Magma vs Fairport Convention

Magma is a better Zeuhl band. FC drumming is flat 

(Abba could be stretching it a bit but I don't expect them to appear in the prog archives any time soon).

ghost_of_morphy wrote: ten years after wrote: Inspired by the ELP vs Camel poll i tried to think what could be the most pointless comparison of two groups from the prog archives.    I came up with this.  You may have better examples.     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.

rogerthat wrote: 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?

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.

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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 Hamtaï! Hommage à 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

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.

Edited by Keltic - March 08 2009 at 08:17

Fairport Convention

What Ivan said!

...Maybe it's time to redefine prog.

Logan wrote: MovingPictures07 wrote: Easy as choosing between ice cream and a heart attack. Yep, I'll take the hortz attahk! (with a Theusz Hamtaahk on the side).

What is a Hortz attahk anyway?

Easy Money wrote: 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).

That would be epic.