The Prog Olympics
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Topic: The Prog Olympics
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Subject: The Prog Olympics
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:40
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This is an idea I got from another forum, and I wanted to use it here, I will be keeping track of this and it will of course have to involve multiple threads. The premise is really simple. For the next week or two, each forum member will get to choose a band with album to compete in the Prog Olympics. Only one band can be entered, and thus one album, so choose wisely. For example, if I picked Yes - Relayer, no other Yes works would get to be chosen, and that would be the representative for Yes. This will go on a first come, first serve basis. I will update this post every so often with what is competing. One band/album per forum member. You don't get to pick 80 different things you want, so pick your favorite album in your collection. This will be arranged similar to World Cup Soccer. We will have group play and then divide down into rounds as bands/albums are eliminated. Selections for groups will be random, and polls will be as objective as possible. New Addition: When polls are released, in order for your vote to count, you must make a post indicating your vote. This is necessary to prevent the use of multiple accounts/IP addresses, etc. from skewing the votes in one direction or the other. In other words, the Prog Archives tally in the poll is not final, because I will be tallying votes by posts. By doing this, I'm hoping we can not only have a good time, but enlighten others as to our tastes. This is for community fun, so let's be civil you Genesis vs Yes camps(you know who you are!) PLEASE CHECK THIS POST EVERY SO OFTEN FOR UPDATES. Thank you! DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS WILL BE SEPT 31. VOTING WILL BEGIN OCT 1. Let the games begin! Albums competing in the first addition of the Prog Olympics(this will be edited as albums are added) (OG) Opeth - Still Life (Melo) Rush - Moving Pictures (Styla) Porcupine Tree - In Absentia (toolis) Tool - Lateralus (Wicker) Pink Floyd - The Wall (fassb) Van der Graaf Generator - Still Life (Evil) Yes - Close to the Edge (Bald) Gong - You (Bebie) Soft Machine - Third (hatters) Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory (dreamer) King Crimson - Red (anthony) Mostly Autumn - Catch the spirit (logan) Focus - Hamburger Concerto (glass) Gentle Giant - Octopus (tardis) Neal Morse - ? (firepuck) Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall (vompatti) Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden (Ricochet) Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven ( ( ( ( (Aust) Jethro Tull - Thick As A brick (Cygnus) Marillion- Misplaced Childhood (Pink) Sigur Ros- () (Bj-1) Frank Zappa - Studio Tan (Drew) Symphony X- The Divine Wings of Tragedy (chamb) Kayo Dot - Choirs of the eye (chame) Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery (phileas) Anglagard - Hybris (memo) Radiohead - Kid A (more) The Mars Volta - Amputechure (icon) Primus - Frizzle Fry (manda) Osage Tribe - Arrow Head (benjamin) Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element pt I (urobus) Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Grey (kleynan) Muse - Absolution OFFICIAL BRACKETS W L T BRACKET A Soft Machine - Third 3 1 0 Mostly Autumn - Catch the
spirit 0 3 1 Symphony X- The Divine Wings
of Tragedy 1 2 1
Emerson, The Mars Volta – Amputechure 2 2 0 BRACKET B Pain of Salvation - The
Perfect Element pt I 1 3 0 Godspeed You Black Emperor -
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven 2 2 0 Rush - Moving Pictures 3 1 0 Osage Tribe - Arrow Head 0 4 0 Van der Graaf Generator -
Still Life 2 2 0 BRACKET C Pink Floyd - The Wall 3 1 0 Fates Warning - A Pleasant
Shade of Grey 2 2 0 Pendragon - Window of Life 0 4 0 Yes - Close to the Edge 4 0 0 Gong - You 1 3 0 BRACKET D Marillion- Misplaced
Childhood 4 0 0 Tool – Lateralus 2 1 1 Primus - Frizzle Fry 1 2 1 Genesis - Wind & Wuthering 2 2 0 Talk Talk - Spirit of BRACKET E Neal Morse - ? 1 2 1 An Evening With... - John
Petrucci & Jordan Rudess 0 4 0 Radiohead - Kid A 2 1 1 Camel – Mirage 4 0 0 Renaissance - Live at
Carnegie Hall 1 1 2 BRACKET F
Opeth - Still Life 2 1 0 Anglagard – Hybris 3 0 0 Focus - Hamburger
Concerto 1 2 0 BRACKET G Porcupine Tree - In Absentia 2 1 0 Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye 1 2 0 Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick 3 0 0 Muse - Absolution 0 3 0 BRACKET H Dream Theater - Scenes from
a Memory 1 2 0
Frank Zappa - Studio Tan 0 3 0 King Crimson – Red 3 0 0 Gentle Giant – Octopus 2 1 0 http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=28865&PN=1 IMPORTANT: Only votes with posts will qualify. 3 points for win, 1 point for tie The winners of A 1st match play winners of C 1st match, and similarly winners of B 1st's match will play winner of D's first match. Semifinals will be of AC vs BD, and similarly for EF vs GH. This will create the final of A-D vs E-H. Thats confusing yes, but you will get it as we go along. It will probably take a week to get through group play, but time isn't set in stone. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Replies:
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:51
How many Still Lives are allowed? 
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Posted By: Melomaniac
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:54
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Moving Pictures by Rush ------------- "One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio |
Posted By: StyLaZyn
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:56
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In Absentia - Porcupine Tree ------------- 
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:57
album title doesn't matter, it's the band that does 1 album per band ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Fassbinder wrote:Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 11:58
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Tool - Lateralus ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: WickerRocker
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:04
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Pinkfloyd- the walll ------------- 'You can`t kill, what`s stronger than death': Zakk Wylde |
Posted By: Fassbinder
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:06
It was a hint
 . See my avatar... |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:06
i thought it was a serious question... you failure... 
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Posted By: Dr. Evil
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:14
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Yes- Close to the Edge Ha! |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:16
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Yes- CTTE = Brazil in world cup god help us ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: BaldJean
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:17
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Gong - You
-------------  A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:18
| Soft Machine ...... ah so tough, but I'm gonna go with Third .. I hope you fellow Soft Machine fans don't blame me for not taking Volume One. |
Posted By: Dr. Evil
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:21
I know  Strange that nobody chose Genesis yet |
Posted By: Hatters
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 12:33
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Dream Theater - Scenes form a Memory.
-------------  http://www.last.fm/user/SHatters/?chartstyle=basic10"> 
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Posted By: Dreamer
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:04
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King Crimson - Red |
Posted By: eloii
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:15
| Gong - You |
Posted By: Anthony
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:20
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Do compilation albums also count? Because my favourite album is: ------------- Future prosperity lies in the way you heal the world with love (Introitus - The hand that feeds you) |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:23
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Would have been tempted to entitle this "Rock's Special Olympics" myself, since when it comes to rock, Prog is something truly special. Focus' Hamburger Concerto is tied with Gentle Giant's Acquiring the Taste. I'll go with Focus - Hamburger Concerto |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:24
| Gentle Giant - Octopus |
Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:27
| Neal Morse - ? |
Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 13:59
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Genesis - Abacab (JUST KIDDING!!!)
Can I nominate a live album?
If so...
Renaissance - Live at Carnegie Hall
If not...
Steve Hackett - Voyage of the Acolyte ------------- Kryten : "'Pub'? Ah yes, A meeting place where humans attempt to achieve advanced states of mental incompetence by the repeated consumption of fermented vegetable drinks." |
Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 15:03
| Talk Talk - Spirit of Eden |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 21 2006 at 17:00
already listed, please pick something else ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:20
no one else ?
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:22
Godspeed You Black Emperor - Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven. ------------- 
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Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:37
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Heh, I'll be the first to nominate Genesis then, or?
And I choose their last prog album, Wind & Wuthering.
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Posted By: Tuzvihar
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:52
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No Camel yet?! So:
Camel - Mirage !  ------------- "Music is much like f**king, but some composers can't climax and others climax too often, leaving themselves and the listener jaded and spent." Charles Bukowski |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 16:55
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I wonder how long a progressive band will take to finish the 100 meters sprint, though I doubt the 100 meter sprint is really progressive.
Pendragon - Window of Life
Steeplechase is more progressive than any plain running distance
------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: BebieM
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 19:56
| So how many more do we need? |
Posted By: RaúlGuate
Date Posted: September 22 2006 at 20:04
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An Evening With... (John Petrucci & Jordan Rudess) If I can't propose that because there's already a DT album then: Spectral Mornings (Steve Hackett) |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 01:56
hopefully a bunch more, i wanted this to be a big thing ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Arsillus
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 02:01
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Rush - Permanent Waves |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 02:14
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Rush already exists, Ars.
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Posted By: Australian
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 03:15
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CTTE is taken so… Jethro Tull - Thick As A brick
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 03:25
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Marillion- Misplaced Childhood
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Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: September 23 2006 at 19:10
You would, wouldn't you
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 09:38
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Sigur Ros- () ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 12:59
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Frank Zappa - Studio Tan ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 13:01
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Symphony X- The Divine Wings of Tragedy ------------- |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 13:13
 Kayo Dot - Choirs of the eye ------------- 
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 14:57
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery! 
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Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 16:12
| Änglagård - Hybris |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 16:13
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: September 24 2006 at 16:48
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Radiohead - Kid A ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 14:39
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The Mars Volta - Amputechure -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: the icon of sin
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 17:21
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Primus - Frizzle Fry
I'll certainly have a chance if there's a "Bass performance" event...
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Posted By: Mandrakeroot
Date Posted: September 25 2006 at 17:58
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OSAGE TRIBE: ARROW HEAD ------------- 
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Posted By: Benjamin_Breeg
Date Posted: September 26 2006 at 17:53
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Pain of Salvation - The Perfect Element pt I
------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Dream_Thief_/?chartstyle=Geldropdown2"> 
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 27 2006 at 14:52
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bump: Only a few more days for submissions
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 17:49
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Last chance, voting closes tonight and polls will start
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Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 18:05
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If it's not too late,
Fates Warning - A Pleasant Shade of Gray ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: September 30 2006 at 18:20
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Muse - Absoloution.
I'm assuming we can include prog related bands... ------------- 
You've just had a heavy session of electroshock therapy, and you're more relaxed than you've been in weeks. |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 01:53
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ADDITIONS OFFICIALLY CLOSED
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Posted By: tardis
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 01:54
Does that mean I can't choose The Spice Girls?  |
Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:34
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NOOOO! You forgot Rupi's Dance by Ian Anderson! That counts as a second band! ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:34
Opeth, I must say I'm sort of dissapointed by the final idea. Would have expected things to be more interesting that head to head polls.  -------------
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:46
Suggestions are more than welcome. I set it up to be like world cup play, I thought it would be the simplest and easiest to understand for everyone here. But if you guys want to see something else, we can certainly do something different for the 2nd edition.(or i could just delete all these polls i just made... )If this goes well I'm planning on making some changes myself For one, Albums on this one wont be allowed on the next, as a way of spicing things up so to speak. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:50
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Nah, you went standard eventually; at one point, you gave hints of genre-debates, of special-features or affinities connections to works. "Olympics" just go a little inexpressive here. And I do hope the admins won't get irritated by so many brackets. Bit chaotic, sorry (again).-------------
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:51
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Yea thats the one thing I was concerned about when I did it. I wanted it to be like world cup play, but at the same time thats a lot of freaking polls.... Maybe a subcategory for the time being possibly? Or will I be banned for spamming the polls section? haha ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:52
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well world cup plays, if intended, go like this: groups, first!
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 02:53
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BRACKET B Pain of Salvation - The
Perfect Element pt I Godspeed You Black Emperor -
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Rush - Moving Pictures Osage Tribe - Arrow Head OMG I'M SO DEAD! -------------
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 03:18
it is ... Brackets = groups ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 04:03
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Nice idea ... too bad that I didn't see it and thus wasn't able to to suggest Kevin Gilbert - The Shaming of the True. ------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to: 
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Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 04:08
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Too bad I missed this, but then again all the albums I would suggest would be voted off immediately anyway. ------------- sig |
Posted By: MikeEnRegalia
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 04:19
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^ Don't be so negative!
------------- https://awesomeprog.com/users/Mike" rel="nofollow">Recently listened to:
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Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 06:34
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Here are anyhow my bets: (red means qualified) OFFICIAL BRACKETS BRACKET A Soft Machine - Third Mostly Autumn - Catch the
spirit Symphony X- The Divine Wings of Tragedy
Emerson, The Mars Volta – Amputechure BRACKET B Pain of Salvation - The
Perfect Element pt I Godspeed You Black Emperor -
Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven Rush - Moving Pictures Osage Tribe - Arrow Head Van der Graaf Generator -
Still Life
BRACKET C Pink Floyd - The Wall Fates Warning - A Pleasant
Shade of Grey Pendragon - Window of Life Yes - Close to the Edge Gong - You BRACKET D Marillion- Misplaced
Childhood Tool – Lateralus Primus - Frizzle Fry Genesis - Wind & Wuthering Talk Talk - Spirit of BRACKET E Neal Morse - ? An Evening With... - John
Petrucci & Jordan Rudess Radiohead - Kid A Camel – Mirage Renaissance - Live at
Carnegie Hall BRACKET F
Opeth - Still Life Anglagard – Hybris Focus - Hamburger
Concerto BRACKET G Porcupine Tree - In Absentia Kayo Dot - Choirs of the Eye Jethro Tull - Thick As A Brick Muse - Absolution BRACKET H Dream Theater - Scenes from a Memory
Frank Zappa - Studio Tan King Crimson – Red Gentle Giant – Octopus coincidentally, many my choices. -------------
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Posted By: Leningrad
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 13:14
| Man, if it was SEBTP instead of WAW, we'd all die. |
Posted By: Dr. Evil
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 13:49
Im glad that didnt happen, because now im the only King (Ctte) |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 17:02
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Umm... I haven't seen TMV and Talk Talk in any of the polls. Am I blind? Please point me to those, if they've been included in the polls. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 17:05
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Actually, Gong and Renaissance seem to be missing too. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: darksinger
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 18:50
same here-although Peccatum's Lost In Reverie or Arcturus' The Sham Mirrors would have been interesting to see ------------- 
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:12
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They will be added by Tonight Notice they also have 5 albums in their Brackets, and its only 1v1, therefore, someone is left out each night. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Uroboros
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:19
Oh, ok, that makes sense. ------------- Tous les chemins qui s’ouvrent à moi ne mènent à rien si tu n’es plus là |
Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:22
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How many votes do an album need to win?
a suggestion... close votes for Rush vs Osage Tribe, they`re killing MANDRAKEROOT....haha ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Kleynan
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:23
Yeah, but you're not alone in loving Ulver. One of my favorite bands. -------------
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:24
sadly, I really need to listen to Osage Tribe out of respect for MANDY... part of this was the hopes that people would broaden their horizons and not blindly vote, but if not at least i tried ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Arrrghus
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:26
Wow, this is very different... but cool!  ------------- 
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: October 01 2006 at 21:27
Yes, i also need to listen to Osage Tribe, never heard it, so i didn`t vote and actually Moving Pictures is not one of my fav albums...
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Posted By: The Whistler
Date Posted: October 02 2006 at 02:43
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Hey! I have a suggestion for those of us with...ahem...crappier internet connections. I.e. dial-up.
Could the first line in the first post of each PROG OLYMPIC thread be the two fighting bands? That way I could ghost my mouse over the topic titles and see who's playing in that thread without having to open each one individually OR keep them all in my head (a harder task yet!)? ------------- "There seem to be quite a large percentage of young American boys out there tonight. A long way from home, eh? Well so are we... Gotta stick together." -I. Anderson |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 02 2006 at 17:26
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sure, ill see what I can do for the next round of group play
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 03 2006 at 11:53
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BRACKETS for the First Round are now Closed. ADMINS please lock those threads if you could, so people are not confused. ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: Trickster F.
Date Posted: October 03 2006 at 11:57
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I heard Phil Collins came back home with a gold medal. ------------- sig |
Posted By: Philéas
Date Posted: October 03 2006 at 11:57
Oh yeah, my album qualified. No surprise actually. 
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Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 03 2006 at 11:57
wheres the one for Garm? ------------- back from the dead, i will begin posting reviews again and musing through the forums |
Posted By: RaúlGuate
Date Posted: October 04 2006 at 18:08
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Very nice so far... I'm excited to know the results of this week |
Posted By: OpethGuitarist
Date Posted: October 07 2006 at 12:03
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Brackets F through H are complete, the rest should be done sometime next week.
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Posted By: Swanhild
Date Posted: October 08 2006 at 20:14
| I was doing some checking in bracket D just now, and I came up with something weird: Marillion and Genesis have already been together in a poll, but Marillion has won 3 times and Genesis has 2 wins and one tie. Now how this can be? |