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Poll Question: Who is your favorite here?
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1 [2.27%]
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    Posted: August 26 2014 at 03:48
I know there are plenty more but these are some of my favorites, accidentally pressed enter before I could add a few more but oh well we'll go with these LOL who do you think is the most realized character? My vote goes to Cerpin Taxt.

Promise this is not an excuse to do another lame concept albums poll Wink


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 03:50
Rael.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 05:10
The most realised character? Hmm. I'd have to go with Pink, in that his motives, background, reasons behind his personality, are all so fully explored. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 05:34
I'm Rael!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 06:12
I don't find any of these terribly attractive.

I can empathise far more with the unnamed central character in Subterranea. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 06:15
Squonk. Wink
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 06:17
Billy the Mountain :D

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 06:24
I agree with Kazza3, I voted Pink from `The Wall' for the same reasons he mentioned. Pretty easy to get a grasp on the character right from the start, with further listens revealing other layers as you go on.

I kind of feel other characters like Rael are more surreal and vague, even slightly silly, so makes it harder to relate to them or want to think too hard about them?    
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:04
Love Rael and The Lamb story - you feel much more empathy for him than any other concept album IMO. Pink is a bit lifeless really, no big passion in there for me. Ziltoid's pretty funny too
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:04
Harold the Barrel.
How can you not like him and his somewhat unusual choice of food for tea?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:19
Which one's Pink?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 07:25
Voted for Rael from The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:01
Ziltoid has made a real impact on humanity
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:08
I've seen faces and traces of home--Back in NYC!  My best friend is Puerto Rican, I go to Puerto Rico all the time and I live most of the time in NYC so for me --it was a no brainer.LOL

In any case Lamb is one of my fav prog albums and love the characters and story too.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:16
No vote here. I wouldn't vote for the character itself but for the music I like the most (Genesis from this poll). But such vote has nothing to do with favourite character (I wonder why Rael should be my favourite character...? Maybe strangest but not favourite). I suspect such kind of thinking will be usual here and so Rael (=Genesis) will be first and Pink (=Pink Floyd) second. Maybe Floydians could win over Genefans but thats all...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:29
Originally posted by Aussie-Byrd-Brother Aussie-Byrd-Brother wrote:

I agree with Kazza3, I voted Pink from `The Wall' for the same reasons he mentioned. Pretty easy to get a grasp on the character right from the start, with further listens revealing other layers as you go on.

I kind of feel other characters like Rael are more surreal and vague, even slightly silly, so makes it harder to relate to them or want to think too hard about them?    
Agree here.  Plus, it doesn't hurt that Pink was the subject of a feature film, allowing us even greater access to his point of view.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 08:32
Rael.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: August 26 2014 at 11:21
Rael for real LOL.
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