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Poll Question: Post a song now, vote later
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
2 [4.44%]
5 [11.11%]
1 [2.22%]
3 [6.67%]
2 [4.44%]
4 [8.89%]
2 [4.44%]
3 [6.67%]
5 [11.11%]
2 [4.44%]
3 [6.67%]
3 [6.67%]
6 [13.33%]
2 [4.44%]
2 [4.44%]
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So true!
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Originally posted by Snicolette Snicolette wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Yeah, preferred Nick Drake last time and Phil Ochs now... both ended their lifes, I hope there's no pattern here... Unhappy
  I do like a lot of melancholy, thoughtful music, minor keys and all that.  Guess that sometimes comes with the territory.  I'll try and find someone yet alive for the next poll, maybe you'll like that choice as well, depending on what our parameters are.  :)

I can be very eclectic... and anyway it's 25% parameters and 75% pure unexplainable magic.
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Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:


Maybe I like Stephan Forte second best, very cool mind blowing stuff, but then to my ears that's crystal clear prog, even if currently not listed here... 


But the criteria include this: "By non-prog, I mean you should avoid bands that are listed in the Prog Archives.". So I felt free to put it.

Ah, what an unlucky contest. I didn't vote for my song even if I was free to, and you didn't vote for this even if the song fit the criteria.

LOL

Thanks anyway. Embarrassed

Of course you were within your rights to do that... anyway, I have only given one vote yet. Can't decide between Forte, Bears, and Earth Wind and Fire for 2 and 3...
I think I take the easy way out... Bears have 3 votes, EW&F 2 and Forte none, so Forte and EW&F it is. 

Last time I voted for the most popular choices, this time for the outsiders.


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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Yeah, preferred Nick Drake last time and Phil Ochs now... both ended their lifes, I hope there's no pattern here... Unhappy
  I do like a lot of melancholy, thoughtful music, minor keys and all that.  Guess that sometimes comes with the territory.  I'll try and find someone yet alive for the next poll, maybe you'll like that choice as well, depending on what our parameters are.  :)

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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:


Maybe I like Stephan Forte second best, very cool mind blowing stuff, but then to my ears that's crystal clear prog, even if currently not listed here... 


But the criteria include this: "By non-prog, I mean you should avoid bands that are listed in the Prog Archives.". So I felt free to put it.

Ah, what an unlucky contest. I didn't vote for my song even if I was free to, and you didn't vote for this even if the song fit the criteria.

LOL

Thanks anyway. Embarrassed

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Yeah, preferred Nick Drake last time and Phil Ochs now... both ended their lifes, I hope there's no pattern here... Unhappy
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

In fact I have listened to them all and pretty much narrowed it down... but will maybe take some more time to make my final decision.
Standings up to now: The Phil Ochs one is of supreme beauty and my clear winner. No way I'm not voting for that.
But then...
Maybe I like Stephan Forte second best, very cool mind blowing stuff, but then to my ears that's crystal clear prog, even if currently not listed here...
The Bears one is very nice and relaxed, loved to listen to that.
Earth, Wind and Fire... haven't listened to them for a very long time, thought it's not my cup of tea, but this one is very good, has a very smooth flow.
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, great arrangement and playing, I love how intensive this gets... ultimately I'm not keen on the singing, so chances are I'm not going to vote it but it's great in a way.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, I know it very well and have a love/hate relationship with this track, love the rhythm and drive and the voice, sometimes their overdramatisation annoys me. (I'm tempted to say this is 80s pop's Close To The Edge Tongue)

As always I can find something special to like in every one of these, proper music listeners with good taste will always recommend something that has some spark!

Vote for Phil Ochs is set in stone, still have to make my mind up about no. 2 and 3.
Thanks for giving Phil some love.  :)  
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Re Francesco Guccini, very good voice and intricate sensitive song... but I'm with micky, too much lyrics and too little music. My Italian teacher in London would play me such stuff, some actually quite good, and language teachers think that songs are great for learning a language... but for me to concentrate on the lyrics of something that is *music* and should therefore be about the sound (as far as I'm concerned) feels unnatural and I always sense some rebellion against it.
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Originally posted by Shadowyzard Shadowyzard wrote:



Here's some creepy metal stuff. Sometimes bad production adds to the eeriness of a song, as is seen here.

I presume this will not be voted (surprise me!), anyway my aim is to scare you. LOL
 

By the way I'm surprised you think this, and standings up to now bear you out... would have thought that this is rather a votecatcher for prog fans (I'm not even that keen on prog metal generally, but this is more prog than metal).
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In fact I have listened to them all and pretty much narrowed it down... but will maybe take some more time to make my final decision.
Standings up to now: The Phil Ochs one is of supreme beauty and my clear winner. No way I'm not voting for that.
But then...
Maybe I like Stephan Forte second best, very cool mind blowing stuff, but then to my ears that's crystal clear prog, even if currently not listed here...
The Bears one is very nice and relaxed, loved to listen to that.
Earth, Wind and Fire... haven't listened to them for a very long time, thought it's not my cup of tea, but this one is very good, has a very smooth flow.
Stephen Malkmus and The Jicks, great arrangement and playing, I love how intensive this gets... ultimately I'm not keen on the singing, so chances are I'm not going to vote it but it's great in a way.
Frankie Goes to Hollywood, I know it very well and have a love/hate relationship with this track, love the rhythm and drive and the voice, sometimes their overdramatisation annoys me. (I'm tempted to say this is 80s pop's Close To The Edge Tongue)

As always I can find something special to like in every one of these, proper music listeners with good taste will always recommend something that has some spark!

Vote for Phil Ochs is set in stone, still have to make my mind up about no. 2 and 3.


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I already have a couple of songs lined up for the next two editions. I missed the first poll, but now that I've become more familiar with the concept I find I really like it.
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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Other impressions:

Dan Mandrila.... hmmmmm....



hmmmmmm?! this can mean both good and bad LOL
So did you like it? 

Well I had mixed feelings to listen to it, I was undecided whether to consider it good music or just a very commercial and enjoyable easy listening. Some passages reminded me of the electro-tango music that I danced, and that I liked, although obviously this song is not a tango.
 
I actually like the Mandrilla track.  It's one of those that will continue to grow on me, so the artist is in my radar.
 
 

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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

By the way, personally I'm not that fast. I gave half the songs a listening yesterday but may want to hear them again for voting, and then there's the others. I can probably put something together by the end of today but even that'd be a bit in a hurry because I might want to relisten to a few and I'm not sure how much time I have today. This poll series is really great, I totally agree and I love it, but I don't like that much being forced to hurry. There were other series (like "make your own xxx album" in the top 10) that I found very attractive, but then these things were popping up two a day and that really ruined it for me. 

Yes I think that a single poll should last for a week, in this way we can have time to listen and relisten to all the songs.
 
Sounds good to me too.  No reason to rush things.
 
 

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Ok, so most of the votes are in, but this thread will remain open for those that still want to vote.  At this point, it looks like Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Real Emotional Trash is at the top with 6 votes, Beth Nielson Chapman - Away Beyond the Blue and  Charlie Daniels Band - No Place to Go are tied at number 5. 
 
As far as Lewian's concern, the poll can be a little fast for some.  The last thing we want is for anyone to feel rushed when voting, so take your time, the poll will always be here. 
 
Keep your eyes and ears open for round 3 which should be coming soon.

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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Other impressions:

Dan Mandrila.... hmmmmm....



hmmmmmm?! this can mean both good and bad LOL
So did you like it? 

Well I had mixed feelings to listen to it, I was undecided whether to consider it good music or just a very commercial and enjoyable easy listening. Some passages reminded me of the electro-tango music that I danced, and that I liked, although obviously this song is not a tango.
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

By the way, personally I'm not that fast. I gave half the songs a listening yesterday but may want to hear them again for voting, and then there's the others. I can probably put something together by the end of today but even that'd be a bit in a hurry because I might want to relisten to a few and I'm not sure how much time I have today. This poll series is really great, I totally agree and I love it, but I don't like that much being forced to hurry. There were other series (like "make your own xxx album" in the top 10) that I found very attractive, but then these things were popping up two a day and that really ruined it for me. 

Yes I think that a single poll should last for a week, in this way we can have time to listen and relisten to all the songs.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

My favs were Beth Chapman and the Bears, BTW the song is not Dave it's Car Caught Fire, Dave is the YT poster. Not sure if anyone caught that.....Big smile
Glad you liked The Bears song. It is indeed Dave. The album the song came from is Car Caught Fire
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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Now the condition I can imagine inside prog that makes it interesting is: Maximum 10 ratings. 
 
I already have a condition worked out for prog, but I won't reveal it just yet.
 
I don't think "Maximum 10 ratings" is a good condition because how many of us would be able to choose albums with less than 10 ratings. That is, not just having such albums, but to be able to locate such albums in our collection, checking that they indeed do have less than 10 ratings.
 
 

Haha, I can probably on the spot name at least 20 (to begin with, the one of which I use the cover as avatar)... but then my taste may be "in the prog margins".


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Originally posted by jamesbaldwin jamesbaldwin wrote:

Other impressions:

Dan Mandrila.... hmmmmm....



hmmmmmm?! this can mean both good and bad LOL
So did you like it? 
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these three songs stood out for me:

Charlie Daniels Band - No Place to Go
Earth Wind & Fire - Zanzibar
Jo Jo Gunne - Take it Easy
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