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Dellinger 
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 Posted: August 12 2018 at 22:19 |
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I really can't choose on this list, too many of my favourites.
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DarkTower
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 21:01 |
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Rush. Very easy choice
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 20:12 |
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Where is Frank? Anyway, been getting back into Magma this evening. I already love MDK so listened to their debut and loved it, and now listening to Felicite Thosz and it is really beautiful. I think this might really be a band to be reckoned with but still so much to discover from them. I love Camel and VdGG, also Renaissance.. but this one is coming down to Caravan or Gentle Giant. And it's a tough one because I like both bands A LOT. So ok I'll pick Gentle Giant but just by the slimmest of margins.
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 19:43 |
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VDGG > Soft Machine > Caravan > Magma > Gentle Giant
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progmatic
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 19:41 |
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Voted Camel but Strawbs should be on this list (and would get my vote accordingly)
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PROGMATIC
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irrelevant
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 19:37 |
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I like some of these more than probably half of the big six. Today my vote goes to Gentle Giant, but Caravan, Focus, The Moody Blues, Magma and Soft Machine are all big faves for me.
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BrufordFreak
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 17:00 |
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All are deserving of support. I cannot pick one.
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Drew Fisher
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Dopeydoc
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 15:47 |
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Gentle Giant, part of the big 7
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Squonk19
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 15:25 |
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Has to be Rush - in my DNA in the late 70s and early 80s. Didn't even consider them fully prog rock at the time - just an intelligent rock band with great complexity and depth that I happened to cotton onto reasonably early here in the UK on the All the World's a Stage album and tour that year, and pushed onto my school friends like some born-again zealot - although to little effect. Still, they were 'my' band, and I think discovering bands yourself without peers or chart success, is one of the great joys of being a rock fan (all the Big Six I had discovered before them, but they were already successful and well-known)
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“Living in their pools, they soon forget about the sea.”
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someone_else
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 15:10 |
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The everlasting alternation between Van der Graaf Generator and Gentle Giant … and Magma. I pick VdGG today.
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Hercules
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 15:06 |
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1 Camel (better than any of the "Big Six")
2 Gentle Giant 3 Rush 4 Renaissance 5 Focus 6 Caravan
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A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life.
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Grayson2001
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 14:42 |
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Early Supertramp
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verslibre
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 13:23 |
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RUSH U S S U HSUR
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Fischman
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 13:05 |
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Gotta vote Rush, but it's good to see the Moodies getting some votes. Ditto Camel, a group I've been enjoying a great deal lately. Hopefully, Soft Machine and PFM will get on the board as well.
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The.Crimson.King
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:47 |
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VDGG > Gentle Giant > PFM
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socrates17
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:36 |
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Gotta be Magma. They're closely followed by Caravan, VdGG & Le Orme. Can't vote Soft Machine because that begs the question of WHICH Soft Machine. Unlike the other bands, changing personnel radically changed direction/style. I'm much fonder of 1, 2 & Third than I am their later work (even 4) due to the absence of Dada humor. If based only on 1 & 2, I'd have put them above Magma.
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The Dark Elf
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:22 |
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The Magnificent Moodies.
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AlanB
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:22 |
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Camel, but out of the list my favourite prog artist is Neal Morse
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presdoug
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:20 |
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From the list, Rush gets my vote.
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Nogbad_The_Bad
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 12:20 |
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VDGG > Soft Machine > Caravan > Magma > Gentle Giant
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