PA's Battle of the Bands Final!!! Floyd v. KC

SteveG wrote: Come on. Who invented progressive rock?

ahh... don't we have a 100 different threads for that already.. take that sh*t somewhere else

funny thing.. the finale is a bit of damp squib for me as I wouldn't consider myself a passionate fan of either. I love Floyd albums but don't hold them up as paradigms of the Prog Rock medium. I do consider them 'progressive' rock fitting the site of course, but a different animal than groups like King Crimson.

take this for example. It drips the truth man, it is the reason why it achieved the popularity it did. It stripped out the prog.. and left the progressive.

Pink Floyd's eighth album, more or less, was a symbolic break from their past -- the moment where their long, drawn-out prog tendencies gave way to tighter, shorter and more focused "song"-oriented tracks. And they marked the occasion with their best concept album

However for my better half... she is into this... makes me wish I hadn't voted yet. I would have cast my vote for her. Lord knows she did her part for me... hell SHE.. like big Rush fan herself.. voted for Gong. You know.. Gong won by one vote.

In lieu of my vote, already cast, you PA's can do your part to honor not just THE king of Prog Rock. Fripp himself along with a cast of revolving musicians ...called King Crimson, and vote for King Crimson, but also my dear wife who unlike me has been sweet and kind to all you fools.  This is Prog Archives you know.. not progressive archives.



Edited by micky - January 18 2015 at 14:30

SteveG wrote: Come on. Who invented progressive rock?

Karl Benz?

Pink Floyd

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: micky wrote: 3) too little too late: Ivan breaks the Riverside-Samla Mammas Manna tie by voting for SMM... 2 hours after the poll closed and Riverside edged SSM on a bullsh*t tierbreaker This was the nadir, they could of gone all the way!! It invalidated the whole competition.

Nogbad_The_Bad wrote: Floyd were my first love, they were then supplanted by Crimson, both are still top 5 for me. Crimson just get the edge for me. That the final isn't Yes vs Genesis makes me very very happy. Great competition Micky, well done (Univers Zero were robbed)

Thanks Ian! UZ didn't get robbed.. not like a certain group did at least

I see we at least have a competitive match for the final. A good way to end it.

Top 5 2014-15 PA's Battle of Bands moments:

1) the rematch: Camel edges ELP
2) Italian power: Le Orme takes Rush to the limit in a opening round shocker. (thread also gave us the comment of the tournament!

HolyMoly wrote: I had no idea there were so many Le Orme fans here. C'MON GUYZ IT'S RUSH GEEZ Where was Le Orme when you were squeezing pimples in your teenage bathroom, looking for guidance to summon the courage to approach that pretty girl in your class?  Who but Neil Peart could give you the courage to say THE HELL WITH GIRLS I'M GONNA WITHDRAW INTO MY FANTASY WORLD ?

3) too little too late: Ivan breaks the Riverside-Samla Mammas Manna tie by voting for SMM... 2 hours after the poll closed and Riverside edged SSM on a bullsh*t tierbreaker

4) Freaks over Geeks:  The Gong army showed its muscle and knocked out Rush in a bitter razor thin 1 vote decision

5) bye bye flavor of the months:  Porcupine Tree and Dream Theater unceremoniously kicked out of the tournament in the opening round.

As much as I love the music of both, there are passages from KC that move me more, that get under my skin and into my higher faculties, as well as my lizard brain, than anything in the PF catalog.  Good contest.  I expected another Genesis/Yes bout, and am pleasantly surprised to have seen it go in a different direction.  What a difference a couple of years and varying the contests make!

I love Floyd, and maybe a year ago my vote would have been different, but going with KC. None of their albums I loved (or hardly liked) on first listen, but after a few listens and some time, they've always revealed themselves to me and become high up in my favorites. 

King Crimson.

I've always liked Floyd, liked Floyd a great deal, but I never got to loving them, with all due respect. I do love Lizard, Lark's Tongues, Starless and Bible Black, and Discipline, and I finally got the sort of guitar orgy I was always looking for with Space Groove. Besides, a vote for Crimson is a show of respect for Genesis who they slightly edged out in the semi-final.

Edited by HackettFan - January 18 2015 at 12:05

Pink Floyd all the way.  Maybe if I'd never heard them over the last forty-plus years and only gave them a listen this week, then it's hypothetically possible that I'd vote otherwise.....but nah, who'm I kidding?

Man this is hard but I have to go with the band that has more 5 star albums for me...King Crimson.