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MovingPictures07 
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 Topic: Ultimate Prog Tournament #3: KC v. Anglagard
Posted: January 13 2008 at 02:40 |
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Continuing to knock out these #1 v. #8 matches...
King Crimson for me, easily.
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Jshutt64
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 02:42 |
I'll probably be shot for this, but...Anglagard.
I love KC, I really do. But, I prefer Jordrock to almost all of KC's songs, with the exception of a few. And, let's face it...Sweden is one sweet country. 
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theBox
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 03:28 |
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well... I respect king crimson very much but Anglagard (along with Yes) is my favourite prog band EVER!
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King Crimson776
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 04:42 |
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King Crimson. This had better be a rape.
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Hat of Truth
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 04:47 |
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Änglagård.
King Crimson may be more well-known, but the whole thing about prog. is that you love the music, even if the bands don't score high on billboards.
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Jshutt64
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 04:48 |
 King Crimson776 wrote:
King Crimson. This had better be a rape. |
Oh whatever. I agree that King Crimson is probably going to win, but Anglagard sure doesn't deserve to get raped. 
Edited by Jshutt64 - January 13 2008 at 04:49
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Hat of Truth
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 04:58 |
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I think you might prefer Änglagård if you can understand what they're singing. Most of their songs lies with their lyrics.
Edited by Hat of Truth - January 13 2008 at 04:59
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paloz
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 05:04 |
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Oh well, too easy. King Crimson
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Spacemac
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 06:29 |
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King Crimson
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Anderson III
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 06:51 |
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King Crimson- possibly the greatest prog band in history, with an unbelievably versatile and yet enjoyable catalogue of albums. Their career probably strikes me as the most impressive of all!
Änglagård- released one decent album.
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"Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and cannot remain silent" - Victor Hugo
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Philip
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 06:58 |
Änglagård is just Hybris(masterpiece) and a good album(Epilog).
King Crimson is some masterpieces and almost all of the other albuns are good, so I go for them.
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Pekka
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 08:53 |
Anderson III wrote:
Änglagård- released one decent album.
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Have you heard the other one?  But well, even though Hybris is pretty damn close to a masterpiece and Epilog seems to be really good too, I've got no choice but to go for Crimson. Everything they released between 69 and 74 is great, and Power to Believe is fantastic too. I'm not excited about the 80s stuff, but THRAK sounds very promising and I've added that one to my shopping list.
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bhikkhu
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 09:05 |
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Not such an easy choice for me, but I had to go with KC.
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Urs Blank
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 09:42 |
One of my favorite songs ever is Jordrok, and Hybris is one of my favorite albums. But the fact is that KC had played some much pretty and groundbreaking music since the early 70's, and so it is not proper to compare them with a group that made only two great albums. It is easier to disband after two awesome studio albums and a decent live than to operate so much musical research and assume possible flop.
KC's discography not only contains fantastic albums, but they are still present after almost forty years of a prolific and unique carreer, they deserve more esteem than Anglagard.
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Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.
Salvador Dali.
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The Pessimist
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 11:05 |
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these "prog tournaments" are turning out to be quite predictably one sided. Went for King Fripp here though.
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Zargus
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 11:08 |
eh.. is this a joke? KC ofcourse!
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MusicalSalmacis
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 11:10 |
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King Crimson just has a larger catalogue... I love Änglagård, but there's pretty much just Hybris. Epilog isn't THAT good. It's good, very good if you like, but not AS good as like... 5 of Crimson's albums. King Crimson, it's a pretty easy choise... but I prefer Hybris to anything Crimson has ever made ;)
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MovingPictures07
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 12:50 |
kibble_alex wrote:
these "prog tournaments" are turning out to be quite predictably one sided. Went for King Fripp here though. |
Yeah, I figured I'd knock out the four most easily lopsided ones first. There are also some others that may turn out pretty lopsided (the other four #2 v. #7's in this first round too), but if you're interested how everything looks for the first round of matchups refer to my original poll.
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explodingjosh
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 13:02 |
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King Crimson Vs. Anything
....King Crimson wins.
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Sckxyss
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Posted: January 13 2008 at 13:18 |
Hat of Truth wrote:
I think you might prefer �nglag�rd if you can understand what they're singing. Most of their songs lies with their lyrics. |
I heard very few lyrics when I listened to Hybris, and none in Epilog... lyrics may add to the songs, but I'm pretty sure what makes Anglagard good is their composition. Anyway, Crimson for me.
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Ultimate Prog Tournament #3: KC v. Anglagard
