84 & 85 albums: Art Zoyd, Present, Univers Zéro
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Topic: 84 & 85 albums: Art Zoyd, Present, Univers Zéro
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 84 & 85 albums: Art Zoyd, Present, Univers Zéro
Date Posted: April 28 2021 at 23:51
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Keeping this super simple. Three classics of RIO/ Avant Prog, pick your poison. ------------- 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. |
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Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 00:29
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Yikes! 😳 I’ll give this some thought, but I have a feeling I may have to take the easy option of “can’t choose”. What a fantastically, devilishly, good poll! 🤗 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 00:47
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^ Thanks, Nick. Such music doesn't have as many fans here as it used to. In 2007 there was a topic about your ten favourite Prog albums by Raff and the only one in this album list that got my nod was the Present (Rock Bottom was I think my number one). As I wrote there: "Looking for that perfect Present for Valentine's Day? Give him or her "the poison which makes insane." Tainted love; your partner will go crazy for it. I was contemplating whether to include this album or Univers Zero's Heresie, but chose this one since it doesn't get talked about so much (I tend to prefer the more acoustic side so UZ might seem a more obvious choice and I really wish I was including UZ which is fantastic). Anyway, it's jazzy, dark ... and generally fits my mood well...." A different Art Zoyd album was listed in my top ten there. I would imagine that the Art Zoyd will get the least votes. While I commonly don't vote in my own polls and find all three albums excellent, I will give a vote for the Art Zoyd. Art Zoyd is my favourite of these three acts, and is a particular fave of mine period, even though I have all of the Univers Zero and Present albums and not quite all of the Art Zoyd ones (Art Zoyd has released a lot). Number two would be the Present for me. I like Uzed, but it's not a particular favourite of mine. Anyway, I remain an Art Zoyd fanatic. ------------- 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: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 00:55
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My initial reaction when I saw this post was to hit Present, and if I’d gone with gut instinct (which I almost did), I would have voted that. However, if it were Heresie, there is no way I would have had such a reaction. But I think you were right not to include it, as it was released some years earlier. I like that these are all from the same time period. Can you imagine what it might look like if these bands were more popular, though? We might be voting in the “Have there been too many Art Zoyd polls recently?” poll! 😜 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 00:57
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Love all three. Going to go with Present. ------------- 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: Rick1
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 02:11
| I went for the Zoyd but the other two are not far behind - particularly that Present album. 'Uzed' was a bit more of a departure for UZ but excellent all the same. Three quality albums that never got the attention they deserved (and I was unaware of them at the time of their release - I had heard of UZ due to the RIO festival in 1978 but never saw their albums in UK record shops...) |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 03:01
Hey! This will not do! I demand you complain about the lack of representation of Messrs Emerson, Lake and Palmer in this poll! 😜 ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Rick1 wrote:Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 03:58
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Both Univers Zero and Present I only got to know in this forum. I actually haven't heard that Present album in full but what I know is very good and I should for sure (there's really too much music to explore!). Uzed is also very very strong - I have listened to it less than several other ones by Univers Zero but also this one should have more airplay. The AZ album I know properly from the eighties but it is another one that I feel is underlistened compared to some other things in their catalogue, so this poll makes me revisit some great stuff. At the end of the day I have a special connection to Art Zoyd that few other bands can match and they always do their magic for me, so the vote goes there but Uzed isn't much behind and chances are I will also appreciate Present a lot beyond the about 10 minutes I know.
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 04:00
"Best song from album XXX" can fill months! By the way two months ago I attended an online avantgarde festival apparently organised by Art Zoyd. Despite the death of Gerard Hourbette the company is soldiering on.
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 04:24
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My fav is Art Zoyd ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 04:47
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I had forgotten how good this Art Zoyd album is, so I’m thankful for this poll for making me listen to it again. It definitely makes me glad I didn’t go for my initial reaction of Present (though the Present album definitely is a goodie). The UZ is the wooden spooner here, as it’s definitely between AZ and Present for me, at this stage. Although, given that I did mention that if Heresie were the UZ album in this poll, it would be much harder to choose, I must say that this AZ album could be compared in some ways to Heresie, musically speaking. (I said compared, not sounds like, before someone jumps on me!). I’ve still not made a decision yet.... 🤪 [EDIT] While I’m deliberating, I just realised that an even harder to decide poll might be between Heresie (1979), Musique Pour L'Odyssée (1979), and Triskaidekaphobie (1980). Present’s first two albums are my favourites of theirs, and bloody good stuff. Heresie and Musique are two of my favourite albums from UZ and AZ. Still, I shouldn’t dwell on that. I still need to figure this out.... ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 04:51
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I can't not pick any of those 3, they are all outstanding, I'm taking the no pick option. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 07:09
| Univers Zero takes my vote. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: April 29 2021 at 07:36
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UZ for me but it's a tough poll. ------------- This message was brought to you by a proud supporter of the Deep State. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: May 01 2021 at 17:05
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Tie-breaker. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Progmind
Date Posted: May 01 2021 at 18:07
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Arrrggggggggg very hard to pick only one, 3 masterpieces!! todaY vote for UZ
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Posted By: suitkees
Date Posted: May 02 2021 at 03:10
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Hehe, it's a tie now (6 to 6) between the two albums I have a difficulty to choose one or the other. Present always leaves me with the impression that it is a bit too overwrought, but why I don't say that about the other two, I don't know... In the end, I think I go with Art Zoyd if I had to pick one of the three... ------------- The razamataz is a pain in the bum |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: May 02 2021 at 03:17
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The combined total of votes is less than one option can gain in other polls 😄 This is the poll of the damned (and I’m damned happy to be Present). ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: May 02 2021 at 05:18
| This is hard...I'll go with Present. |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: May 02 2021 at 09:38
Woot woot all three are incredible, favourites so it’s a can not choose vote for me ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |