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Originally posted by Evolutionary_Sleeper Evolutionary_Sleeper wrote:

Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

ZAPPA!(Frank)

EDIT: Oh! Reasons!....

- Huge Discography
- A Wide Variety of Genres, All Performed Very Well
- The Best Composer of All!! Tongue


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As I can't get enough of Jethro Tull, and it's been that way for years (decades, actually) without letting up, I'd have to go with them.
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If I'm stuck with only one band, it'd be Yes, but let me have the whole discography.
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Can't decide between Rush and Henry Cow!

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Thought on several choices but i think i would choose:
King Crimson
Simply because i cannot get enough of their music, no matter their different eras

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Jethro Tull...and then the obligatory Jimmy BuffettApprove

1. Ian Anderson (can never get enough of his acoustic strummings)
2. Martin Barre (versatility 101)
3. Stand Up (I can listen to this album all day)
 
Well, Tull has one of the deepest catalouges when looking at other contemporaries; I could feast on Stand Up through Thick As a Brick. If there is one complaint is Ian was at times overproductive and the material was lacking on a few albums. But there are so many moments that are truly remarkable. Stand Up is a prime example styles with everything from eastern, jazz, classical, blues to folk influences.
 

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Originally posted by cacho cacho wrote:

ZAPPA!(Frank)

EDIT: Oh! Reasons!....

- Huge Discography
- A Wide Variety of Genres, All Performed Very Well
- The Best Composer of All!! Tongue


Clap Same here. :3
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Hmm...Tool?
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Grateful Dead Discography.  Seing as they've had hundreds of concerts released, not to mention that I would never get bored of it in the least bit.  Caravan was almost my choice, as it's another band I could listen to endlessly and not get bored of.
 
Theres bands I probably like more than both, but I wouldn't get bored of either.
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Well, sorry for the non-prog answer, but Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds...
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ZAPPA!(Frank)

EDIT: Oh! Reasons!....

- Huge Discography
- A Wide Variety of Genres, All Performed Very Well
- The Best Composer of All!! Tongue

Edited by cacho - March 08 2009 at 15:15
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Probably Van der Graaf Generator, though I'd really miss King Crimson and Hammill's solo albums. More important, though, I would like to have a guitar or would at least built something similar to that.

Reasons? All moods I am interested in, good musicianship, enough weirdness, discography long enough to not get bored.
And the only band I'd really miss would be Tull, but I guess I could play similar on an acoustic guitar.


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If stuck on an island, I would probably choose to listen to the complete works of Joseph Haydn. Check it out: the man wrote more than a hundred symphonies (more than half of which are superb), many dozens of sublime string quartets, some beautiful sonatas and concertos, a couple of gorgeous oratorios - and his operas aren't bad either. They'd keep you busy for months!

Although I probably love Mozart just as much, Mozart's music is just a tad too emotionally intense and too city-like. It would soon make me miss the bright lights, and the streets full of people. Haydn is earthier; perfectly suited to island life.

It goes without saying that no contemporary rock act even comes CLOSE. Sure, I could spend happy island mornings with the Soft Machine, Jethro Tull or Zappa, but after a couple of days such acts would inevitably start to pall.
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sorry guys , but if i stuck in a desert island i would choose to have this
 
 
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would have to be Led Zep for me Big smile

 
--huge discography -    not the biggest but could include all the Plant and Page albums?

--wide array of moods  - slow sad Blues, lively hard Rock,  earthy mystical Folk.

--many albums that would fit the island setting well - and to hear them as loud as i like!  LOL
 

seriously folks, i have been listening to these albums for 40 years and still find new details i missed, and get such a buzz from them - i guess i will never finish listening to them.
 


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Points: 25210 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2009 at 04:29
Beer and good pizza is more important than choosing one band IMO.
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Points: 28057 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 08 2009 at 03:43
--The one band you would choose to listen to, while being stuck on an island indefinitely (with good headphones and infinite batteries...)

Reasons too.Wink

For me: Tangerine dream

--huge discography
--wide array of moods
--many albums that would fit the island setting well
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