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Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

Aw, I love Knots. Oh well. Maybe the song In a Glass House is a better example of why they are far more exciting as a band than Rush. Plus, if you look at the ratio of good albums to lame ones, Gentle Giant has 8:3, while Rush has 5:13. In my opinion.


heh. For me it's 19:0, but that's why I'm a fanboy. GG have about 4:the rest, but that's a big IMO
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

Originally posted by LiquidEternity LiquidEternity wrote:

Aw, I love Knots. Oh well. Maybe the song In a Glass House is a better example of why they are far more exciting as a band than Rush. Plus, if you look at the ratio of good albums to lame ones, Gentle Giant has 8:3, while Rush has 5:13. In my opinion.


heh. For me it's 19:0, but that's why I'm a fanboy. GG have about 4:the rest, but that's a big IMO


For me:

Rush- 19:0
Gentle Giant- 9:2

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GG. I love those guys.
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Agh! As much as I hate to vote against Rush, I gotta go with GG.  If the vote continues this way, it looks like it will be my 2nd and 3rd favorite bands going toe to toe.  It will be even harder for me next round to vote against GG.  Unhappy
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Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Agh! As much as I hate to vote against Rush, I gotta go with GG.  If the vote continues this way, it looks like it will be my 2nd and 3rd favorite bands going toe to toe.  It will be even harder for me next round to vote against GG.  Unhappy


who says GG will win this one? Wink
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Agh! As much as I hate to vote against Rush, I gotta go with GG.  If the vote continues this way, it looks like it will be my 2nd and 3rd favorite bands going toe to toe.  It will be even harder for me next round to vote against GG.  Unhappy


who says GG will win this one? Wink


GO RUSH!!!!

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Originally posted by MovingPictures07 MovingPictures07 wrote:

Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Agh! As much as I hate to vote against Rush, I gotta go with GG.  If the vote continues this way, it looks like it will be my 2nd and 3rd favorite bands going toe to toe.  It will be even harder for me next round to vote against GG.  Unhappy


who says GG will win this one? Wink


GO RUSH!!!!

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Indeed, Rush be gone. Wink
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Woah, GG winning.

Voted for them, but that was basically a reflex.
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Go Pantagruel offsprings!!!!
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I like Rush a lot, but I love GG afer just not getting them for years. So GG get my vote.

GG have just got to win the whole thing. I'd have to leave if VDbloodyGG won. They belong with The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis in my ratings - ie crap!
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I like Rush a lot, but I love GG afer just not getting them for years. So GG get my vote.

GG have just got to win the whole thing. I'd have to leave if VDbloodyGG won. They belong with The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis in my ratings - ie crap!
 
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Do I really need to say where my vote went to?

Yes, you do.Stern Smile
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I like Rush a lot, but I love GG afer just not getting them for years. So GG get my vote.

GG have just got to win the whole thing. I'd have to leave if VDbloodyGG won. They belong with The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis in my ratings - ie crap!

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Points: 24598 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 26 2008 at 15:20
Also, I'm just going to assume that people know who I voted for. Big smile

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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

I like Rush a lot, but I love GG afer just not getting them for years. So GG get my vote.

GG have just got to win the whole thing. I'd have to leave if VDbloodyGG won. They belong with The Arctic Monkeys and Oasis in my ratings - ie crap!


I got into GG and VdGG pretty much immediately with the first tracks I heard from both ("Free Hand" and "House with no Door").  GG presented no problems with me (my first album was Acquiring the Taste and it was love at first listen). That said, Hammill's histrionics grated on me (as I liked to put it, Hammill's hammy vocals made me rather ill), but there was still much for me love about VdGG and I grew to appreciate his "histrionics" (sorry to any for pejorative term) rather more (he has  beautiful voice when he's not hamming it up).  I like VdGG a great deal (was really solidified when I got Godbluff, though my first VdGG album, H to He..., I liked a great deal).

If GG took you years to appreciate, perhaps VdGG would take you more years to appreciate.


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Absolutely Rush! GG isn't exactly bad. Really good in fact, they just don't really do it for me personally.
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Originally posted by King By-Tor King By-Tor wrote:

Do I really need to say where my vote went to?


Well I voted for Rush, who did you vote for?
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"If GG took you years to appreciate, perhaps VdGG would take you more years to appreciate."

I've tried for 37 years and I think if I was going to get them, I would have by now. I HATE Hamill's appalling vocals, don't really get the sax playing and I can't understand the silly, dark compositions. I do like Hugh Banton's organ playing, though.

Strangely in my 3 years at Cambridge in the early 70s, my large circle of friends had albums by, and were fans of, virtually every prog band - except VDGG. Noone liked them at all. How a band that is so 4th rate (and had very, very low album sales as well in Britain - they sold 90% of their albums in Italy) are the darlings of so many, baffles me.

I used to hate Strawbs as well as GG; now they are also in my list of favourites.




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Both are great bands. Rush got my vote.

And I feel bad for Hercules for not being able to enjoy Hammill's vocals as much as the rest of us. And as for the comment about low record sales, well, Hammill will agree that it's more about his music rather than his level of fame or recognition. I heard him on NPR recently and he was talking about this very thing, how upset he is that he is being compared to Elp and Yes soley because his music is labeled as progressive rock.
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