25 "B" List Acts
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Topic: 25 "B" List Acts
Posted By: Logan
Subject: 25 "B" List Acts
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 17:07
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Sorry, I'm not going to spam the forum with these lists, but I wanted to do one more today covering some "B" acts with music I love. Here is the first: https://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=133346" rel="nofollow - 25 "A" List Acts I left off many faves that I had wanted to include (I wanted this to be in PA focused despite not all being in PA), including Joan Baez, The Byrds, John Barry (one of my very fave film composers), Angelo Badalamenti (I'm very big on Twin Peaks) and various other personal favourites. Please excuse any typos or spelling mistakes as I never won a Spelling Bea (derivation? named after the actress from Golden Girls and Maude I believe). Some PAers might say that this is indeed a B list, and if you don't like anything on the list, or even if you do, feel free to mention your favourite B's not included in the poll. I am happy to hear about what you like AND dislike -- you know it's all about that taste, bout that taste, bout that... Knowledge, perspective, experience.... Multiple choice again, vote for three (or more, or less if desired). BRUIT ≤ is recent favourite of mine; love this. Maybe I'll suggest it to PA for Post-Rock some day. I mention this because while I have mentioned it before 9and even had it in an earlier poll) I expect it is very little-known here. And I will mention again what is arguably the greatest music video of all time (and if I did not include the composer of Twin Peaks, at least I can get one of the actors from the show in this topic by highlighting this video). This is one where choosing just three might prove far, far too unreasonable for me... Bowie, Bush, Boards of Canada, Beach House, black midi, Broadcast, Battiato, Banco... and well I chose 'em all because I am into all of them. I'll wait on voting and give some "unappreciated" ones my love. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
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Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 17:09
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1. David Bowie 2. Kate Bush 3. Black Sabbath 4. Black Widow
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Posted By: VianaProghead
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 17:14
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Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso, Black Sabbath, David Bowie, Bubu and Tim Buckley.
------------- "PROG IS MY FERRARI". Jem Godfrey (Frost*) |
Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 18:44
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Bowie and Black Sabbath. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 18:52
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Voted Black Sabbath, Bondage Fruit and Franco Battiato. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 19:25
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Sabbath, then Bowie, then the rest of the refuse. ------------- ...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: Cristi
Date Posted: August 14 2024 at 23:55
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Black Sabbath Bubu David Bowie
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 00:00
I vote Barclay James Harvest, Beggar's Opera & Black Sabbath (in homage to my teenage years) ...  ------------- 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: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 03:23
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Banco and Kate Bush (from the list) not on the list but a small little known band from Liverpool get a fair amount of play from me. If only they hadn't chosen such a stupid name who knows what could have been...
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 06:24
^ I didn't know that Big Big Train was from Liverpool.  I like The Beatles but they were bested by The Rutles for me.------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 08:15
Bubu, Tim and Björk (in no particular order). I also love Bowie, like Sabbath, and don't know many of the others (but felt like voting, anyway. ) 
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 08:31
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^ I'm glad you did vote, thanks, and for commenting which I hugely appreciate. You know considerably more than I would expect of people voting in this lengthy poll. That's a good number to know especially since a lot of the acts I like are not known or liked by very many here. If someone just liked one track by one of these acts I'd be fine with them voting. :) Now if it was, say, three tracks competing against each other, then I would provide them on youtube and hope people would check out at least some of each track before voting. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 08:46
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Banco for me!!! ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Heart of the Matter
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 08:51
| I'm listening to Automat right now. Nice! |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 09:17
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Banco Black Sabbath Brainticket Glenn Branca Harold Budd Kate Bush ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 13:29
| Black Sabbath, Banco, Bubu. |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 13:38
I started looking for Barclay James Harvest and Beggars Opera in the poll. I thought I'd somehow missed them.
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Jared wrote:Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 14:00
I'd kind of like to remove Black Sabbath from the poll now in opposition to Jared's period of juvenile delinquency. Oh, and Mr. Jones at Lucky Mart wants that candy bar you took without purchasing back! Probably gone off by now if you had the gall to eat it instead of keeping it. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 15:36
| Banco, Batiato, Bowie |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 15 2024 at 22:56
The Beatles were just a pale imitation of the Monkees really ( I actually loved the Monkees when I was a kiddie wink) Yep got me on BBT , can't believe I forgot about them
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Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 17:42
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Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Black Sabbath Bowie Bubu ------------- 
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Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: August 16 2024 at 23:57
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Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso Bowie, David Bush, Kate
Black Sabbath |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 10:22
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Top 25 Favourite "B List" Artists on Prog Archives Babe Ruth Dave Bainbridge Peter Banks Tony Banks Barclay James Harvest Peter Bardens Martin Barre The Beatles Beggars Opera Between Big Big Train Black Sabbath Black Widow Blackmore's Night Blonde on Blonde Blood, Sweat & Tears Blue Oyster Cult Ian Boddy David Bowie Lars Boutrup's Music for Keyboards Bread, Love and Dreams Breathing Space Duncan Browne Kate Bush Byzantium
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: August 17 2024 at 12:02
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Banco, Bowie, and Bubu with Björk and black midi not far behind. Every time I get sealed, I'm covered in wax stains and in dire need of pantyhose. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 22:19
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I can't leave out any of these six, so I haven't voted for any of them: David Bowie Kate Bush black midi Black Sabbath Bohren & der Club of Gore Robbie Basho -Bauhaus, Brave New World, Tim Buckley and Broadcast would complete my "top ten". I love some Banco, Boredoms, Battiato, Black Widow and Brainticket as well.
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: August 21 2024 at 22:48
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^That said, there's no way I'm not gonna end up voting for Kate Bush and David Bowie. Two artists I've loved "all my life" and never grown tired of listening to. I suppose Robbie Basho (wonderful as he is) won't be chosen over the others, but between the remaining three it's impossible to choose. |
Posted By: miamiscot
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 09:15
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Tough one. My head says Banco but my heart says black midi. ------------- The Prog Corner |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 09:43
It's a multiple vote poll.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:27
Indeed, as a third choice I suggest going with your booty.  ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:32
My booty?! I don't get it. Must be a language thing or something...  |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:40
The "Indeed" was in response to your mentioning that "It's a multiple vote poll", the "as a third choice I suggest going with your booty" was in response to Scott saying "My head says Banco but my heart says black midi". I was humorously suggesting a third body part. Sounded more funny in my bone than it was, no doubt. I have been told that I have a horrible sense of humour and it's not uncommon for people to make the right associations to get the joke. I live quite an insular life and of course my family knows me so they get the jokes cause they have some idea of how my mind works. There was a member who had a Reed (Reedlover, Tony R) joke fail count at PA, no doubt I have well surpassed that tally. Quite pathetic. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:42
That is funny, but you should have quoted Scott, not me, it would have made more sense.
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:49
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^ As a matter of principle I like to include others who quoted the same (don't want people feeling ignored). Your post was relevant but I should have mentioned Scott by name. What's obvious in my head might not be easily figured out by others and I did not put enough thought into how I phrased the post. Mea culpa. Oh, one thing in humour, though, is that part of the humorous reaction often comes from figuring it out, that shock of realisation, so there is value in having the other person take some time to work out how it might make sense. It's why often the most obvious of jokes are too obvious to be funny. I used to be a professional comedy webwriter; now that sounds like a joke! ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: August 22 2024 at 11:50
No problem.
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Posted By: Moonshake
Date Posted: August 23 2024 at 08:49
| Bowie |
Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: August 25 2024 at 10:34
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Earlier letters are somewhat better it seems; this one is very hard, too, and again I like to support bands that don't have votes yet. Of those: Broadcast, Bohren & der Club of Gore. Now I go up with the "votes already" number and find Boards of Canada at 1. (Sorry Bjork, 3 votes were already too many.)
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Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: August 30 2024 at 20:02
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From the list, Banco, Sabbath, and Bubu. Not on the list. I would say Blue Öyster Cult and Il Balletto di Bronzo. |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: September 26 2024 at 06:52
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Black Sabbath black midi Black Country, New Road ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Cambus741
Date Posted: September 26 2024 at 07:14
| David Bowie, Bjork, Kate Bush and Brainticket |