Argent vs Curved Air
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Topic: Argent vs Curved Air
Posted By: Icarium
Subject: Argent vs Curved Air
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 00:16
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Two quality bandsxwhom made some really good albums but who do you like the most -------------  
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Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 00:52
Two bands I'm less familiar with - beyond the obvious 'hits' and key tracks. Have to go with Argent as 'Hold Up Your Head' is one of my favourite tracks of the early 70s. Also any band who can have the lyric like 'Love Cliff Richard, but please don't tease" deserve a salute!  ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 03:30
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I am not very familiar with these bands either, buth they are not unknown to me. Both bands are good, but I prefer Argent. And I have loved Hold Your Head Up for more than 45 years whereas I am not very fond of Sonja Kristina's vocals. ------------- 
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Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 03:34
| Argent I guess |
Posted By: Tom Ozric
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 03:50
| Curved Air. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 05:01
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Argent is ahead? I think Curved Air is in a different league. ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 05:49
| Argent, they really put out some great music. |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 06:13
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Argent for me. Most recall their All Together Now album, but Circus from 1975 is an underrated gem. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 07:39
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^I think Nexus is more interesting than Circus.....but as always it's subjective. Argent for me...when the first two came out I was in college and they became sentimental favorites....wasn't even aware of Curved Air until a few years later though the Curved Air albums might be more creative at times. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 08:00
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Argent +1 ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Larkstongue41
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 08:29
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Curved Air ------------- "Larks' tongues. Wrens' livers. Chaffinch brains. Jaguars' earlobes. Wolf nipple chips. Get 'em while they're hot. They're lovely. Dromedary pretzels, only half a denar." |
Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 12:03
| Argent was a great and woefully unrecognized band, but Curved Air was breathtaking. I voted for Curved Air. I saw each band live only once, both at the Fillmore East (I got the dates from the show list website, my memory ain't THAT good). Argent opened for Lee Michaels and The Moody Blues in March of 1970. I remember really enjoying their set, but I don't remember it in detail since it was so long ago. Curved Air opened for Edgar Winter's Utter Trash (sorry, fans) and Emerson Lake and Palmer, May 1st 1971. I didn't see Edgar's set because I was hiding in an upper stairwell where you couldn't hear the racket on stage, but Curved Air's set is etched in my memory. I can close my eyes and see Sonja in my head. They blew ELP (I always preferred The Nice, anyway) off the stage. Based on that one appearance, I classify them among the most electrifying live bands that I've ever seen. Curved Air's albums, including Live at the BBC, still make my brain melt. I think I will pop the 1st 3 into the changer now. |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 13:36
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Argent; Curved Air lacks punch. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 13:58
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Sloche ------------- |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 14:40
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Zombies! Just kidding, Argent. (But I do like the Zombies better!) ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 14:43
------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
dr wu23 wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 15:09
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CA I suppose, not really a fan of either. ------------- 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: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 15:23
Nice price.....I don't see that one often....found one a few years back...never bought it when it first came out. :) ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:13
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Tim Rodford is quite good bass player -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:47
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Curved Air man... love them. Don't really get talked about as much as perhaps they should around these parts but that really was a damn good group. Especially with Monkman and Way. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 16:50
| The unlisted third option(don't know either well enough to vote)for me. :) |
Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 17:12
| Curved Air. I saw Curved Air open for Emerson, Lake & Palmer at the Fillmore East in 1971. What a great show that was. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: March 20 2018 at 22:30
So did Curved Air.
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Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: March 21 2018 at 06:32
As I commented above, I was there, too!
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Posted By: socrates17
Date Posted: March 21 2018 at 06:33
I prefer The Zombies to Argent. But then I'm infamous for preferring The Nice to ELP.
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Posted By: dwill123
Date Posted: March 21 2018 at 09:37
Fyi: I never saw Argent but I did see Lee Michaels at the Fillmore East later in the same year you did (in October). I bet when you saw him he was still playing organ. When I saw him he had switched to piano only. Still a great show.
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