2nd Round Portland Bracket: Gentle Giant v. Area
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Topic: 2nd Round Portland Bracket: Gentle Giant v. Area
Posted By: micky
Subject: 2nd Round Portland Bracket: Gentle Giant v. Area
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 08:49
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From the Eclectric Conference we have the decisive winner of a 1st Rd matchup with Mahavishnu Orchestra From England. GENTLE GIANT!!! From the RPI Confererence we have the winner of a very tight match with Talk Talk From Italy AREA!!!! Vegas has installed Gentle Giant as a 20 vote favorite. Can Area keep it close. Perhaps but it is only because it is Area that the spread is not much higher. Gentle Giant is a dark horse for many to make it all the way to the final 4. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
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Posted By: LearsFool
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 08:57
| Caution: I voted for AreA. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:05
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I don't think Area is going to have what it takes to pull this one off. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:08
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Originality vs. originality. But GG wins more hearts. Including mine...
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:20
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GG ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:27
making up for voting against Area in the first round.   ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:32
 My heart tilts for Area.
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Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:37
| Not a fan of the Giant. My vote goes for Area... |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:41
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I never understood the Giant, bought the Giant in the Box DVD and there it is gathering spider webs in the bottom of the "I will never play them again" box of albums. They are what I call complexity for the sake of complexity. Area is simply wonderful. Iván
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 09:57
I disagree at least partly on that. True, their credo was to be as adventurous as possible (as they stated in the liner notes in one of their early albums), which might have led them to some 'complexity for the sake of complexity'. But - and of course this is highly personal - I find an album like Acquiring The Taste as enjoyable as some of the early Genesis albums, pure ear candy.
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Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 10:00
exclude the first albums with Phil Shuman and I'd agree with you Ivan. GG had two very definable and easy to hear musical phases. Phil and post Phil. The later albums were good, but lacked atmosphere or soul as I call it. Technically perfect complex music but zero connection to the soul. However those first albums did have it. A track like Schooldays that can bring tears to your eyes never would have been, nor was ever, done by GG 2ed. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: rogerthat
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 10:02
| If anything, I find their music surprisingly lucid for the amount of complexity it involves. Their execution is usually very precise and clear-minded. Very tight with hardly an extra note. It is the silly goofiness that Shulman's vocals bring to the table that, I think, turns off a lot of listeners. I kind of find it charming but I can see why it might make it difficult for people to take the band seriously. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 10:07
Well, I'd say: exclude the first three or four GG albums. I agree with you, though, Micky. Not a big fan of post-Phil GG, with some songs as an exception. |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 10:17
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This one is harder but I have to give it to GG. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 11:10
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GG by a mile...the first prog band I ever saw live (with Yes following about 20 minutes later ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 12:04
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Gentle Giant. Another easy one. -------------  
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 13:16
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GG. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 13:18
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Area for me. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 14:16
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Area is going down sadly, but they are my pick. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Imperial Zeppelin
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 14:19
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Gentle Giant ------------- "Hey there, Dog Man, now I drink from your bowl." |
Posted By: AEProgman
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 14:43
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Area ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:06
Keeping it respectable. Well done Area fans.  Closer than I suppose Talk Talk would have been. I was surprised actually that was as close as it was. Having modern bands against classic bands is not the best recipee for close contests, especially bands not exactly readily recognized as bands that should even be IN the contest.------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:39
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Tough call, but I'm going with Area. They're even more original than GG, which I can't say about many bands. ------------- 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: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:40
amen brother Steve!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:42
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I voted for Arena and I'm proud of it! (Area? Duh!)  ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 15:44
Arena???? The pansy Neo group  AREA!!!! street fighting music ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 16:17
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Giant ------------- |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 17:55
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Area ------------- 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: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 19:46
I wanna see that street fight!Voted GG. They're dearer to me. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 19:52
let's just say that when I finally crack and go Ferguson on this countries ass..and start lobbing bricks and fighting the power... it will be Area in my headphones. Not some pansy Neo group or f**king Camel ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 20:09
Understandable, but slightly worrying. Demetrios got you possessed and lobbing bricks. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 20:29
oh no. Deep seated ideals and strong notions of right and wrong. Crossing my notions on those can possess me faster than any demon or group could. Area would just be the soundtrack for fighting the power.  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 20:51
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^ Couldn't have come up with a better response myself. ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: December 13 2014 at 23:32
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The Giant is an acquired taste, like fine Scotch, but now that I have it, I will take them over Area any day. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 04:32
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Regardless mi nickname, I vote for Area, but again, two of my fav bands. ------------- 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: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 04:35
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Ha. Who do you think? <------------- ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 08:27
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Gentle Giant simply covers more area. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 12:45
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Gentle Giant. ------------- 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 13:20
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AREA for doing Gentle Giant better than the original with a track like 'Vodka Cola'. Nahh AREA, quite simply, for being one of my fave Italian bands. ------------- “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: Sagichim
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 13:56
| Area took a while to grow on me but I love this band now! Said that GG are too good to vote against. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 14 2014 at 13:57
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Pantagruel rules ! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: December 15 2014 at 00:59
Gentle Giant.------------- 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. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: December 15 2014 at 14:42
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Gentle Giant for sure ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: December 15 2014 at 15:09
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Voted for Area 'cause I felt bad. |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 23 2014 at 13:47
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OMG Area... but how difficult... ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |