Comparing Apples and Oranges

I have observed over the years that many of you like creating polls that compare apples with oranges.  So here you go!  The goal of this poll is to hopefully expose people to new bands and new songs.  Tell me what you think.  Talk about your favorites.  Mostly take a break from the bands that are talked about ad nauseum on this forum.  This is the fifth in my series of themed polls.  Happy listening!

Edited by rushfan4 - May 15 2021 at 21:12

Don't know most of these, but I do love that Zappa track. 

Mr. Zawinul and crew on this one! 

Here are some random thoughts...

Grumpyprogfan wrote: Here are some random thoughts... Next to None - Nice to see youngsters. Don't like growls and the quick double bass fills are too much for me.  Mute Albino - reminds me of something else. Good groove and the guitar layering is tasteful. DiMeola - He's more reserved on this song. Reminds me of Metheny. Regal Worm - Wins for the most mushrooms in a video. Like the sax and the arrangement of the song. Johannes Luley - A fast paced fusion monster. Steve Howe - Never heard him play banjo. Very cool song. Sounds like it belongs in a movie. Slim Charles - Infectious melody. Nice guitar work. Pink Floyd - Ugh. I like Syd but this is not his finest. For me, it's between Slim Charles and Mute Albino. If I can't vote for both... I'll choose Mute Albino.

The Slim Charles' album was a new one to me.  I quite liked it enough to make me listen to the entire album on their Bandcamp page.  It was a nice find for me. 

rushfan4 wrote: The sad thing is that Pink Floyd song may truly be the worst song on this list and yet it has the most votes so far.

It's the not the worst for me, that would likely be Next to None - The Apple I think, but of course to each his or her own and I'm not a metal fan.

There are few I like very much on this list, and some I don't. My favourites are: Birdsongs of the Mesozoic - Orange Ocean, Weather Report - Orange Lady, The Soft Machine - Orange Skin Food, Deerhoof - Apple Bomb, and Frank Zappa - The Orange County Lumber Truck (I missed one other that I liked). I'm giving my vote to Zappa.

For another orange in my collection, "L'Admirable Amas Cellulaire Orange" by Cos.



It works better as part of the whole album.

Seems I missed a few. There were quite a few I really liked (most I liked), yeah Krakatoa's was one of them certainly. I had listened to all of them earlier in the day. Regal Worm's Apple Witch and Mute Albino's Flies on Oranges were two of my other favourites. I think I'm going to look to purchase that Regal Worm album, I like that an awful lot.

While I like plenty of 70s heavy metal, hard rock, more modern metal that I like becomes rarer (there'a fair amount of "post metal" that I like, and some stoner metal).

Babel is not the most highly regarded Cos album, that is probably Viva Boma around here with //Train Robbery very close on those heels, but Babel is the one that I return to the most. It's an album that remains fresh to my ears.   

Floyd

The Nice -Diamond Hard Blue Apples Of The Moon. Refugee also did a live version in 1974 which is even better.

I voted for Pink Floyd.