Two bands I have a hard time liking.

I do enjoy some Van der Graaf Generator songs, and I recognize that they have several excellent albums, but most of their stuff just isn't my thing.

I have a bit of the same problem with Gentle Giant, but to a much lesser extent.

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gr8dane wrote:

Probably done before.But not sure.

But two bands that to me are rather ,ehh ,...I do not really appreciate ,but find somewhat similar.

Though I love Quiet Zone Pleasure Dome.

But that's about it.Van is my choice.

Shake & bake.

I kind of feel the same way about both bands. I think it might have something to do with them having zero radio play in the US. I have no history with them. I bought most of their albums long after I was into the main 6 or 7 prog bands and can't say that I have any nostalgia with them. With VDGG I'm not really a fan of the cat's tail in the grinder saxophone playing nor Peter Hammill's voice...which is weird because he is an influence on Rob Halford, who is one of my all-time favorites and Matthew Parmenter from Discipline reminds me of him, and I am a big fan of him and Discipline. I guess that I like them well enough...but they are just kind of another band to me, nothing special like they are with so many PAers.

With Gentle Giant, they are a good band. Nothing really objectionable with them. I enjoy listening to their albums, but again I just don't really have a history with them so they are again, just another band, nothing special. Their vocal harmonies are top notch though and Knots is a pretty awesome song...so I guess I've typed myself into voting for Gentle Giant.

VdGG

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From the eighties, when I started to listen prog, I have tried to like GG, but I just can´t. I have tried their albums many times without result. VdGG was also in the eighties band that really didn´t fully open me. Now I really love Pawn Hearts & Godbluff and they haven´t made a bad album. But still they aren´t in my top10 greatest progbands list. So my vote is VdGG.

twosteves wrote:

well one band I really dislike and find pretentious and the other one has a great rhythm section and can really groove---in a quirky way.

I can't really see anyone calling VDGG pretentious(except for maybe their lyrics)so I'm going to guess that GG is who you are referring to and that you voted for VDGG(the quirky one).

I know EXACTLY how you feel.

For all the 70s and 80s, I hated GG. I just could not understand what they were trying to do. Then someone made me listen properly to Free Hand, and suddenly, I understood. I don't like everything they have done, but some of it (Knots, Proclamation, Free Hand amongst many others) is amongst the best prog ever and I listen to them a lot.

VDGG I just cannot cope with at all. They have a fine keyboards player, but Peter Hamill's voice drives me away immediately and their compositions just don't appeal.

And I feel exactly the same about King Crimson. They may be extremely talented musicians, but I cannot stand most of their music and I find Fripp's guitar style to be cold, unemotional and about as pleasant as finger nails scraping down a blackboard.

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I chose Gentle Giant before I even looked at the poll choices.

I can't vote because I like them both pretty equally.

dwill123 wrote:

I can't vote because I like them both pretty equally.

Same here, love them both.

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Poll Question: Who is your favourite ?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Gentle Giant	34	[60.71%]
Van Der Graaf Generator	22	[39.29%]
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