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Topic: Battle of the Prog Bands R2D11: Can vs. Faust

Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Subject: Battle of the Prog Bands R2D11: Can vs. Faust
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:06

Welcome to Round 2 Division 11 of Battle of the Prog Bands! This time, our two contenders are Can and Faust. Vote for your favorite, and the band with the most votes will move onto Round 3. Please do not vote unless you have listened to at least one album by both bands.

Here is the tournament thus far:

I really love both bands, so this isn't an easy choice. I didn't like either of them at first, but after aquiring a taste for the experimental through other bands, they both impressed more and more with each listen. I'll go with Can, but I'll also give a very honorable mention to Faust.

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:08

Faust.

But I'm not telling whether I've heard any of either band. Wink

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Posted By: Tarquin Underspoon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:09

Can

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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:11

Tarquin Underspoon wrote:

Can

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:15

I love both, but will tie it up with a vote for Faust.

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:18

Never could get into Faust for some reason while CAN is one of my fav Krautrock bands. Who will the salty one(saltyjon) pick?

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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:20

Never heard Fuast. No vote for me!

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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:24

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Posted By: inrainbows
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 16:27

I'll go with Can this time, I like Faust though

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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:07

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

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Posted By: DisgruntledPorcupine
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:11

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:21

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:24

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

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Posted By: The Truth
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:35

Originally posted by DisgruntledPorcupine

DisgruntledPorcupine wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

NO NO NO!!! KEEP FEEDING THE TROLL UNTIL HE'S SO FULL HE EXPLOOOOODESSSSSSSS!!! BAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!!!!!!!

No vote for me btw, haven't heard any Can

Love Faust's self titled though.

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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:36

Mellotron Storm wrote:

Never could get into Faust for some reason while CAN is one of my fav Krautrock bands. Who will the salty one(saltyjon) pick?

Well the Salty one likes both bands quite a lot...Faust needs some help too, but then again Can made Tago Mago. Faust IV may very well be a strong 5-star album too, but not quite as strong as Tago Mago is, so I must vote for Can!

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:41

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 17:53

Snow Dog wrote:

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

Yes, so wouldn't that be "it makes" rather than "they make"? This is terrible if I'm getting this wrong since I'm a copy-editor; however, my grammar program helps with such things when working.

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 18:01

Logan wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

Yes, so wouldn't that be "it makes" rather than "they make"? This is terrible if I'm getting this wrong since I'm a copy-editor; however, my grammar program helps with such things when working.

I said definitely but I'm not sure now.

I'm a unit but you wouldn't say "Ian make" Confused

Think I'll bow out of this one. I know nothing. LOL

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Posted By: Nathaniel607
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:01

Logan wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

Yes, so wouldn't that be "it makes" rather than "they make"? This is terrible if I'm getting this wrong since I'm a copy-editor; however, my grammar program helps with such things when working.

But surely, since a band is just a group of people, it would be as in "they make".

It's like, if you're talking about a company, for example Apple, they're a group of people, so it would be 'make'. But if you were talking about a machine which made moterbikes or something, it would be 'it makes'.

Also, sorry for completely derailing the thread, lol.

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:08

Nathaniel607 wrote:

Logan wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

Yes, so wouldn't that be "it makes" rather than "they make"? This is terrible if I'm getting this wrong since I'm a copy-editor; however, my grammar program helps with such things when working.

Sounds good to me....I'll go along with that. Thumbs Up

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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:09

I still don't know...I could take it as either "The members make" or "The band makes", and when you insert the band's name into the sentence, "Faust make" just sounds bad to me. What do I know though, I'm just a science major. Wink

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Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:18

faust makes sounds even worse to me.

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Posted By: Failcore
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:41

Once this is done someone should make a pretty version in Visio of the final results. If someone wont, then I will. Sleepy

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Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:45

Can 'cause they have good musicality in genereal and because Faust is way too abstracly weird for me...

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 19:48

Those are my two favourite Krautrock bands Confused

Can, since they'll win anyway

Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 20:58

I like both, but slightly prefer Can. Also: the word "band" is singular, so it takes a singular verb. The band makes. The members of the band make. Even though a band contains multiple members, the word is singular and that's all that grammar cares about.

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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 21:04

thellama73 wrote:

I like both, but slightly prefer Can. Also: the word "band" is singular, so it takes a singular verb. The band makes. The members of the band make. Even though a band contains multiple members, the word is singular and that's all that grammar cares about.

Can over Faust? Interesting considering your review ratings (3 stars for the two Can albums that are considered their best, and 5 stars for two Faust albums.) Did your opinion change, or do you just prefer other Can albums that you didn't review?

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 21:42

Snow Dog wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

Logan wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Logan wrote:

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

Yeah. Two can play at that game.

You're new here, aren't you? Walter is the forum's resident douchebag; try to ignore anything he says.

I'd use makes, as in the band makes.

Definitely is make, as in "the band make"

You see the word band is one unit so it's singular.

Yes, so wouldn't that be "it makes" rather than "they make"? This is terrible if I'm getting this wrong since I'm a copy-editor; however, my grammar program helps with such things when working.

Sounds good to me....I'll go along with that. Thumbs Up

I definitely would say "the company makes money". I would do the same for other collective nouns. "Apple makes software" is not incorrect. "Apple's employees make software" is correct.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 21:53

Anyway, moving on from basic grammar, I'm surprised to see Faust so far behind. Perhaps, in this case, Can made a deal with the Devil.

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Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 22:02

Logan wrote:

Anyway, moving on from basic grammar, I'm surprised to see Faust so far behind. Perhaps, in this case, Can made a deal with the Devil.

Agreed. Even though I voted for Can, I wish Faust would have fared better in this (like Henry Cow in the last match). I guess a while a lot people here like Faust, they just like Can better.

Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 22:15

UndercoverBoy wrote:

Logan wrote:

Anyway, moving on from basic grammar, I'm surprised to see Faust so far behind. Perhaps, in this case, Can made a deal with the Devil.

Agreed. Even though I voted for Can, I wish Faust would have fared better in this (like Henry Cow in the last match). I guess a while a lot people here like Faust, they just like Can better.

I almost voted for Can myself. Can is great, but I went with the underdog. Like Henry Cow and Magma, I'd be very happy to see Can or Faust win this competition (not that it will happen).

Faust is not as well known, though, so it's at a disadvantage. Compare the number of ratings for the studio albums. It would be interesting each step of the way to compare the number of ratings to the poll results. I'm hardly complaining, though, about Can in the lead.

../album.asp?id=3506"> 3.76 \| 63 ratings ../album.asp?id=3506 - Monster Movie 1969	../album.asp?id=3507"> 3.82 \| 42 ratings ../album.asp?id=3507 - Soundtracks 1970	../album.asp?id=3508"> 3.80 \| 151 ratings ../album.asp?id=3508 - Tago Mago 1971	../album.asp?id=3509"> 3.77 \| 86 ratings ../album.asp?id=3509 - Ege Bamyasi 1972	../album.asp?id=3510"> 3.98 \| 109 ratings ../album.asp?id=3510 - Future Days 1973
../album.asp?id=3511"> 3.37 \| 39 ratings ../album.asp?id=3511 - Soon Over Babaluma 1974	../album.asp?id=3513"> 3.54 \| 26 ratings ../album.asp?id=3513 - Landed 1975	../album.asp?id=3515"> 2.88 \| 21 ratings ../album.asp?id=3515 - Flow Motion 1976	../album.asp?id=3516"> 3.05 \| 13 ratings ../album.asp?id=3516 - Saw Delight 1977	../album.asp?id=3518"> 2.30 \| 12 ratings ../album.asp?id=3518 - Out Of Reach 1978
../album.asp?id=3519"> 2.39 \| 14 ratings ../album.asp?id=3519 - Can 1979	../album.asp?id=3520"> 3.53 \| 25 ratings ../album.asp?id=3520 - Delay 1968 1981	../album.asp?id=3522"> 3.32 \| 4 ratings ../album.asp?id=3522 - Inner Space 1985	../album.asp?id=3521"> 2.80 \| 10 ratings ../album.asp?id=3521 - Rite Time 1989

../album.asp?id=6379"> 3.62 \| 46 ratings ../album.asp?id=6379 - Faust 1971	../album.asp?id=6380"> 3.35 \| 26 ratings ../album.asp?id=6380 - So Far 1972	../album.asp?id=6381"> 3.61 \| 28 ratings ../album.asp?id=6381 - The Faust Tapes 1973	../album.asp?id=6382"> 3.71 \| 47 ratings ../album.asp?id=6382 - Faust IV 1974	../album.asp?id=6385"> 4.00 \| 2 ratings ../album.asp?id=6385 - Return of a Legend: Munic and Elsewhere 1986
../album.asp?id=6386"> 4.00 \| 2 ratings ../album.asp?id=6386 - The Last LP 1989	../album.asp?id=6384"> 4.08 \| 4 ratings ../album.asp?id=6384 - Rien 1994	../album.asp?id=6391"> not rated ../album.asp?id=6391 - Untitled 1996	../album.asp?id=6392"> 4.00 \| 4 ratings ../album.asp?id=6392 - You Know faUSt 1997	../album.asp?id=6393"> 2.00 \| 2 ratings ../album.asp?id=6393 - Faust Wakes Nosferatu 1997
../album.asp?id=6395"> 4.05 \| 7 ratings ../album.asp?id=6395 - Ravvivando 1999	../album.asp?id=6398"> 3.14 \| 3 ratings ../album.asp?id=6398 - Patchworks 1971-2002 2002	../album.asp?id=15232"> 3.42 \| 4 ratings ../album.asp?id=15232 - FAUST vs. DÄLEK - Derbe Respect, Alder 2004	../album.asp?id=16475"> 4.14 \| 3 ratings ../album.asp?id=16475 - Faust & Nurse With Wound: Disconnected 2007	../album.asp?id=22000"> 3.56 \| 9 ratings ../album.asp?id=22000 - Cést Com...Com...Compliqué 2009

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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 23:02

UndercoverBoy wrote:

I am not a fan of Tago Mago, and I love Faust's debut. I love Ege Bamyasi and have been a bit disappointed with the other Faust records I have heard.. I like Future Days a lot (and have probably warmed to it a bit since that review) but I still don't know whether I'd give it four stars based on the reviews guidelines. I also think the members of Can are superior musicians and like what I've heard of their playing on other artists albums. It was a tough call, but lately I've been in more of a Can mood than a Faust mood.

EDIT: I just looked through my reviews and I'm amazed I gave Faust IV five stars. My opinion on that has definitely changed since I wrote it. I'll have to revise it soon.

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 18 2010 at 23:15

I listened to all of Faust Tapes today, I had forgotten how that album was just as good as their first 2 Thumbs Up

Posted By: b4usleep
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:07

Krautrock? No vote

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Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:14

Nathaniel607 wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

I've never heard of Fuast either. Faust, on the other hand, makes pretty nifty collages of sound and noise. Alas, I prefer the hypnotic grooves of The Can.

Well, sorry.

Also, I think you'll find the correct grammar should be "Faust, on the other hand, make pretty nifty collages of sound and noise"

... only in in Old Blighty Wink

Now, go buy some Faust albums.

Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:18

If it's not pre-89 heroes it's correcting every slight mistake.
Gotta love it!

Can btw

Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:20

JJLehto wrote:

If it's not pre-89 heroes it's correcting every slight mistake.
Gotta love it!

Post-89 music is a mistake, so naturally, I have to do something to erase that error.

Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:27

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

If it's not pre-89 heroes it's correcting every slight mistake.
Gotta love it!

Post-89 music is a mistake, so naturally, I have to do something to erase that error.

Music peaked in 1933, silly hippy

Posted By: WalterDigsTunes
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:29

Triceratopsoil wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

If it's not pre-89 heroes it's correcting every slight mistake.
Gotta love it!

Post-89 music is a mistake, so naturally, I have to do something to erase that error.

Music peaked in 1933, silly hippy

Look at your music stats; you're a hypocrite. Look at mine: Nothing after 89! I talk the talk because I walk the walk.

Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 00:30

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

Triceratopsoil wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

JJLehto wrote:

If it's not pre-89 heroes it's correcting every slight mistake.
Gotta love it!

Post-89 music is a mistake, so naturally, I have to do something to erase that error.

Music peaked in 1933, silly hippy

Look at your music stats; you're a hypocrite. Look at mine: Nothing after 89! I talk the talk because I walk the walk.

'tis true, I'm guilty of sinning. I blame the fact that the LP did not yet exist. I must compensate by listening to derivative dretch

Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 04:56

I must have missed how Faust managed to win from both Neu! and Ash Ra Tempel.

Obviously the Can

Posted By: GY!BE
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 21:13

Can definitly win! I can't wait to see TD vs Floyd

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Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 21:30

I hope TD wins that one. Big smile

I like Floyd too but of the albums I've heard from each TD really blows them out of the water for my preferences.

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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 19 2010 at 21:58

SaltyJon wrote:

I hope TD wins that one. Big smile

I like Floyd too but of the albums I've heard from each TD really blows them out of the water for my preferences.

Me too. Floyd is great, but they get too much fanboyism on these boards and I honestly prefer TD.

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Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 10:54

Goodness, I nearly missed this one.

Quite surprised to see how much Can is trouncing Faust. Shame. I appreciate Can but they often leave me cold. I prefer Faust by a large margin. Don't know that my preference is going to make much of a difference, though.

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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 12:39

Originally posted by questionsneverknown

questionsneverknown wrote:

Goodness, I nearly missed this one.

You preference won't make a difference when it comes to which band wins this, let's face it, Faust can not win (unless it makes a new deal with the Devil), o,r at the least, a "win" would be highly improbable. Faust has pretty much already kicked the can, or the Can has kicked Faust, whichever way one wants to express it. However, if by you having stated your appreciation of Faust just one person comes to appreciate Faust or appreciate Faust more, then one might look at it as some kind of victory. I don't think either band had a real chance from the outset to win this contest, but what matters, I think, is that people may discover, re-discover, or re-evaluate music/ bands thanks to these polls.

I've discovered quite a lot of music thanks to polls that I might not have sought out had it not been for the polls. Sometimes the polls, and more specifically the posts, have led me to give music another chance, or dig deeper, which has led to much more appreciation (and sometimes less appreciation). I don't think the contest results matter nearly as much as that. I tend to look at polls as an accessory to discussion that can lead to great discoveries or new insight. Ultimately, I don't really care which one wins -- my tastes are not the most popular, and I'm fine with that, but many of us still strive to make our tastes more popular since we're enthusiastic about sharing our passions (and when we find like-minded people, we can recommend to each-other).

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Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 12:52

Logan wrote:

questionsneverknown wrote:

Goodness, I nearly missed this one.

Beautifully put, and I couldn't agree more. This speaks to what I value about PA overall.

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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: August 20 2010 at 22:31

Curse you UndercoverBoy! Your brash challenging of my vote has left me conflicted and confused. At the time I was so confident, but I've been listening to Faust over the past few days and now I rather wish I'd voted for them. I just don't know which band I like better! Cry

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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 02:06

thellama73 wrote:

Curse you UndercoverBoy! Your brash challenging of my vote has left me conflicted and confused. At the time I was so confident, but I've been listening to Faust over the past few days and now I rather wish I'd voted for them. I just don't know which band I like better! Cry

Long story short, they're both amazing and it's a shame for either of them to get eliminated

Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 02:08

Only very slightly familiar with Can; never heard anything from Faust. No vote.

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Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: August 21 2010 at 06:48

I can only make the gap wider I'm afraid - But I like Faust too and up against many, they would get my vote.

I hope Can win this but I can't see it happening

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Help me I'm falling!

Posted By: UndercoverBoy
Date Posted: August 24 2010 at 18:35

Poll's over. The winner of Round 1 Division 11 is Can. Can will now move onto Round 3, and Faust is out of the tournament. See you at the next match of Battle of the Prog Bands!