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Poll Question: Of these, which was the most improbable?
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    Posted: November 09 2005 at 08:58
Originally posted by Man With Hat Man With Hat wrote:

I didnt know that Frank did that.

But i still say Tales reaching #1...even tho of the time period.

As for Tales, I think hitting #6 in the US is a bigger surprise than going #1 in the UK (where prog was bigger).  As for Zappa, he actually made two appearances on SNL -- one as a musical guest in December of 1976 and one as host (and musical guest) in October of 1978.  Sadly, none of his stuff made it onto 2003's DVD set of SNL musical performances. 

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How about Marillion scoring a top 10 and then a top 20 hit with Your Gone and Dont Hurt Yourself last year with virtually no publicity. 
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Originally posted by Snow Dog Snow Dog wrote:

None of the above....it all seems very likely to me, even Tales which was hot on the heels of CTTE and Yessongs!

Why isn't this in Prog Polls?

Because I've never been to the poll section before and I didn't realize until it was too late that there was a polling section dedicated to prog.  My mistake.   If someone with moderator capabilities wants to move it, that'd be cool.

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Didn't East Of Eden score a surprise #1 single with Jig A Jig?
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None of the above....it all seems very likely to me, even Tales which was hot on the heels of CTTE and Yessongs!

Why isn't this in Prog Polls?
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I'd say Mars Volta's Frances The Mute debuting as #1 in Norway was rather surprising.
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I didnt know that Frank did that.

But i still say Tales reaching #1...even tho of the time period.
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Tales reaching nr. 1 in the UK, because the album really asks a lot from the listeners.

Rick Wakeman, who didn't like Tales, thought that the blind support by the fans wasn't a good thing.

I think it is only justice being done, because I like Tales a lot

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TFC is hardly a prog album is musical terms and reviewers never shied away from Pink Floyd, especially considering The Wall was an enormous "classic rock" success (the 2nd or 3rd best-selling album of all time if I'm correct), so It makes sense that it was reviewed. It is an excellent album, IMO, so I think it was quite probable.

Zappa hosted SNL! Wow.  He was funny, but holy crap!!!!

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holy crap Frank Zappa hosted SNL?
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