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Camel vs Van Der Graaf Generator
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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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Originally posted by Braka Braka wrote:

Originally posted by dr wu23 dr wu23 wrote:

^I'm not....lots of Camel fans here...as well as VDGG ones.
If I'm in a mellow mood...Camel for sure...if I'm angry or antsy then VDGG.
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I guess I'm not surprised that Camel are rated as highly; I just find them... mostly harmless.

What's wrong with being harmless, do you want the devil?....
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Originally posted by noni noni wrote:

do you want the devil?....
 
In music, yes... tritones are cool.
 
 
 
 
No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man.
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

Originally posted by noni noni wrote:

do you want the devil?....
 
In music, yes... tritones are cool.
In music yes but I think all great art needs some of what "the devil" represents. As I respond emotionally to Camel's music - their melancholic beauty isn't harmless to me. And it too needs the dark side. 

Btw: Check out The Hour of the Devil by Fernando Pessoa. 
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Camel 
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Van der Graaf has to be my winner, because they:
1) peaked higher (either Pawn Hearts or Godbluff > Mirage/Goose/Moonmadness, imho)
2) had more impressive albums under their belt (6 prime albums plus couple other interesting recordings)
3) presented more unique music (in my eyes) and fit my mood/personality better :)

Still, Camel is among prog heavyweights.
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Easily Camel for me.  But admittedly, I need to spend some more time with VDGG.  
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Originally posted by Fischman Fischman wrote:

Easily Camel for me.  But admittedly, I need to spend some more time with VDGG.  


I don't know if you've heard any full albums yet by VdGG, but my favourite is The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other.



For Camel, I think I like A Live Record the most and as a studio album, I love ...Snow Goose -- especially "La Princess Perdue" (which I find anything but boring, as some claim about the whole album).

Just embedding it in case anyone doesn't know or remember it:
Just a fanboy passin' through.
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Not Camel, for sure. H to He is my fav VDGG.
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H to He is great too, Pierre, as is Pawn Hearts. Those three are pretty much on par to me, but I like the particular eclecticism of The Least We Can Do... Of course some would fare better with the Godbluff and on albums.

Edited by Logan - July 22 2018 at 11:38
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Van Der Graaf Generator 
Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake."



Music Is Live

Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed.



Keep Calm And Listen To The Music…
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