ELO or ELP
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Topic: ELO or ELP
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: ELO or ELP
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 14:53
ELO or ELP? 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 15:02
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I'm not sure I would say I like one over the other....But I chose ELO for the fact that Out of the Blue is a fantastic album. As well the albums before New World Record and El Dorado are excellent. I only "like" some songs off some ELP albums. I guess I like more ELO albums than ELP albums. -------------   
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Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 15:27
| These days ELO are probably far more well known (especially by non prog fans) but ultimately this is not about who is more popular just who you like more. |
Posted By: Progfan1958
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 15:45
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I really like early ELO, but I'll choose ELP for the far greater prog legacy. ------------- Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem" |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 15:48
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very apples and oranges poll voted both 
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Posted By: Captain Midnight
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 16:06
| I love both, however I vote ELO, they are much more consistent |
Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 16:30
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Have to go with ELO also. They might not have the prog chops of ELP, but they had a longer stretch of enjoyable albums. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 16:31
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To me, ELO is nothing good or interesting, and definitely not serious Prog, if any. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 16:44
With ten albums owned by ELO against two albums by ELP, it's gotta be ELO. 
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Posted By: dr prog
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 17:05
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Elo were crap lol ------------- All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock. |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:16
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I like ELP, more. I guess ELO are ok, but just that. Btw, in '75, ELO were on a US tour with Triumvirat opening things, and Triumvirat were sometimes "stealing the show" from ELO, which was one of the reasons they got booted from the tour.... |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:21
ELP. Not a fan of ELO.
I don't doubt that for a second. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
presdoug wrote:Posted By: MortSahlFan
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:32
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I broke the tie going with ELO, even though I like ELP ------------- https://www.youtube.com/c/LoyalOpposition https://www.scribd.com/document/382737647/MortSahlFan-Song-List |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:48
So you voted for ELP then? |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:49
| I've only started to get into ELO in the past year or so so no vote from me. I try to be fair with things. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 18:53
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ELP every day, all day. After their first 4, ELO were strictly pop merchants. Anything afterward I turn off. Except for maybe "Fire on High". But that's it. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 19:39
| I kind of thought that since this is a prog site ELP would run away with it but so far that hasn't been the case since ELP are ahead by only a small margin. |
Posted By: TheLionOfPrague
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 19:47
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ELO were on fire from El Dorado to Time, more or less, but they never did something like Tarkus or Brain Salad. ELP. ------------- I shook my head and smiled a whisper knowing all about the place |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 21:07
Maybe not many bands did do something like Tarkus or Brain Salad though. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 21:51
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Please. ELP. ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 22:52
 -Anyway, I love the greatest pop orchestra of the 1970's (who peaked in 1981 - with Time). ELP represent many of the things I do not care for in prog rock. |
Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: July 21 2025 at 23:57
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Can't really choose, so voted both. On a side note, ELO's 'A New World Record' and ELP's 'Pictures at an Exhibition' are both in my top 20 favourite albums of all time. ------------- "Christ, where would rock & roll be without feedback?" - D. Gimour |
Posted By: Awesoreno
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 00:13
| ELMO |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 00:32
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I'll go ELP... but I'm very fond of ELO's first 4 albums ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 01:24
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ELP without an ounce of doubt.
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 01:43
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I like both, but my vote goes to ELP.
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Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 04:40
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Both - depends on the mood. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 07:20
surely yes ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 07:51
I surely like much more Paul Ryan's Scorpio Rising (1976, released on Charisma), which I also can think of as one of the most underrated albums when talking about something like Symphonic Prog/Rock. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: TerLJack
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 08:05
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I need an option like: "It depends what mood I'm in." |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 08:30
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 12:04
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^ However you want to classify it, I think of Paul Ryan's Scorpio Rising as a quite similar type of music as '70s ELO. So it was a kind of recommendation of an alternative. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 12:09
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I think ELP were always going to pull away in this poll, but its nice to see the amount of respect garnered for ELO in this thread... they were about my fave band between the ages of 9 and 12. I think a poll between ELO and Alan Parsons would have been quite interesting? ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 12:37
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I like both, but I enjoy ELO more. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 22 2025 at 22:44
| ELO were part of the soundtrack for me growing up with a small radio in my bedroom and Livin' Thing and Wild West hero and the like in the bacground while I do my homework. Rockaria! stood out with that opera busting vocal. They were quite quirky and fun and when they released Out Of The Blue in 1977 they were the band. ELP took a downturn at the same time and stopped being any sort of fun. Interestigly in 1978 Carl Palmer named ELO as the band that took over from ELP in terms of the live show as an 'event' and what was possible. ELO were also popular at a time when punk was popular so credit for them for that. Jeff Lynne was a great tunesmith even if they copied I Am The Walrus a little bit too much! However Keith Emerson was god and one of the greatest in prog. If you care about sheer raw talent then you care about ELP despite their falling off a cliff artistically about 1977. ELP always and forever. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 05:10
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^ When talking about in the '70s, I have to admit that I got and was apparently quite fond of Face the Music around 1977, but so was I of some other much Pop-influenced stuff, as the late-'70s were the beginnings of my much non-Prog music period in the '80s. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 06:27
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Posted By: Jaketejas
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 10:02
ELO or ELP! This made me laugh today ... thank you for that!  ( How about Xanadu by Rush and Xanadu by ELO/ONJ? ) |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 10:36
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AFKC's next poll will be Hawkwind vs. Hawklords. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 11:44
Nope. I never heard Hawklords. It's good that you don't make polls otherwise it would be Monkess vs Partridge Family. And it's now "or" and not "vs" since I don't feel these bands are at war with each other.
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 11:47
I can't compete with you, bruh. You do Prog 101 better than anyone.  ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 11:52
I was kidding. I think you'd actually be pretty good at it. You just have to come up with ideas. Admittedly sometimes my well often gets a bit dry so I sometimes go a long time without doing any. And you are wrong. Most people on here do polls way better than me. I try to do ones with bands, songs or albums that most would be familiar with. I usually don't do super obscure ones because then only a few people respond. Plus it's something I like to do (when I think of something).
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Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 12:26
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I enjoy voting, so I'm good. There doesn't appear to be a poll deficit. ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 13:24
As long as your partner likes your poll that's all that matters (or is that a different spelling) ;). |
Posted By: Big Sky
Date Posted: July 23 2025 at 14:07
| I own some ELO and enjoy a fair bit of their catalog. But, easily, ELP. One of the Big 6 and their first 4 studio albums and 2 live albums cement that band as one of Progressive Rock's greatest bands. |