Magma vs Fairport Convention |
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AlexUC
Forum Senior Member Joined: June 06 2007 Location: Noveria Status: Offline Points: 392 |
Topic: Magma vs Fairport Convention Posted: March 23 2009 at 10:17 |
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Magma is a better Zeuhl band. FC drumming is flat
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This is not my beautiful house...
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crimson87
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 03 2008 Location: Argentina Status: Offline Points: 1818 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 21:34 | ||
Put any of the following artists in a poll against ELP and my head automatically explodes.
I am an ELP fanboy of course , no band puts me in a better mood than Emerson Lake and Palmer but those artists produced too much groundbreaking music and they get my respect in the same way Magma does (although I have to hear all the post MDK albums) |
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jammun
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 14 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3449 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 21:21 | ||
Careful, you never know what kind of abomination some of us are devising. Edited by jammun - March 08 2009 at 21:22 |
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 21:16 | ||
And it's a poll ELP would have a better chance of winning . If Emerson irritates people with showing off, Vander positively spooks them out. Ice cream v/s heart attack - couldn't have described this poll better! As between ELP and Magma, I'd go with Magma even though I have heard only MDK and Kohntarkohz because both were far more interesting than ELP's albums - as good as they are - , especially the two part Kohntarkohz epic. Just so crimson87 knows he has to count on one less vote for ELP if and when he makes an ELP v/s Magma poll. |
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ten years after
Forum Senior Member Joined: September 07 2007 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 1008 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 20:24 | ||
I was hoping to get a few more suggestions of this type.
The trouble with Zappa is that he released at least one album in just about every style there is so he can be compared with almost anyone (Abba could be stretching it a bit but I don't expect them to appear in the prog archives any time soon).
A passing thought: I always thought a concert featuring Black Widow and Quintessence would attract an interesting audience.
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ghost_of_morphy
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 19:10 | ||
You have done well, my son. My first thought was Zappa and the Mothers vs. Godspeed You Black Emperor, but I think you have topped that.
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Logan
Forum & Site Admin Group Site Admin Joined: April 05 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Status: Offline Points: 32844 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 12:40 | ||
Or how about MAGMA (France - Zeuhl) vs. MAGMA (Argentina - Prog Folk) ELP vs. Magma makes sense due to the bombastic, over-the-top, and some would say pretentious, qualities of both. I know this poll was tongue-in-cheek, so no criticism here, but I commonly dislike "which is better?" polls. I voted for Magma because Magma has been "better" for me despite appreciating both. ........................................................................ Getting away from which is better, and I like both, there is no band that has meant more to me than Magma. I still listen to Magma every day. Incidentally, not that anyone SHOULD like Magma, but for those that dislike Magma (and I would think that most Proggers would find music by Magma that would appeal if they delved into the discography enough and were patient), but I think that Hamtaī! Hommage ā la musique de Christian Vander could be a good way to get into the music (not that I would expect people who don't like Magma to buy that album, so it's rather moot). Edited by Logan - March 08 2009 at 12:42 |
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micky
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 08:13 | ||
hahahah... yeah.. you'll pick up on that. Just a minor 'border war'... a fun one.. between fans of two completely different groups. This poll was a tongue in cheek poke at that. |
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The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip
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Keltic
Forum Groupie Joined: March 06 2009 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 69 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 07:54 | ||
Again, and maybe it's because I'm new, but I don't see the point of these versus threads - or maybe I'm not fully atuned to the dynamics of the forum. Even so, Fairport Convention recorded the first ever folk rock album - Liege and Lief; a seminal classic which influenced everything from that genre thereafter, and with great musicians such as Richard Thompson and Sandy Denny as part of the group, it really is a no brainer. Fairport, by some distance.
Edited by Keltic - March 08 2009 at 08:17 |
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angelmk
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: November 22 2006 Location: Netherlands Status: Offline Points: 1955 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 07:03 | ||
Magma, for sure.
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martinprog77
Forum Senior Member Joined: December 31 2005 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2511 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 06:56 | ||
Fairport Convention
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances. Never give a day away. Always live for today. |
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Man Erg
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Posted: March 08 2009 at 06:42 | ||
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Do 'The Stanley' otherwise I'll thrash you with some rhubarb. |
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Easy Livin
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 06:37 | ||
What Ivan said!
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 01:22 | ||
I am not voting, this comparison doesn't begin to make any sense, though that is the point apparently. At least ELP and Camel have got clubbed in the same sub genre, even if that is debatable. Here there is simply no basis for comparison, Fairport were good at what they did and likewise for Magma. I am going to say here that I like Magma a lot more and think they represent prog much more than FC but no, not voting! How about ELP v/s Magma instead?
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someone_else
Forum Senior Member VIP Member Joined: May 02 2008 Location: Going Bananas Status: Offline Points: 24011 |
Posted: March 08 2009 at 01:16 | ||
...Maybe it's time to redefine prog.
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Logan
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 21:18 | ||
I don't really know, but it sounds hundin cool. |
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: March 07 2009 at 21:00 | ||
What is a Hortz attahk anyway? |
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Logan
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Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:51 | ||
Yep, I'll take the hortz attahk! (with a Theusz Hamtaahk on the side). |
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MovingPictures07
Prog Reviewer Joined: January 09 2008 Location: Beasty Heart Status: Offline Points: 32181 |
Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:30 | ||
That would be epic. |
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Easy Money
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 11 2007 Location: Memphis Status: Offline Points: 10367 |
Posted: March 07 2009 at 20:28 | ||
I think we should pit prog bands against each other in a bare knuckles brawl. For instance: Genesis (any version) vs Yes (the version with drunk feisty Rick Wakeman).
P.S. Keep in mind, despite their vegetarian leanings and vaguely utopian lyrics, Anderson and Squire used to get in literal fist fights over band issues, or so I have read. Edited by Easy Money - March 07 2009 at 20:35 |
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