Favorite Prog Rock Bands Page 2 out of 2?
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Topic: Favorite Prog Rock Bands Page 2 out of 2?
Posted By: SuperMetro
Subject: Favorite Prog Rock Bands Page 2 out of 2?
Date Posted: July 24 2022 at 20:20
| Read Page 1. Liberties taken was that I replaced Be Bop Deluxe from the original list with Eloy, because who knows the first band is? I was surprised that Eloy did not make the list. Echolyn was also replaced with Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso. |
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Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: July 24 2022 at 21:23
| Tull, King Crimson, Genesis, Yes. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 24 2022 at 22:00
| Rush, Tull, Giant, Haken, RTF, Utopia |
Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: July 24 2022 at 22:12
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All my top picks are from this page: Yes, ELP, Floyd, King Crimson, Tull, The Moodies, Genesis... ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 01:51
| King Crimson, Yes, Rush, ELP and Eloy. |
Posted By: nick_h_nz
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 02:03
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Be Bop Deluxe are surely far more widely known than Eloy, having had what I suspect was a great deal more mainstream and commercial success than Eloy did. Eloy would potentially only be more well known somewhere like PA. The world outside PA is very different from that within. Not that it affected my vote. I like both Eloy and Be Bop Deluxe, but neither enough to have voted for. I think my votes were fairly evenly spread between the two polls, though obviously it is ten favourite from these polls, rather than ten favourites overall. Not a bad list, though. ------------- https://tinyurl.com/nickhnz-tpa" rel="nofollow - Reviewer for The Progressive Aspect |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 02:12
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^ I actually love Be Bop Deluxe and Eloy about equally although they are very different bands. I tend to think that Be Bop Deluxe should have been a lot bigger although they certainly reached a wider audience beyond prog fans. Eloy filled a bit of a gap in the years 1980-1985 when a lot of prog bands were changing to a more commercial approach. Eloy retained the sci-fi element that was widely derided and so created a very nice little niche for themselves , so much so that the BBC invited them over to play the Marquee club to be recorded for posterity. Frank was very pleased and regarded it as the pinnacle of the band's achievements.
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Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 02:55
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Magma Hawkwind Supertramp Nektar Yes Van Der Graaf Generator (twice) Pink Floyd Emerson, Lake, & Palmer Anglagard ------------- 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: VianaProghead
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 03:13
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 03:20
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King Crimson, Can, Pink Floyd, VDGG, and Camel from the other list are set in stone. 6-10 become much harder. I think I add PT, Renaissance, Jethro Tull, Tangerine Dream, and Gong, with a number of others losing out very narrowly. |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 03:40
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Magma, Van der Graaf Generator, Hawkwind, Nektar, Tangerine Dream, Gong, Can, Gentle Giant, Soft Machine, Eloy. I deliberately left out the "Big Six"; first of all they are not in my personal top 10 except perhaps for King Crimson and second they will get enough votes anyway. I wish the German band Embryo would have been in the lists though; they would definitely have received a vote. I personally consider these "Big Six" to be overrated. Magma are definitely my number 1 -------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 03:48
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KC, VDGG, SM, GG, RTF, Anglagard, JT ------------- 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: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 03:57
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Ten favourite prog bands from both lists:- Camel Eloy Focus Genesis The Moody Blues Nektar Pink Floyd Renaissance Tangerine Dream YES
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Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 04:02
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Van Der Graaf Generator Genesis Yes Focus Emerson, Lake, & Palmer Porcupine Tree ------------- 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… < |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 05:50
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1) Genesis 2) Renaissance 3) Rush 4) Tull 5=) Floyd and Gentle Giant But overall, I prefer the other list. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 06:19
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SuperMetro wrote:Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 08:25
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From here; Genesis, RRUUSSHH, Yes, Tull, and the Floyds. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 09:22
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From this list:- Eloy Genesis The Moody Blues Pink Floyd Renaissance YES
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Posted By: essexboyinwales
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 10:57
| And from this list - Genesis, Floyd, ELP, Rush, JT, Moody Blues and Transatlantic |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 15:27
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KC, VDGG, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Eloy ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 15:41
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My 10 picks are from this list: Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf Generator, King Crimson, Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, Porcupine Tree, Gong, Eloy, Genesis and Yes. Opeth would be #11. ------------- 
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 16:15
Somebody has some fun voting for the same bands lots of times.  |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 16:22
| 9 + PFM |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 16:25
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for me as a bridge player the band name "Leb I sohl" is funny because it is reminiscent of "Lebensohl", a very important and probably the most complicated bidding convention in bridge ------------- A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 17:14
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Ugh and Ick! kc is winning again. |
Posted By: JD
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 17:19
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Posted By: Hugh Manatee
Date Posted: July 25 2022 at 17:49
Yeah, KC are well regarded alright. I flung 'em a vote myself. But twice as popular as anyone else? Who said the monarchy was dead? ------------- I should have been a pair of ragged claws Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: July 27 2022 at 14:11
| Can and Tool have more votes than I was expecting and King Crimson is the most popular prog band. Also surprised that Rush is not in the top ten for this poll. |
Posted By: SuperMetro
Date Posted: July 31 2022 at 19:56
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