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Psychedelic Paul
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Oh, okay. I have no shortage of unpopular opinions when it comes to the music of YES and Van der Graaf Generator.
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Frets N Worries
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^Keep em coming
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Unpopular opinion: Mirror to the Sky is the best YES album. Popular opinion: Open Your Eyes is the worst YES album.
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HolyMoly
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My favorite PFM song is a synth pop track from 1984.
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Frets N Worries
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Minstrel in the Gallery is Tull's Best Album
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Joel Julian Music
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^^ Relayer is my favourite but I think Tales is a strong contender. I also prefer Time and a Word to the Yes Album. I haven't listened to Echoes in a long time, but I would pick Shine over it from memory. Think of Me with Kindness is a wonderful song - the best? Not for me. My hottest takes off the top of my head: - I hope this isn't blasphemy but IQ and Galahad don't appeal to me (Not had an exhaustive listen, but I do keep dipping back in) - Folklore is overrated as a BBT album - Yessongs version of Fragile tracks >>>>> Fragile - I prefer Phil Collins era Genesis (with the exception of Selling England), but I prefer Peter Gabriel solo to Collins solo - Flower Kings' Flower Power should be one disc long and it should be called Garden of Dreams - Falling into Infinity >>> Six Degrees and Octavarium |
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Joel Julian Music
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Agree! I love it. |
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Frets N Worries
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Subterranea is a mid-tier album. Too Long. Could've used some editing
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richardh
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Six Wives Of Henry VIII is the best instrumental prog album Supertramp were a full on prog band Tangerine Dream made better albums after the 70's Eloy were the best prog band between 1973 and 1982 'Clone bands' is not a thing Alternative music is not prog King Crimson didn't invent prog rock |
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Frets N Worries
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Not sure how unpopular this is, but Heavy Horses > Songs from the Wood
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
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Logan
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Hot take, or at least pretty warm: Magma never bettered its 1970 debut, and it's the peak of Magma. But MDK is more quotable (as a cold take).
Cool take: Had Christian Vander guested on an album with Peter Hammill and friends, Vander Graaf Generator would have been a cool name. Luke-warm take: Had Christian Vander teamed up on a film with Mark Hamill as his uncle Peter Hammill's brother, Darth Vander, it would have been cool. Darth Vander: "Luke, Kobaïa is de Hündïn, kreühn köhrmahn iss de hündïn..." Luke Skywalker: "Noooooooooo!" |
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richardh
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both are very highly rated in the Tull canon I'm waiting for someone to say War Child is their best album
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Frets N Worries
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^Oh no, I STRONGLY dislike that album. Bored me to tears. Same with The Final Cut (Floyd's worst album by a MILE)
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The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow.
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Grumpyprogfan
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^War Child is a great album!
IQ gets too much praise, and Peter Nicholls singing is like fingernails on a chalkboard. Edited by Grumpyprogfan - November 28 2023 at 05:02 |
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richardh
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It's okay to be passionate for a band (too much praise is never a bad thing)
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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No, King Crimson didn't invent prog because no one band or artist did. It's only a clone band if a band sets out to try to sound as much as a band as possible. I think Unifaun might be the only band who qualifies in that regard (as a Genesis clone although I never actually heard them). What was the best decade for TD then? The 80s? I won't comment on the others.
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Frets N Worries
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Comment received, the Eagles are one of the greatest bands of all time. And never made a bad song (not Prog, even they had a couple proggy moments here and there 'Journey of the Sorcerer') In terms of Prog.. Starless and Buble Black over LTIA, and Islands over Lizard |
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Manuel
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I've seen some comments from some fans saying it lacks inspiration. To me, it's a great piece of music, full of inspiration and exciting.
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Hugh Manatee
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Everyone should have the same taste in music as me.
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Desolation Rose is The Flower Kings' best album.
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