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Poll Question: Well, here it is. Which do you prefer?
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    Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:02
This poll is pretty much the poll that determines what ProgArchives' favorite band is for 2008.

King Crimson won the tournament at the beginning of the year (Ultimate Prog Tournament), and Gentle Giant recently won another tournament (Battle to Stardom).

Both are paradigmatic progressive rock bands. Which one will be PA's favorite? Only you can decide.


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You're absolutely right, Alex.

Only I can decide.  And I have.

Game, set, match.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

You're absolutely right, Alex.

Only I can decide.  And I have.

Game, set, match.


I canceled out your vote. Wink
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Hard, even though both aren't faves of mine, I dig quite a lot their material. Lately I've been digging much more KC, so it has to be it. Though if you had asked me before, or maybe after, it would have changed, surely.
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KC for me.
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I own 7 Gentle Giant studio albums and 1 live album and I play them regularly. They never cease to amaze me with their brilliant musicianship and wierd ideas which nearly always work.

I own 3 King Crimson albums and I can't recall the last time I could be bothered to play one. The only tracks that really impress me are Epitaph and The Night Watch, though Fripp's solo almost ruins the latter.

I think that says it all - GG by a country mile.
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To all GG fanboys, this isn't even close......Fripp is God.....
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Originally posted by proggy proggy wrote:

To all GG fanboys, this isn't even close......Fripp is God.....


Fripp can't keep a band together.  And he has to tune his guitar differently.  Poor sap can't really play in standard tuning, it would seem.
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*throws brick in window*

CRASH

The note tied around it reads, "'Moonchild' sucks!"
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Originally posted by proggy proggy wrote:

To all GG fanboys, this isn't even close......Fripp is God.....


If Fripp is God, Zappa is the God of God.
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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

Originally posted by proggy proggy wrote:

To all GG fanboys, this isn't even close......Fripp is God.....


If Fripp is God, Zappa is the God of God.


As much as I love KC and Fripp...

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Well I vote KC . I am pretty confident that "febus" would concur as well, can we punch in 2 votes for the King? 
 
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GG for me. I love both bands, but I prefer Gentle Giant for some reason i can't picture.
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Gentle Giant all the way. Their songs are far better and much more enjoyable.
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I am liteningto a lot more of GG than KC. But I'll Go with the Crimson King
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As much as I enjoy GG, the fact that KC is still alive, producing vital, important music 40 years later, seals the deal.
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Both are in my top 3 bands along with Univers Zero, so I'll throw in a vote for the underdog this time.
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I'll vote King Crimson because their early albums are really unique and atmospheric, and it's one of my most listened band, but I think that GG deserves the win here.
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KC for me.
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