2nd Round Lima Bracket: Genesis v. VDGG

ProgPassion wrote: micky wrote: ProgPassion wrote: VdGG by far.  and far too little I did think this would be a smidge closer than it was.  The power of the bobbleheads and Field Marshall Ivan never ceases to amaze me. Especially when Ivan talks about Camel being soporific...  hah.. Mirage had more air guitar and red-blood moments than the entire f**king Genesis catalog Yes, exactly.

yeah.  Welcome to the PA's anti-Genesis club, who frankly are dumbfouned by the adoration those albums get.

We are a small group, but a proud group I

Though you are one up on me. SEBTP connected with me upon the first listen. It does have the two songs I adore most from Genesis. The one time they really unleashed Hacket and  the ONLY time in the history of Genesis that Tony Banks did something interesting.. more than interesting.. simply stunning actually.  However that was  the only one, the only album I'd put they did on par with the multiple greats that all the other greats did do, they had some good individual album tracks IMO, but overall the albums ... very weak. A lot of simply boring stuff mixed with some occasional neat stuff.

ProgPassion wrote: micky wrote: yeah.  Welcome to the PA's anti-Genesis club, who frankly are dumbfouned by the adoration those albums get. We are a small group, but a proud group I Though you are one up on me. SEBTP connected with me upon the first listen. It does have the two songs I adore most from Genesis. The one time they really unleashed Hacket and  the ONLY time in the history of Genesis that Tony Banks did something interesting.. more than interesting.. simply stunning actually.  However that was  the only one, the only album I'd put they did on par with the multiple greats that all the other greats did do, they had some good individual album tracks IMO, but overall the albums ... very weak. A lot of simply boring stuff mixed with some occasional neat stuff. I think my obsession with the instrumental side of music probably inhibits my ability to fully appreciate them - Peter Gabriel's lyrics are frequently lauded, and I don't pay much attention to them. What are some of your favourite artists?

ohh.. putting me on the spot.   That is hard to answer, for I have SO many for all the different moods and emotions i go through on a daily basis

As far as favorites.

I am an unabashed ELP fan.  I do love heavy aggressive music as well as the contrasts they had with the silly and simply beautiful. 

I am a huge fan of the Italian stuff.  Particularly Osanna. That my friends is some seriously intense sh*t. From the little you just said.. you need to get your hands on Palepoli if you don't have it yet. You'd eat that album with both hands and come back fpr more and want from the other albums. That album though, I put in the top 5 of greatest prog albums EVER done. Read the reviews of the album via the site.  It is an album that connects in the heart.. and especially the balls.

In the same vein I'm a huge Amon Duul II fan... lot of fire and spirit and trippiness.  Not a bad album for the length of their classic years.  Yet you still see a neat progression in their style as they went along.

On the flip side. I do like more experimental or mood music that fits my more introspective moods.

I am a huge.. HUGE Franco Battiatio fan.  There was never a more stiring or beautifully hypnotic album that I have heard than Sulle Corde di Ariea. Turn off the lights, put on the headphones, smoke a J or drink a glass of wine.. and just be taken away ... wow.

Many others I suppose ...  thanks for asking though. Yourself??

oh I do like your tastes.

Definitely give Palepoli a spin.. it is an experience.. perhaps read my wife's (Raff) review of it as she fills in some of the background of it quite well, whereas most reviewers (like me) just gushed about what we were hearing haha.

Genesis.

Where can I join this anti-Genesis fan club of yours? :)

micky wrote: yeah.  Welcome to the PA's anti-Genesis club, who frankly are dumbfouned by the adoration those albums get. We are a small group, but a proud group I Though you are one up on me. SEBTP connected with me upon the first listen. It does have the two songs I adore most from Genesis. The one time they really unleashed Hacket and  the ONLY time in the history of Genesis that Tony Banks did something interesting.. more than interesting.. simply stunning actually.  However that was  the only one, the only album I'd put they did on par with the multiple greats that all the other greats did do, they had some good individual album tracks IMO, but overall the albums ... very weak. A lot of simply boring stuff mixed with some occasional neat stuff.

bhikkhu wrote: progrockdeepcuts wrote: Where can I join this anti-Genesis fan club of yours? :) Watch it, you might alienate one of your most loyal listeners.

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bhikkhu wrote: progrockdeepcuts wrote: Where can I join this anti-Genesis fan club of yours? :) Watch it, you might alienate one of your most loyal listeners.

Ha! Well, I actually do like quite a bit of Genesis tracks - I just find them generally underwhelming compared to, well, most any other prog band. I want you to know, I just added a Genesis track to the playlist on the 8th. Just for you, HT.


Edited by progrockdeepcuts - December 29 2014 at 22:51