Symphonic Metal: First Album

^ I listened to some Legendary Tales today and I'll be At Sixes and Sevens tomorrow, so only another eight albums to go before we Enter Round 2 in the Eternal Endless Infinity of polls. 

nick_h_nz wrote:   Cristi wrote: David_D wrote: This is a very interesting poll, a lot of discussion and really many views but very little voting - I certainly don't mind that.  There are few votes because not many listen to this genre. There are also few votes because the list of bands and albums here is rather inaccurate, with several albums that do not belong on the topic at hand.  There are 12 pages not because of a good discussion, but off-topicness.  I don’t mind off-topincness, either. The rigidity of staying on-topic of this forum is an oddity to me - and I’ve never seen it before in any other forum I have been a member or moderator of. Some of the most interesting discussion is when someone goes off on a tangent. And tangents are not necessarily off-topic, per se. They can lead to a discussion going off topic, and that is where on this forum they tend to be reined in, where other fora I have been a member or moderator for have embraced the free-wheeling discussion, and various directions it can go. The gate keeping of topics on the PA forum is rather like the gate keeping of PA itself, I guess.

nick_h_nz wrote: David_D wrote: This is a very interesting poll, very much discussion and really many views but only little voting - I certainly don't mind that.  Nor, I. For me polls that’s are only about the voting are not so interesting. I find the discussion underneath far more so.

 

Cristi wrote: David_D wrote: This is a very interesting poll, a lot of discussion and really many views but very little voting - I certainly don't mind that.  There are few votes because not many listen to this genre. There are also few votes because the list of bands and albums here is rather inaccurate, with several albums that do not belong on the topic at hand.  There are 12 pages not because of a good discussion, but off-topicness.

David_D wrote: This is a very interesting poll, a lot of discussion and really many views but very little voting - I certainly don't mind that.

nick_h_nz wrote: ^ I think sometimes you take the bait when Paul is not even putting it out there. I mean, he does throw out the bait a lot, but not always. And as stubborn as he can be, unlike certain others I could mention, Paul is always willing to own up to his mistakes and learn from them. I think part of the problem between you two (from what I’ve seen over the years) is that a lot is lost in translation, and what is clearly said in jest is taken literally at times. Paul has caused trouble in the past, but I don’t think he means to these days. And a lot of what he says is fairly typical humour for someone of his age in England. Over the years I’ve lived here, I’ve met a great many Pauls. Their sense of humour tends not to be one I share - but I recognise that is what it is. It possibly doesn’t come across as well, when it’s read by someone in another country. It’s not just a case of the language, so much as the familiarity of the culture. Citizens of the US and the UK speak (closely enough) the same language, but often misunderstand and misconstrue what is being said (particularly in written form) by those from the other country. Also, Rhapsody as Christopher Lee’s backing band could well be an improvement on any of the various lineups of that band and Rhapsody of Fire! 😄🤪

^ I think sometimes you take the bait when Paul is not even putting it out there. I mean, he does throw out the bait a lot, but not always. And as stubborn as he can be, unlike certain others I could mention, Paul is always willing to own up to his mistakes and learn from them. I think part of the problem between you two (from what I’ve seen over the years) is that a lot is lost in translation, and what is clearly said in jest is taken literally at times. Paul has caused trouble in the past, but I don’t think he means to these days. And a lot of what he says is fairly typical humour for someone of his age in England. Over the years I’ve lived here, I’ve met a great many Pauls. Their sense of humour tends not to be one I share - but I recognise that is what it is. It possibly doesn’t come across as well, when it’s read by someone in another country. It’s not just a case of the language, so much as the familiarity of the culture. Citizens of the US and the UK speak (closely enough) the same language, but often misunderstand and misconstrue what is being said (particularly in written form) by those from the other country.

Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ As Christopher Lee himself has said: "What I sing is Symphonic Metal"  ok, but you claim he's progressive metal. Baiting much?

^ As Christopher Lee himself has said: "What I sing is Symphonic Metal" 

Cristi wrote: nick_h_nz wrote: Cristi wrote: Psychedelic Paul wrote: ^ Okay, if any further proof is needed, here's Christopher Lee performing with Rhapsody, before they became Rhapsody of Fire.   a simple ggogle would suffice, why you keep persisting with your inaccuracies I do not know...  To be fair to Paul, he’s not at all inaccurate here. He says “Christopher Lee performing with Rhapsody”, which is exactly what this is. So I take it as an acknowledgment that he recognises that the two are different artists. Just as you could accurately say “here’s Jon Anderson performing with King Crimson” about Lizard. Neither statement actually says that Rhapsody is Lee’s band, or that Krimson is Anderson’s. Paul thinks Rhapsody was Christopher lee's back up band which was never the case. Lee guested with Rhapsody. The song Paul keeps posting as proof is a Rhapsody song from 2004 so it's all nonsense here.  Lee made power metal, no Rhapsody musicians were involved though.