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Posted: September 14 2013 at 18:28

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

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Posted: September 14 2013 at 18:29

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

I'm just saying that Dsotm and Nursery Crymes aren't that strange of choices.

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Posted: September 14 2013 at 18:34

Horizons wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

I'm just saying that Dsotm and Nursery Crymes aren't that strange of choices.

No album that is rated highly is going to be a strange choice. A strange choice would be an album that is not well regarded or, stranger still, relatively obscure.

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Posted: September 14 2013 at 18:52

Dean wrote:

Horizons wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

I'm just saying that Dsotm and Nursery Crymes aren't that strange of choices.

No album that is rated highly is going to be a strange choice. A strange choice would be an album that is not well regarded or, stranger still, relatively obscure.

Exactly. So i'm not sure why Snow Dog would call those choices trolling.

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 02:29

Horizons wrote:

Dean wrote:

Horizons wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

I'm just saying that Dsotm and Nursery Crymes aren't that strange of choices.

No album that is rated highly is going to be a strange choice. A strange choice would be an album that is not well regarded or, stranger still, relatively obscure.

Exactly. So i'm not sure why Snow Dog would call those choices trolling.

Because dr prog has questioned the choices made by a wide section of people on this forum. There is absolutely nothing wrong with suggesting DSOTM or Nursery Cryme as essential albums because, with due respect to differing opinions, they are widely held to be such so it is a choice that a lot of prog rock fans do make. Hence, pretending that this forum is demented for suggesting such albums is either trolling or some super elevated form of snobbery that I cannot relate to. There is a difference and not a particularly subtle one between the way Tom Ozric phrased his opinion and how dr prog said it. What the bloody hell does "I'm glad I don't send people here to recommend prog to a newbie from australia." even mean?

Edited by rogerthat - September 15 2013 at 02:34

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 03:35

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

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As subjective as this thread is I have always found VDGG overrated and some of ELP ( Excluding anything up to Brain Salad Surgery)

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 15:30

My god this forum is gonna piss off a lot of people. The circuitous subjective nature is gonna really bring out the so-called 'Trolls' on this site. Well I've already 'Trolled' about my feelings about the YES album 'Close To The Edge' having a far too much praises, so I won't go further than that but it is interesting to hear what other albums are being listed here.
I never would have thought DSOTM would make it here. Lol

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 16:32

This thread is the perfect place for DSotM, IMO.

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 16:59

"The album where I think most people got it wrong"?

Maybe our 22. best prog album of all time?

As pointed out some 9573907820589 times - there's no such thing as overrated. There's albums out there that a lot of folks deem priceless, which just don't sit well with some ie "the albums that a lot of you like but I don't - therefore you've got it wrong".

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 17:02

Chris S wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

You never fail in having beautiful women in your sig Jim Approve

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 17:04

She looks like one of those ancient Greek sculptures - only much more alive though.

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 17:06

She looks like someone just sneezed in her oatmeal.

(that's not a euphemism btw.)

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 17:18

Dean wrote:

She looks like someone just sneezed in her oatmeal.

(that's not a euphemism btw.)

Really? Are you sure that's not a euphemism?

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Posted: September 15 2013 at 19:57

Chris S wrote:

Finnforest wrote:

one man's troll is another man's musical freedom fighter?

You never fail in having beautiful women in your sig Jim Approve

As subjective as this thread is I have always found VDGG overrated and some of ELP ( Excluding anything up to Brain Salad Surgery)

I agree with you and I also think many GG lp's are overrated.

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 00:39

dr prog wrote:

(...) these albums are meant to be two of the great prog albums. 10-15 minutes or worthy music from each. The rest is pretty boring

I agreed 100%

I don't know which album is more boring... Floyd's, I think.

Edited by Svetonio - September 16 2013 at 00:42

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Posted: September 16 2013 at 00:52

Argonaught wrote:

ITCOCK? It sounds like a series of experimental tapes, a lot of sound effects that don't seem to convey much meaning or emotions, and too thin on contents to rate in the top 100. Not seeing too much innovation either (...)

I agreed. ITCOCK is nothing special really. I'm big fan of KC, but from ITCOCK, I like only that title track and I Talk to the Wind.

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