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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2008 at 17:42
Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

Originally posted by GosudO GosudO wrote:

I voted for Samla Mammas Manna.21 - 21 right now !

 

 

This is such an amazing result so far...an almost unknown Swedish rio band holding its own against the mighty mainstream Radiohead...........................This is like .!!!......Sweden eliminating Brazil in a world cupLOLLOLWink!!!!

 


Not true. People here tend to dislike Radiohead because they're popular and don't make progressive music in the typical sense. Therefore they'd always be voted against, no matter who the opponent
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2008 at 17:56
Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:



Not true. People here tend to dislike Radiohead because they're popular and don't make progressive music in the typical sense. Therefore they'd always be voted against, no matter who the opponent


That's certainly not true. People has voted for the one they like the most, so stop your sobbing. Its 21- 21 up against Samla, who's musically on level with the absolute best (as in Zappa).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 21 2008 at 21:14
Samla and Radiohead are pretty much oposites.

Samla is very direct, what you hear is what you get, it´s fun but there is no depth to it.
Radiohead on the contrary is all about layers and new depth and is not usually direct... nor funLOL

Radiohead by far
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 11:20
Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

 
 
This is such an amazing result so far...an almost unknown Swedish rio band holding its own against the mighty mainstream Radiohead...........................This is like .!!!......Sweden eliminating Brazil in a world cupLOLLOLWink!!!!
 
 
I don't agree Febus:
The problem is that many, not all  members (including myself) believe that Radiohead is not a Prog band, and shouldn't be in Prog Archives and of course won't vote for them, there are others that believeRadiophead are Prog, while Samlas Mammas Manna is an icon of early Prog in Scandinavia.
 
In my case I can't stand whining voives as Thom Yorke's, seems to me that all this alternative bands (Don't say they are not alternative LOL) search for a singer trying to sound as depressive as Kurt Cobain.
 
In order to be compared with Brazil, Radiohead would need a N° 1 album in our charts, well they don't even have an album in the top 100.
 
The highest rating of a SMM is 4.43 and three more albums over 4.18, compared with Radiohead who have one single album with 4.00 and the rest between 3.89 and 2.28
 
So it is not like Sweden vs Brazil, because Radiohead is not remotely like Brazil in football, if you want to compare a band with Brazil, maybe Genesis or Yes, this are almighty bands in Prog Archives
 
And a band who has 4 out of their 6 albums with an average over 4.00 plus one with 3.96, is top notch.
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 11:28
Radiohead easily. Kid A, Amnesiac and In Rainbows are absolutely incredible!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 11:34
Originally posted by Ivan_Melgar_M Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:

Originally posted by febus febus wrote:

 
 
This is such an amazing result so far...an almost unknown Swedish rio band holding its own against the mighty mainstream Radiohead...........................This is like .!!!......Sweden eliminating Brazil in a world cupLOLLOLWink!!!!
 
 
I don't agree Febus:
The problem is that many, not all  members (including myself) believe that Radiohead is not a Prog band, and shouldn't be in Prog Archives and of course won't vote for them, there are others that believeRadiophead are Prog, while Samlas Mammas Manna is an icon of early Prog in Scandinavia.
 
In my case I can't stand whining voives as Thom Yorke's, seems to me that all this alternative bands (Don't say they are not alternative LOL) search for a singer trying to sound as depressive as Kurt Cobain.
 
In order to be compared with Brazil, Radiohead would need a N° 1 album in our charts, well they don't even have an album in the top 100.
 
The highest rating of a SMM is 4.43 and three more albums over 4.18, compared with Radiohead who have one single album with 4.00 and the rest between 3.89 and 2.28
 
So it is not like Sweden vs Brazil, because Radiohead is not remotely like Brazil in football, if you want to compare a band with Brazil, maybe Genesis or Yes, this are almighty bands in Prog Archives
 
And a band who has 4 out of their 6 albums with an average over 4.00 plus one with 3.96, is top notch.
 
Iván
 
I understand your point, Ivan but what i meant is lately we have quite a young and younger (than us) crowd here on PA who grow up with Radiohead playing in the background or on the radio...They are familiar with the name RADIOHEAD (it's all over the place) and have never heard of SAMMa, an obscure 70s band out of Sweden......and to see them almost neck to neck , i found that stunning!
 
Of course , we know Genesis wouldWink be your BrazilWinkLOL......until one day Peru will beat them of courseLOLWink
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 11:51
Originally posted by Febus Febus wrote:

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Of course , we know Genesis wouldWink be your BrazilWinkLOL......until one day Peru will beat them of courseLOLWink
 
 
Don't be funny, we are happy if we win Venezuela and Bolivia LOL
 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 12:02
^ Ivan, I remember Peru very famously beating Scotland at World Cup '78!  3-1 if I recall.  You are similar age to me so I'm sure you'll remember that!
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 14:34
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: September 22 2008 at 17:21
Samla, by leaps and bounds.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 04 2008 at 12:59
I was just listening to 'Kid A' and thinking about the courage they needed to release the album, just like in the past Samla did with Maltid. I wrote a small review of 'Kid A' saying exactly how this album carried Radiohead to a level of experimentations I found in RIO bands. Maltid is top ten of my favourite albums ever... so Samla is my favourite, allthough each day I like Radiohead more...

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