A very difficult one
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Topic: A very difficult one
Posted By: lucas
Subject: A very difficult one
Date Posted: April 10 2004 at 18:14
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According to the progarchives files, which one of the following countries is the most prog in terms of number of prog artists/bands and which one comes second : Italy, England, USA. Clue : the number of prog artists/bands for these countries are : 164, 163, 158 (obviously not in the same order of appearance as the countries cited above). Good luck!! ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 21:53
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I'll guess USA, England, Italy with 164, 163, and 158, respectively. ------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: Glass-Prison
Date Posted: April 11 2004 at 23:14
...I'm tempted to say a planet called earth , but that would not be specific enough.
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 05:02
One of the countries is at its right place, the two others no. Try again, Pete ! ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Peter Rideout wrote:Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 20:12
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Just a guess, of course, but how about - Italy, England, and the USA? |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: April 12 2004 at 22:58
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
You go, guys! I had my shot at prog stat greatness!Posted By: dude
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 01:13
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STEP ASIDE BOYS AND LET A MAN TAKE CHARGE!!!!...HERES MY GUESS 1 MONGOLIA 2 SIERRA LEONE 3 UZBEKISTAN
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Posted By: maani
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 01:16
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1. Botswana 2. Lesotho 3. Papua New Guinea |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 12:44
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Ok, I see that you don't want to play the game, so here is the answer 1. USA 2. Italy 3. England Yes, there are more prog bands in Italy than in England. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Joren
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 13:09
I thought England was the biggest prog country! 
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 14:25
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Yes, in term of diversity (sympho, folk, hard (KC), canterbury, jazz-fusion, space, electronic (Synergy)...) it is the biggest prog country ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
. Unfortunately, old italian prog bands tend to sound all the same
(that doesn't mean they are not worth listening to).Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 13 2004 at 20:52
That surprises me. Where I live, prog bands just don't exist. The nearest live prog rock is a 7 - 12 hour drive away. Back when I was in high school, we had Prog and Prog cover bands playing our high school dances. There isn't even an FM prog radio station any more. |
Posted By: Gonghobbit
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 14:04
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"There isn't even an FM prog radio station any more." Was there ever one? Even 'Roundabout' is a rarity now. Ok, they do play 'Comfortably Numb' until you are just that. ------------- 'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here' |
Posted By: Dan Bobrowski
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 16:51
| Some of Pink Floyd stuff really crosses over. Why is that? Melody? Gilmour's voice? Subject matter? |
Posted By: Stormcrow
Date Posted: April 14 2004 at 22:02
Yes there was an FM station in my area that played jazz all day and prog all night. They cut their power and went NPR many years ago though. And when I was in college I traded engineer and DJ jobs ever other night on a four hour campus radio show called "From The Sarcophagus", where the other guy and I played nothing but prog and hard rock, until we pulled the plug at 1 AM. |
Posted By: Dick Heath
Date Posted: May 04 2004 at 12:52
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UZBEKISTAN
Gunesh comes from the country next door, Turkmanistan, and their drummer nearly ended playing for Peter Gabriel in the late 80's . |
Posted By: Arbiter
Date Posted: July 30 2004 at 05:03
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I haven't counted, but would be willing to bet that England has released more prog albums (studio) than any other country. There are a lot of U.S. and Italian bands with only 1-5 releases, whereas England has some real album releasing machines (Floyd, Genesis, Yes, KC, Camel, GG, BJHarvest, Renaisance, PHamill, (and don't worry - I haven't forgot ELP threefates), to name a few.) ------------- "Some things have to be believed to be seen." -Ralph Hodgson |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: July 30 2004 at 14:45
| Does "England" exclude the rest of the UK, or are bands like Pallas (who are not English) included in the count? |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: July 30 2004 at 18:47
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At the time I began this thread, I probably included Pallas in the "England" field. ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: July 30 2004 at 21:39
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Gilmour's guitar... Water's dreary lyrics... which seem to relate to every repressed teenager out there... especially any of them smoking pot..
------------- THIS IS ELP 
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