Fairport Convention Vs. Pentangle
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Topic: Fairport Convention Vs. Pentangle
Posted By: SteveG
Subject: Fairport Convention Vs. Pentangle
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 15:53
| Which folk rockers did you like better: Fairport or Pentangle? |
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 16:41
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Pentangle. Great band. ------------- 
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Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: August 15 2014 at 22:12
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Fairport......due to Sandy Denny and Richard Thompson. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 00:05
Yes. |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:10
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One for Pentangle. ------------- Curiosity killed a cat, Schroedinger only half. My poor home recorded stuff at https://yellingxoanon.bandcamp.com |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:34
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Fairport - marginally. Both great bands.
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 02:54
Fairport easily. Liege & Lief is magical 
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 04:16
Dat! ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Xonty wrote:Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 12:11
My thoughts as well.
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Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 13:10
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Fairport by a slim margin. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 19:05
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Fairport 1967-1970 were superb. Pentangle were also brilliant. Hmmmm yep early Fairport wins. Another poll would be Sandy Denny vs Jacqui McShee. That would be a tough one as both had voices from heaven.
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Posted By: Dayvenkirq
Date Posted: August 16 2014 at 20:06
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I don't find myself qualified to vote as I'm not very familiar with their works, even though I do listen to a good dose of Brit folk rock every now and then.
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Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: August 17 2014 at 15:28
Pentangle.------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: moshkito
Date Posted: August 19 2014 at 09:19
I just wish we could get more "progressive" folks to listen to Richard Thompson in Fairport Convention. It kinda defines the word "progressive", in how different and stylish he is all around.
And "Reynardine" is one of the prettiest things EVER recorded in rock music! Just a shame that we can't even hear it and not be cynical about it, and say it's not progressive. The presentation is so progressive as to be totally alien and out of this world!
However, it is likely that Pentangle would have had a larger influence in the folk circles for its creativity and difference. By comparison, FC almost fits into the folk-rock revival in the 70's a lot more than Pentangle that was around way before that! ------------- 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: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 19 2014 at 22:54
Hey, Mosh, you and I actually agree on something! Thompson with Fairport was superb. I will have to disagree in part regarding "Reynardine", however. It is perilous, not pretty. The song is an old folktale regarding a "were-fox" who lures a maiden to her death. When Sandy Denny sings the words "his teeth did brightly shine", I still get chills from her sinister intonation. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Svetonio
Date Posted: August 20 2014 at 00:02
| Fairport Convention |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: August 21 2014 at 02:11
| Find the studio recordings of Pentangle a little sterile. Much prefer their live material. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: August 22 2014 at 00:32
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Two great folksters but I gotta go with Fairport all the way, especially when Sandy Denny, Richard Thompson, AND Dave Swarbrick were in the band. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |