Battle of the Prog Bands R2D9: Zappa vs. UZ

Don't know Univers Zero, plus I'm not keen on Post Rock so Zappa gets my vote.

Edited by Snow Dog - August 09 2010 at 17:22

Snow Dog wrote: I'm a jerk and I don't know what is Post Rock so Zappa gets my vote.

Edited for clarity.

It's people like you who make my tournament a farce.

Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

CinemaZebra wrote: Which came first, the chicken or the egg?

The egg from an evolutional standpoint, the chicken from a creationist standpoint, I think.

Re this contest:  think we can count the eggs before they've hatched, and we're gonna have to accept some rotten eggs and realise at the same time that you can't make an omelette without breaking a few eggs, but basically, anyway you put it, this egg battle is ova! 

Zappa zapped Zero. Not that that's anything to be proud of since a zero is a big fat egg, but the Univers is even bigger, Frankly.

SURROUNDED BY QUIRKY

The Sleepwalker wrote: beebs wrote: Anthony H. wrote: If Zappa doesn't win this, my faith in the human race will be shaken.   Absolutely. HOW can albums like "Weasels Ripped My Flesh", "The Grand Wazoo", "Overnight Sensation", "Apostrophe", and (my personal favorite) "One Size Fits All" be topped by a newcomer like UZ?  Sorry. In cross-section of listeners who were weaned on the above albums by Zappa and the Mothers, it's gonna be FZ hands-down. Newcomer? Huh?

 Don't go my post count. Look when I JOINED.

 4 years afore ye. I lurk.......then when least expected.....I POST!!

The Quiet One wrote:   That's not what he meant. Just check what you wrote first: "...newcomer like UZ?" That's what has been criticised from your post.

 Well, all the same, pup, every one of those albums I mentioned came out before the first UZ album, so my misinterpretation aside, I still made a valid point, in relative terms. Before UZ released their 1st, Zappa had (go ahead, count them) 17 releases.

 So I guess there is some validity to my ORIGINAL remark after all. No?

I'm kind of  surprised that you could give newcomers like The Tangent, Marillion, Spock's Beard and Porcupine Tree such high ratings considering how newcomerish they are. Just kidding, I'm not drawing a really fair statement based on your question. But if I start a Univers Zero vs. The Tangent poll, I'd appreciate it if you would adapt your question to say something like, "How can albums like "Univers Zero", "Heresie" and "Ceux du Dehors" be topped by a newcomer like The Tangent?" Just for fun of course.


Edited by Logan - August 09 2010 at 20:28

The pack are circling...they smell weakened prey!