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Originally posted by I prophesy disaster I prophesy disaster wrote:

[QUOTE=Logan]Cool take: Had Christian Vander guested on an album with Peter Hammill and friends, Vander Graaf Generator would have been a cool name.

Perhaps. Maybe I'm biased but I think the spelling of "Van der Graaf Generator" is more appealing than the correct spelling "Van de Graaff Generator".


Adapting the name is more dynamic than static. It's quite electrifying either way.

Incidentally, and apologies for any silliness, were tennis player Steffi Graf to guest with Van der Graaf Generator, they could call that project Steffi Graaf Generator. I think the album title could reference one of my favourite VdGG tunes "White Hammer" by calling itself The White Slammer.

For a comment more appropriate to the spirit I see in this thread: I think that Bubu's Anabalas is a much more accomplished and satisfying three track album than Yes' Close to the Edge.   In fact, although I like title track very much, I'm not that keen on the album Close to the Edge and would give it three stars.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song
What's wrong with Sheep?! Confused
Pigs is my least favorite of the three, and Sheep is superb. 

Just a bit of a drab in my opinion, lacks that energy of the other two. It has energy, but not that same energy

Strange you say that because Sheep is more energetic than Pigs. Confused

For me, Pigs perfectly encapsulates the feel of the album and has a killer guitar solo (which is a bonus)
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song
What's wrong with Sheep?! Confused
Pigs is my least favorite of the three, and Sheep is superb. 

Just a bit of a drab in my opinion, lacks that energy of the other two. It has energy, but not that same energy

Strange you say that because Sheep is more energetic than Pigs. Confused
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song
What's wrong with Sheep?! Confused
Pigs is my least favorite of the three, and Sheep is superb. 

Just a bit of a drab in my opinion, lacks that energy of the other two. It has energy, but not that same energy
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song
What's wrong with Sheep?! Confused
Pigs is my least favorite of the three, and Sheep is superb. 
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About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song
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Originally posted by Lumenko Lumenko wrote:

Family's "Music in a Doll's House" (1968) is the first fully fledged progressive rock album ever released.


Close to it. As much as I like it there are no long instrumental sections, no long songs, no complexity and not much in the way of time changes (except on three x time). If those things I mentioned don't matter then I would say maybe DOFP is. 


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Family's "Music in a Doll's House" (1968) is the first fully fledged progressive rock album ever released.
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Originally posted by Lumenko Lumenko wrote:

Porcupine Tree is not prog but alt.rock band.
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H.R. Giger's Brain Salad Surgery album cover is a self portrait.
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Porcupine Tree is not prog but alt.rock band.
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Originally posted by Lumenko Lumenko wrote:

Contemporary Scandinavian progressive music is extremely overrated.

You need to develop a bit why you think so. 
I don't see it how it's "extremely overrated". I don't think it's even overrated. LOL
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Giger Lenz Marron are the best jazz rock group from the 70s.

Genesis album Trespass is their greatest work; even better than what came after it by the band.

Former Dzyan and GLM guitarist the late Eddy Marron was enormously under-rated, and did not get the acclaim he deserved.

Eloy's best album was Inside.
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Never understood the hate for U2, i love em
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Originally posted by progaardvark progaardvark wrote:

Jeff Lynne's sunglasses are a portal into a world where beans talk and buildings are made out of fruit.

Nothing compares to Bono's sunglasses though. Smile
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^It seems so, either way, it's fun to see what others think about something you may like
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Your Prog Hot Takes thread is a meaningful depository of intellectual credibility.

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Jeff Lynne's sunglasses are a portal into a world where beans talk and buildings are made out of fruit.
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Contemporary Scandinavian progressive music is extremely overrated.
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Originally posted by Frets N Worries Frets N Worries wrote:

^Happy the Man over DT

there's also Kansas, and a lot of JRF. 
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