A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers vs Supper's Ready
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Topic: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers vs Supper's Ready
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Subject: A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers vs Supper's Ready
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 03:16
Impossible to choose? Let's find out!
 vs  ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
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Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 04:23
| Cast the first vote for Supper's Ready. (although I also like A Plague...) |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 04:26
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I voted Supper's Ready. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 06:03
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People usually seem to consider Plague as a compositional mess but I think its dramaturgically flawless. While hm Supper's Ready - well I love it but never really feel the urge to spin it anymore. I always found the first part more promising than the full epic delivers as well. VdGG for me. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 06:23
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Suppers ready is too much built. VdGG ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 07:22
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Cool perspectives. I assumed everyone would default to Supper's Ready. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Chaser
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 07:25
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Impossible, but, with a gun to my head, Supper's Ready ------------- Songs cast a light on you |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 08:10
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Tough choice. Actually, not really. Love "Plague" but "Supper's Ready" is one of greatest songs of all time. The fact that I heard it when I was in high school and didn't discover VDGG until I was in my 20s gives it extra nostalgia appeal. ------------- PROGMATIC |
Posted By: maryes
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 08:12
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Both great songs, but I think which Supper's Ready is superior!!!
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Posted By: twosteves
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 11:09
Suppers Ready is one of the greatest pieces of prog ever---even Peter Gabriel still loves it  Plague is a rambling pretentious whatever like a lot of that bands stuff |
Posted By: Scorpius
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 11:24
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Easily VDGG. I know I stand quite opposed in this belief but i've never really liked Suppers Ready all that much. Just doesnt do as much for me as something like LLDOB or a lot of material from SEBTP. ------------- The most dangerous man in America. |
Posted By: Gerinski
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 11:29
| Supper's Ready, it set the tone for a lot of Prog which came afterwards, a hugely influential song. |
Posted By: CristauxFeur
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 12:59
| I HATE Van Der Graaf Generator so Supper's Ready by far |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 13:51
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I've read A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers described as the antithesis of Supper's Ready. Both are masterpieces, but in their own way. I had intended to create a poll of this pairing of songs because I felt it would be good indicator of the general type of music that the people here like. Of course, my vote goes to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers because it is more inline with the type of music I enjoy (not to mention that my whole identity on this forum is about VdGG). ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 13:55
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Love both, but Plague. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 15:52
Exactly why I made this poll/thread. I'm glad others feel the same; these two are quintessential prog epics of opposing calibers. (for me). I can't fault anyone for choosing either. I actually always forget Lighthouse came out a year sooner than Supper's Ready! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
I prophesy disaster wrote:Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 15:54
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Absolutely a no-brainer. Supper's Ready by at least 2.5 stars.
I love both bands, but I can hardly imagine I would love VdGG when I was your age. Even now it's an acquired taste. Van der Graaf Generator has a serious problem with epics, but their discography is almost on par with Genesis's. ------------- 
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 18:20
| Supper's Ready without a doubt. |
Posted By: iluvmarillion
Date Posted: February 24 2019 at 23:35
I think Plague is a compositional masterpiece but I still prefer Supper.
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 01:09
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Suppers Ready. I find Plague almost unlistenable. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 02:13
The first several times or so, Plague felt very jumbled and random. I came to find out it kind of was; they spliced several separate jams together at the suggestion of producer (just like with YES), but it WORKS. Supper's Ready always felt, well, ready, to me  .They're each masterpieces in their own way, and I'm glad to see so many great points being brought up about both! ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 06:02
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Walking across the sitting room . . . ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 06:20
Both very good I think. I'm one of the minority, while I like "Supper's Ready", I love "A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers" (and I far prefer Pawn Hearts to Foxtrot overall).
What happened, did they steal your lunch money? "The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends" (Friedrich Nietzsche). ------------- Watching while most appreciating a sunset in the moment need not diminish all the glorious sunsets I have observed before. It can be much like that with music for me. |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 06:44
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A flower? ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Argo2112
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 09:37
| Supper's Ready by far. I could never get in to A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: February 25 2019 at 12:56
| Supper's Ready is the apex. |
Posted By: Upbeat Tango Monday
Date Posted: February 26 2019 at 14:26
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I really like Plague, but come on... ------------- Two random guys agreed to shake hands. Just Because. They felt like it, you know. It was an agreement of sorts...a random agreement. |
Posted By: Dopeydoc
Date Posted: February 27 2019 at 08:56
| Genesis! |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: February 27 2019 at 12:04
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I will support the underdog, seriously it's both about equally. |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: February 27 2019 at 12:17
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Supper's more euphonious than Plague but does it make it better? Pas vraiment. I'll go with Plague today. ------------- |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: April 16 2019 at 06:39
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