"World Cup" top 8- how many do you enjoy?
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Topic: "World Cup" top 8- how many do you enjoy?
Posted By: Kazza3
Subject: "World Cup" top 8- how many do you enjoy?
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:26
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This isn't a post of criticism- kudos to Morningrise for a great poll contest. The inevitable controversy throughout the competition gave me the idea to see how many of these quarterfinalist bands people enjoy/like, since there's been a lot of people bemoaning the lack of their favourite bands. I'm not sure exactly what this achieves; maybe it'll say something about the relative obscurity of people's musical tastes compared to the PA 'mainstream'. But, I thought it could be an interesting idea anyway.
In case you've forgotten, the top 8 are Porcupine Tree, Spock's Beard, Phideaux, Marillion, Riverside, Dream Theater, Anekdoten and Opeth.
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:31
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I love them all; they pretty much all show up on my favorite artist list. I like the overall turnout of the poll. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">  
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:32
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I would say "Opeth and Anekdoten." There was a time when I liked PT and DT too, but too much of their material in the last (insert duration here) has just been awful |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:33
No Riverside???  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:37
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6. All except SB and Phideaux. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: SaltyJon
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:37
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Pretty much just Anekdoten.
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Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:39
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I enjoy all the bands left to varying degrees except Anekdoten which I am not very familiar with.
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:41
I suggest you become familiar with them. ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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darkshade wrote:Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:46
| I only like PT and Opeth. But I will vote for Anekdoten, Riverside and Marillion in their respective quarter finals because at least I like their oppenents even less than I like them. |
Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:51
awww  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 19:55
They are OK I like one album by them |
Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:01
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Dream Theater and Anekdoten are not really my thing though neither are bad at all; I can enjoy some of their stuff.
Phideaux, PT, Spocks Beard and Opeth are very good, Riverside are excellent and Marillion are just ....well, Marillion. After IQ, the second best post 1980 prog band and an endless source of enjoyment, whether with H or Fish I care not one jot. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:20
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Porcupine Tree, Riverside, Anekdoten, and Dream Theater. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:28
I'm sure I will one day. I'll add them to the list of 100 other bands I still need to check out. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:30
I'd make them #1, even without knowing the other bands on that list.  ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:34
Believe it or not, I actually have a list, with bands and albums I want to check out. I really want to check out that band Yezda Urfa, probably more so than Anekdoten. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm
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Posted By: Andy Webb
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:38
Oh yea, I have to check them out too.  ------------- http://ow.ly/8ymqg" rel="nofollow">
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:55
| I enjoy Opeth, Anekdoten, early Marillion (Fish era) and early PT (spacy era). |
Posted By: daslaf
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:56
This... though I've never cared for for PT and DT ------------- But now my branches suffer And my leaves don't bear the glow They did so long ago |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 20:56
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I have A Time of Day, annd really enjoy it when I listen to it but it doesn't make me wat to run get more tbh. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 21:04
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I like some Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater, have a few albums of each, but prefer Spock's Beard and Fish-era Marillion (which is my favorite on this list). I've liked what little I've heard of Phideaux but I do not have any albums. I have no opinion on Riverside or Anekdoten, but they do not appeal to me. I dislike Opeth. I do not find it unbelievable that anybody on this site has a list of what they want to check out. I have one myself. I would be surprised at anybody here who didn't have one. Aren't we all just a little bit obsessive that way? ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 21:09
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I have a list because I cannot remember all the bands and albums that everyone here or at other sites shows me, or recommends. Add that to stuff I find out about on my own.
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 21:29
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I enjoy them all but would rate Porcupine Tree and Anekdoten as 1A and 1B and it would depend on the day as to which one was A or B. Then quite a ways down would be the rest.Misplaced Childhood,Damnation,Train Of Thought and V are all killer albums from the other six bands. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: November 21 2011 at 22:18
I think it's a very good top eight  It's a nice cross section of types of music IMO.------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Harold-The-Barrel
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 01:30
all of them....i'm so easy to please ------------- You must be joking.....Take a running jump...... |
Posted By: Atoms
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 01:33
| I voted two, even if I only enjoy a small portion of those bands material. Phideaux and Opeth. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 02:29
------------- What? |
Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 03:33
Eh, not really for all of them.
I think most people here don't have an actual word document with band names, but maybe I am wrong. I can tell you that I don't. ------------- if you own a sodastream i hate you |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 03:40
------------- What? |
Posted By: Siloportem
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 03:42
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All of them. Although Spock's Beard very recently and because of Morningrise's poll. Like many I love Marillion's Fish era. I haven't paid enough attention to the Hogarth albums to form a definitive opinion. But I love almost everything Porcupine Tree does. And I should probably start such a list. ------------- Thanks !! Your topics always so good and informative. I like you talk. |
Posted By: Warthur
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 03:53
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I'm very keen on five of the semifinalists - PT, Phideaux, Marillion, Riverside and Anekdoten. Spock's Beard I flat-out don't enjoy. Dream Theater and Opeth have put out some albums I wouldn't want to be without (like Awake and Still Life), and others I'm not so keen on. So since I half-enjoy them, I rounded off my vote to 6.
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Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 04:11
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6 out of 8, although none are in my top 5 (or even 10) bands. ------------- 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: Morningrise
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 06:33
| Like them all, but my obvious favorite is Opeth. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 06:36
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I voted 7, under the proviso that though I dont listen to SB much these days they are far better than PT, who I really dont like, and DT's early albums are brilliant. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: DanthraX
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 08:06
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All except for Spock's Beard... ------------- I look up, I'm almost blinded by the warmth of what's inside me and the taste that's in my soul, but I'm dead inside as I stand alone... |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 08:20
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I voted all of them. I'm not a fan of Opeth's growling but I love them musically and I love their non-growling songs.
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Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 09:06
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I enjoy all of them except for Opeth ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Oliverum
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 10:06
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7 out of 8. The whole competition pretty much reflects my taste in prog, so I don't know whether I should be flattered or sad, since voting like a majority in essence just means being 'the average prog fan'. Um, anyways, I should give Anekdoten more playtime, maybe I'll discover their appeal. I have got used to Phideaux pretty well, although I have to consume it selectively not to become bored. ------------- All the best freaks are here, please stop staring at me. Marillion - Freaks (1988). |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 10:26
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All of them to varying degrees. Of the bunch, Phideaux is by far my favorite, but I also really dig Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree and Marillion. I've only heard a little bit of Anekdoten, but what I've heard I like. I only have one Opeth album and perhaps that is all I will ever own - Heritage, which I think is excellent and wish they'd do this style of music more often. I like some of DT's stuff, Awake probably being my favorite, with Scenes a close second. Haven't been into much of their stuff since Octavarium. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Lark the Starless
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 11:41
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5 out of 8.
I have not yet heard Phideaux, Riverside, or Anekdoten. Favorites would be DT as 1st and Marillion as 2nd. ------------- 
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Posted By: silversaw
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 12:21
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All 8 of these bands deserve to be where they are in my opinion...some of the best stuff out there!!!! ------------- "In the Court Of Kings I look around, my blood runs cold, I close my eyes..." |
Posted By: BrufordFreak
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 14:21
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None (0) of these groups has a single album which rates among my personal all-time favorites; only two (2) of these eight (8) groups has any albums that I enjoy (Porcupine Tree's Fear of a Blank Planet and Lightbulb Sun and Anekdoten's Waking the Dead, Live in Japan 2005)!!! ------------- Drew Fisher https://progisaliveandwell.blogspot.com/ |
Posted By: Hober Mallow
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 14:28
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Phideaux and Opeth are just not my thing ------------- “When Fortuna spins you downward, go out to a movie and get more out of life.” John Kennedy Toole |
Posted By: Slaughternalia
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 14:56
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just marillion and opeth ------------- I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 15:13
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Marillion, PT, DT, Anekdoten, Spock's Beard. I like like the other bands too, but they really don't add up or compare to the ones I just listed. Also I'm not really that familiar with Phiadeux either.
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 22:39
I have a Word document with band names, countries of origin, album titles and year of release. If not for it I would have a hard time remembering what I have! My memory is so bad sometimes... I voted 6 of 8. Not familiar with Phideaux, and not a fan of Spock's Beard (even though I do own three of their albums).
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: November 22 2011 at 23:17
| Just Marillion and Opeth, barely. So two (2) (to) (too) (t'you). |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 10:26
7 out of 8, only because I haven't got around to listen to my Phideaux album yet..  ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 13:25
6 out of 8.......I don't have any Phideaux (so it could be 7 of 8)......but for sure that would be the limit as I do not like Opeth......except for the last album.....so maybe 7.5 of 8  .
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Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 14:03
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I enjoy 6 of them. The other two, Phideaux and Anekdoten, are good but I've heard only one work from each of them so can't say. Of the other 6 I have pretty much all their studio albums (except Marillion from which I have about 7) ------------- 
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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 14:26
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Most i know and listen too. 5/8 i listen too quite a lot. (voted 5/8) ------------- Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours |
Posted By: omphaloskepsis
Date Posted: November 23 2011 at 23:09
All of 'em!
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Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: November 24 2011 at 10:13
| All of them except Marillion and Anekdoten. |
Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: November 24 2011 at 17:07
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No Thanks ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |