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Kustin

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 13:36

I'm more of a person with a diverse taste, so I'd stick with "the rest".

Sckxyss

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 13:36

Logan wrote:

The rest of my collection. I'm more of an album-based devotee than a devotee of certain bands/ artists (there are hundreds of albums by hundreds of different acts/ bands that I love).

Same here. Frankly I'm surprised this is even a close contest, considering how many great bands/artists there are out there.

Manuel

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 13:54

Tull, Crimson, Camel, Yes and Floyd for me. The rest are very close and could not live without them, but these five are the real deal.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 14:07

I sure would miss Magma, though

friso

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 14:36

Sckxyss wrote:

Same here. Frankly I'm surprised this is even a close contest, considering how many great bands/artists there are out there.

Yes.. this poll turned out to be exciting, I myself didn't really no what would happen. When thinking about it, and looking at my 'holy section' of my record collection.. it does feel strange leaving it behind.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 14:51

My 5 favorite bands:

Genesis

Yes

Rush

Opeth

Dream Theater

I would certainly miss out on these guys but I think I'd vote for the rest. Now, would this include my current collection or could it also include further additions to it?

richardh

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 15:19

My top five

ELP

Rush

Yes

Genesis

versus

Porcupine Tree

Tangerine Dream

Eloy

Kayak

Muse

Radiohead

Mansun

Par Lindh Project

Iron Maiden

Focus

Magenta

Glass Hammer

King Crimson

Jethro Tull

Spocks Beard

etc

truly horrible question!!

The only way I could pick my top five over the rest is to switch PT with Yes. That would give me a more balanced top five and I might be happy with just that, but then it wouldn't honestly be my top five favourite bands anymore. So I have to vote for ''the rest''. Par Lindh and Glass Hammer gives me a good hit of symphonic prog while there is plenty of neo prog out there to choose. The biggest miss for me would be Genesis who are completely unique.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 15:26

I don't see how anyone can vote for top five to be honest. No matter how diverse or large the discography of your top five artists, there will be a comparatively infinite amount of other music out there! It just seems crazy to me! Heck, I wouldn't do it if it was Top 20!

EDIT: Well, actually, it depends on the theoretical consequences of this vote... does the rest of our collection just disappear, or does it mean we can never listen to music outside our top five ever again? So could we not just vote "The Rest" then re-buy the top 5?

I'm putting too much thought into this... Smile

Edited by Nathaniel607 - December 14 2010 at 15:28

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 15:52

Hmmm... my top five artists would most likely be:

The Residents

Zappa

Robyn Hitchcock

XTC

and

shoot, would that be King Crimson, Richard Thompson, maybe Porcupine Tree, The Beatles? Drat, I don't know.

If I chose to rid myself of the five and went with the rest, can I assume that in the "rest" there are compilations and box sets and such things that just might include a song or two by the sacred five?

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The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 15:58

Oddly enough I don't actually have five favorite bands because I've got so much good stuff in my collection now. Terms like 'favorite" and "best" lose any meaning.

Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...

Hercules

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 16:12

Camel, IQ, Mostly Autumn, Genesis and Horslips.

And I would say they made most of my favourite music between them.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 17:37

top 5 for me:
Magma, Yes, King Crimson, Zappa & Genesis.
I can't imagine life without these.

But there are fantastic music I would desperately miss:
Gentle Giant, Jethro Tull, VDGG, Hatfield, Caravan, National Health, Wyatt, Miles Davis, Mahavishnu, Strawbs, Greenslade, Colosseum, Pekka Pohjola, Matching Mole, Kaipa, Manning, Roy Harper, Kevin Ayers, Peter Gabriel, Traffic, Hancock, Di Meola, Laswell ...

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 17:38

I won't vote for that poll!!! why not your wife's head VS your wife's body? Wacko

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 19:54

I voted for my top 5 because um they're my favorites. And they are:

Van der Graaf Generator/Peter Hammill
Yes
Rush
Blind Guardian
Iron Maiden

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 19:55

-The Who

-Modest Mouse

-Black Sabbath

-The Kinks

-King Crimson

I think I gotta go with those. I dunno what use listening to music would be if I didn't have them along for the ride.

Heaven's made a cesspool of us all.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 19:58

Oh definitely the other thousand artists.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 20:00

I just can't be limited to 5 artists, even if they are my favorites. I'd make do and have new favorites.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 20:05

Quantity-wise, my collection would square off against the combined heft of:

Zappa
Crimson
Davis
Prince
Bowie

That basically covers anything and everything anyone would ever want to listen to.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 20:15

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

That basically covers anything and everything anyone would ever want to listen to.

sorta like how '69-'89 covers anything and everything anyone would ever want to listen to? Wink

vote for everything else. I think i could do a favorite albums list but a favorite artist list is a different story.
Ask me to pick my top 10-15 albums against everything else and THEN you might get a different answer.

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Posted: December 14 2010 at 20:21

keiser willhelm wrote:

WalterDigsTunes wrote:

That basically covers anything and everything anyone would ever want to listen to.

sorta like how '69-'89 covers anything and everything anyone would ever want to listen to? Wink

1989 should be the last stop for anyone who truly cares about the art form once known as music. Anything after that is an absolute insult to the masterpieces of the Golden Age. And really, who said anything about 69?

Poll Question: Your 5 favorite bands vs. The rest of your collection
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
My five favorite bands	37	[57.81%]
The rest of my collection	27	[42.19%]
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