In the Wake of Poseidon vs. The Least We Can Do
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Topic: In the Wake of Poseidon vs. The Least We Can Do
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Subject: In the Wake of Poseidon vs. The Least We Can Do
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 16:18
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Sophomore efforts. Which one do you prefer? ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 18:37
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Wave ------------- |
Posted By: TCat
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 18:55
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Wake ------------- https://ibb.co/8x0xjR0" rel="nofollow">  |
Posted By: Run Home Slow
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 18:59
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Each ------------- If you got ears, you gotta listen — Captain Beefheart |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 19:45
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I think I would have liked to entitle this poll: "In the Wake of Poseidon's Wave to Each Other". A not "woke" Wave over Wake vote. Love both, though. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Fischman
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 19:54
| I'll take Poseidon. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 20:26
| Worst crimson album vs decent VDGG. I choose wave |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 20:46
| In The Wake of Poseidon. Another album that is not well appreciated, but is one of my favorites nonetheless. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: October 14 2019 at 21:00
Interesting, it beats everything post-70s that I know for my enjoyment, including Beat. I know plenty would put Discipline over it, but I enjoy it over Discipline, Beat, Three of Perfect Pair, The ConstruKction Of Light (haven't yet heard ThraK in full) -- if you think it's worse than all of those, well, there is no point arguing taste, but arguing perception need not be pointless. The Least We Can Do is Wave to Each Other is one of my very favourite VdGG's, but to his or her own. It's a reason why individual ratings seem pretty meaningless to me commonly as an expression outside of one's own biases/ interests. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
dougmcauliffe wrote:Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 01:39
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Tough call. Going Wave. ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 02:03
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ITWOP. Two very good albums, but KC gets more listens around here. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: Frenetic Zetetic
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 02:13
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VDGG > KC for me, but Wake on this one. ------------- "I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021 |
Posted By: Neu!mann
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 03:39
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VDGG by the slimmest of margins... But only because it wasn't really the bands sophomore album: The Aerosol Grey Machine being a Peter Hammill solo album stuck with the Van Der Graaf name for purely legal reasons. And because Poseidon was too close to being a carbon-copy of the Crimso debut. ------------- "we can change the world without anyone noticing the difference" - Franco Falsini |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 04:56
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Wave is a very cool album, somewhat underrated from my perspective. Wake is OK but not quite as cool. |
Posted By: dougmcauliffe
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 06:11
Honestly rethinking it I don’t know if I’d call it the worst, I also don’t like beat or three of a perfect pair. Looking at wake, I think pictures of a city is among the best stuff they’ve ever done, and cadence is pretty good too. But I really can’t sit through the rest. However, I pretty much never listen to best of TOAPP so I think wake technically beats those for me since I at least come back for pictures of a city. As for construction of light, it is at times, really headache inducing. But the title track and frakctured save it. |
Posted By: tboyd1802
Date Posted: October 15 2019 at 07:53
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Interesting choice. My default position would be to go with KC, and I happen to like In the Wake... The Least We Can Do..., however, is my favorite VDGG album. Going with Wave... ------------- He neither drank, smoked, nor rode a bicycle. Living frugally, saving his money, he died early, surrounded by greedy relatives. It was a great lesson to me -- John Barrymore |
Posted By: Moyan
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 05:41
| "In the Wake of Poseidon" |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 06:23
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"The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other" is one of my favourite VdGG albums and naturally gets my vote. I'm somewhat surprised that "In The Wake Of Poseidon" is currently leading given that it is often considered to be the poor follow-up clone of the ground-breaking debut album, whereas "The Least We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other" is often considered to be an underrated masterpiece. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 06:38
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I really like both, but have gone for VDGG, as I believe Wave marked a substantial stride forward in their sound, whereas Poseidon didn't. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 06:49
VDGG 
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Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 15:06
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Both , voted for The least to get the balance even
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Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 18:23
| VdGG |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 18:38
| Both are great but KC for me. |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 25 2024 at 20:53
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Neptune Rising. ------------- ...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: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: May 26 2024 at 09:21
| I think I'll follow the Wake... |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: May 26 2024 at 09:45
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Nice match. Love both, but my heart decided for me that I should vote for The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other... |