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Poll Question: Who do you prefer Pink Floyd or Mozart?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 14:04

I don't think Pink Floyd is better than other bands of their generation, for that I go with Mozart


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 13:34
Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

Pink Floyd.


New idea for an equally meaningful poll:

Which is better: VDGG or the punctuated equilibrium theory of evolution?


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 12:54
Floyd has two incredible albums under their belt: DSOTM and WYWH, and I simply worship both... but come on!!!

Mozart wins quite easily.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 12:06
Probably the stupidest poll I've seen here. Plus, Mozart is way overrated...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:48
Yes, this is certainly one of those "apples to oranges" comparisons.......or rather "apples to jackhammers" maybe.  There is simply no comparison, no common ground outside of the fact that both created music in some fashion.

However, if we're talking personal preference, I suppose I'd go with Floyd simply because I don't listen to classical all that often (and I enjoy other composers more than Mozart for the most part).  If we're talking about who has contributed more to music, Mozart would win without any room for argument.  If we're talking about which is better, which is a completely subjective notion, I'd go with Mozart.

Silly poll.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:45
Are you mad or what? What is this kind of sick cultural relativism? Pink Floyd VS. Mozart? Seriously, how can one discuss a rock band over one of the most important composer of European culture?

I absolutely agree with you.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 11:15
Are you mad or what? What is this kind of sick cultural relativism? Pink Floyd VS. Mozart? Seriously, how can one discuss a rock band over one of the most important composer of European culture?
What is next? "Do you prefer the "Watchmen" or the "Eneide"? "Bill Paterson or Michelangelo"?

I could understand a poll opposing Mozart to Haydn, Beethoven to Schubert or other composers. But this poll is arguably one of the most debatable thing I ever read on this forum. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 09:55
i am floyd fan, so pick  Pink Floyd  easily with no hesistations.. mozart is ok, but Floyd man.. 

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 09:37
Pink Floyd.


New idea for an equally meaningful poll:

Which is better: VDGG or the punctuated equilibrium theory of evolution?


Edited by stonebeard - March 19 2009 at 09:37
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 09:29
Originally posted by fuxi fuxi wrote:

Mozart "poppy"? Have you tried the Requiem, his mature piano concertos or LE NOZZE DI FIGARO? Sure, I enjoy the Floyd, but they don't even come CLOSE.
 
I've heard loads of symphonies and concertos by Mozart, and I stick to what I said.  I can't profess to having heard everything by Mozart, after all to say he was prodigious is putting it mildly!!  I think what I said is accurate though.  My mother played Beethoven, Mozart, Rachmaninov and Tchaikovsky all the time when I was a child, so I think I've heard enough to be fully entitled to my opinion. 
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 09:20
Mozart "poppy"? Have you tried the Requiem, his mature piano concertos or LE NOZZE DI FIGARO? Sure, I enjoy the Floyd, but they don't even come CLOSE.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 08:37
I don't really like Mozart. Love Beethoven, Rachmaninov, Liszt, Stravinsky etc.

Don't like Mozart.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 08:19
I prefer to listen to Pink Floyd, rather Mozart! I just don't listen to classical music in that part of my life and I don't understand it enough well.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 08:14
Mozart was without a doubt the greater musical mind, but given the century in which I live, I can find more common ground with PF ...I think I'm still gonna go with Mozart on this one...
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 08:03
Whilst Mozart was undoubtedly a child genius, and I can see his music is very popular, his style of classical is much too "poppy" for my taste.  Give me the emotion of Rachmaninov or the depth of Bruckner any day.
 
On the other hand, Floyd have always been one of my favourite bands, so I'll vote Floyd.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 07:58
I don't like Pink Floyd, but I really do not like Mozart. So I chose FloydTongue


Edited by unclemeat69 - March 19 2009 at 07:58
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 06:51
Floyd for me to, but I am sure that in 200 years time both will still be listened to as different sub genres of "classical" music.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 06:48
Floyd for me.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 05:50
Neither are my favourites (both have fantastic moments!), but considering this desert island matter, I'd go for Mozart.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 19 2009 at 05:26
Originally posted by Octavian Octavian wrote:

I'd rather listen to Mozart over Pink Floyd.


Same here, If Pink Floyd is playing, I won't change the song but given the choice, I'd listen to Mozart.
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