The Mom & Dad poll
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Topic: The Mom & Dad poll
Posted By: suitkees
Subject: The Mom & Dad poll
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 11:07
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Hi Folks, it's December! Family time! So here's an eclectic selection of funny, great, interesting or unpopular prog (or not) songs to honour your Mom and Dad. If you don't know all of them (I'm not talking about your father or mother, but about these tracks put up here), don't hesitate to listen to this special https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKNG8R6tb0A&list=PL9sdQ5qbl2rDfGzXMhHSvOZ2lbAz7yWMH" rel="nofollow - Mom & Dad playlist . And if you think there's to much Zappa, well then... that sucks!  Anyway, enjoy and vote for your three preferred tracks from these: In order of appearance: Frank Zappa & The Mothers of Invention - Mom & Dad (RIO/Avant-Prog) The Nice - Daddy Where Did I Come From? (Symphonic Prog) Quiet Sun - Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy Was a Small Non-Stick Kitchen Utensil (Canterbury Scene) Adrian Belew - Oh Daddy (Eclectic Prog) Shadow Circus - Daddy's Gone (Symphonic Prog) Genesis - Mama (Pop, or something like that) Gryphon - Get Out of My Father's Car! (Prog Folk) The Psychedelic Ensemble - Book I: Foreward (Mother's Rhymes) (Neo-Prog) Teleharmonium - The Mother Generator (Crossover Prog) Pink Floyd - Mother (Psychedelic/Space Rock) Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Father of Day, Father of Night (Eclectic Prog) Demetrio Stratos - Daddy's Dream (Rock Progressivo Italiano) Frank Zappa - Daddy, Daddy, Daddy (RIO/Avant-Prog) Frank Zappa - Yo' Mama (RIO/Avant-Prog) ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Replies:
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 11:16
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Genesis MMEB
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 11:23
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Genesis - Mama Manfred Mann's Earthband - Father Of Day, Father Of Night Pink Floyd - Mother
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 11:23
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Nice, I'll vote for... Pink Floyd - "Mother" Zappa and the Mothers - "Mom & Dad" Quiet Sun - "Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy a Kitchen Utensil" Just to mention some others that immediately came to mind with Mother in the title: Can - "Mother Sky" (Soundtracks, 1970, Krautrock) Swans - "Mother's Milk" and "Mother / Father" (The Great Annihilator, Exp. Rock, 1995) |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 11:43
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Gotta go with The Floyd......although Genesis~Mama is pretty awesome! -------------   
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 13:11
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Genesis gets the nod. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 14:39
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voted MMEB also fine PF Quiet sun Gryphon |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 15:33
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There can never be too much Zappa. I'll vote for Floyd, Quiet Sun, and Belew. However, you forgot Mike Keneally's "Father's Day".
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 16:05
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MMEB is the daddy of these by a mile. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 16:52
| Pink Floyd - The Mother of all prog bands. |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 17:34
| don't forget Uncle Frank ;-) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 18:04
| Psychedelic Ensemble and Quiet Sun of those I didn't know; Manfred Mann's Earth Band of the known ones. (Hadn't listened to Mama for decades but it's actually an OK song; these Zappa things don't do much for me. Not a too big fan of the Belew, Pink Floyd, Nice ones either.) |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 19:27
| Frank Zappa (Mom and Dad), Quiet Sun, Gryphon. |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 22:58
| Maybe you'll return to Managua... |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 07 2023 at 23:09
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Oh, The Nice, and though DWDICF is far from my favorite Nice tune and is completely unhinged it must be credited for Keith's engaging pre-Prog organ work. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 00:43
| ^ always thought that track was mostly the work of 'shagger' (Lee Jackson's nickname that came from being prolific in that department!) so it was really Jackson's organ that was the inspiration (oh dear I'll get my coat) |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 00:54
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Jackson did have a magnificent organ. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 06:48
Hi, I was thinking that this should be excluded, for cheating. It's a Bob Dylan song!!! MM did a Bob Dylan song in every album until he did Bruce Springsteen in his next album. Later he went back to doing Bob though he also did Mike Heron and others. ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
suitkees wrote:Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 06:54
Cheating?! That's a poor choice of words and an exaggeration. MMEB had a gift to do covers and make them sound their style, a lot of them more enjoyable for many than the original songs. |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 07:09
| Yeah... of course it's not cheating at all as nobody ever claimed that the song was written by the Earth Band themselves. |
Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 08:47
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^ & ^^ Oh, I actually think moshkito's post was rather ironic, since he normally defends (new) interpretations of old(er) compositions (I remember some of his posts, where he was maybe more talking about dead composers, but I guess that's also valid for the still living) and whether Mozart, Stravinsky or even Boulez are not composing anymore but rather decomposing, their music - fortunately - is still played/interpreted. Now, Dylan is still alive IFAIK, but would that prevent others from interpreting his songs? No, fortunately not. And I think Mosh is alright with that too! That said: 1. MMEB did a much better job than Dylan himself, actually (which happened more often!). 2. I never cheat (unless I do...). 3. It's my poll!
Oh, it's worse, actually: I had Keneally's track on my long-list (as I had, e.g., Mogwai's My Father, My King), but I didn't want to make the list - and especially the playlist, for that matter - too long, and since Father's Day is only in six months or so... Sorry... (but there can never be too much Zappa, indeed!) ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 10:53
| Voted for Quiet Sun. Manfred Mann, and Psychedelic Ensemble. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 16:31
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There's Mum and Dad, and good and bad, and everyone's happy to be here... Manfred Mann's Earth Band Genesis The Psychedelic Ensemble ------------- 
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: December 08 2023 at 17:29
So what ? |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: December 09 2023 at 11:11
Hi, Gosh ... wasn't meant to be taken literally! Definitely agree on MM's taste in a lot of these pieces. He made them all sound better and more interesting, except Mike Heron, who continued to stay incognito. Wish his album "Diamond of Dreams" would get released. Looking for it again! ------------- Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told! www.pedrosena.com |
Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: December 15 2023 at 16:05
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1. Pink Floyd - Mother 2. Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Father of Day, Father of Night . . . 3. Genesis - Mama ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: December 15 2023 at 17:05
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Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Father of Day, Father of Night The Nice - Daddy Where Did I Come From? Genesis - Mama My Mom & Dad on their wedding day.  ------------- Thank you for supporting independently produced music |
Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: December 18 2023 at 10:20
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Mom gets my vote. Dad is quite close though. xD ------------- 
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Posted By: Lumenko
Date Posted: December 20 2023 at 00:30
| "Mummy Was an Asteroid, Daddy a Kitchen Utensil" |
Posted By: cstack3
Date Posted: December 20 2023 at 00:35
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Manfred Mann for mine. ------------- I am not a Robot, I'm a FREE MAN!! |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: December 20 2023 at 12:00
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'Mother' from The Wall - I particularly love the way Sinead O'Connor sang it at the 1990 show in Berlin. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: December 20 2023 at 14:09
| Zappa : Mom & Dad |
Posted By: Boi_da_boi_124
Date Posted: December 27 2023 at 21:30
| Yo Mama is an underrated masterpiece. |