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Dr. Occulator 
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 Posted: April 25 2014 at 18:01 |
Sorry but to my ears Red Queen to Gryphon Three is not prog folk, although I like the album immensely!
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My Doc Told Me I Have Doggie Head.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 19:05 |
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Comus, and it isn't close.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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Wanorak
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:07 |
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Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!!
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Gryphon
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:08 |
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easy. Gryphon, of course.
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Horizons
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 20:10 |
 Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes.
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Crushed like a rose in the riverflow.
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dr wu23
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 21:36 |
Strawbs...........Gryphon.......Comus
Both Hero and Red Queen have quite a bit of non-folk elements...imo.
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One does nothing yet nothing is left undone.
Haquin
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kenethlevine
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 21:58 |
I love Strawbs, like Comus,and really can't fathom Gryphon so H&H for me
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King Crimson776
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 22:07 |
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I like Strawbs and Gryphon a lot more than Comus, but I see why they're popular. I went with Red Queen but overall I prefer the Strawbs.
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Svetonio
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Posted: April 25 2014 at 22:31 |
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proggman
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Posted: April 26 2014 at 08:32 |
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I like all the albums here, but I'll vote for Comus First Utterance.
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When he rides, my fears subside.
For darkness turns once more to light.
Through the skies, his white horse flies.
To find a land beyond the night.
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Hercules
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Posted: April 26 2014 at 14:21 |
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste.
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: April 26 2014 at 17:36 |
kenethlevine wrote:
I love Strawbs, like Comus,and really can't fathom Gryphonso H&H for me |
Gryphon's album here is one I can't get into at all, easily my least favourite of the three. As Herc and Horizons mentioned already, it's all about one's musical taste.
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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kenethlevine
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 10:09 |
Hercules wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste. |
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of"
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Mellotron Storm
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 18:51 |
kenethlevine wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste. |
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of" |
I totally agree about First Utterance and Rats And Mice In The Loft being loosely of the same style, and I do always think of one when the other is mentioned. I just thought that was mostly because of my lack of knowledge of this sub-genre but they both seem to be extreme-folk if there was ever a sub-genre called that. 
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"The wind is slowly tearing her apart"
"Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN
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kenethlevine
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Posted: April 27 2014 at 23:51 |
Mellotron Storm wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste. |
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of" |
I totally agree about First Utterance and Rats And Mice In The Loft being loosely of the same style, and I do always think of one when the other is mentioned. I just thought that was mostly because of my lack of knowledge of this sub-genre but they both seem to be extreme-folk if there was ever a sub-genre called that. |
that's not a bad name, or how about twisted folk  We do wpeak about wyrd folk a bit but more as a modern sub sub genre. Perhaps Comus and jan Dukes were the godfathers of this style. They might also be considered a very English style of psych folk like Incredible Spring Band, Forest, or Spirogyra (sp?)
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digdug
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 07:12 |
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Gryphon for me
followed by Strawbs
not a Comus fan
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Prog On!
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verslibre
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 15:23 |
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Went with Gryphon.
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Logan
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 18:30 |
kenethlevine wrote:
Mellotron Storm wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste. |
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of" |
I totally agree about First Utterance and Rats And Mice In The Loft being loosely of the same style, and I do always think of one when the other is mentioned. I just thought that was mostly because of my lack of knowledge of this sub-genre but they both seem to be extreme-folk if there was ever a sub-genre called that. |
that's not a bad name, or how about twisted folk We do wpeak about wyrd folk a bit but more as a modern sub sub genre. Perhaps Comus and jan Dukes were the godfathers of this style. They might also be considered a very English style of psych folk like Incredible Spring Band, Forest, or Spirogyra (sp?) |
I always refer to albums by bands such as Comus, Spirogyra, Jan Dukes de Grey, The Incredible String Band and Pentangle as acid folk. Acid Folk (aka psychedelic folk) is my favourite folk subgenre generally. I also place the likes of Perry Leopold in there.
Edited by Logan - April 28 2014 at 18:30
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kenethlevine
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Posted: April 28 2014 at 20:10 |
Logan wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
Mellotron Storm wrote:
kenethlevine wrote:
Hercules wrote:
Horizons wrote:
Wanorak wrote:
Strawbs by a mile!! I can't comprehend why the Comus album is so revered!! |
I can understand why you don't like it. It's just a complete difference of musical tastes. |
First Utterance is an album people either love or absolutely hate and I hate it with a passion. As you say, it's just taste. |
Apart from a few passages I can't listen to, overall I like the Comus album, but Ican certainly see the extreme views. I actually think "Rats and Mice in the Loft" by Jan Dukes de Grey is a lot better than "First Utterance' while very loosely being "in the style of" |
I totally agree about First Utterance and Rats And Mice In The Loft being loosely of the same style, and I do always think of one when the other is mentioned. I just thought that was mostly because of my lack of knowledge of this sub-genre but they both seem to be extreme-folk if there was ever a sub-genre called that. |
that's not a bad name, or how about twisted folk We do wpeak about wyrd folk a bit but more as a modern sub sub genre. Perhaps Comus and jan Dukes were the godfathers of this style. They might also be considered a very English style of psych folk like Incredible Spring Band, Forest, or Spirogyra (sp?) |
I always refer to albums by bands such as Comus, Spirogyra, Jan Dukes de Grey, The Incredible String Band and Pentangle as acid folk.
Acid Folk (aka psychedelic folk) is my favourite folk subgenre generally. I also place the likes of Perry Leopold in there.
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yes acid folk is an often used term, although I don't know if I would put Pentangle there.
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