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Poll Question: Which artist is the strongest (whether absolutely or relatively)?
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6 [9.09%]
19 [28.79%]
2 [3.03%]
13 [19.70%]
6 [9.09%]
2 [3.03%]
3 [4.55%]
1 [1.52%]
8 [12.12%]
4 [6.06%]
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^ He did fire Martin Barre.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Ian Anderson is Jethro Tull and God help anyone who disagrees with him.
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I never thought of Zappa as a person who was forcing him self too much on the rest of the band, but I could be wrong.
On the other hand I read several interviews with KC's members stating Fripp is kind of an impossible dick. That's the reason so many musicians have passed through King Crimson, and in 1975 when Fripp decided it's all over, that was it until he decided differently.
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Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?

Talking about Jon in the 70's ---I have read many accounts of how he pulled the strings in the group and pushed to remove members and bring in other's--Bill Bruford has some stories in his bio. I have an old collection of Melody Makers and He said in an interview in Melody Maker that members must, "pee or get off the pot" Smile
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Ian Anderson becasue there is no Jethro Tull without him - and he has no problems writing liner notes to the albums and making appearances on exclusive youtube interviews. And he writes articles too in prog mags.

Special mention to Hammill and Zappa who made an indelible mark on prog rock, impossible to ignore.
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Ian Anderson by a very wide margin!!
A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?
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^ Eh?
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I think strongest personality has to go to Uncle Frank although my personal favorite would be Ian Anderson.  I don't think I would have gotten along well with Zappa, but I think I could have a good conversation with Ian about a number of things including possibly the size of our flutes (I would love to show him my Native American cedar flute).
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 17:17
Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
How's that? I thought it was Roger who put the "dick" in the "dicktator".
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 17:09
Now that I'm reading the title of the thread carefully, I'm definitely gonna take more time to think about it.

Now, how did Ian get four votes? Who started all this talk of whether or not the size of the flute matters? Does that constitute a great personality?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - December 20 2012 at 17:11
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Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
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Fripp 
Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Zappa. 
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Fripp or Zappa.
 
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Fripp.

But Wilson had no votes, so I gave one to him.
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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 16:07
Zappa is simply one of the biggest personalities in rock music in general
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 15:53
Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:


Vander's my favorite, but I think the "strongest personality" in the sense of egomaniacal control over the music would have to be Frankie Zappa, or possibly his wife.





Quoted for truth, although I'd like to vote for Miles Davis, but somehow that wouldn't be fair even if he is on PA...
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Points: 1509 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 15:48
Right now, Fripp or Hammill.
Since Hammill has less votes, I'll help him climb.
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 15:20
Can't vote till I hear Morse and Driver.
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I think Fripp, but Waters and Anderson are very close, can you imagine them in the same band with Emerson keyboardist?
Why are you even asking when there are too many egos in the same group?

Edited by Dayvenkirq - December 20 2012 at 15:23
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