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Poll Question: Which three are your favorites?
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Based on feedback, I'll go with Alice Cooper's "Killer". One of the great songs/performances you will ever see live (at least it was back in 1972), and prog before prog was prog.
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@Mike, I wish your wife a speedy recovery. And to add that I really appreciate all your work on the new music reports.
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Going with more abbreviated thoughts than my first post, but have gotten through most now.

I prophesy disaster: BÖC “The Subhuman” (live) Of course, I know this and like it a lot (see avatar).  

Micky: Not much time, so not going song by song, but Kristin Hersch and Ace of Cups are new to me, though I could have heard the Hersch song before. Had a friend into Throwing Muses and 4AD stuff so it’s possible. My favorites are the Stills and Jane’s Addiction tracks.

rushfan4: Ted rocks. Clever choice for the thread. Of course, know this one.

Greg (The Dark Elf): All tracks, not just AC, are killers. Have heard them all before. Can listen to the Mountain Jam on repeat.

Jamesbaldwin: I enjoyed both Vitalba tracks. Choosing between the two, Fiure di Palestina.

Nickie: I had heard of Iron & Wine but never heard and really liked this one. Will check out more of his stuff. Mark-Almond was a little too melancholic for me. I liked the Hank Dogs but Iron & Wine was my favorite.

Cristi: Hadn’t gotten through all your choices, so will follow up later. Of those, only familiar with The Jelly Jam as I try to follow most all King’s X and related projects, but they do have a lot of side projects. (On the other hand, King’s X hasn’t released anything in 12 years, but possibly a new album this year.)

Will eventually get to Suitkees and Greg (Logan).

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I'll go with Stringtronics - "Dawn Mist".

And Mike, wishing your wife well, and both of you all the best. Take care.
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Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

Cristi: Hadn’t gotten through all your choices, so will follow up later. Of those, only familiar with The Jelly Jam as I try to follow most all King’s X and related projects, but they do have a lot of side projects. (On the other hand, King’s X hasn’t released anything in 12 years, but possibly a new album this year.)

Will eventually get to Suitkees and Greg (Logan).


I posted a lot of songs, sorry about that, that's because I don't know what to use, You'd think a non-themed poll would be easier to participate, but not this round. Funny i did not have any problems when we started these polls, whats wrong with me?LOL I'm gonna choose a song later today. Big smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by mathman0806 mathman0806 wrote:

Cristi: Hadn’t gotten through all your choices, so will follow up later. Of those, only familiar with The Jelly Jam as I try to follow most all King’s X and related projects, but they do have a lot of side projects. (On the other hand, King’s X hasn’t released anything in 12 years, but possibly a new album this year.)

Will eventually get to Suitkees and Greg (Logan).


I posted a lot of songs, sorry about that, that's because I don't know what to use, You'd think a non-themed poll would be easier to participate, but not this round. Funny i did not have any problems when we started these polls, whats wrong with me?LOL I'm gonna choose a song later today. Big smile
I understand. I posted a lot last week. I held back this week by setting a personal theme for my possible nominees. Did go through all yours, and ranked them but with not much comment. The rankings were tight. The first two ranked were different but I liked them about the same. The last three were about the same and did like them all, so I can see why you had trouble paring the list down.

Adrienne Fenemore “Mo’ Puddin’” I dug this a lot. Made me think of those Lost Grooves tracks on Blue Note.

Vanishing Kids “Heavy Dreamer” Felt like a cross between a Perfect Circle, Radiohead, and Pink Floyd w/ a touch of a psyche vibe. Yeah, that’s a lot to mash in. I liked it.

Orkid “Standstill” I like the horns.

The Jelly Jam “Care (Profit)”

Kaipa “Regn”

Marriages “Skin” Atmospheric, 90’s type of alternative rock with some post-rock. Like the drums.

Flowing Tears “Lovesong for a Dead Child” Definitely sad, slight edge to “Skin”?

I Am No Hero “Nights of Wonder” Atmospheric, kind of got lost among your other choices.
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Wishing you and your wife all the best, MikeHug! Hope she will get better soon. Thank you for doing this while you were worried and tired.
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Raff: That Angelo Branduardi is gorgeous, I'm a sucker for that kind of 19th century guitar duets and it really works for the song. I already knew Lucio Battisti but not that album. I really liked the way the arrangements keep moving the song forward despite relying on the same melody.

Lewian: I'm sure it was very impressive to hear and see it live although it seems one of those cases where a recording couldn't really capture the moment

Micky: The Manassas song was my favourite, I heard of the band before but didn't know how they sounded. And of course Billie Holiday could do no wrong Heart
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Nickie: I like all of yours a lot , both the Mark-Almond and the Hank Dogs ones would be voting candidates. Great stuff!
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^^ The Iron & Wine was my favourite song for the unusual instrumentation and subdued African vibes. I'd probably pick that Mark-Almond song during winter though.


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cristi: My winners from your bunch are Nights of Wonder and Marriages, followed by The Jelly Jam and Vanishing Kids Heavy Dreamer.
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I'm following Micky's decade idea and decided to pick a few non-Prog tracks from the 2000's. There's not a lot to choose from without being obvious so it's easier. It's interesting how listening to familiar music for this purpose can break the nostalgia spell, and some songs don't sound as good as I expected LOL

Them Crooked Vultures - Elephants
I didn't even know Led Zeppelin at the time when I heard John Paul Jones with Josh Homme and Dave Grohl.

Kasabian - I.D.
Their music didn't really resonate with me at the time but I returned to them two years ago and bought their first three albums.


Ash - Twilight of the Innocents
This sounded quite epic when I was 13. One of the few I was enjoying from them without nostalgia involved.



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micky: I feel very young now as I'd pick 90s>80s>70s>60s. Billie Holiday smokes the Ace of Cups though. Some excellent choices there and I only don't rank Manassas and Billie Holiday higher because... well, not really my style but top quality music nonetheless. Actually there's not much between these and the first two.

PS to those who have already nominated: I concentrate on the other ones with the limited time I have, sorry! Speed isn't always the key to success...



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suitkees: At the end Hauschka wins with quite some distance. I really like this a lot; I've got to say that I don't find Kat Onoma's voice and what he does with it very attractive. The Orchid Sedation is quite good but not quite at Hauschka's level.
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Meltdowner: I have seen a number of live events on TV with Kasabian and didn't really think they're my cup of tea, but this one is surprisingly good. The Elephants is good too, but slightly less so, whereas I can't make much of the Ash.

Raff: The Intis surely don't disappoint, but Branduardi is a fine choice. My father had quite some Branduardi, but as a teenager I wasn't really open for it. I can get much better into his work now, I think.

micky: There's another one... Norah Jones. Wouldn't be my top choice of yours but I really like how the voice and the piano come together.




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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

cristi: My winners from your bunch are Nights of Wonder and Marriages, followed by The Jelly Jam and Vanishing Kids Heavy Dreamer.

see... still four songs to choose from LOL
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Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

Meltdowner: I have seen a number of live events on TV with Kasabian and didn't really think they're my cup of tea, but this one is surprisingly good.
I think they sound much better on record than live, the creative production is their biggest strength.
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Laurent Pernice “Stupid Things” – This reminds me of something, but I can’t put my finger on what it is. It’ll probably come to me in a couple of weeks. Video is up to 8 views on YouTube! The textures are immersive. Sounds great with headphones on.

@Lewian: Pernice reminds me of some Meat Beat Manifesto. And it looks like you're responsible for more than tripling the number of views (21 last I checked).
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Lewian Lewian wrote:

cristi: My winners from your bunch are Nights of Wonder and Marriages, followed by The Jelly Jam and Vanishing Kids Heavy Dreamer.

see... still four songs to choose from LOL

Six or two if you consider my top four of yours (union or intersection). But, if you consider what everyone has said so far, I think you are back up to choosing from 8. LOL 
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