Best of the Best

I thought I would try to bring some order back to the forums by doing a poll that everyone can participate in. Lately these forums have been cluttered with absolute silliness where it is even becoming too vulgar for the likes of me. ( coming from me.,that's bad) Even the more respectable ones like Peter Rideout and James Lee have joined in the chaos....when in Rome, I guess...Even Ivan been cracking jokes!!

The other type of threads are the obscure: What do you think of Dificil Equilibrio? where only 5% of the forum can even answer that seriously!!

Well this isn't Rome and consider me the barbarians at the gate as I try to plunder this silliness and bring some seriousness back to the forums!! So I present the question above and for all you old-timers who'll whine:"This has already been done" let me just say "So What!"

It seems like I set this poll up with multiple vote options. Oops. Please do not cheat so we can get an accurate read...thanks.

Highest in terms of what?

Personally I couldn't rate Genesis, King Crimson, Jethro Tull or Pink Floyd above each other unless there were strict criteria.

ELP tend to be a little "rough", hence they lose points. Rush tend to be stylistically similar (a very minor quibble - but one not shared by the other 4), and Yes bore the pants off me.

So the 4 I mentioned take top place

In that case, my answer remains the same

1. Gdub:I dislike only King Crimson and Jethro Tull from that list.

I'd seen Genesis,Yes,Elp,Pink Floyd +for example Led Zep,and Purple, before you were 10. (In reply to your question in the previous poll)

Rush are my favourites so I stick up for them. I have stated in other posts that I dont believe that they have been a Prog band for a long time now.They have "evolved" into a Hard Rock band with Prog sensibilities.

I have always considered YES to be the quintissential Prog Band, so they would be the Prog band who I would rate highest. Paradoxically I believe that Rush,seen over their entire career, are head and shoulders better than any of the bands named in the list.This is because they are my favourite band hence that statement is not objective.

Pink Floyd,Yes,Genesis and Elp are superb.Thanks to this forum,I developed a liking for Porcupine Tree. I have just got hold of Lightbulb Sun,Signify and In Absentia .

2.Cert! you just imagined I put something negative here about you! Yes,you are going mad!

3.Lets clear up this gay thing. The only chink in Greg's armour ( apart from being American ) is that he is gay.When I say "chink in his armour" I mean in terms of mickey-taking- nothing else. I always feel that people who jump in to protect "minorities" are very patronising and therefore IMO probably bigoted in some way themselves.For my part I will ridicule anybody for any reason at any given moment if a) I have nothing more more intelligent to say and b) if it makes me happy.

If that offends OTHERS well tough! If it offends the person it is aimed at.............

Heh! For a factory worker with rubbish school exam results, I make a great intellectual, don't I?

Reed - you were thinking something negative about me - that's enough...

Your real post? Which one was that?

I cannae see it, Jim...