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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Eloy for Inside and Floating especially.

If not for those two I'd vote for The Flower Kings. While they have very inconsistent albums I do keep one around and it's the live Meet The Flower Kings and if you don't think these guys have chops or can't play in that heavier, darker style check out Circus Brimstone from it. But for the most part their albums are too long and inconsistent in my opinion.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Eloy were my favourite band for some years as a teenager.


I think this has probably confirmed my arrested development... I'm 55 and like Rush, they are still one of my faves... 


Yeah. I'm 56 and Rush was one of the first bands that I was really into and still one of my faves too.
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Voted for Eloy. Everything I listened to FK, I usually feel like I consumed empty calories of prog. It just passed through one end and came up out the other with nothing of substance.
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Originally posted by Mellotron Storm Mellotron Storm wrote:

Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Eloy for Inside and Floating especially.


If not for those two I'd vote for The Flower Kings. While they have very inconsistent albums I do keep one around and it's the live Meet The Flower Kings and if you don't think these guys have chops or can't play in that heavier, darker style check out Circus Brimstone from it. But for the most part their albums are too long and inconsistent in my opinion.


Thanks, John. This is the most engaged I have been with The Flower Kings.
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Yeah. I'm 56 and Rush was one of the first bands that I was really into and still one of my faves too.

I think there's this underlying feeling amongst some proggers that Eloy and Rush are bands you might have liked in your youth as you were getting into prog, but you grow out of as your prog tastes become more sophisticated and you discover more intricate things to listen to.... in this regard with the passing of time, I never did become any more sophisticated... LOL
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Eloy
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TFK by far.
Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Flower kings are crap lol

I don't think so. What actually is crap is your taste.


Edited by Hrychu - August 21 2023 at 04:54
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ELOY, all the time.
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I really like Eloy but I LOVE The Flower Kings!!!
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

TFK by far.
Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Flower kings are crap lol

I don't think so. What actually is crap is your taste.
I agree with dr prog, so my tastes are crap also. Cool, so now I know why participation in my polls are dismal.

Edited by Grumpyprogfan - August 21 2023 at 14:34
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^We all like what we like. It shouldn't be a contest. ;)
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^Yet all polls are a contest. No?
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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^We all like what we like. It shouldn't be a contest. ;)

Say what now? LOL

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not sure why the idea of having these two going against each other was going through my head today but there it is. Wink 
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Originally posted by dr prog dr prog wrote:

Flower kings are crap lol
To each his own, although u are horribly wrong to the nth degree LOL. The Flower Kings Appreciation Thread on PA is 486 pages long.....Does Eloy even have an appreciation thread? Ermm
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

The Flower Kings Appreciation Thread on PA is 486 pages long.....Does Eloy even have an appreciation thread? Ermm

That does not mean they're better, just more popular. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

The Flower Kings Appreciation Thread on PA is 486 pages long.....Does Eloy even have an appreciation thread? Ermm

That does not mean they're better, just more popular. 
They are popular because more people like them, so mo betta'! LOL

Besides "better" in music is highly subjective to even what does "better" mean in music??.......Popular is concrete.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

The Flower Kings Appreciation Thread on PA is 486 pages long.....Does Eloy even have an appreciation thread? Ermm

That does not mean they're better, just more popular. 
They are popular because more people like them, so mo betta'! LOL

Besides "better" in music is highly subjective to even what does "better" mean in music??.......Popular is concrete.

yes, you're right, "better" is subjective. 
TFK has more pages because they're more popular, better known I guess, than Eloy. 
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^^ I wonder how many of those posts int that thread were made by you? I got the impression that it's a relatively small group of people (or groups because it has been going since 2009) who post in that topic a lot.

If you look at rateyourmusic, The Flower King's most rated album, Stardust We Are, has 744 ratings and 21 reviews. Eloy's most rated, Ocean, has 2,489 and 61 reviews. Eloy has five albums with over 1000 ratings each.

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-flower-kings

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/eloy

Neither are top ranked/ rated players in Prog or progressive music, and I agree with AFlowerKingEloy, oops, that it shouldn't be a contest. I don't treat these polls as contests.

Edited by Logan - August 22 2023 at 12:39
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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

^We all like what we like. It shouldn't be a contest. ;)

Say what now? LOL

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

I'm not sure why the idea of having these two going against each other was going through my head today but there it is. Wink 

Yes, but just because I like band A better than band B doesn't mean band A is actually better. It's just my opinion. No matter how much I scream and jump up and down I won't change your opinion and vice versa. Wink
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

^^ I wonder how many of those posts int that thread were made by you? I got the impression that it's a relatively small group of people (or groups because it has been going since 2009) who post in that topic a lot.

If you look at rateyourmusic, The Flower King's most rated album, Stardust We Are, has 744 ratings and 21 reviews. Eloy's most rated, Ocean, has 2,489 and 61 reviews. Eloy has five albums with over 1000 ratings each.

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/the-flower-kings

https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/eloy

Neither are top ranked/ rated players in Prog or progressive music, and I agree with AFlowerKingEloy, oops, that it shouldn't be a contest. I don't treat these polls as contests.
I think I made 6 posts there LOL........I prefer TFK over Eloy, but I prefer Ocean over a lot of TFK albums. I would bet a lot of the posters on that thread are no longer even active on PA anymore Cry
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