no offense meant to Mastodon fans btw...)
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Another one of those really odd pairings............like comparing Genesis to The Monkees. (no offense meant to Mastodon fans btw...)
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S'pose it has to be Gentle Giant Smile
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Gentle Giant. Though I like Mastodon too.
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I love Mastodon way too much(except for The Hunter which was really disappointing). I still can't get into GG
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Gentle Giant Thumbs Up
When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Come on this is not fair Stern Smile even though there is a both option

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Gentle Giant is one of my all time favourites, and Mastodon is just one of many good bands for me,  so Gentle Giant for me. 
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Both
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I've only got into GG recently (got the first five albums I think?), and while they've got moments of brilliance, on the whole they're far too inconsistent for my liking (that is, too overtly proggy, too much contant changing and not enough time spent letting things flow, hard to listen to). I still like them, they're obviously excellent musicians.

Mastodon on the other hand, I've only heard Crack the Skye. It's mostly too heavy for me, but The Czar is brilliant and I recognise the quality of the album. 
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Originally posted by npjnpj npjnpj wrote:

I know I'll be treading on some toes here, but I know GG much better than Mastodon, so I'm listening to Crack The Skye now (about the 4th time) and allI can say is that I could recognise GG anywhere, whereas what I'm hearing from Mastodon could be just about anyone from that particular genre. Not bad by a long shot, but not above or different from what a lot of other bands are doing. So it goes to GG for uniqueness alone.
 
If you are brave enough I will challange you to listen to all the four Mastodon studio albums, to see what is so spessial about Mastodon, all the albums are equaly strong. but also somthing completly different from eachother,, you never know what gone into their heads in the making prosess, many interesting songs, how they make songs and how they play songs is in such high level of profissancy that you will be baffeld
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I know I'll be treading on some toes here, but I know GG much better than Mastodon, so I'm listening to Crack The Skye now (about the 4th time) and allI can say is that I could recognise GG anywhere, whereas what I'm hearing from Mastodon could be just about anyone from that particular genre. Not bad by a long shot, but not above or different from what a lot of other bands are doing. So it goes to GG for uniqueness alone.
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I like neither, but Gentle Giant is certainly the better of the two.
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I don't think they're close at all in terms of complex composition, but I have to go with both because I love both bands.
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I dont like Gentle Giant.
 
 
 
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Honestly, for me it's a tie. Two of my favorite bands right here. Smile
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Gentle Giant has multiple 5 star albums

I had never listened to Mastodon before this poll

listening to Crack the Skye right now via Youtube

like Opeth.... the music is good until the singer opens his mouth  :)

an easy vote for GG here
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