Mike Oldfield, Steve Hackett & Frank Zappa
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Topic: Mike Oldfield, Steve Hackett & Frank Zappa
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Mike Oldfield, Steve Hackett & Frank Zappa
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:15
| Solo only for Frank also although I suppose it doesn't really matter much for him. |
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:44
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I'm not a big connoisseur of Zappa. So, option 4.
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Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:45
| Zappa is in a different league than the others mentioned. Easy answer for me. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:49
| I was intially going to have it just be Frank vs Mike but decided at the last minute to throw Steve in there as well. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:51
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Like them all and could find good reasons to vote for both Hackett and Zappa, but I'll give it to Oldfield. Certainly a nice team for a poll. |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 17:54
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Frank Zappa hands down. ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 18:09
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ZAPPA!!! -------------  https://rateyourmusic.com/~siLLy_puPPy |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 18:48
I agree. He's way behind. 1 Hackett 2 Oldfield 3 Zappa ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Grumpyprogfan wrote:Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 18:51
| I'm beginning to think maybe I should have had it be between just Hackett and Oldfield. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 18:52
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Two of my absolute favorites here - Mike and Steve. Frank is one of those figures whose music I respect more than enjoy. Vote went to Mike. ------------- 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: DarkTower
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 19:04
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Hackett Oldfield Zappa
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Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 19:11
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Saw the word Zappa and don't even need to know who the other choices are. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 19:41
I have more albums by Mike Oldfield than just about any other artist, so that's where my vote goes. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 20:07
You mean the word Frank. There is a rather obscure Italian prog composer named Riccardo Zappa too.
 However, his sound is much closer to Mike Oldfield than the famous Zappa so you might want to stay away.  |
Posted By: YESESIS
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 21:09
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^ Well if it was just Frank.. could be Sinatra or something, who knows(I actually like him too but not nearly as much as my man Z). |
Posted By: tamijo_II
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 22:31
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Frank Zappa with quite some distance ------------- Same person as this profile: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/member_profile.asp?PF=22524" rel="nofollow - Tamijo |
Posted By: Mortte
Date Posted: March 10 2020 at 23:02
| Zappa. Really love Oldfield´s three first, but after those he´s...naaah (return to Omma is the best after those three). I am not very much into Zappa after sixties, but he´s sixties albums are just so absolutely great!! And really don´t like Hackett solo at all. |
Posted By: Squonk19
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 00:56
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Hackett....Oldfield.................................Zappa ------------- “Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.” |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 01:45
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I like pretty much everything Oldfield did up to and including Discovery ( there are a mixture of 3-5 star albums but that's okay) and then after that it it's patchy but there are still some nice releases. Hackett - there are maybe 3 albums that I love ( Acolyte , To Watch the Storms and his latest) but a whole load of stuff that is mediocre. That said I think he has retained high standards throughout his solo career and works continuously. Zappa - just don't know enough and along with many other bands would love to rectify that. Voted for Oldfield because he has more albums I love (Ommadawn , Hergest Ridge, Incantations , Crisis , Songs Of Distant Earth , Amarok) than Hackett.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 02:01
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FZ ------------- 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: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 02:23
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Zappa all day. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 07:28
| Steve Hackett gets my vote, but not by much. All three are fantastic artists on their own right. |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 08:02
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Zappa |
Posted By: Libor10
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 08:04
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Hackett or Oldfield... I love both. In the end it's Steve Hackett but other day it could be MO :-) Zappa isn't my cup of tea... I've tried one or two times but he leaves me cold. ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 08:38
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In the end...Zappa....but really like that first Hackett lp.....again, I have always found Oldfield to be boring. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 09:46
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Oldfield for me by quite a margin ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Foxprog
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 09:51
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Sir Oldfield |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 10:50
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Hackett. ------------- ---------- 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: HackettFan
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 11:05
Hackett, but I don’t like not voting in favor of Zappa. So, no more polls pitting Hackett and Zappa, please.  ------------- 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: Argo2112
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 11:24
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^ Life is full of hard choices.
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Posted By: Mirakaze
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 11:31
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All three have made some of the most wonderful music I've ever heard and all three have also made some absolutely unlistenable garbage in my opinion. I voted Zappa because I think the high points in his career have meant more to me... and only then did I notice the "solo only" caveat in the OP and most of those high points in his career in my opinion were put out under the Mothers moniker, but I still think his solo oeuvre just narrowly outshines that of Hackett for me. |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 11:56
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Sir Hackett (yes, I know, he's not ennobled, but he should be.)
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Posted By: Enchant X
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 20:57
Steve Hackett though I have a world of respect for the other two so not an easy choice to make. 
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 21:23
Would you rather have Ant Philllips on here?
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Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 22:17
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Oldfield, then Hackett then the other guy
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Posted By: axeman
Date Posted: March 11 2020 at 22:50
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Hackett's guitar is what drew me to Genesis (also Gabriel's weird lyrics). And Hackett is probably the reason I'm a progger. I liked his solo Please Don't Touch. And when I sprung for Lamb Lies Down later, I was buzzed to find out that Hackett was the guitarist. ------------- -John |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: March 12 2020 at 00:16
| Oldfield for me. |
Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: March 12 2020 at 07:42
this...even if his all his albums aren't perfect--and there are a lot of them---most of them just suffer from his singing--the songs and his playing are excellent.
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 14 2020 at 07:51
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Zappa Hackett Oldfield ------------- 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… < |