17 "V" List Acts and 8 "X" Rated Acts

verslibre wrote: NotAProghead wrote: As far as I can tell, Adelbert von Deyen and Anna von Hausswolff don't belong here, as well as Ludwig van Beethoven.  Those names go under V. It's the same with Spanish & Italian surnames: "De" and "Di," etc.

I suppose Americans/Canadians do. But I'm quite certain that the norm in most places, is to use the first capitalized word: as in "H" not "v" for von Hausswolff. RYM files her under H, and so do I. The Dutch would not file a von under "v". That would be absurd. And would anyone file Beethoven under "v"?

Edited by Saperlipopette! - September 20 2024 at 07:21

Van Der Graaf Generator

While there are at least eight that I would really like to vote for, VdGG and Vortex already have significant numbers of votes (especially VdGG, not surprisingly).

I have given the first and perhaps it will be the only vote for Vanishing Twin.

I have shared this before, but If I were to choose one song that made me a fan it would be "Cryonic Suspension Saved MY Life" and The Age of Immunology was my first album by the band. I adore this kind of Stereolab-ish and Broadcast-ish Neo-Psyche, and it has great groove.



Love this version of it:



And Of course I have to give a vote to Anna von Hauswolff -- adore her albums. Can be so atmospheric, dramatic, as well as quite simple and lovely.

As for the under v or H, I think it depends on the style you follow in Canada. I have worked for a university and different department often used different formating/ categorisational styles. It does depend on the region and the style one adopts. That;s something for the E&O team to decide perhaps and then bring forward for greater approval, and it was brought up by a member of that team. I followed the way that Prog Archives itself now categorises it. Such stuff isn't of as much interest to me personally as it once was, much more interested in what music people like, but of course it is very important for an archive to follow a consistent and common standard, and this is a very international site. I have thought that putting von under V is more of an American thing from what I recall.

And for a third vote I will go with Jean-Claude Vannier for his debut album, L'enfant assassin des mouches based on an idea by Serge Gainsbourg (and I say , based on melodies originally whistled by Garth Marenghi*). Vannier was involved with Serge Gainsbourg's great Histoire de Melody Nelson as arranger and music director as well as playing piano, organ, harmonium.... Those two albums work well as companion pieces.

*If you don't know your Garth Marenghi, you're in more of a dark place than I.

VDGG (old)

Edited by Cristi - September 21 2024 at 08:02

VDGG, Anna von Hausswolff, and Vanishing Twin. There you see, they have another vote!

Voted for VDGG, XTC, and Voivod.

A mention goes to Vespero.