Focus vs Nektar
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Topic: Focus vs Nektar
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: Focus vs Nektar
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 09:10
| I could have sworn I did this one before but I didn't find it by a google search. Oh well. |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 09:26
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Both equally. Focus Albums  1970: Focus - In and Out of Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o34Hftlard4" rel="nofollow - 1971: Focus - Moving Waves - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cCBMPdqDAS0" rel="nofollow - 1972: Focus - Focus 3 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cfuSi2Un_ng" rel="nofollow - 1973: Focus - Live at the Rainbow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mmcuSI99sNs9poiX4tIFzGGhCsTQkpsuo" rel="nofollow - 1974: Focus - Hamburger Concerto - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl8RbU1hXuQ" rel="nofollow - 1975: Focus - Mother Focus - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_L2pyAqDBg&t=1946s" rel="nofollow - 1976: Focus - Ship of Memories - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_mF05MUeQF0jgcCtqICpxi-tPO1LJSnPzY" rel="nofollow - 1977: Focus - Focus con Proby - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8ao1-JpsqMhvAr7jZMWOBd96duBh3Ot" rel="nofollow -  1985: Jan Akkerman & Thijs van Leer - Focus - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8ao1-JpsqNhBg7mEYbc5TraqAOO4o-P" rel="nofollow - 2002: Focus - Focus 8 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvIr9PblntI" rel="nofollow - 2006: Focus - Focus 9 / New Skin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GObrMhsmqYg" rel="nofollow - 2012: Focus - Focus X - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_kuWjUdtNK8kLnPT-HfMQ5xFUfieoXBvHg" rel="nofollow - 2014: Focus - Golden Oldies - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BuGrGFkNxGM" rel="nofollow - 2016: Focus & Friends - Focus 8.5 / Beyond the Horizon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_llmzo08kuLBSxn4ZDWKXQ3x66Ppy1PAOw" rel="nofollow - 2017: Focus - The Focus Family Album - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD3mRTKBTkySigAnBbvjqhqm8AVOk6mcx" rel="nofollow - 2018: Focus - Focus 11 - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_k919voWhc7cQJA-ptHR8NhPIUBpNvR1JE" rel="nofollow - 2021: Focus - Focus 50: Live in Rio / Completely Focused - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l72j_QYARhHUH1yUz4OaidXvMC6G1WPOo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=OLAK5uy_l72j_QYARhHUH1yUz4OaidXvMC6G1WPOo Nektar Albums  1971: Nektar - Journey to the Centre of the Eye - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCit6gbG4uEQnIgRcLCTfij" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCit6gbG4uEQnIgRcLCTfij 1972: Nektar - A Tab in the Ocean - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBA2o9n1iXjp5Pq5lJol6mH" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBA2o9n1iXjp5Pq5lJol6mH 1973: Nektar - Sounds Like This - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAPzAchtbETu2SuQSukGRUB" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAPzAchtbETu2SuQSukGRUB 1973: Nektar - Remember the Future - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDQJLmWhg8lGcOC6fnaoLsY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDQJLmWhg8lGcOC6fnaoLsY 1974: Nektar - Sunday Night at the London Roundhouse - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAqTmmEoWnP0QMOa_xqJP2" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBAqTmmEoWnP0QMOa_xqJP2 1974: Nektar - Down to Earth - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAzd_mMLmwSPKBRHpYp-QNV" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzAzd_mMLmwSPKBRHpYp-QNV 1975: Nektar - Recycled - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCY2XdHQmrCIFgplGna8WSe" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzCY2XdHQmrCIFgplGna8WSe 1977: Nektar - Live in New York - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBVd-u96UIwx9_H5mJ-utgL" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzBVd-u96UIwx9_H5mJ-utgL 1977: Nektar - Magic is a Child - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD3yfUDHjZ_TSS3p0-KONAB" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzD3yfUDHjZ_TSS3p0-KONAB 1980: Nektar - Man in the Moon - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzApjxHXnpzccHNtVObhuKsa" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzApjxHXnpzccHNtVObhuKsa 2001: Nektar - The Prodigal Son - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDc06e71KtGxE_RDroqXFzN" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDc06e71KtGxE_RDroqXFzN 2004: Nektar - Evolution - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC8-2SJtk6krU4C9_L49xpY" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzC8-2SJtk6krU4C9_L49xpY 2005: Nektar - Live at Rockpalast - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDjrTcoYP_K7mc_kQl8_GIo" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDjrTcoYP_K7mc_kQl8_GIo 2008: Nektar - Book of Days - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB_XGI-auaoiYf2qqbhjs2o" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB_XGI-auaoiYf2qqbhjs2o 2012: Nektar - A Spoonful of Time - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB5hX2QlDjGdYvEAQXZpQwU" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzB5hX2QlDjGdYvEAQXZpQwU 2013: Nektar - Time Machine - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA9a59eNG6cAusUiILAbV9l" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzA9a59eNG6cAusUiILAbV9l 2019: Nektar - The Other Side - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDRifNPORGglSy_gF0UvCqW" rel="nofollow - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLikNHjJ_cxzDRifNPORGglSy_gF0UvCqW |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 14:11
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Nektar ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 14:29
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Focus were good. Nektar weren’t very good at at all ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 14:43
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^  Don't know if one is "better" than the other or which band was "good" or not, and I cannot let statistics determine for me which one I prefer. For that, I have my guts, and my guts say that I prefer Focus. ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 15:10
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Focus ------------- ---------- 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: David_D
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 15:55
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Focus ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 15:57
| Focus |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 16:12
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focus ------------- 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: dwill123
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 16:19
| Focus gets the vote, but I do like Nektar also. |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 02 2022 at 16:50
| I love both, but prefer Nektar, so it gets my vote. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: April 03 2022 at 03:11
| Hard to say, maybe little more Nektar |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: April 03 2022 at 06:17
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Two of my first and original favorite prog bands! It'd be hard to vote against either. Nektar is more of an album band, Focus more of a talent phenom. ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: WJA-K
Date Posted: April 03 2022 at 06:31
| I am going for Focus. |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: April 03 2022 at 08:03
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Focus. The 1973 live concert in Montreal was pure magic. ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 03 2022 at 08:50
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I sort of dismissed Nektar at first. Thinking they were lightweight or something, but I was wrong. Great tunes, awesome atmosphere. They did what they do really well and were exactly as good as they needed to be. |
Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: April 04 2022 at 06:30
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Focus. ------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: April 04 2022 at 07:43
Ditto. Nicely said btw. ------------- “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 |
Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: April 04 2022 at 12:46
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^ Thanks! -Nektar are much more to my
tastes than Focus. I can easily understand the attraction of the latter
band (for proggers), but their approach aren't what mainly attracts me to prog - or rather progressive rock. |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: April 04 2022 at 13:16
Me neither. I got Moving Waves specifically because of Hocus Pocus. However, the rest of the album isn't like that and is more like standard symphonic prog. There is nothing wrong with that but I like something meatier. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: April 04 2022 at 13:18
| not crazy about either band. Nektar is more uneven but "Remember the Future" is the only album by either that I love, so Nektar |