The Italian Kings (RPI)
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Topic: The Italian Kings (RPI)
Posted By: VOTOMS
Subject: The Italian Kings (RPI)
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 00:52
| Love em all, but Le Orme is my eternal favorite. |
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Posted By: infocat
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 01:01
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PFM
------------- -- Frank Swarbrick Belief is not Truth. |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 02:32
| Le Orme |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 02:47
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Banco for me. ------------- 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: Hercules
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 02:56
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PFM are the only RPI band I really like.
------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 03:00
| I go for BANCO |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 05:49
| Banco. Those guys just have huge compositional chops. |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 06:28
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Premier Fornicating Balboni for me.
I'll take Battiato over any of these though, and I love them all. Just illustrates my unhealthy obsession with the dude... ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 08:16
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Pee F'em. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: MFP
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 10:34
| Banco |
Posted By: dr wu23
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 10:45
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3 solid bands......but I play PFM more since they are a bit more accesible for me. ------------- One does nothing yet nothing is left undone. Haquin |
Posted By: Sagichim
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 10:48
| I really can't choose between PFM and Banco, but Orme comes in third. |
Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 11:02
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1. Banco (Balletto di Bronzo Battiato Metamorfosi QVL, many others) 2. Orme 3. PFM couldn't resist  ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 12:48
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PFM. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 12:58
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P.F.M
But GOBLIN sure are amazing too. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |
Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 13:00
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Le Orme. ------------- |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 13:14
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Premiata for me. What they do on their early albums is amazing. (I didn't check out their highly praised Stati Di Immaginazione album yet)
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Posted By: The-time-is-now
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 14:01
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Le Orme. -------------  One of my best achievements in life was to find this picture :D |
Posted By: Manuel
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 16:17
| Three great bands. PFM gets my vote, only because personal taste, but the three are fantastic, with a lot of classics under their belts. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 18:20
Went with PFM. I always thought it was totally cool that they released both Italian & English versions of "Photos of Ghosts" & "The World Became the World". Besides, no other RPI song rocks as hard as Chocolate Kings  ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Mr. Mustard
Date Posted: June 02 2013 at 21:00
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Easily PFM ------------- 
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: June 03 2013 at 06:15
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I'm not an RPI fan but of course I know those three quite well. All of them very high-skilled and excellent in composition and arrangement as well. I give a little preference to Le Orme even though I currently listen to PFM more often. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: June 03 2013 at 08:23
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can't choose. Love all 3.
------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: November 18 2013 at 14:00
live version of Celebration might beat it
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The.Crimson.King wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: November 18 2013 at 22:48
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Posted By: antonyus
Date Posted: November 19 2013 at 01:49
| I love all of them...but my vote goes to Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 19 2013 at 12:24
| I have loved all three (and could have counted each as my favourite band at one time), and discovered them all at about the same time, but Banco del... is the one that I've kept returning to the most (it also took me a little longer to truly appreciate than the others). In terms of band names (rather than artist names), though, Area is my particular fave. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: November 19 2013 at 14:24
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Premiata Forneria Marconi is one of the best bands ever.
------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: The.Crimson.King
Date Posted: November 19 2013 at 15:14
Ya, they didn't call that live album "Cook" for nothing ------------- https://wytchcrypt.wixsite.com/mutiny-in-jonestown" rel="nofollow - Mutiny in Jonestown : Progressive Rock Since 1987 |
Posted By: Prog_Italy
Date Posted: November 20 2013 at 12:30
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. Banco . |
Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: November 20 2013 at 21:21
Oh, you know so much more RPI than I that it's emarassing. However, in a way, I think I'm with you, with as little RPI as I know. Of the 3 big of RPI, Banco are the ones I really got to love, their music is just more interesting and crazy, and Francesco's voice is just out of this world, one of my very favourites in prog and rock. On the other hand, I was kind of underwhelmed by PFM and Le Orme (though I must admit I did like "Sorona & Felona" very much indeed). There are a few other RPI albums I have really enjoyed, specially Metamorfosis' "Inferno", though YS and Zarathrustra are really nice too. |
Posted By: Prog_Traveller
Date Posted: November 20 2013 at 21:32
So if there was a "big six" of Italian prog who would the other three be? I would say probably New Trolls, Area and Goblin. Who's with me? 
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Posted By: Rick Robson
Date Posted: November 26 2013 at 15:15
| Le Orme. The album "Felona & Sorona" (the italian language version of course) is superb and my favourite one. |
Posted By: kenethlevine
Date Posted: November 27 2013 at 15:58
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Le Orme is an easy choice for me
I never really warmed up to the other two, but I suppose I should give them another try
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Posted By: valravennz
Date Posted: November 28 2013 at 02:51
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PFM - they were my first love in RPI and they still stand up well to day! Le Orme would definitely be my next favourite. Sadly, I could not find the love for Banco as much as the other two, even though I own at least 3 of Banco's albums. ------------- 
"Music is the Wine that fills the cup of Silence" - Robert Fripp |
Posted By: Olape
Date Posted: November 28 2013 at 07:28
Yeah! The first three BMS albums are stunning!! 
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Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: November 28 2013 at 11:52
PFM for me, the only one there I really like to be honest. Never really been a fan of the Italian Prog scene 
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Posted By: Daysbetween
Date Posted: November 28 2013 at 13:12
| Love all three bands but voted for PFM as I have seen them live. |
Posted By: progbethyname
Date Posted: November 28 2013 at 16:12
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Gotta go with what is probably an unsual choice to some, but for me I gotta take GOBLIN at this time. They rule for me right now. They are my Kings.
In fairness to the poll though. It's still PFM out of the 3. :) ------------- Gimmie my headphones now!!! 🎧🤣 |