Ozric Tentacles vs Porcupine Tree
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Topic: Ozric Tentacles vs Porcupine Tree
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Ozric Tentacles vs Porcupine Tree
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 15:15
| Back in the 90's both bands were equally known and respected. Actually if anything OT were at one point more respected and more known(at least in the US) maybe partly because they were on a major label and had wide distribution. However, at some point things changed and PT ultimately became quite a bit more well known. Popularity contests aside I think both bands are equally strong although I admit I lost track of OT somewhere down the road. All that being said I am interested in quality so I want to know which band you prefer not because you think they are cool or because you only know them(which is why I have options 3 and 5 in here). I didn't want a majority of the votes to be one band just because they are more well known. So please vote for the appropriate choice and only one band or the other if you know both bands fairly well(at least 4 albums by each band). |
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 15:19
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OT ------------- 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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 15:20
I've always liked Porcupine Tree and never liked Ozric Tentacles, so it's an easy choice for me. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 15:33
Oh....
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Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 16:07
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Love em both but it's Porcupine Tree for sure for me. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: DarkTower
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 17:37
| Porcupine Tree. Easy. |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 19:49
| OT for me. No question. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 20:47
| Porcupine Tree. I like Ozric Tentacles a lot, but not as much as PT. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: October 26 2019 at 20:50
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definitely the Ozrics -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 06:09
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OT are a bit too repetitive. Good but I prefer PT. None of the two is my fav anyway. ------------- 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: tamijo_II
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 08:19
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Ozric is fine, but still Porcupine Tree with a huge margin. ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 11:10
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Oz ------------- |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 11:18
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Neither! ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: wiz_d_kidd
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 12:01
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I hate Porky Pine Tree. It's the Ozrics for me.
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 14:12
Not a space rock guy I guess?
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 14:38
I don't hate them but the one thing that kind of bothers me about them is that it seems they went in a more metal direction just to get a bigger audience and mainstream acceptance(especially in the metal community even though they were never really metal imo). In a way I can't really blame them because it worked but it also sort of made them seem like sell outs(at least to some degree). Ozric Tentacles never really made that transition to the "big time" but they did at some point seem to gain a lot of fans in the jam band community.
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Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: October 27 2019 at 16:29
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PT most often, OT sometimes |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 03:16
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I'll vote for the Ozrics. Despite their music being formulaic and predictable, it gave me more pleasure in the 90's (my crazy years) than PT ever did. Porcupine Tree write and perform songs, and they have made a handful of very worthy albums (In Absentia may be among my favourte prog albums) but the Ozrics make bubble gum for the ears...but bubble gum that's laced with high grade quality acid. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 06:27
They may have taken this turn because this was just the music they wanted to play at the time. Doesn't need to have any element of a sell-out. Actually I love most of that material, In Absentia and Deadwing are my fav PT albums, and I am not a metalhead at all. In fact I vote for PT for the variety that they offer. I like OT a lot but I'm not sure anyone needs more than their two or three top albums. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 09:05
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I like the Ozrics a lot but PTree ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 09:07
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no contest as far as Im concerned Ozric Tentacles always seemed like a poor man's Hawkwind to me without lyrics, or the occasionsl passeages of intensity that Hawkwind ( and Hawklords) do so well
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Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 09:27
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Porcupine Tree for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 12:56
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If you were to rephrase this question as to what is the best work out/exercise music then Oz gets it hands down. If you want to talk music tha...ove me in another kind of way,, ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 16:47
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OT gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: HackettFan
Date Posted: October 28 2019 at 23:09
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This is a hard vote. ------------- A curse upon the heads of those who seek their fortunes in a lie. The truth is always waiting when there's nothing left to try. - Colin Henson, Jade Warrior (Now) |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: October 30 2019 at 06:13
Hit the nail right on the head. ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: November 21 2019 at 16:45
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Love them both but PT gets the nod by a bit ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: November 21 2019 at 17:13
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Ozrics ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 15 2020 at 10:55
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Ozric Tentacles ------------- 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… < |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: April 15 2020 at 11:21
| OT |