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digdug 
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 Posted: November 29 2010 at 11:34 |
tempted to vote Floyd
but can't vote against the Beatles
so
equal :)
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Prog On!
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Bonnek
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 12:13 |
I understand why Beatles are popular but I can't connect with their music. It has no sex.  Pink Floyd however came close to a pagan orgy in the 60s!
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akajazzman
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 14:50 |
I think pound-for-pound the Beatles were more talented. Specifically with regard to songwriting and vision. They of course had a bigger impact on music in general. Still, Pink Floyd is simply my favorite band of all time. Their music is more compelling to me. So I voted for Floyd.
I think its easily possibly to recognize an artist as "greater" than another, but to personally enjoy the other artist more. There's about 20 artists I enjoy more than the Beatles (#20 is still pretty high on my list, since I 'm a fan of hundreds of artists)
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Anthony
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 17:15 |
 Follix wrote:
but I give a small edge to Waters versus Lennon on lyrics tho.
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Waters himself disagrees about that... and for once I agree with him 
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Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love
(Introitus - The hand that feeds you)
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Lark the Starless
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 18:20 |
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The Beatles
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Catcher10
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 19:30 |
Bonnek wrote:
I understand why Beatles are popular but I can't connect with their music. It has no sex.
Pink Floyd however came close to a pagan orgy in the 60s!
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I could not have articulated this any better.....Bonnek is my new hero 
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Majikthise
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Posted: November 29 2010 at 23:55 |
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Pink Floyd for sure. But they're both incredibly important bands who have influenced countless, so it really doesn't matter.
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trackstoni
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 00:17 |
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equal !
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Tracking Tracks of Rock
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pied piper
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 04:18 |
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Beatles, with no doubt.
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parapet
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 07:48 |
The Beatles may be the most influential rock band ever as well as most important for progressive rock, they did all those experimental things first, and i think they were PF's biggest influence. So if i could vote, i'll do it for> PINK FLOYD of course! 
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SMART preachers of our doom
Telling us there is no room.
Not enough for all mankind
And the seas of time are running dry.
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MonsterMagnet
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 10:52 |
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The Beatleeeees! besides being ingenious they are more varied (to my mind).
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claugroi
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 16:21 |
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Ridiculous. I like Pink Floyd very much, but comparing any band to The Beatles is a sin !
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Symphonic Prog Master
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akamaisondufromage
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 16:36 |
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Help me I'm falling!
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ferush
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Posted: November 30 2010 at 19:40 |
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The melodic innovation is pure and net progression with The Beatles. No Beatles no Floyd.
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Geizao
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Posted: December 01 2010 at 11:08 |
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Come on.... Floyd never been the same old Floyd again without Beatles.
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esky
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Posted: December 02 2010 at 17:02 |
Hercules wrote:
Floyd.
Vastly more talented.
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Go walk yourself off a vastly tall cliff. Just kidding, big fella! But seriously, how can you say that? I'll go with those lads from Liverpool.
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LakesideRitchie
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 12:41 |
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It's been said before. Apples and oranges. The Beatles came before Pink Floyd, apart from a slight overlap from 67 to 70. It is said that they were more than aware of each other's work while working in the Abbey Road studio's. I guess they influenced each other in the latter days of the Fab. Still both bands are incompatible and incomparable. They each have merits of their own. Prog ows a lot to both. Impossible to chose. Picking one of them to listen to is a question of mood.
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Ronnie Pilgrim
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 13:17 |
It's a valid poll if the OP is interested in other's opinions on this site.I think one group had a more positive influence on their contemporaries, but that's just my opinion.
Edited by Ronnie Pilgrim - January 30 2011 at 13:33
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silverpot
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 13:52 |
I grew up with The Beatles, they were my musical heroes for years. Their song writing skills are unmatched and the impact they made will never be repeated. I think. However, funnily enough, I can't remember when I last gave any of their albums a spin, whilst I listen Floyd regularly. Maybe Floyd's music has stood the test of time better? Might be as simple as that. 
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Moogtron III
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Posted: January 30 2011 at 14:00 |
For me it's easy: Pink Floyd.
Although I like many Beatles songs and I admit that the Beatles are probably the most important group in pop / rock, I'm still in the first place a fan of progressive rock and in that respect Pink Floyd is one of my top favourite bands. From the Beatles only Abbey Road and maybe Sergeant Pepper are albums that are up there in my list of favourite albums.
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