Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums
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Topic: Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums
Posted By: micky
Subject: Summer Madness: PA's Battle of the Albums
Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 18:10
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Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 18:13
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Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 18:15
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Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 18:17
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 18:40
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oh yeah.. it will be coming.. with the amount of subtlety you have all come to love and expect from me. which means none. 128 classic (pre - 1986) prog albums in one bracket 128 modern (1986-2013) albums in a second bracket only one album per group per era.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 19:54
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as a prelim to the unveiling of the albums... a couple of notes. As one might imagine, limiting it to one album per group made for some hard choices. The hard part is of course we could debate till the cows come home on many of these. In some cases we did, many changes were made over since we started making the lists (right after the band contest ended). Ange is a a perfect example and one we really debated. d Some think Emile Jacotey is the definative Ange album.. others think Au-delà du délire.. some others (including myself) think it is Par Les Fils Des Mandrin. so which to include.. hard choices. We could have used the album charts here but what is the point of doing the polls if one takes those into account. Those charts have given us winners haven't they? On that note. The albums from the 'big heavies'. ie Yes, King Crimson, ELP, Genesis and (ahem) Jethro Dull. Again we know which albums everyone loves.. and when it came to the band contest. .for all the fun that was.. we knew who the last ones standing would be. So to keep things interesting.. we choose 'lesser' classics from those groups. We sort of want people to judge the music.. not just name of the group on the album. I am more curious to see how a later album from Genesis stands up against a great, but less acclaimed album from another group. or to be to point.. I don't want to spend the months and months these contests are going to take.. when we have 1000 CTTE v. Foxtrot v. TAAB polls. boring. since we have leveled the playing field (in theory at least) there will be no seeding like we did in the band contest. We have 128 albums in each section and some night this week I'll do random selection and bracketize them. Now for the shear scope of this. 256 albums.. whoa. So to help speed things up slightly. The first round of both brackets will be 4 album polls... the two highest vote getters will advance. Doing that saves a full month of running time. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
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Date Posted: June 06 2015 at 20:55
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 06:55
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^ some Dream Theater fan... 'nuff said First round of the classic albums bracket kicks off Saturday and will run for a week. 16 polls of 4 albums each, top 2 vote getters advance from each poll (to face each other in round 2). Like the band polls, polls run for one week. After the first set of classic polls we'll start the modern album. Brackets for the classic albums to be posted later today. Here are the classic (pre '86) albums. Classic Album List to 1985 1. Discipline (1981) - King Crimson 2. Drama (1980) - Yes 3. Works Vol. 1 (1977) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer 4. ...And Then There Were Three (1978) - Genesis 5. The Final Cut (1983) - Pink Floyd 6. Stormwatch (1978) - Jethro Tull 7. Waterloo Lily (1972) - Caravan 8. s/t (1970) - Magma 9. Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis 10. You (1974) - Gong 11. A Salty Dog (1969) - Procol Harum 12. Days of Future Passed (1967) - Moody Blues 13. Farewell to Kings (1977) - Rush 14. Leftoverture (1976) - Kansas 15. Octopus (1972) - Gentle Giant 16. The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1967) - The Nice 17. Pawn Hearts (1971) - Van der Graaf Generator 18. Lord of the Rings (1970) - Bo Hansson 19. Mirage (1973) - Camel 20. In Spite of Harry's Toenail (1972) - Gnidrolog 21. Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) - Traffic 22. The Martian Chronicles (1984) - Solaris 23. Hot Rats (1969) - The Mothers of Invention 24. Station to Station (1976) - David Bowie 25. Fish out of Water (1975) - Chris Squire 26. Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974) - Triumvirat 27. Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield 28. Argus (1972) - Wishbone Ash 29. Omega VIII (1978) - Omega 30. Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison (1975) - Harmonium 31. Par Les Fils Des Mandrin (1976) - Ange 32. Krywań, Krywań (1972) -Skaldowie 33. The Six Wives of Henry the VIII (1973) - Rick Wakeman 34. Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) - Alan Parsons Project 35. Depois do Fim (1983) - Bacamarte 36. Electric Light Orchestra (1971) - Electric Light Orchestra 37. Memento z banalnym ryptykiem (1980) - SBB 38. War of the Worlds (1978) - Jeff Wayne 39. Peter Gabriel [3] (1980) - Peter Gabriel 40. Mercator Projected (1969) - East of Eden 41. Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - Webber/Rice 42. Quatermass (1970) - Quatermass 43. Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) - Steven Hackett 44. Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - Renaissance 45. For Your Pleasure (1973) - Roxy Music 46. Crime of the Century (1974) - Supertramp 47. Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) 48. Hamburger Concerto (1974) - Focus 49. Hijos del Agobio (1977) - Triana 50. Recuerdos de mi Tierras (1979) - Mezquita 51. A Night at the Opera (1975) - Queen 52. Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974) - Hawkwind 53. Cyclos (1974) - Los Canarios 54. In the Region of Summer Starts (1975) - The Enid 55. The Polite Force (1971) - Egg 56. Space Shanty (1972) - Khan 57. Third (1970) - Soft Machine 58. Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt 59. The Rotters Club (1975) - Hatfield & The North 60. Kew Rhone (1977) - John Greaves 61. Of Queues & Cures (78) - National Health 62. Banquet (1974) - Lucifer's Friend 63. s/t (1972) - Captain Beyond 64. Death Walks Behind You (1971) - Atomic Rooster 65. Sea Shanties (1969) - High Tide 66. Salisbury (1971) - Uriah Heep 67. Fact and Fiction (1982) - Twelfth Night 68. The Wake (1985) - IQ 69. Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) - Marillion 70. The Sentinel (1983) - Pallas 71. Unorthodox Behavior (1976) - Brand X 72. Blow by Blow (1975) - Jeff Beck 73. Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al di Meola 74. s/t (1971) - Osibisa 75. Valentyne Suite (1969) - Colosseum 76. Emergency! (1969) - The Tony Willliams Lifetime 77. Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever 78. Birds of Fire (1972) - Mahavishnu Orchestra 79. Sextant (1973) - Herbie Hancock 80. Spectrum (1973) - Billy Cobham 81. Caravanseri (1972) - Santana 82. Aja (1977) - Steely Dan 83. Heavy Weather (1977) - Weather Report 84. Natural Elements (1977) - Shakti with John McLaughlin 85. Mice & Rats In The Loft (71) - Jan Dukes De Grey 86. Stormcock (71) - Roy Harper 87. Starsailor (70) - Tim Buckley 88. Bursting at The Seams (1973) - The Strawbs89. Red Queen to Gryphon Three (1974) - Gryphon 90. Basket of Light (1969) - Pentangle 91. First Utterance (1971) - Comus 92. Obras de Violeta Parra (1984) - Los Jaivas 93. Triskaidekaphobie (1980) - Present 94. 4 Visions (1981) - Eskaton 95. s/t (1979) - Weidorje 96. Musique Pour L'Odyssee(1979) - Art Zoyd 97. Western Culture (1979) - Henry Cow 98. Ceux Du Dehors (1981) - Univers Zero 99. Maltid (1973) - Samla Mammas Manna 100. Eros (1981) - Dun 101. New Age Of Earth (1976) - Ashra 102. Oxygene (1976) - Jean Michel Jarre 103. Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk 104. Phaedra (1974) - Tangerine Dream 105. Cyborg (1973) - Klaus Schulze 106. Hosianna Mantra (72) - Popol Vuh 107. Electric Silence (75) - Dzyan 108. Malesch (73) - Agitation Free 109. Guru Guru - UFO (70) - Guru Guru 110. Eruption (1971) - Cluster 111. Yeti (1970) - Amn Duul 2 112. s/t (1971) - Faust 113. Future Days (1973) - Can 114. s/t (1972) - Neu! 115. Ocean (1977) - Eloy 116. Arbeit Macht Frei (1973) - Area 117. Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu (1977) - Locanda Delle Fate 118. Vietato ai Minori di 18 anni (1973) - Jumbo 119. Dolce Acqua (1971) - Delirium 120. Principe di un Giorno (1976) - Celeste 121. Roller (1976) - Goblin 122. Sulle Corde de Aries (1973) - Franco Battiato 123. Storia di un Minuto (1972) - PFM 124. Zarathustra (1973) - Museo Rosenbach 125. Uomo di Pezza (1972) - Le Orme 126. Palepoli (1972) - Osanna 127. YS (1972) - Balletto di Bronzo 128. Darwin! (1972) - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 12:36
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time to start filling in your brackets. Bracket winner gets.. something.. Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! - The tournament committee chairman has left his office and is now holding court in the bar! Progspin was able to follow the tournament chairman, Mad Micky, to the bar and obtained the following interview: PS: So what can you tell us prior to the unveiling of the brackets? Micky: Buy me Vodka Tonic or two and I guess I can tell a bit about what we did. ... ..... ......... .............. Micky: Cheers Mate! Now what do you want to know? PS: Let's start with the selection process? Micky: Well much of the work went on behind the closed doors of the Colabotor Zone there at ProgArchives. Unlike the Band contest that was for the most part.. no brainers and more a question of who is left out rather than who to include the album contest was a far more difficult venture so I enlisted the help of the various genre specialists to help put together the lists. PS: Did you get a lot of help Micky: Damn right I did! It couldn't have happened without the help. I thought something like this, to do it WELL, was beyond just the input of one person. I did get lots of suggestions and helpful advice, not just on the albums but on all the details of it. How to deal with certain groups and albums that could potentially unbalance the contest, along with find details such as cut off dates and types and numbers of albums per group to be included. PS. What do you mean by 'unbalanced'? Micky: Look man.. we all had a frickin blast with the Battle of the Bands contest but lets be honest as the contest ground down a certain air of inevitability set it. Perhaps it there from the start. For all the fun of interesting matchups, and potential upsets you knew who the last 4 to 6 standing generally would be. A cynic could say we could have dispenced with the whole tournament and run the 1000th installment of a Yes v. Genesis v. KC v. Floyd poll. We didn't want that with this contest PS: I know what you mean.. for me the fun ended as soon as ELP went out and don't get me started about half ass English groups beat non-English whose output and quality dwarfed those of the more 'popular' Micky: haha yeah man I hear you there but lets not go there again. So while we couldn't have a band poll without the usual English suspects, what we could do and did do was muddy up the waters a bit. PS: how? Micky: Easy. Listen man, we know that CTTE, TAAB, WYWH and others like that are beloved and would win any poll when not paired against each other. What they would do on their path to meeting deep into the tournament is leave tire tracks over great, but less heralded albums on their path to the late rounds so we had either of two choices. Elimiinate those groups (the big 6) completely or try to make things even more interesting by choosing lesser acclaimed albums from those groups and pairing them off against albums of likely far greater quality but of far less acclaim and personality. PS: the interesting part being.. Micky: exactly.. to see how people actually vote. It might well be that later albums from the big 6 still do move on but what it will not have, is the air of inevitability. PS: sounds interesting. So tell me about the modern lists. Micky: obviously we didn't have to worry as much as certain things with the modern list as we did the. Our biggest issues were the cut off date between the modern and classic eras and whether to include recent (2014) releases. We changed the cut off date several times, especially as the lists began to take shape. More in relation to some albums that simply didn't fit in the era they were originally placed. PS: Great! I notice you had previously announced the classic album list but I haven't seen the modern album list. When can we expect to see that? Micky: While I thought the classic list was relatively easy, they are 'classics' for a reason you know, the modern list was harder IMO for the shear amount of quality yet unstandably 'un-classic' works in the last few years. It does make it harder to select a good list. We do have a list of 128 but since that bracket won't kick off till for nearly 2 weeks, I am sitting on it to have more time to look it over and modify as needed. PS: Well Micky .. it is time Micky: Damn right it is. To announce the brackets. As noted. A prize will be awarded to the person who has the highest score for each of the brackets so post your predictions in this thread! and without further ado.. the classic album brackets. Saturday the contest kicks off with 16 4-album polls. Top 2 vote getters in each poll move on to the second round. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459336" rel="nofollow - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459336 ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 13:04
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not that I'm eligible to win.. but here are my 1st round predictions. 2nd round winners in bold for this Saturdays polls, the first 16. The top half of the bracket poll 1 - Aja and Eros poll 2 - Bitches Brew and Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison poll 3 - ... And Then There Were Three and Ommadawn poll 4 - Leftoverture and Romantic Warrior poll 5 - Palepoli and A Salty Dog poll 6 - Elegant Gypsy and Red Queen to Gryphon 3 poll 7 - Pawn Hearts and Station to Station poll 8 - Mirage and Stormwatch. poll 9 - Arbeit Macht Frei and Illusions on a Double Dimple poll 10 - Waterloo Lily and Birds of Fire poll 11 - The Rotters Club and Farewell to Kings poll 12 - Hamburger Concerto and Valentyne Suite poll 13 - Script and Ys poll 14 - The Final Cut and Stormcock (haha. Talk about a one legged ass kicking contest) poll 15 - Hot Rats and Phaedra poll 16 - PG3 and Blow by Blow for the bottom half of the bracket to be done after the top half of the modern bracket poll 17 - Drama and Tales of Mystery and Imagination poll 18 - Basket of Light and Western Culture poll 19 (yes this was completely random. The Solo Album section haha) - Fish out of Water and Voyage of the Acolyte poll 20 - The Polite Force and Salisbury poll 21 - Principe di un Giorno and Low Spark poll 22 - Yeti and Mercator Projected poll 23 - Darwin! and First Utterance poll 24 - Rock Bottom and Utopia poll 25 - Scheherazade and Night at the Opera poll 26 - (oohhh) Third and... ummm... Magma poll 27 - Octopus and Obras de Violeta Parra poll 28 - You and Space Shanty poll 29 - Uomo di Pezza and Crime of the Century (bahh...) poll 30 - Spectrum and Future Days poll 31- Storia di un Minuto and Days of Future Passed poll 32 - For Your Pleasure and Zarathustra ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 13:31
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3rd round predictions, 4th Round (sweet 16 winners in bold) Bitches Brew ... And Then There Were Three Palepoli Pawn Hearts Waterloo Lily Hamburger Concerto Ys PG3 Drama Fish out of Water Yeti Rock Bottom Scheherazade Octopus Future Days Storia di un Minuto Quaterfinal predictions (Semi finals predictions in bold) Pawn Hearts PG3 Rock Bottom Octopus my predicted winner... Pawn Hearts ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 14:50
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Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 15:18
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Am I missing something, I can't work out which 4 are going to be in which group in the first round, the brackets look like they've been set up as 1 vs 1? ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 15:48
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Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 16:48
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The poll groups for the first round, I presume (my predictions in bold): Quatermass (1970) - Quatermass Eros (1981) - Dun Lord of the Rings (1970) - Bo Hansson Aja (1977) - Steely Dan Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis Oxygene (1976) - Jean Michel Jarre The Martian Chronicles (1984) - Solaris Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison (1975) - Harmonium ...And Then There Were Three (1978) - Genesis Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield UFO (1970) - Guru Guru s/t (1971) - Osibisa Starsailor (70) - Tim Buckley Works Vol. 1 (1977) - Emerson, Lake & Palmer Leftoverture (1976) - Kansas Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever Palepoli (1972) - Osanna Emergency! (1969) - The Tony Willliams Lifetime Electric Silence (1975) - Dzyan A Salty Dog (1969) - Procol Harum Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al di Meola Jesus Christ Superstar (1970) - Webber/Rice Omega VIII (1978) - Omega Red Queen to Gryphon Three (1974) - Gryphon Station to Station (1976) - David Bowie Discipline (1981) - King Crimson s/t (1972) - Neu! Pawn Hearts (1971) - Van der Graaf Generator Mirage (1973) - Camel New Age Of Earth (1976) - Ashra Stormwatch (1978) - Jethro Tull Death Walks Behind You (1971) - Atomic Rooster War of the Worlds (1978) - Jeff Wayne Arbeit Macht Frei (1973) - Area Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974) - Triumvirat Eruption (1971) - Kluster Waterloo Lily (1972) - Caravan Sea Shanties (1969) - High Tide Agitation Free (1973) - Malesch Birds of Fire (1972) - Mahavishnu Orchestra Electric Light Orchestra (1971) - ELO Argus (1972) - Wishbone Ash Farewell to Kings (1977) - Rush The Rotters Club (1975) - Hatfield & the North Musique Pour L'Odyssee(1979) - Art Zoyd Ocean (1977) - Eloy Hamburger Concerto (1974) - Focus Valentyne Suite (1969) - Colosseum Forse Le Lucciole Non Si Amano Piu (1977) - LDF Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) - Marillion Maltid (1973) - Samla Mammas Manna YS (1972) - Balletto di Bronzo The Final Cut (1983) - Pink Floyd Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk Caravanserai (1972) - Santana Stormcock (71) - Roy Harper Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa Phaedra (1974) - Tangerine Dream The Thoughts of Emerlist Davjack (1967) - The Nice s/t (1972) - Captain Beyond Hosianna Mantra (72) - Popol Vuh Peter Gabriel [3] (1980) - Peter Gabriel Blow by Blow (1975) - Jeff Beck Cyborg (1973) - Klaus Schulze Ceux Du Dehors (1981) - Univers Zero Drama (1980) - Yes Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) - Alan Parsons Project The Sentinel (1983) - Pallas Depois do Fim (1983) - Bacamarte In the Region of Summer Starts (1975) - The Enid Basket of Light (1969) - Pentangle Western Culture (1979) - Henry Cow Banquet (1974) - Lucifer's Friend Voyage of the Acolyte (1975) - Steven Hackett Fish out of Water (1975) - Chris Squire The Six Wives of Henry the VIII (1973) - Rick Wakeman The Polite Force (1971) - Egg Salisbury (1971) - Uriah Heep In Spite of Harry's Toenail (1972) - Gnidrolog Krywan, Krywan (1972) - Skaldowie Cyclos (1974) - Los Canarios Principe di un Giorno (1976) - Celeste Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) - Traffic 4 Visions (1981) - Eskaton Yeti (1970) - Amn Duul II Memento z banalnym ryptykiem (1980) - SBB Hijos del Agobio (1977) - Triana Mercator Projected (1969) - East of Eden Darwin! (1972) - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso First Utterance (1971) - Comus Sextant (1973) - Herbie Hancock Kew Rhone (1977) - John Greaves s/t (1979) - Weidorje Unorthodox Behavior (1976) - Brand X Todd Rundgren's Utopia (1974) Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt s/t (1971) - Faust A Night at the Opera (1975) - Queen Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - Renaissance Bursting at The Seams (1973) - The Strawbs s/t (1970) - Magma Fact and Fiction (1982) - Twelfth Night Third (1970) - Soft Machine Hall of the Mountain Grill (1974) - Hawkwind Vietato ai Minori di 18 anni (1973) - Jumbo Obras de Violeta Parra (1984) - Los Jaivas Octopus (1972) - Gentle Giant Of Queues & Cures (78) - National Health Dolce Acqua (1971) - Delirium You (1974) - Gong Par Les Fils Des Mandrin (1976) - Ange Space Shanty (1972) - Khan Triskaidekaphobie (1980) - Present Sulle Corde de Aries (1973) - Franco Battiato Crime of the Century (1974) - Supertramp Uomo di Pezza (1972) - Le Orme Spectrum (1973) - Billy Cobham Future Days (1973) - Can The Wake (1985) - IQ Roller (1976) - Goblin Natural Elements (1977) - Shakti with John McLaugh Storia di un Minuto (1972) - PFM Days of Future Passed (1967) - Moody Blues Mice & Rats In The Loft (71) - Jan Dukes De Grey For Your Pleasure (1973) - Roxy Music Recuerdos de mi Tierras (1979) - Mezquita Heavy Weather (1977) - Weather Report Zarathustra (1973) - Museo Rosenbach But who meets who in the second round, the group winners? The group winner v. the next door group's runner-up?
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 17:22
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yeah.. sorry if I wasn't clear. The scope of running 256 albums against each other sort of called for a bit of fat trimming. only the first round gets 4 albums against each other. To use the very top as an example. poll #1 will be a 4 band poll (the first 4 bands in the bracket from the top) Poll #2 will have the next 4 etc etc... Quatermass (1970) - Quatermass Eros (1981) - Dun Lord of the Rings (1970) - Bo Hansson Aja (1977) - Steely Dan we have a poll.. the top 2 vote getters move on and will fill the 2 2nd round bracket slots and will face each other in the 2nd round. doing that saved 4 weeks of polls.. this is going to be a long enough process as it is and thought it could be a nice twist as one will need to vote carefully as many (like me) will note many first round contests will have more than one album we really.. really adore. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 18:00
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But you're doing the whole round simultaneously though, aren't you, Micky? You're not doing it group for group? With two from each group going through from the first round, how will that save time? Won't two bands go through if it's head-to-head, too? So you're just having fewer polls, not saving time? Or am I way off now?
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 18:38
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it saves a month. I figure 16 polls a week is likely the most we can or should do at one time 256 albums.. that is 128 polls (at 2 albums per ) and at 16 a week. That is two months to do the first round However If I do 4 albums per .. I cut the time needed to do the first round in half 256.. 64 polls (of 4 albums each). At 16 a week. That is one month to do the first round. after the first round.. it is business as usual. This week we do the top of the classic bracket, next week the top of the modern, the following weeks will be the bottoms of the classic and modern respectively. If it sounds confusing.. trust me.. t should be really clear as we move forward. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 18:44
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OK, so you're not doing the whole classic first round in one go. Now I get it. Thanks for explaining. -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 18:52
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NP!! next saturday.. the top half of the classic bracket (64 albums, 16 polls) it runs for a week.. get 32 'winners' into 2nd round that vote ends in a week then that day the top half of the modern kicks off.. then the week after.. that one ends.. and the bottom half of the classic bracket then the week after.. the bottom half of the modern. then we go 2nd round.. top half classic again but now shifting to 2 album polls.. 16 polls of the 32 2nd round wiiners etc etc.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 19:01
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Sounds like a plan! Coinicidentaly, that's how I'd do it.   -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 19:06
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cool! I thought it would work best. easier and more fun.. voting is more strategic. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 07 2015 at 19:51
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3rd round (winners in bold): Lord of the Rings (1970) - Bo Hansson Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever Palepoli (1972) - Osanna Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al di Meola Pawn Hearts (1971) - Van der Graaf Generator Mirage (1973) - Camel Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974) - Triumvirat Birds of Fire (1972) - Mahavishnu Orchestra Farewell to Kings (1977) - Rush Hamburger Concerto (1974) - Focus Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) - Marillion Stormcock (71) - Roy Harper Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa Peter Gabriel [3] (1980) - Peter Gabriel Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) - Alan Parsons Project Western Culture (1979) - Henry Cow The Six Wives of Henry the VIII (1973) - Rick Wakeman Salisbury (1971) - Uriah Heep Low Spark of High Heeled Boys (1971) - Traffic Yeti (1970) - Amn Duul II Darwin! (1972) - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Rock Bottom (1974) - Robert Wyatt Scheherazade and Other Stories (1975) - Renaissance Third (1970) - Soft Machine Octopus (1972) - Gentle Giant Space Shanty (1972) - Khan Uomo di Pezza (1972) - Le Orme Future Days (1973) - Can Storia di un Minuto (1972) - PFM Zarathustra (1973) - Museo Rosenbach Quartefinals (winners in bold): Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield Mirage (1973) - Camel Farewell to Kings (1977) - Rush Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa Tales of Mystery and Imagination (1976) - Alan Parsons Project Darwin! (1972) - Banco del Mutuo Soccorso Octopus (1972) - Gentle Giant Storia di un Minuto (1972) - PFM Winner: Mirage (1973) - Camel  That would be something huh, Micky? -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 08 2015 at 13:46
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hisss.. NOOOOOO!!!!! f**king Camel... nice predictions btw. Giving Ommadawn some serious love I see. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 07:03
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Did I hear "Camel"? I've missed this thread thus far, but I definitely heard... Hehe...  No, seriously, looking forward to another tournament.  Interesting albums being mentioned in the thread.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 17:23
Camel hah...  thanks! We did try to put together a good list. We could have easily added a bunch more. I've already thought of 2 I would have put on the list if it hadn't had been too late already haha. This should be a hoot! Can't wait for the Vegas oddmakers to lay the lines on these.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 19:26
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Ok - not predictions, Ian's picks Eros, Aja Oxygene, Si On Avaint Ommadawn, UFO Romantic Warrior, Starsailor Electric Silence, Palepoli Red Queen, Elegant Gypsy Pawn Hearts, Discipline Death Walks, New Age Arbeit Macht Frei, Eruption Birds On Fire, Agitation Free Rotters Club, Farewell To Kings Musique Pour L'Odyssee, Hamburger Concerto Maltid, YS Stormcock, Autobahn Phaedra, Hot Rats Hosianna Mantra, PG3 Ceux Du Dehors, Drama Western Culture, In The Region Voyage, Six Wives Polite Force, Salisbury 4 Vision, Low Spark Yeti, Momento First Utterence, Kew Rhone Rock Bottom, Weidorje Faust, Scheherazade Third, Hall Of The Mountain Grill Of Queues, Octopus You, Space Shanty Triskadekaphobie, Crime Of The Century Future Days, Spectrum Mice & Rats, Storia di un Minuto Zarathustra, Heavy Weather
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 19:35
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5th Round Match ups Eros v Ommadawn
Electric Silence v Pawn Hearts Arbeit Macht Frei v Rotters Club Stormcock v Phaedra Ceux Du Dehors v Polite Force 4 Vision v First Utterence Third v Of Queues Triskadekaphobie v Mice & Rats ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 09 2015 at 19:38
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Quarters Ommadawn v Pawn Hearts Rotters Club v Stormcock Ceux Du Dehors v 4 Vision Of Queues v Triskadekaphobie Semis Ommadawn v Rotters Club Ceux Du Dehors v Of Queues Final Ommadawn v Ceux Du Dehors Ceux Du Dehors!! ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 09:00
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Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 09:02
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first polls to start later today! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 11:03
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 11:51
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and thus they shall come... I think this will take me some time. Here we go!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 11:53
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again... here are the brackets. Let the games begin. Top 2 of each 1st round poll move on. Vote carefully, vote strategically. One vote per poll. Top 2 of 1st round polls meet in 2nd round contests in a month. http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459336" rel="nofollow - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459336 ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 11:59
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Progspin will not cover the opening ceremony? |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 12:08
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haha. We are doing an 'after' opening ceremonies in which we will break down each poll. (had to work late this week, and was under threat of being called in to work this morning so excuse the lack of form )------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 12:16
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Godspeed to all and may the best album win! ------------- 
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 12:21
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I'll drink to that!!! at long as it isn't f**king Camel ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 15:51
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Loving this first round, some really great stuff, tough choices and stuff to check out .... plus Genesis and ELP ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 16:39
yeah.. there were some really interesting matchups .. AND the 1st round voting format will make it all the more interesting. Sitting on a great many votes myself to see how voting goes. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Meltdowner
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 17:14
 Great work assembling all this |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 17:19
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! - The tournament committee chairman has left his office and is now holding court in the bar! We were able to push our way through the mass of correspondents from other prog sites, varous hangers-on (musicians and Mick-groupies) to get an exclusive one on one with the man himself. PS: heydy hoo Mick. So what do you think of the first days action so far. Mick: man what a hoot. I actually feel sorry for some of these suckas that see 'Genesis album' or 'Camel album' and immediately cast their votes. What a world of great music out there. The selection committee did a DAMN good job putting together a good list of albums for everyone to duel over. I definitely want to thank everyone for all the help and input. One person alone couldn't have done it, not as well at least as I believe it was done here. PS: any regrets? Mick: one really stands out... that we didn't get the Talking Heads into the contest. Of course not every great album, not every great group got an album into the contest but still... that particular omission sticks out to me. Especially since we went with Discipline as the choice for KC. PS: any others? Mick: one lesser one I suppose... I would have really liked to have worked in more great 'prog' albums from artists not exactly known AS prog artists. I went into this fully expecting to have albums like Satanic Majesties or Quadrophenia even the Allmans included and see how they matched up. However when push came to shove there were so many great ones from traditional prog artists along with those on the fringe, ie more progressive than prog, that we had to limit ourselves. 128 albums sounded like a lot, until we started filling the slots haha. PS: So what about the modern albums? Mick: funny you ask, we just finalized the list this afternoon. Since you are a sponser in good standing I suppose we can grant Progspin the exclusive for its debut. PS: oh man.. that would be great. Would you? Micky: yeah sure. Here are the 128 albums to be included in the modern album contest which will start a week from today after the first batch of classic album polls is closed. We will bracket them tomorrow and announce it.. PS: on Progspin? Micky: yeah sure.. why not. So here we are. The albums of the modern list. Modern Album List 1985 and beyond 1. Images & Words (1992) - Dream Theater 2. Unfold the Future (2002) - The Flower Kings 3. The Divine Wings of Tragedy (1996) - Symphony X 4. In Absentia (2002) - Porcupine Tree 5. V (2000) - Spock's Beard 6. The Human Equation (2004) - Ayreon 7 . Still Life (1999) - Opeth 8. Streets: A Rock Opera (1991) - Savatage 9. Snowtorch (2011) - Phideaux 10. Unfolded Like Staircase (1997) - Discipline 11. Kid A (2000) - Radiohead 12. Avanti! (2009) - Miriodor 13. Sleeping in Traffic Part 2 (2008) - Beardfish 14. Of Natural History (2004) - Sleepytime Gorilla Museum 15. Hybris (1992) - Anglagard 16. Vemod (1993) - Anekdoten 17. Mei (2002)- Echolyn 18. De-loused In the Comatorium (2003) - The Mars Volta 19. Lux Ade (2006) - La Maschera di Cera 20. Anno Domini High Definition (2009) - Riverside 21. The Masquerade Overture (1996) - Pendragon 22. Be (2004) - Pain of Salvation 23. The Sensual World (1989) - Kate Bush 24. Brave (1994) - Marillion 25. Frequency (2009) - IQ 26. Lateralus (2001) - Tool 27. Jurassic Shift (1993) - Ozric Tentacles (Erpland?) 28. Bateless Edge (2010) - Frogg Cafe 29. Vehicle (2009) - miRthkon 30. Iridule (2010) - Yugen 31. Five Suns (2003) - Guapo 32. Agaetis Byrjun (1999) - Sigur Ros 33. Choirs of the Eye (2003) - Kayo Dot 34. Part the Second (2009) - Maudlin of the Well 35. Sing Along Songs For the Damned and Delirious (2009) - Diablo Swing Orchestra 36. Tio Bitar (2007) - Dungen 37. s/t (1990) - UTotem 38. Barbaro (2009) - Present 39. In Extremis (1998) - Thinking Plague 40. Holon (2007) - Nik Bartsch Ronin 41. Milliontown (2006) - Frost* 42.Contagion (2002) - Arena 43. ? (2005) - Neal Morse 44. Christ 0 (2006) - Vanden Plas 45. The Raven that Refused to Sing (2013) - Steven Wilson 46. Uninvited Dreams (2009) - Osada Vida 47. Night (2007) - Gazpacho 48. . . . and the Glass Handed Kites (2005) - Mew 49. s/t (1992) - Shadow Gallery 50. Discesa Agl’Inferi D’Un Giovane Amante (2008) - Il Bacio Della Medusa 51. Mabool (2004) - Orphaned Land 52. Metanoia (2001) - Nexus 53. Talu (2004) - Phlox 54. 1000 Autunni (2011) - Ske 55. Viva Koenji (1997) - Koenjihyakkei 56. Songs From Mirage (2009) - Aranis 57. Ewaz Vader (2006) - One Shot 58. On Phenomena and Existences (2010) - Rational Diet 59. Hungers Teeth (1994) - 5UU's 60. 01 (2011) - Scherzoo 61. Detta Har Hant (2009) - Gosta Berling Saga 62. L'axe du Fou (2009) - Forgas Band Phenomena 63. s/t (2008) - Jean Louis 64. s/t (1994) - Bondage Fruit 65. s/t (1999)- Gordian Knot 66. The Dark Third (2006) - Pure Reason Revolution 67. Kaarmelautakunta (2003) - Alamaailman Vasarat 68. Moonberry (2011) - Pikapika Teart 69. Mirrored (2007) - Battles 70. Hazards of Love (2009) - The Decemberists 71. Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996) - Tortoise 72. Nothingface (1989) - Voivod 73. Young Team (1996) - Mogwai 74. Disco Volante (1995) - Mr. Bungle 75. The Devouring (1997) - Djam Karet 76. Elements (1993) - Atheist 77. City of Echoes (2007) - Pelican 78. Songs for Insects (1992) - Thought Industry 79. Traced in Air (2008) - Cynic 80. Crack the Skye (2009) - Mastodon 81. SUSAR (2005) - Indukti 82. Absolution (2003) - Muse 83. Timeloss (2002) - Paatos 84. SMPTe (2000) - Transatlantic (Bridge Across Forever?) 85. Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antenna's to Heaven (2000) - Godspeed You! Black Emperor 86. Spiral (2005) - Hiromi Uehara 87. Quickly, Quickly, Quickly (2012) - The Tea Club 88. The Long Division (2012) - 3RDegree 89. From These Small Seeds (2010) - MoeTar 90. Chrome Black Gold (2013) - Chrome Hoof 91. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) - Iron Maiden 92. Spirit of Eden (1988) - Talk Talk 93. Operation: Mindcrime (1988) - Queensryche 94. ...And Justice for All (1988) - Metallica 95. A Little Man & A House... (1988) - Cardiacs 96. Within the Realm of a Dying Sun (1987) - Dead Can Dance 97. Energetic Disassembly (1985) - Watchtower 98. Gusi-Lebedi (2010) - Vezhlivy Otkaz 99. Fear Draws Misfortune (2009) - Cheer Accident 100. 4th (2008) - DFA 101. Emissaries (2005) - Radio Massacre International 102. Perils (2005) - Miasma & the Carousel of Headless Horsemen 103. s/t (2008) - Diagonal 104. Ever After (2011) - Sanhedrin 105. s/t (2011) - Herd Of Instinct 106. The Mountain (2013) - Haken 107. I A Moon (2011) - North Sea Radio Orchestra 108. All My Friends (2013) - Jack O The Clock 109. The Viewing Point (2009) - The Future Kings Of England 110. American Don (2000) - Don Caballero 111. Hex (1994) - Bark Psychosis 112. More Skin With Milk-Mouth (2007) - Giraffes? Giraffes! 113. Random Avenger (2006) - Magyar Posse 114. Enter (2006)- Russian Circles 115. Soundtracks For The Blind (1996) - Swans 116. Judgement (1999) - Anathema 117. Book of Horizons (2004) - Secret Chiefs 3 118. The Shaming Of The True (2000) - Kevin Gilbert 119. The Death Defying Unicorn (2012) - Motorpsycho 120. Walk The Nile (2010) - elephant9 121. One Armed Bandit (2010) - Jaga Jazzist122. Harvest Aorta (2010) - Ephemeral Sun 123. ~ (2012) - iamthemorning 124. Coal (2013) - Leprous 125. Maps Of Non-Existent Places (2012) - Thank You Scientist 126. Dancing (2000) - Mike Keneally 127. s/t (2009) - Animals As Leaders 128. In A Flesh Aquarium (2006) - UnexpectPS: wow.. that is quite a list. Many I don't know. Mick: hah. No sh*t man. As I told the committee. I'm no dummy, nor a classic elitist but many of these I've never heard. A lot I have never heard OF. This list even more so than the classic was a labor of love of the comittee which various specialists weighing in and helping craft the list. This one I will be as much a spectator as everyone else as I will be exploring these and hearing many for the first time as I weigh my own votes. For that reason, I think I am more excited for the modern contest than I am for the classic one. PS: it looks great Micky. Well we are out of time for the moment. Will you be around later for a more in depth look at the first batch of polls today. Mick: yeah sure. My ass is likely planted in this bar stool.. at least until I fall out of it. PS: great. We'll catch you later then. Say hi to M@X for us Mick: who? ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 17:34
thanks! Hopefully it will be as much fun, or even more fun (less predictable) than the band contest.though I do think my bracket predictions will come to pass... but what can you do.. eliminate every popular album ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 20:05
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! Hi this is Progspin news. We hate to break into your regularly scheduled programming of internet torture porn and the even more disturbing fanboy Genesis threads but we have breaking news from the Palazzo di Prog. We have just gotten word that the brackets for the Modern Album contest have been released.. a whole day early. It is pandemonium out there in proggy land. Fire and brimstone coming down from the skies! Rivers and seas boiling!Years of darkness! Earthquakes, volcanoes. The dead rising from the grave! Human sacrifice, dogs and cats living together... mass hysteria! http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459422" rel="nofollow - http://www.bracketmaker.com/tmenu.cfm?tid=459422 We are now breaking for a word from our sponsors ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 20:12
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 20:30
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amen to that brother!! Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. PS: We are back. Live in studio and lets go back to the Piazza di Prog and to our beat reporter Stu Nahan. Stu.. Stu... are you there? Stu: yeah Mort. I'm here. This is Stu Nahan reporting live, poolside at the Piazza di Prog. PS: Things are lookin kind of rough out there this evening. Stu: Yes, it is like a scene out of Caligua or even Saturday night around the pool at Progday here at the Piazza but I've managed to stay on the air. Let's see if I can find Micky for his thoughts on today. There he is. Hey Mick! Micky: what's up man! whoo.. Stu: so you were quite busy today it seems... Micky: Well, I'll tell you Stu, I did try to offend some prissy prog fans..! But you know, just like I told the guy on ABC, "Danger is my business!" Stu: You know, a lot of people expected maybe Genesis or Camel would take the tournament honors this year. Micky: [laughs incredulously] Those groups suck! Stu: That's fantastic! Let me ask you a question. When you get out there, do you ever fear for your life? Micky: Well Stu I'll tell you, prog is not music, it's a way of life, it's no hobby. It's a way of looking at that album and saying, "Hey bud, let's party!" Stu: Let me ask you a question. What's next for Mad Micky? Micky: Heading over to the Modern band polls, and then me and Raff are going to wing on over to London and jam with Radiohead! And you guys are invited to Stu: I think this is a good time for a commericial break PS: ahhh. .yeah.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 21:21
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Really crappy album selection. Seriously. Some bands have their best album in the poll while others have perhaps their 10th best. Sorry Mick, this one is f*ckingly skewed. I voted on a few, got the general gist and will ignore it henceforth. Too bad, it could have been a lot fairer. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 21:26
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Thinking Plague vs Present !! aargh ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 21:53
Sorry Micky, I have to agree to this. You put Drama and Tales Of Mystery and Imagination in the contest and call it "PA Battle of the albums"? What will it prove?  Sorry.------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 21:57
fair? Nah.. who cares about that. Tull fan doesn't need this to know TAAB will get to the last rounds, nor Yes fan with CTTE, nor KC fan with Red, nor Genesis fan with any Gabriel release.we have a 1000 polls for those. I didn't care about fair, this never was 'top' PA's album. We have nice chart on the front page for that brother. I was looking not for fair.. but fun. Of course it is skewed.. that was the point.. as well as highlighting albums other than the ... same old sh*t man. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 21:59
other than proving prog fans have major sticks up their asses.. not a damn thing. it is supposed to be fun.. you know... F.. U .. N !!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 22:07
no doubt man. There are some brutal matchups. for me .. the group of death is this one. Tio Bitar - Dungen v. Detta Har Hant - Gosta Berling Saga v. s/t (2009) - Animals As Leaders v. Nothingface (1989) - Voivod with the winner of that group having Radiohead Kid A waiting for them ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 13 2015 at 22:09
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Music competition, how novel. |
Posted By: The Bearded Bard
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 05:04
^ It's all in the name of fun. I don't understand the problem.  Loving the first round so far, Micky. So many albums to check out though. Summer madness indeed.  Many new discoveries to be made though. I've already found myself a few new favourites, and I'm just halfway through the classic albums I'm not well acquainted with. Great work you've done.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 06:19
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Unfortunately some people seem to be unable to have fun, or to express their point of view without being derogatory in some way. If someone is not interested in playing this game, I don't think anyone will force them to do so. Ignore it, and let others have their fun. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 06:37
yeah... we could have gone a step further than we did and gone with 2nd or 3rd best from some of the 2nd tier bands to level the field even more but as I noted above. Really.. it isn't like I could remove ALL the hugely popular albums Doing the big heavies as I call them did enough to keep the emphasis on the two main points I wanted to stress..a) have fun damnit and b) giving great but lesser acclaimed albums some light and perhaps expose to those that haven't heard them. As I noted in the collab zone, I really had zero interest to spend the months these contests will take, of my time, just to end up with yet another CTTE v. Foxtrot v. Red v. TAAB series of polls at the end. Yawn. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 06:49
Some people "have fun" pouring gasoline on vagrants and then setting them ablaze; your definition of "fun" is not universal. But yes, I will ignore the poll. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 08:37
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Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 08:47
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 08:48
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 08:54
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 09:06
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 09:18
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Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 09:20
| ^ Now that looks like fun, dropping a big animal you are not going to eat, machismo there buddy. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 09:24
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Posted By: Polymorphia
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 09:54
Guess what? He's not really dead. But he is angry! ------------- https://dreamwindow.bandcamp.com/releases" rel="nofollow - My Music
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 10:22
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hahahahaha ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: timothy leary
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 10:32
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Now we are having fun, more Camel. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 17:02
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is sitting around the pool with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you there? Stu: Yes I am here and with Mick who has an announcement regarding the ongoing contests! Mick: Yeah, just in case people missed it, though it would be hard to miss. We did get a great suggestion from one of the Fipa executive board members during a liquid lunch session and we decided to immediately implement it. A fundemental flaw in the way the brackets were set up would have made 2nd round matches, in many cases, merely repeats of 1st round matches. The need to change it was immediately recognized and approved by the executive committee. However we were unsure whether it was best to implement the changes to contests ongoing on to start them next weekend when the modern brackets get started. However a comment made in one of the threads about choosing between the two leading vote getters sort of made it clear that in many cases 2nd matches would merely be repeats of 1st round encounters so we decided to implement a different system seeding the brackets for the 2nd round. Simply the winner of odd round matches face the 2nd place finishers of the adjoining polls (winner poll #1 v. 2nd place poll #2 and 2nd place poll #1 v. winner poll 2). We think it will make for more interesting and fun 2nd round matches. Stu: sound good. So what do you think of the result so far. Mick: well lets see. Doing some analysis here. The interesting aspect when looking at the results fsor far is looking at how many are potentially holding their votes given the intersting 1st round poll structure where early voting can be punished. Most band polls had around 50 to 70 votes. So how many votes may still be out there. Let's see where our results are at this point. poll #1 - 46 votes Eros - Dun -> 18 Aja - Steey Dan -> 16 poll #2 - 42 votes Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison - Harmonium -> 17 votes Bitches Brew (1969) - Miles Davis -> 13 votes poll #3 - 48 votes Ommadawn (1975) - Mike Oldfield -> 21 votes ...And Then There Were Three (1978) - Genesis -> 14 votes poll #4 - 43 votes Leftoverture (1976) - Kansas -> 17 votes Romantic Warrior (1976) - Return to Forever -> 13 votes poll #5 - 36 votes A Salty Dog (1969) - Procol Harum -> 17 votes Palepoli (1972) - Osanna - > 14 votes poll #6 - 42 votes Red Queen to Gryphon Three (1974) - Gryphon -> 18 votes Elegant Gypsy (1977) - Al di Meola -> 12 votes poll #7 - 52 votes Pawn Hearts (1971) - Van der Graaf Generator - >24 votes Discipline (1981) - King Crimson - > 22 votes poll #8 - 47 votes Mirage (1973) - Camel -> 24 votes Death Walks Behind You (1971) - Atomic Rooster -> 10 votes PS: what do you think Mick? Time for commericial break? Mick: yeah.. I need to get over the bar and freshen up this drink. PS: ok.. back in a few ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 14 2015 at 17:24
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Stu: so Mick, ready to get back to it. Mick: sure man.. where where we. Of yeah, the 2nd section of the top half. poll #9 - 36 votes Arbeit Macht Frei (1973) - Area -> 15 votes Illusions on a Double Dimple (1974) - Triumvirat -> 10 votes poll #10 - 38 votes Birds of Fire (1972) - Mahavishnu Orchestra -> 15 votes Waterloo Lily (1972) - Caravan-> 13 votes poll #11 - 50 votes Argus (1972) - Wishbone Ash -> 17 votes The Rotters Club (1975) - Hatfield & The North -> 16 votes poll #12 - 42 votes Hamburger Concerto (1974) - Focus -> 15 votes Valentyne Suite (1969) - Colosseum -> 10 votes poll #13 - 33 votes Script for a Jester's Tear (1983) - Marillion -> 16 votes YS (1972) - Balletto di Bronzo- > 13 votes poll #14 - 40 votes Caravanseri (1972) - Santana -> 14 votes Autobahn (1974) - Kraftwerk-> 11 votes poll #15 - 39 votes Hot Rats (1969) - Frank Zappa - >16 votes Phaedra (1974) - Tangerine Dream - > 22 votes poll #16 - 42 votes -> 10 votes PS: so mick what do you think? What stands out. Mick: well it should be no surprise but the Italians are doing well and look to have some potential favorable matchups in the 2nd. The funny thing was we noticed the real strength of the Italians was in the bottom of the bracket. Could be a great tournament for them. Likely only one of the nearly 15 albums will not make the 2nd round, and many well go further. PS: anything else. Mick: Oh yeah. Look at those vote totals. You can see where people are laying low. Disregarding the polls with Italians the ones with well known anglo groups are up there in vote totals. I think there are fair number hanging back in several. Should be a interesting final couple of days. Well Stu.. time to get going. Thanks to Progspin, M@X..PS: who is M@X btw. Micky: some Dream Theater fan.. 'nuff said.. anyhow.. thanks to everyone for making this a hit and helluva lot of fun. We've already drawn out some long time friends that hadn't been around the forums in some time, let's hope to get more of them back, if only for a few months. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 06:18
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one hour to poll close in the top half of the Classic album bracket polls. if you haven't voted.. get those votes in! A great number of very close.. or tied polls. Every vote counts!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:00
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. Good morning progfans. The first batch of polls in the PA's Battle of the Albums tournament are due to close in the next hour. A friendly reminder. In these first round contests the top 2 advance to the 2nd round. Ties for first place will be broken using a secret (until needed haha) formula, ties for 2nd place will be settled using a vote off. A quick draw contest at high noon on main street. A new poll will be started. First album to 5 votes wins... We talked to the Big Mick earlier this morning and he said he'd drop by the studio and give his thoughts as the polls close and announce final results here on Progspin. Stay tuned!!! ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:22
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you there? Stu: Yes Mort, I am here at the breakfast bar with Tournament Director Mad Micky. Good Mick, so what do you think about these first round polls? Mick: WOW man. I just checked the latest returns. A lot of close ones. Here are the ones tied or within 1 vote Aja and Eros are tied for first Elegant Gypsy and J.C. Superstart are within 1 vote for elimination (2nd Place) Arbeit Macht Frei and Illusions on a Double Dimple are tied for first Farewell to Kings leads The Rotters Club by one vote for first Ocean and Valentyne Suite are tied for 2nd Place (elimination) and wow! What a late surge.. Hosianna Mantra now leads Blow by Blow by one vote for 2nd place (elimination) plus many more within 2 or 3 votes Stu: so when do they close? Mick: I'd say.. 25 minutes. Gives me some time to wolf down some eggs and bacon and have a cigarette. Stu: great so we'll see you in a little bit Mick: yep.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 07:48
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Progspin - Prog News without taste, flavor, access, knowledge or any semblance of discretion. BREAKING NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you there? Stu: Yes Mort, I'm here with Mick and we have now migrated from the breakfast bar to the bar. A little early Mick? Mick: nah.. so it is nearly time to close these suckas. In fact now is the right time. 5.......4.......3...2...1... closed. All polls are now closed. And tabulating votes. PS: while the votes are being tabulated we'll go to commerical and come back with the results of the top half of the brackets in the classic album tournament. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:09
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Poll #1 - Aja and Eros advance... the albums tied. The tiebeaker.. highest percentage of 4 and 5 star reviews. Aja nips Eros 78% to 76% Poll #2 - Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison and Bitches Brew advance round 2 will have Aja v. Bitches Brew and Eros v. Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison poll #3 Ommadawn and ...And there there were Three advance poll #4 Leftoverture and Romanatic Warrior advance round 2 will have Ommadawn v. Romantic Warrior and ...And Then There were Three v. Leftoverture poll #5 Palepoli and A Salty Dog advance poll #6 Red Queen to Gryphon Three and Elegant Gypsy advance round 2 will have Palepoli v. Elegant Gypsy and Red Queen to Gryphon Three v. A Salty Dog poll #7 Pawn Hearts and Discipline advance poll #8 Mirage and Death Walks Behind You advance round 2 will have Pawn Hearts v. Death Walks Behind You and Mirage v. Discipline. poll #9 Arbeit Macht Frei and Illusions on a Double Dimple advance... the albums tied. Illusion takes the 1 seed 79% to 77% poll #10 Birds of Fire and Waterloo Lily advance round 2 will have Illusions on a Double Dimple v. Waterloo Lily and Birds of Fire v. Arbeit Macht Frei (whoa.. serious firepower there haha) poll #11 Farewell to Kings and The Rotters Club advance poll #12 Hamburger Concerto and .... a TIE for 2nd place. Colosseum's Valentyne Suite and Eloy's Ocean will duel it out in a tiebreaker poll. round 2 will have Farewelll to Kings v. winner of Valentyne Suite/Ocean and Hamburger Concerto v. The Rotters Club poll #13 YS and Script for a Jester's Tear advance poll #14 Caravanseri and Autobahn advance round 2 will have YS v. Autobahn (haha) and Caravanseri v. Script for a Jester's Tear poll #15 Hot Rats and Phaedra advance poll #16 Peter Gabriel 3 and .. Hosianna Mantra advance round 2 will have Hot Rats v. Hosianna Mantra and PG3 v. Phaedra ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:12
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so we have one tie to settle. I'll be starting a new poll between Ocean and Valentyne Suite.. first to 10 wins. The person who casts the winning vote.. announce it in case I am working on something else. Starting the poll..... ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:27
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man there are some killer 2nd round matchups there. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:29
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and 2nd round matches will be standard format... 2 enter.. 1 leaves. We just did the 1st round the way we did to save a full month of running time of something that will take a long time to do as it was. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:35
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can't wait for these Hamburger Concerto v. The Rotters Club Birds of Fire v. Arbeit Macht Frei PG3 v. Phaedra Aja v. Bitches Brew and of course.. the one we are slotting for prime time Mirage v. Discipline. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:37
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oh god... I may be voting for Camel. Did the sun rise this morning.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: twseel
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:49
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Very exciting One thing that has bothered me though, maybe it's not necessary to add 'Prog Archives' in every poll title, so that we might be able to see which poll it is from the forum home? -------------
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:51
timely feedback. Thanks. I'll leave it out of the upcoming modern polls.------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:55
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 08:57
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*spits coffee on monitor* hahahahha... saving that one. Yeah.. I do feel dirty and used... to even consider voting for Camel... but what to do when you actually like the damn album ... more than the other choice. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 09:35
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Christ you must really hate Discipline. ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 09:36
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The draw really screwed over Atomic Rooster, they get out of the group then run into VDGG. Really happy Popol Vuh made the run to the second round.
So Tull, Floyd & ELP lost in the first round with Crimson & Genesis advancing? Well done everyone ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 09:46
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BREAKING NEWS!! - We take you straight to the Piazza di Prog and Stu Nahan who is with the Big Mick. Stu.. Stu.. are you there? Stu; Yes Mort I am here but I can barely hear you... it is 10 in the morning here but the party has already started. The guest rooms at the Piazza di Prog have emptied and everyone is poolside here. It is like Morgantown on a night after a football game out there... there goes another antique piece of furniture into the pool.. PS: jesus... Stu; Yeah.. and would you believe it was Raff that tossed it.. and she is not wearing any choices.. oh my god what a body she has!!!! PS: jesus.. anyhow. What do you have us for us Stu. Stu: I'm trying to get Micky.. here he is.. A blond in one hand.. a vodka tonic in teh other. Mick? MICK? Mick: whooo hoooo. Party on Stu!!!! Stu: no suspensions for me Mick. So what are your thoughts on the 2nd round matchups. Mick: here man..a picture is worth a 100 words.. besides.. I need to stick my tongue down this blond birds throat... Aja v. Bitches Brew  Eros v. Si On Avait Besoin D'Une Cinquième Saison  Ommadawn v. Romantic Warrior  ...And Then There were Three v. Leftoverture  Palepoli v. Elegant Gypsy  Red Queen to Gryphon Three v. A Salty Dog  Pawn Hearts v. Death Walks Behind You  Mirage v. Discipline  Illusions on a Double Dimple v. Waterloo Lily  Birds of Fire v. Arbeit Macht Frei  Farewelll to Kings v. winner of Valentyne Suite/Ocean  Hamburger Concerto v. The Rotters Club  YS v. Autobahn (haha)  Caravanseri v. Script for a Jester's Tear  Hot Rats v. Hosianna Mantra  PG3 v. Phaedra  ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 09:57
yeah... some albums really did get screwed... but they did make it to the 2nd round. A lot of other great ones didn't even do that.------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 09:59
no.. and that is the problem. I just don't adore it.. is is a good album but never have been a KC 'fan' per se. I definitely like it more than the vastly over-appreciated (and yes.. overrated Wetton era) but I really do like Mirage. It does rock.. and at the heart of my tastes.. I do love to rock out. Domisitic bliss or voting integrity.. hmmm.. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 10:05
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See I think of the Wetton era as underrated ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 11:31
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I'm looking forward to the modern polls. I don't think there is a single PAer who knows/owns all 128 albums. Everyone is going to be exposed to lots of (to them) new music. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 12:34
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Colosseum- Valentyne Suite wins the quick draw tiebreak... and will face Rush - Farewell to Kings in the 2nd round. Btw.... I have seen the future and it is Wegmans which opened a new store here in northern Va. with a first in kind... with its own bar within a grocery store.... now Raff doesn't have to pull my leg to get to go with her to the store. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 12:40
amen brother Daryl... I'd give an extra bonus vote per poll to anyone who had 2/3's of those albums. I don't think anyone claimed to even have all of the top 50 of the recent RS list. I think Raff told me how many we had of the moderns, and even with all the promos she has got from labels and the artists it was still embarssingly low. This contest for me is the real excitement... not in who wins and loses... though I do have some passionate favorites.. but more in line of discovering albums which I (or even both Raff and I) have missed. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 12:44
really? Really Ian? It isn't like they created the wheel or improved upon it.. and need to be placed upon a Beatlesque platform. Those albums are seemingly beloved and highly appreciated by the vast majority of the overall audience. The only voices of dissension are from militant free thinkers and from the lunatic fringe of those the prog world. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: June 20 2015 at 12:50
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and here we go... starting the modern contest... same rules as the just completed first round of the first half of the classics. 4 enter.. 2 exit... tiebreaks the same... 2nd round matchups determined as the classic polls were. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |