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Anderson III 
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 Topic: Greatest artist/ Discussion preceding a tournament
Posted: September 17 2010 at 08:51 |
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So I'm thinking about hosting a tournament, similar to the Prog Giants' one I did not that long ago. This time the competitors will be individual artists without their respective bands! Now I just need your help to narrow down which 25 are the most respected artists in Prog... then we'll carry on in the polls-lounge!
Feel free to say which artists you think I should definitely take off the list, which you aren't sure about, and who should definitely get on the list. At the moment the list is as follows:
Andrew Latimer
Geddy Lee
Neil Peart
Keith Emerson
Greg Lake
Ian Anderson
Steven Wilson
Robert Fripp
John Wetton
Bill Bruford
Jon Anderson
Chris Squire
Steve Howe
Rick Wakeman
Mikael Åkerfeldt
Daniel Gildenlow
Devin Townsend
Robert Wyatt
Roger Waters
David Gilmour
Peter Gabriel
Phil Collins
Tony Banks
Steve Hackett
Frank Zappa
Christian Vander
Peter Hammill
David Jackson
Kerry Minnear
Ray Shulman
John Petrucci
Mike Portnoy
Mike Oldfield
Richard Sinclair
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caretaker
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:24 |
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Wow! I'll have to think about this. My first choice for deletion would be Phil Collins. The guy is talented but but no giant of prog for me. A few I'm not familiar with.
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friso
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:28 |
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seems like a very reasonable list to me!
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Paravion
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:32 |
No Germans?
Klaus Dinger Manuel Göttsching Florian Fricke Jaki Liebezeit Klaus Schulze etc. etc.
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Shevrzl
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:35 |
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Hmm... McLaughlin maybe?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:45 |
God......another tournament. 
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Anderson III
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 09:48 |
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Blacksword
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:22 |
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The only person I would tentatively consider removing is Daniel Gildenlow, but that's only because I know little about him. Hardly a good reason for removal..just a lesson to me to listen to more music!
Lets face it, whoever fires first and says 'such and such' should go, there will be a volley of objection from that artists admirers! Good luck..
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Shevrzl
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:31 |
 Blacksword wrote:
The only person I would tentatively consider removing is Daniel Gildenlow, but that's only because I know little about him. Hardly a good reason for removal..just a lesson to me to listen to more music!
Lets face it, whoever fires first and says 'such and such' should go, there will be a volley of objection from that artists admirers! Good luck.. |
You're damn right there'll be objections. Since I'm a PoS fan, I'm compelled to object.
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lazland
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:32 |
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I'd leave the list as it is, do a poll, and ask members why they voted.
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Deleuze
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:33 |
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rofl, john petrucci ftw
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Floyd919
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:44 |
I think John Petrucci should not be included. He's certainly a great guitarist, but calling him a "great prog artist"... Well, his solo work is not exciting enough, imo. One might argue, but he's more of a craftsman than a prog-artist.
I think Steve Vai should be included there)
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Blacksword
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 10:46 |
lazland wrote:
I'd leave the list as it is, do a poll, and ask members why they voted.
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This is probably the best approach.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Anderson III
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 11:09 |
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OK.
I'll present these 34 artists in two groups, and go from there. Except I will replace Petrucci with McLaughlin! You guys made me remember that McLaughlin destroyed him in a recent poll...
Thanks.
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Mr. Maestro
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 11:34 |
Where's Livgren? The founding father of American prog? And Thijs van Leer? And Neal Morse?
I guess it doesn't really matter, though, because I'm voting for Wakeman anyway.
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The Truth
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 11:47 |
List seems okay with me. 
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: September 17 2010 at 12:31 |
caretaker wrote:
My first choice for deletion would be Phil Collins. |
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dwill123
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Posted: September 20 2010 at 16:00 |
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These polls (tournaments) tend to become popularity contests with the real important individuals over looked.
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Norman Kiddie
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Posted: September 22 2010 at 12:03 |
 You forgot David Sylvian !!!
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Vompatti
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Posted: September 22 2010 at 12:48 |
Norman Kiddie wrote:
You forgot David Sylvian !!! |
David Sylvian is a great artist, one of my absolute favourites, but I've never considered him a prog artist (not in the same obvious way as the artists on the above list, anyway).
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