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Boboulo 
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Posted: August 24 2020 at 04:41 |
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1) Van der Graaf Generator 2) King Crimson 3) Genesis 4) Jethro Tull 5) Emerson, Lake & Palmer 6) Yes 7) Gong 8) Camel 9) Soft Machine 10) Family
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Posted: August 20 2020 at 20:46 |
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I'm surprised HC has any points.......Soft Machine is better
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Psychedelic Paul
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The biggest surprise for me was seeing Henry Cow way ahead of Rush after thirteen rounds of voting, even though I'm not a big fan of Rush.
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richardh
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Posted: August 20 2020 at 15:41 |
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The top ten is pretty close to what I would expect. Perhaps the only surprises are that Camel and VDGG are not higher and that ELP are not a bit lower down, Massive fan myself but I don't get that positive vibe coming through generally when they are discussed on the board.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 20 2020 at 10:49 |
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Yes, it's true there's a big difference in points between fifth and sixth place, but my way of thinking is it gives more importance to which bands you place in your Top 5.
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: August 20 2020 at 10:25 |
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That's an interesting property, but it has a big glitch in it between 5th and 6th place -- a big jump of 4 points, when the adjacent steps are only 1 or 2 points. If you change the point values from 10->9 and 6->7 it helps get rid of the big penalty place on the 6th place choice. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 20 2020 at 10:11 |
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I mentioned in another thread that a Top 10 points system based on the number 60 has a nice mathematical symmetry to it:- 2 x 30 = 60 3 x 20 = 60 4 x 15 = 60 5 x 12 = 60 6 x 10 = 60 10 x 6 = 60 12 x 5 = 60 15 x 4 = 60 20 x 3 = 60 30 x 2 = 60
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 19 2020 at 13:21 |
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Yes, I think it was fairly easy to predict who the eventual Top 5 were going to be, and if the points were on a linear scale, the bands would probably still be listed in roughly the same order, although they'd obviously have a lot loss points between them. The Top 10 points system based on the number 60 has a nice mathematical symmetry to it:- 2 x 30 = 60 3 x 20 = 60 4 x 15 = 60 5 x 12 = 60 6 x 10 = 60 10 x 6 = 60 12 x 5 = 60 15 x 4 = 60 20 x 3 = 60 30 x 2 = 60
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wiz_d_kidd
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Posted: August 19 2020 at 12:16 |
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Interesting result so far. There is a lot of agreement on the top four (Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, King Crimson). Then a huge gap separates the next four (Rush, ELP, Tull, Gentle Giant). Then there's all the rest that have very few points separating them. I wonder how the results would change if you used a linear scale (10 points down to 1)?
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 19 2020 at 02:22 |
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Top 10 update with Catcher 10's votes added:-
1. Genesis (449 points) 2. Yes (420 points) 3. Pink Floyd (406 points) 4. King Crimson (380 points) 5. Rush (223 points) 6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (151 points) 7. Jethro Tull (124 points) 8. Gentle Giant (91 points) 9. Porcupine Tree (72 points) 10. Can (66 points) 11. Marillion (65 points) 12. Renaissance (62 points) 13. Cardiacs (60 points) 13. IQ (60 points) 13. Soft Machine (60 points) 16. Van der Graaf Generator (57 points) 16. Magma (57 points) 18. Camel (55 points) 18. Spock's Beard (55 points) 20. Henry Cow (46 points) It's a new entry in the Top 10 for CAN. |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 19 2020 at 01:14 |
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I could have made it a Top 20, but that would have given me a real headache when it came time to add up the points. Emerson, Lake & Palmer are doing very well so far in sixth place after getting off to a slow start. The same goes for Rush, who were still behind Henry Cow after thirteen rounds of voting but are now right up there in fifth place.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 19 2020 at 01:08 |
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Maybe you'd find it easier to choose a Top 10 albums list in my more specific Symphonic Prog, Crossover Prog and Prog Folk polls.
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 21:23 |
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I can’t do it. Every time I make a list, there are groups that become left out from various subgenres.
I love everything from soft or upbeat Alan Parsons Project music to technical metal like Watchtower and earlier Iron Maiden to whacky music like Primus to straight up Prog like Yes, ELP, Genesis, KC, JT, PF, Kansas, Rush to even more album oriented rock like Styx and Journey to some religious oriented stuff like old King’s X, Phil Keaggy, and Barnabas to New Wave oriented like Saga and Talk Talk to jazz / fusion like Allan Holdsworth and Santana to the moodier music of Kate Bush, Tori Amos, and Loreena McKennett and over to the more classically inspired Sky and Al Dimeola and around the corner to the quirky Kraftwerk and Gary Numan. I have no idea how to sort out this mess, let alone rank it or rate it. All of it ... and much much more ... floats my boat. L |
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 21:11 |
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1. Rush
2. Genesis 3. Pink Floyd 4. CAN 5. King Crimson 6. Yes 7. Marillion 8. Porcupine Tree 9. Jethro Tull 10. Soft Machine
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 20:04 |
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Personally I don't think you can an all time top 10 progressive rock band list that doesn't include Emerson, Lake and Palmer, even if you have to squeeze them into 10th place. Kansas and The Flower Kings are up there but there are so many great bands, you can only list 10.
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 13:59 |
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Rush have rushed in and made an amazing comeback when they were behind Henry Cow with just 25 points after the first thirteen rounds of voting. There's no real surprises with the current Top 5 line-up and I'm glad my favourite band Renaissance are still hanging in there just within the Top 10. I'd never heard of the Cardiacs until recently so it was a surprise to see them nudging the Top 10.
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 13:24 |
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^Cardiacs albums can be found at a reasonable price from the bands website. They are slow in getting the merch out, but they do.
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 13:01 |
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Ok, now we know who the most popular and well respected bands on progarchives are. ;) Unfortunately The Flower Kings and Kansas didn't make the list. I suppose we all have our favorites though. I'm actually surprised the Cardiacs made the cut since their albums are very hard to find(at least for a reasonable price).
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Psychedelic Paul
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Posted: August 18 2020 at 11:36 |
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Top 10 update with ProgAardvark's votes added:-
1. Genesis (429 points) 2. Yes (414 points) 3. Pink Floyd (391 points) 4. King Crimson (370 points) 5. Rush (193 points) 6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (151 points) 7. Jethro Tull (121 points) 8. Gentle Giant (91 points) 9. Porcupine Tree (68 points) 10. Renaissance (62 points) 11. Marillion (60 points) 11. Cardiacs (60 points) 11. IQ (60 points) 14. Soft Machine (58 points) 15. Van der Graaf Generator (57 points) 15. Magma (57 points) 17. Camel (55 points) 17. Spock's Beard (55 points) 19. Can (54 points) 20. Henry Cow (46 points) It's a new entry in the Top 20 for Spock's Beard.  Edited by Psychedelic Paul - August 19 2020 at 02:13 |
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