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Topic: Pink Floyd versus King Crimson
Posted By: Treasure
Subject: Pink Floyd versus King Crimson
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 23:45
I slapped this together so yeah pick already jeez

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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: November 18 2008 at 23:49
Floyd is an easy choice for me!

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Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 00:04
King Crimson for me...

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Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 00:08
I might go with Floyd on this one. I got into their early stuff recently and it all seems to be good.


Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 03:42

Pink Floyd got me definitely into prog 36 years ago, so it's easy for me to vote for Pink Floyd without writing anything against King Crimson...



Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 04:50
Easy for me.  It's Floyd by a mile.


Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 05:17
Floyd.


Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 05:25
King Crimson. No doubt whatsoever.


Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 07:02
Pink Floyd is consistently good.

King Crimson is like a musical shapeshifter- you're never sure what you're going to get.


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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 08:02
Cant choose!

A few years back I would have gone with Floyd, but my liking for Crimson has grown considerably in that time, so it's pretty much a tie.. I've been enjoying Floyd longer, and in many ways they are more in tune with my overall prog tastes, but Crimson really do it for me right now, as I'm still getting know their material. I also think that in many of their manifestations Crimson were better musicians, more eclectic and more innovative, especially in more recent years.


Posted By: Thandrus
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 08:11
Crimson King!!! They've always been in front of their time... and still they are!

Pink Floyd... Yeah... maybe... a good band... but there's always something in their music that repels me.


Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 08:34
Don´t mess with the King

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Posted By: JROCHA
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 08:38
King Crimson by far


Posted By: Kapitan_Mrok
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 08:42
floyd... band of my life Clap

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Posted By: poslednijat_colobar
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 09:09
Pink Floyd is my favourite band! Easy Choice!


Posted By: Abstrakt
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 09:15
At the moment i prefer King Crimson, but tomorrow it could be Pink Floyd.
Both are absolutely fantastic!


Posted By: febus
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 09:21
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

At the moment i prefer King Crimson, but tomorrow it could be Pink Floyd.
Both are absolutely fantastic!
 
Mr Abstrackt said it all!!Thumbs UpWink 


Posted By: LanceFortune
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 10:20
Talking of Prog? King Crimson. In retrospect, Floyd soon became (more blatantly with Dark Side), much more of a pop music thing to me.


Posted By: Moatilliatta
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 10:21
Originally posted by Drew Drew wrote:

Floyd is an easy choice for me!


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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 10:28
I cant vote, sorry both are my favourites bandsConfused

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Posted By: jimidom
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 10:30
I cannot vote either! Wacko

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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 11:32
Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.


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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 11:39
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.


LOL





Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 11:41
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
So, you base your vote in popularity???? LOLLOLLOL
Madonna would beat both... LOLLOLLOLLOLWink


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Posted By: ModernRocker79
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 12:03
 This one is hard. I love both but I have to chose Pink Floyd. King Crimson were better instrumentally.  Pink Floyd had the melodies and the songs. That in the end of the day is what matters to me.


Posted By: trackstoni
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 12:35
        not easy to choose between two Giants  , but   Pink Floyd  got my vote this time ////


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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 14:02
Originally posted by Alberto Muñoz Alberto Muñoz wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
So, you base your vote in popularity???? LOLLOLLOL
Madonna would beat both... LOLLOLLOLLOLWink


But it's not like you see many kids around campus wearing Madonna shirts.  That said, I think kids wear those because they think it's cool and iconic (as is wearing a Che Guevara shirt). Anyway, personally I wouldn't base quality on kids' fashion sense or what is popular. Shirts with the "Dark Side of the Moon" logo look cool, and Pink Floyd has long had cool cache. King Crimson is generally more challenging from a mainstream perspective, and would be harder for mainstream listeners to digest (I don't imagine that most of those kids are Proggers, and might be donning Nickleback or Slipknot tees when they aren't wearing their Floyd tees -- or Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Doors -- which I consider quality iconic bands/artist -- etc).  When I was in college I didn't know King Crimson, and Pink Floyd was my favourite popular rock band, but King Crimson played an important role in this Prog journey that I'm still on.  King Crimson for me, though I really do like Floyd too.  I think Larks' Tongues in Aspic is a particularly terrific album

One might ask, is it particularly because of quality that bands like Pink Floyd, Foreigner, Boston, Queen, Styx, Bon Jovi, and Kim Mitchell regularly play on my local classic rock radio station rather than bands such as King Crimson, Magma, Comus, The Soft Machine, and Henry Cow, or it because it's more accessible that it has become part of the standard classic rock radio format? Popularity breeds popularity.  I do agree that Pink Floyd has withstood the test of time, and is "quality" music, however.


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Posted By: mithrandir
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 14:29
Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:



Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
this is a joke, correct?


Posted By: Padraic
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 14:37
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


One might ask, is it particularly because of quality that bands like Pink Floyd, Foreigner, Boston, Queen, Styx, Bon Jovi, and Kim Mitchell regularly play on my local classic rock radio station rather than bands such as King Crimson, Magma, Comus, The Soft Machine, and Henry Cow, or it because it's more accessible that it has become part of the standard classic rock radio format? Popularity breeds popularity.


Right, it's because PF et. al. were more popular then, so for a "classic" rock station which hopes for a recall of "glory days" they play that music.  Pink Floyd was sort of the ultimate crossover - in high school I could have counted on one hand the number of people I encountered who had a 70s Yes record (and King Crimson was worse, I think I met one person who had even the faintest clue who they were), yet everyone loved Floyd, all the normal "hard rock" guys and friends who loved Zep, Bad Company, and sort of your standard 70s classic rock fare were big Floyd fans, went to the concerts, etc.  I mean, Magma and Henry Cow?  Forget it, I didn't have any chance of discovering bands like that at the time.


Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 14:44
Preference goes to Crimson. Love both.


Posted By: The T
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 14:58
Originally posted by mithrandir mithrandir wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:



Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
this is a joke, correct?
 
And a terrible one at that...
 
Anyway, even though I disagree with that popularity-based point of view, I definitely like Pink Floyd 349837 times more than King Crimson. Only ITCOTCK is a real masterpiece in my ears, and maybe even Red. But PF gave me 4 absolute masterpieces (from DSOTM to TW) and a few near-masterpieces (Meddle) and great songs in between.
 
On the other hand, King Crimson gave me "Discipline" Dead


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Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 15:40
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Alberto Muñoz Alberto Muñoz wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
So, you base your vote in popularity???? LOLLOLLOL
Madonna would beat both... LOLLOLLOLLOLWink


But it's not like you see many kids around campus wearing Madonna shirts. 
 
I think they do not need for, just see how profits get Madonna for his "concerts", 
 
That said, I think kids wear those because they think it's cool and iconic (as is wearing a Che Guevara shirt). Anyway, personally I wouldn't base quality on kids' fashion sense or what is popular. Shirts with the "Dark Side of the Moon" logo look cool, and Pink Floyd has long had cool cache. King Crimson is generally more challenging from a mainstream perspective, and would be harder for mainstream listeners to digest (I don't imagine that most of those kids are Proggers, and might be donning Nickleback or Slipknot tees when they aren't wearing their Floyd tees -- or Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Doors -- which I consider quality iconic bands/artist -- etc).  When I was in college I didn't know King Crimson, and Pink Floyd was my favourite popular rock band, but King Crimson played an important role in this Prog journey that I'm still on.  King Crimson for me, though I really do like Floyd too.  I think Larks' Tongues in Aspic is a particularly terrific album

One might ask, is it particularly because of quality that bands like Pink Floyd, Foreigner, Boston, Queen, Styx, Bon Jovi, and Kim Mitchell regularly play on my local classic rock radio station rather than bands such as King Crimson, Magma, Comus, The Soft Machine, and Henry Cow, or it because it's more accessible that it has become part of the standard classic rock radio format? Popularity breeds popularity.  I do agree that Pink Floyd has withstood the test of time, and is "quality" music, however.


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Posted By: Visitor13
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 15:43
OK, how about Pink Floyd vs Madonna... Not that easy, Pink Floyd went downhill since Barrett left, Madonna has been going downhill since the release of Music ...


Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 15:43
Luckily I'm no huge fan of KC, so I can vote easily, Floyd it is. Though I do love Islands and Lizard by the King. Starless and Wake are very good too.


Posted By: Alberto Muñoz
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 15:55
Originally posted by Visitor13 Visitor13 wrote:

OK, how about Pink Floyd vs Madonna... Not that easy, Pink Floyd went downhill since Barrett left, Madonna has been going downhill since the release of Music ...
Madonna has been downhill ever... LOLLOLLOL in prog terms...


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Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 16:11
I pick Both...Sorry I can't vote...LOL

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Posted By: Takeshi Kovacs
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 16:43
Floyd are one of my all time favourites, and two of their albums (Wish You were Here & Animals) would be in my top 10 of all time (if not the top 5). Respect to Crimson too, but only one winner for me!

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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 17:16
This is one of the rare times i can't vote.Both are in my top 10 bands of all time,and there's not a clear cut favourite for me.Very evenly matched.

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Posted By: dzx
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 17:23
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Don´t mess with the King
 
Exactly. Absolutely no contest for me, the most innovative of all. Floyd are how can I say it easy listening in comparison


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Posted By: Urs Blank
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 17:26

In a "progressive" point of view, I would have to choose KC.

But I vote for Pink Floyd, probably "The" group that made me become a huge fan of music in general.


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Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 17:40
If I had to choose a favorite band, I would have to choose  Pink Floyd.They were my first step into prog a few years ago and I still love them. I really wish people would stop wearing t shirts with PF, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC etc logos on them when they have no idea who the band is. There should be a test before you buy it to see if they know the band's material.

I would like to get this http://pinkfloydstore.co.uk/acatalog/PF103L.jpg - PF t shirt , although noone will know of the existance of the album


Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: November 19 2008 at 18:33
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

If I had to choose a favorite band, I would have to choose  Pink Floyd.They were my first step into prog a few years ago and I still love them. I really wish people would stop wearing t shirts with PF, Led Zeppelin, AC/DC etc logos on them when they have no idea who the band is. There should be a test before you buy it to see if they know the band's material.

I would like to get this http://pinkfloydstore.co.uk/acatalog/PF103L.jpg - PF t shirt , although noone will know of the existance of the album
LOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOLLOL
I know exactly what you are talking about because I had that t.sh*t once ( I don't know how I lost it Ouch) and none in absolute knew that album.LOL


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Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 03:12
Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Originally posted by mithrandir mithrandir wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:



Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
this is a joke, correct?
 
And a terrible one at that...
 
Anyway, even though I disagree with that popularity-based point of view, I definitely like Pink Floyd 349837 times more than King Crimson. Only ITCOTCK is a real masterpiece in my ears, and maybe even Red. But PF gave me 4 absolute masterpieces (from DSOTM to TW) and a few near-masterpieces (Meddle) and great songs in between.
 
On the other hand, King Crimson gave me "Discipline" Dead
 
I voted for Floyd earlier.
 
For me The T has summed it up perfectly.  However I like Floyd 349838 times more LOL.
 
Much as I do like some KC, a lot of it does nowt for me, so it's an easy choice for me. 


Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 03:34
Floyd were evolutionary whereas Crimson were progressive


end of pompous statement




Posted By: Aristilus
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 04:37
An easy one this. KC are boring and PF are not.


Posted By: dzx
Date Posted: November 20 2008 at 18:05
Originally posted by Aristilus Aristilus wrote:

An easy one this. KC are boring and PF are not.
 
I would put it the other way around


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Posted By: skimess
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 19:22
King Crimson for me hands down is the better, more experimental band. That's not to say that the Floyd are bad but rather that KC simply shows more virtuosity.

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Posted By: Dr. Occulator
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 20:06
KC is the sunshine band for me.Thumbs Up

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Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 20:12
I can't vote either, because some times I prefer PF, other times KC.


Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 20:39

A great case can be made for either; and several already have done so above.

But since a vote is a vote, KC gets it. After all, they're still adding to the pool--and providing quality stuff. Floyd's done, and, you gotta admit, AMLOR and Division Bell had obvious filler.  Does anyone really think that'd have been reversed? I didn't think so.



Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 21:11
I really just can't decide! I would vote K(entucky) C(hicken) now, (I'm rediscovering RED, Lks Tng In Asp), but next month I could come here and vote P(hoton) F(actory), I just can't be absolute about this.


Posted By: kevdog
Date Posted: November 24 2008 at 21:25
Floyd

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Posted By: alerxst
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 13:31
Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by Alberto Muñoz Alberto Muñoz wrote:

Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Barrett Floyd would be close, but from Meddle to Animals, Floyd are so far ahead of King Crimson, it's a simple choice.

Ask any young person today who King Crimson were. They won't have a clue. But Floyd T shirts are all over the university campus, showing that quality lasts.
 
So, you base your vote in popularity???? LOLLOLLOL
Madonna would beat both... LOLLOLLOLLOLWink


But it's not like you see many kids around campus wearing Madonna shirts.  That said, I think kids wear those because they think it's cool and iconic (as is wearing a Che Guevara shirt). Anyway, personally I wouldn't base quality on kids' fashion sense or what is popular. Shirts with the "Dark Side of the Moon" logo look cool, and Pink Floyd has long had cool cache. King Crimson is generally more challenging from a mainstream perspective, and would be harder for mainstream listeners to digest (I don't imagine that most of those kids are Proggers, and might be donning Nickleback or Slipknot tees when they aren't wearing their Floyd tees -- or Zeppelin, Hendrix, The Doors -- which I consider quality iconic bands/artist -- etc).  When I was in college I didn't know King Crimson, and Pink Floyd was my favourite popular rock band, but King Crimson played an important role in this Prog journey that I'm still on.  King Crimson for me, though I really do like Floyd too.  I think Larks' Tongues in Aspic is a particularly terrific album

One might ask, is it particularly because of quality that bands like Pink Floyd, Foreigner, Boston, Queen, Styx, Bon Jovi, and Kim Mitchell regularly play on my local classic rock radio station rather than bands such as King Crimson, Magma, Comus, The Soft Machine, and Henry Cow, or it because it's more accessible that it has become part of the standard classic rock radio format? Popularity breeds popularity.  I do agree that Pink Floyd has withstood the test of time, and is "quality" music, however.


I agree with everything Logan said.

Young person here. I certainly know who King Crimson is and could pick a few people (non-proggers) my age who know who they are also. Granted I couldn't find anyone who knew who King Crimson is that doesn't know Pink Floyd but that's besides the point (not really but I'm just trying to make my argument more validWink).
I noticed more people wearing DSOTM shirts in high school than college and I can't tell you how many times I'd try to strike up a conversation about prog with someone in those shirts only to find out that person was completely ignorant of anything outside of DSOTM or The Wall. Those albums produced radio-friendly hits that still get played regularly on the local classic rock station and therefore are able to stand your test of time. So yes Logan, you are correct, they are far from proggers.
Anyway, I voted for King Crimson because I'm a huge fan of all of their stuff up to Three of a Perfect Pair with the exception of Beat which is ok. I really like a few Pink Floyd albums (Animals, Meddle, Wish You Were Here in that order) but neither the quality nor the quantity match KC.
Excuse the disjointedness of my post but I'm listening to The Talking Drum now so my mind is all over the place.


Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 13:52
It's a tough call but I chose KC.

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Posted By: harmonium.ro
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 14:35
Wow this is even tighter than the PA Battle to Stardom final

I can't vote by the way


Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 15:28
Originally posted by Swan Song Swan Song wrote:

Wow this is even tighter than the PA Battle to Stardom final

I can't vote by the way


Oh, vote already and tie it up.  LOL


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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 15:54

Pink Floyd was my first prog band. KC is the best prog band.



Posted By: darksideone2003
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 16:51
I can't vote love both bands equally..
However,, I do love FLoyd more that KC only because PF never changed members...


Posted By: Anirml
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 17:03

KC made songs like "Song Of The Gulls" and "Lark's tongue in aspic".

PF isn't up there with them in my opinion.


Posted By: skimess
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 20:12
ELP definitely had their place in prog history but personally while a great band they never really broke the Nice/ELP mold. Their music was pretty much the same with very few attempts to expand. KC and PF both started out one way and, in Crimson's case, were able to survive many personnel and stylistic changes and still continue to amaze.Wink  

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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 21:58
Originally posted by Abstrakt Abstrakt wrote:

At the moment i prefer King Crimson, but tomorrow it could be Pink Floyd.
Both are absolutely fantastic!
 
There are Starless Echoes here Wink Both are primo stuff, OBVIOUSLY! Different moods though, non?


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Posted By: Treasure
Date Posted: December 22 2008 at 23:40
Wow this got revived and I didnt even know :D

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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: December 23 2008 at 14:21
Originally posted by Roj M30 Roj M30 wrote:

Easy for me.  It's Floyd by a mile.


I'll go with that, tho Crimson did knock out some mighty fine tunes too.


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Posted By: theblastocyst
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 05:09
Pink Floyd has made 14 albums from '67-'94, and they've only had 5 people in their band throughout their entire career. King Crimson has 15 albums since '69 but has gone thru several major transformations as well as over a dozen different bandmates. My favorite PF album is Meddle, and my favorite Crimson album is Larks' Toungues. And if I had to choose between those two albums i'd go with Meddle.


Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 12:47
Can't we all just get along.


Posted By: darksideof
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 12:59
wow King crimson is winning!!!!Shocked
Love boths bands equally, but I think PF should win basically because King crimson isn't only Fripp the only member from the early days....and the band
had sooooo many members in the past ( and still do)
however Pink Floyd don't...


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Posted By: TheMiracle
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 18:51
Pink Floyd.

Now it is 67 to 70. :)


Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 19:41
Funny how, although probably there are more Floyd fans, or Genesis fans... Crimson always seems to win these kind of polls

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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 19:42
Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!


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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: December 29 2008 at 20:33
That's called respect


Posted By: annexusquam
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 10:49
King Crimson of course. Any comparison is ridiculous

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Posted By: Lost Follower
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 15:55
I don't really see much of a link between the 2. King Crimson were really twiddly dee stuff compared to Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon is almost a pop album in comparison to most Crimson stuff!

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Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 19:45
Originally posted by Lost Follower Lost Follower wrote:

I don't really see much of a link between the 2. King Crimson were really twiddly dee stuff compared to Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon is almost a pop album in comparison to most Crimson stuff!
I fail to see much of a link between King Crimson and "twiddly dee stuff". Stern Smile


Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:28
Both are my fav...
But absolutely KC is my life.

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Posted By: AlbertMond
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 20:29
Floyd.


Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: December 30 2008 at 23:17
I have always wondered if PF meant to become a popular band by making DSotM. Ermm


Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 03:11
Hey, I voted and I don't remember who I voted for! I guess that means something besides me having a lousy memory. Come to think of it, this all thing is nonsense, but funny tough.
I mean, they're both great! Each has it's place in music history AND in MY CDiscoteck!!! If I'd ever have to go to a desert island and take only one, i'd throw a coin to pick but oh boy, wich one ever came out, I surely would miss the other one a lot, and sometimes regret the choice (and blame the coin, of course).
Sure they can live side by side.
My final vote is GOOD MUSIC!


Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 03:13
And after all we're only ordinary beings...


Posted By: AlbertMond
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 03:19
Originally posted by A Person A Person wrote:

I have always wondered if PF meant to become a popular band by making DSotM. Ermm
Kinda doubt it. I mean, even their first single "Arnold Layne" did pretty well. I think the popularity was just building up, really.


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Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 03:20
Should I add they are a two of a perfect pair!!!

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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: December 31 2008 at 03:40
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by crimhead crimhead wrote:

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!
progrock is not meant to be fun. 

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Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 20:16
"Originally posted by el böthy

Originally posted by crimhead

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!
progrock is not meant to be fun.  "



WHAT THE F#%K?!?!?!? I'm suposed NOT to have a good time listening to Renaissance or Yes?!?

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Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 20:27
Confused Where's the "this endless music competition stuff is silly and juvenile -- I like both of those fine bands equally well, and never thought I'd have to choose one at the expense of the other" option?
 
No vote from me -- I'd pick either, both, or neither, depending on my mood at any given time. My moods vary. My tastes in music range far. I don't view my music collection as some sort of sonic "war zone."
 
Sorry, but I'll say it again: many pollsters here must be record company execs with limited budgets (and even more limited vision), accountant-types, or just plain lacking in original topics for polls and threads.Ermm


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O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 20:31
Originally posted by PJaypt PJaypt wrote:

"Originally posted by el böthy

Originally posted by crimhead

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!
progrock is not meant to be fun.  "



WHAT THE F#%K?!?!?!? I'm suposed NOT to have a good time listening to Renaissance or Yes?!?


He was being sarcastic, one assumes


Posted By: spookytooth
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 20:40
Wow, this is a tough choice, because I love both bands a lot, but I think I'll go with King Crimson. I like their material just a bit more than Pink Floyd material. Plus, KC is much more consistent at putting out good music than Floyd...

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Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 20:42
Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Confused Where's the "this endless music competition stuff is silly and juvenile -- I like both of those fine bands equally well, and never thought I'd have to choose one at the expense of the other" option?
 
No vote from me -- I'd pick either, both, or neither, depending on my mood at any given time. My moods vary. My tastes in music range far. I don't view my music collection as some sort of sonic "war zone."
 
Sorry, but I'll say it again: many pollsters here must be record company execs with limited budgets (and even more limited vision), accountant-types, or just plain lacking in original topics for polls and threads.Ermm
Peter, you're doing that patronizing thing again. ;-)

AMG calls King Crimson "the thinking man's Pink Floyd" in the first sentence of their Bio, and I've never been able to figure out why.


Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 23:09
Originally posted by Henry Plainview Henry Plainview wrote:

Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

Confused Where's the "this endless music competition stuff is silly and juvenile -- I like both of those fine bands equally well, and never thought I'd have to choose one at the expense of the other" option?
 
No vote from me -- I'd pick either, both, or neither, depending on my mood at any given time. My moods vary. My tastes in music range far. I don't view my music collection as some sort of sonic "war zone."
 
Sorry, but I'll say it again: many pollsters here must be record company execs with limited budgets (and even more limited vision), accountant-types, or just plain lacking in original topics for polls and threads.Ermm
Peter, you're doing that patronizing thing again. ;-)

AMG calls King Crimson "the thinking man's Pink Floyd" in the first sentence of their Bio, and I've never been able to figure out why.
I know, and I always feel a twinge of guilt afterward, but I guess I just don't get the popularity of these ubiquitous "VS" polls.
 
In all honesty, I think it's symptomatic of a rather child-like way to look at music. Perhaps it even points to a darker aspect of human nature: the lamentable tendency to reduce all human interaction and endeavor, even art, to competition -- to divide the world into only winners and losers.
 
As I indicated, this is the record company executive or radio programmer way to look at music -- as mere plastic product, with merit or "worth" exactingly measured according to popularity (that is, sales).
 
I guess I'd hoped serious "progressive" music fans might be deeper and broader-minded than that, and not fall for the "bean counter" mindset which saw their preferred music marginalized & denigrated by THE INDUSTRY in the first place, and which sees the airwaves swamped in countless sound-alike clone bands, and cutie-pie, flavour-of-the-month, manufactured instant "stars"....
 
American Idol syndrome. Who will be the next Pussycat Progarchives Doll? Dead
 
 
 
Music is not sport, and emotion is not math -- or is it? Confused


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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.


Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: January 01 2009 at 23:14
KFC? Confused
 
It can seem like a good idea, but it always leaves me feeling a little bit guilty and sick in the end....Dead
 
Wink


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Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!'
He chortled in his joy.


Posted By: Henry Plainview
Date Posted: January 02 2009 at 11:45
Originally posted by Peter Peter wrote:

 
I guess I'd hoped serious "progressive" music fans might be deeper and broader-minded than that, and not fall for the "bean counter" mindset which saw their preferred music marginalized & denigrated by THE INDUSTRY in the first place, and which sees the airwaves swamped in countless sound-alike clone bands, and cutie-pie, flavour-of-the-month, manufactured instant "stars"....
Nah, Peter, that's just people on the internet. Competitions and lists are the only pleasures we have. If they weren't, we'd be outside!
 
Going on the internet in general is like KFC, but at least it's non-fattening. ;-)
 
And can anyone figure out a relation between King Crimson and Pink Floyd's music? It's actually at the beginning of the review of ITCOTCK, not their bio, but I still don't see any connection.


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Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: January 02 2009 at 12:01
Originally posted by PJaypt PJaypt wrote:

"Originally posted by el böthy

Originally posted by crimhead

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!
progrock is not meant to be fun.  "



WHAT THE F#%K?!?!?!? I'm suposed NOT to have a good time listening to Renaissance or Yes?!?

NO!!!!!!!!


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Posted By: Scoppioingola
Date Posted: January 02 2009 at 18:36
I love Pink Floyd, they're great; but King Crimson is, IMHO, one of the most versatile and impressive bands, ever. Lizard and Larks' Tongues are enough for me to vote for them over any other bands. Not to mention they still release very good material.


Posted By: Bitterblogger
Date Posted: January 02 2009 at 19:10
Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by PJaypt PJaypt wrote:

"Originally posted by el böthy

Originally posted by crimhead

Can't we all just get along.
NO!!!!!!!!
progrock is not meant to be fun.  "



WHAT THE F#%K?!?!?!? I'm suposed NOT to have a good time listening to Renaissance or Yes?!?

NO!!!!!!!!
 
Reminds me of Fripp's announcement before a set in September, 1973: "We're not to be enjoyed. We're an intellectual band."  Whereas Floyd wouldn't have addressed the crowd at all.


Posted By: PJaypt
Date Posted: January 02 2009 at 22:06
You say we can't get along...
Well, I say

YES WE CAN!LOL


Plus, I don't care if Fripp thinks KC is not to be enjoyed because it's an intellectual band: he's just wrong! I' say KC is the proof that an intelectual band CAN be enjoyable...

and Yes, Renaissance, Genesis, Gentle Giant, Van der Graaf (well, not so much)... Oh, and Zappa!

And if you do think what you say, you should be listening to music you do not enjoy. Hey, listen to The Wall, then, bet you won't enjoy it Dead

And have a bad time while at it (hey, just kidding! Wink)


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Posted By: Lost Follower
Date Posted: January 03 2009 at 05:05
Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

Originally posted by Lost Follower Lost Follower wrote:

I don't really see much of a link between the 2. King Crimson were really twiddly dee stuff compared to Pink Floyd. Dark side of the moon is almost a pop album in comparison to most Crimson stuff!
I fail to see much of a link between King Crimson and "twiddly dee stuff". Stern Smile


Oh come on!

I watched that Prog night on BBC4 last night and Fripp was 'Twiddly Deeing' like a goodun! It was a really funny show. That stuff all looks so bloody dated now. In fact it looked pretty dated by 1977 to be honest. LOADS od teiddly deeWink


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Posted By: Lost Follower
Date Posted: January 03 2009 at 05:09
Originally posted by Bitterblogger Bitterblogger wrote:

 
Reminds me of Fripp's announcement before a set in September, 1973: "We're not to be enjoyed. We're an intellectual band."  Whereas Floyd wouldn't have addressed the crowd at all.



I can only assume Fripp was being ironic after a particularly duff review or something. If he meant it, he deserves a slap, though I would imagine he'd be utterly red faced about it now.


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Posted By: easytargets
Date Posted: January 05 2009 at 06:28
pf

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cities crash in the mighty wave;
the final man is very small,
plunging in for his final bathe


Posted By: Q6
Date Posted: January 05 2009 at 07:18
I'm quite surprised that the vote is so evenly split. 

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Posted By: Noak
Date Posted: January 05 2009 at 17:23
Both great bands, but King Crimson are slightly better.


Posted By: Malve87
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 12:50
Man, this is really hard....anyway my vote goes to Pink Floyd ....

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Posted By: tamijo
Date Posted: January 07 2009 at 13:42
Voted KC, due to the lack of varriation in P production, compared with KC's
 
 


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