Round 1 Detroit Bracket: Univers Zero v. Gong
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Topic: Round 1 Detroit Bracket: Univers Zero v. Gong
Posted By: micky
Subject: Round 1 Detroit Bracket: Univers Zero v. Gong
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:08
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From the dark lands of the Rio/Avant Conference we have one of one of its most important bands. From Belgium UNIVERS ZERO!!!! From the smokey wacky Space Rock conference we have one of the great oddball groups in all prog. From Planet Gong GONG!!!! Vegas has Gong listed as a 15 vote favorite due to accessiblity of the music but will fans of the dark and serious triumph over the fun and nonsensicial? We shall see. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:17
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THere is only one answer to this question as GonG are one of the greatest most infuencial bands of any genre ever. Both in the Prog world and in the other world. Who else would have come all the way from Planet GonG to give us an absolutely serious blend of Jazz Psycho Canterbury Space Rock without taking themselves too seriously? Not only this but they've been going since time and memorial and the latest album is easily as good as anything they've produced before. Take a listen if you don't believe this grey haired fanboy. If that other band win this it would be an absolute travesty! Please Please don't let that happen! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:23
I agree with everything you say BUT Univers Zero have produced the music that speaks to my soul & makes the hairs on my arms stand up. I'm sure I'm going to be in the minority and I'll happily vote for Gong in future rounds but I would vote for UZ whomever they were up against. The latest Gong album is indeed fantastic, but then so is the UZ 2014 release. Univers Zero ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
akamaisondufromage wrote:Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:26
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Gonge ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:29
*blocked*  Wrong answer but I guess I'll have to give their latest a listen anyway... I do like UZ but, this is GonG man! ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: ole-the-first
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:32
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Univers Zero
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 08:57
 voted Gong. I respect the hell out of UZ.. but I love Gong. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:09
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Another vote for the Belgian darkmeisters. I have a lot of time for Gong, but UZ are just mesmerizing (as well as enormously influential). |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:30
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Slight edge to Gong. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:36
| Gong, for they are the great jesters of music, and on top of that make great music. Univers is excellent, but not just do Gong edge them out, when I look for dark music I go for bands far darker than them. |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:53
| Gong |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:55
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UZ for epic albums like Heatwave, Uzed, Crawling Wind and Heresie. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 09:56
Who is darker than UZ? ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 10:00
Some of the early industrial bands, with Throbbing Gristle taking the cake. Excepting 20 Jazz Funk Greats they've made some horrifying stuff. Basically combine a particularly dark and strange take on "Aumgn" with macabre subject matter described in the first person and you have an idea of what TG did.
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 10:20
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I have love hate relationship with Gong but no hate for UZ. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 10:34
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GonG ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 10:34
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I've tried Throbbing Gristle before but it didn't connect, maybe it's time to revisit. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 10:51
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I have a lot of respect and appreciation for UZ but it's Gong for me. BTW their latest album is surprisingly very very good!
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 11:09
| UZ but love both. |
Posted By: Flight123
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 11:29
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Love them both - but why set one against the other? They are so different! However, I saw a member of UZ on the same stage last Saturday night with an occasional member of Gong... |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 11:51
+1 |
Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 12:41
------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music 
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 12:46
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I like Gong, but love Univers Zero. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 13:22
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Gong, although I have a lot of respect for Univers Zero. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 13:54
| Univers Zero is an interesting band, but till this moment I find Gong more exciting. |
Posted By: melotron98
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 15:16
| I gotta vote for my favourite RIO band ;) |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 18:47
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Gong ------------- |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 19:14
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UZ ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 19:32
| Love albums by both bands, but Univers Zero is much more consistently excellent for me across the discography. In fact, I can't think of a band more consistently excellent than UZ through the years. |
Posted By: Gryphon
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 20:44
| gong. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: November 29 2014 at 22:47
| Gong is a long time and deeply held favorite for me. I had never heard anything from Univers Zero until now, pardon my ignorance. I'm so impressed with it that simply cannot lay down a vote. No one is more surprised than me. I'll have to investigate Univers Zero a little more. Peace. |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 01:24
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 05:33
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A difficult choice. Comparing album by album would be better, but in general I can't decide. Gong is more accessible and doesn't require a particular state of mind as UZ do, so no vote from me. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 07:24
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Difficult choice for me but I play Gong regularly while I have to be in the mood for UV so Gong it is. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 07:25
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Love both but it's still Gong by quite a big margin. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 30 2014 at 08:15
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Gong has one trump in its hands: You. But the more I hear from UZ, the more I like them. ------------- 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 12:07
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Love both, but lately I've been more into UZ. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: December 01 2014 at 13:46
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GONG for me ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 16:34
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Sampled some UZ, but, although I liked what I heard, it didn't do enough for me to want to change my vote away from Gong. -------------  
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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 16:59
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I like both but I like Gong a little bit more and so they get my vote. ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 18:07
I agree with a caveat. I think I respect UZ's contribution and overall import more, but at the end of the day it boils down to (as it should) which you simply like better. I do enjoy Gong more, it speaks and relates to me more than UZ does. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 18:23
Guigo is playing! Yay!!! There are only a few Gong albums I can listen to all the way through. They tend to take hippy trippy to annoying levels. While UZ is always interesting. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 18:27
god you are good HT.hippy, trippy, and annoying. it speaks to me... it relates to me and describes me ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 03 2014 at 18:57
And a hug(e) yay for HT too...  ------------- Guigo ~~~~~~ |