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Hector Enrique ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: September 26 2019 Location: Lima, Peru Status: Offline Points: 833 |
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1. The Wall
2. PW 3. Drama |
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Steve Wyzard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2017 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2981 |
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Not to mention that two of the album's best songs are either shortened ("Run Like Hell") or ignored entirely ("Hey You") in the movie. |
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ThyroidGlands ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 29 2023 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 439 |
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Melt
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You don't know nothin'
You don't know nothin' about You don't know nothin' You don't know nothin' at all |
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Floydoid ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 02 2007 Location: Planet Prog Status: Offline Points: 2150 |
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You have a point about 'The Wall' - the movie doesn't make much sense unless you are familiar with the album, and on the flip side the movie helps you better understand some aspects of the album.
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"Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour
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Saperlipopette! ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 20 2010 Location: Tomorrowland Status: Online Points: 12950 |
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moshkito ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2007 Location: Grok City Status: Offline Points: 18597 |
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Hi, My preference for THE WALL is the visual side of it, from the movie ... where/when the music makes a lot better sense, and I enjoy it better. I have played the album on its own a few times, but have not enjoyed it ... it begs for the visual side too much for me, and that makes the album 3 dimensional for me, instead of me having to come up with my own idea of what the album is, which is very different from the movie itself, and I know that I can not see it any better, after those excellent cartoons in it! |
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Music is not just for listening ... it is for LIVING ... you got to feel it to know what's it about! Not being told!
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Steve Wyzard ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: March 30 2017 Location: California Status: Offline Points: 2981 |
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This has been up for 5 weeks, and we have a tie between The Wall and Permanent Waves. Does anyone want to break it?
All 10 albums received at least one vote - thanks to everyone who participated. |
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20747 |
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Been listening to a bit of Supertramp over the past couple of days, in BiA.
Yes, its borderline cheesy, but they did pen a good tune.
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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mellotronwave ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 30 2021 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 11698 |
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Own 8 of them, most since 1979/1980, voted for Steve Hackett
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"You must not talk to idiots, it instructs them" (Michel Audiard)
" Je ne parle pas aux idiots , cela les instruit" |
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essexboyinwales ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: April 27 2015 Location: Bridgend Status: Offline Points: 5349 |
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The Wall, it’s still brilliant!
Over Permanent Waves and Drama |
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Heaven is waiting but waiting is Hell
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Rick1 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 14 2020 Location: Loughborough UK Status: Offline Points: 3120 |
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Having lived through these years, Hackett was seen very much as the saviour of prog at the time although Gabriel's album was very innovative. I saw both of them on the respective tours (Gabriel's album wasn't even out - he was also supported by a band fronted by Bill MacCormick - well known to Canterbury prog fans). As for the rest...Supertramp in third spot.
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someone_else ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24824 |
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Nice selection. Danger Money is top 10 for me.
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Big Sky ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: October 24 2022 Location: USA Status: Offline Points: 1082 |
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That it is. Fainting in Coils, Hell's Bells, 5G, etc, etc. Four monster players in Bill Bruford, Jeff Berlin, Allan Holdsworth and Dave Stewart (as well as top notch guest appearances). It is number three for me behind Yes and Rush. But, I could probably be talked into it being my number one. Great list of albums in this poll. |
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Mormegil ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 03 2010 Location: NE PA Status: Offline Points: 7998 |
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Tough one (great poll)!
Spectral Mornings Drama Permanent Waves PG III
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Floydoid ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: April 02 2007 Location: Planet Prog Status: Offline Points: 2150 |
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Sky2 > The Wall
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"Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour
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Jared ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 06 2005 Location: Hereford, UK Status: Offline Points: 20747 |
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Rush... my fave album of theirs, but in truth I own 7 of them and listen to them regularly (I don't own the top 3, but know 2 of them)
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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Heart of the Matter ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: September 01 2020 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 3660 |
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Spectral Mornings
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richardh ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 30251 |
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I could vote for any of these which is rare for any poll on the forum. I went for Yes - Drama because they retained what was brilliant about the band but added a fresh take and an incredible amount of energy. It still sounds great to this day.
Chris Welch who was in the UK the foremost journalist on progressive rock suggested that UK - Danger Money was the last call of the original movement. I agree and it's also an excellent album if perhaps not the perfection of their debut. For me 1979 was owned by 2 huge Gary Numan albums and to this day I believe he reperesented the 'new progressive rock' of the day. Latterly I became a massive Eloy fan and they released 2 significant and excellent albums (Silent Cries and Mighty Echoes plus Colours) in those 2 years. I could say similar things for Tangerine Dream (2 great releases) and Vangelis released his masterpeice China in 1979. In general there was quality music a plenty but by the mid eighties it was getting harder to find decent stuff. Many of the best musicians found a haven in so called 'New Age Music' and recently I watched a BBC documentary 'Enya At The BBC' looking back on Enya's career and digging into her old interviews. Watermark was and still is a beautiful drop in the ocean. Pop and rock music however had largely become stale and prog in its original form was dead. IMO
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I prophesy disaster ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 31 2017 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 4999 |
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Definitely Bill Bruford: One of a Kind However, Peter Gabriel: III (Melt) and Pink Floyd: The Wall also deserve a special mention. I would've liked to have seen Peter Hammill: pH7 in the list. Edited by I prophesy disaster - March 20 2025 at 22:39 |
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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.
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Atavachron ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: September 30 2006 Location: Pearland Status: Offline Points: 65816 |
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My vote went to Drama but DM and Perm very close.
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