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Frederik 
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Joined: June 19 2011 Location: Portugal Status: Offline Points: 50 |
 Posted: June 23 2011 at 18:23 |
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I don't know, they are pretty average with moments of PURE GENIOUS - Tarkus is one of my favourite songs and I also love Karn Evil 9, Trilogy, Hoedown, and a couple of others ^_^
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Icarium
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 18:14 |
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of the "classic " prog bands ELP and Renaissance seem like the two least popular among the 8 or 9 most famous prog groups of the so called classic groups)
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MattGuitat
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Joined: March 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 339 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 18:07 |
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Yea, but people appreciate Dream Theater's masterpieces, while ELP's masterpiece, Brain Salad Surgery, isn't even on the top 100 Prog albums list!
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Catcher10
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 16:13 |
Boy I remember that thread......wow! The Hate Runneth'over...
And on topic about ELP..... Seems like everyone feels it is due to their bombastic approach to music. I do agree lyrically they were lacking substance...but on the flipside they seemed to be having a lot of fun. I am neutral with ELP, I don't listen to them much. Edited by Catcher10 - June 23 2011 at 16:18 |
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Slaughternalia
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Joined: February 17 2011 Status: Offline Points: 901 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 16:03 |
Dream theater's fan base are an army or raging fanboys who think that they can do no wrong, and make up for any hate they get
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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ExittheLemming
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:59 |
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I'd say Dream Theater probably stir up more polarised opinion than ELP
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Andy Webb
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:51 |
lol
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Andy Webb
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:50 |
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topographicbroadways
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Joined: May 20 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 5575 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:47 |
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Actually by PA standards the most hated 'Prog' band is METALLICA!!!
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Andy Webb
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:44 |
they're so hated, I've never even heard of them!
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CCVP
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Joined: September 15 2007 Location: Vitória, Brasil Status: Offline Points: 7971 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:37 |
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Not actually, the most hated band is Torman Maxt.
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richardh
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:32 |
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Lovely to see the revival of a classic thread that comes about every so often. I started my own version 'Why does everyone hate ELP?' about 6 years ago.
ELP were bombastic and at times came across as arrogant. They also dared to enjoy themselves which may actually be a crime.Lyrically they were a long way behind the likes of Floyd and Genesis as well as several others and musically not as strong perhaps as Gentle Giant or Yes. To many they served a purpose by helping to raise the profile of prog and should have got out when the going was good (about 1974) and left it to those who were better at it. To be fair though there have been quite a lot of positive comments about their High Voltage performance from people who don't especially like them. I suspect there has been some softening of attitiude towards them over time. Or perhaps thats because they are now more or less finished?!
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topographicbroadways
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:32 |
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Nope
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Slaughternalia
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:24 |
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It's because they were overtly pretentious and excessive, even more so than the other big prog acts. I think they're awesome though. Tarkus (song) is a masterpiece. So is The Endless Enigma+Fugue
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I'm so mad that you enjoy a certain combination of noises that I don't
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MattGuitat
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Posted: June 23 2011 at 15:20 |
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Personally, I love ELP, but they seem to get a really bad rep. Why is this? I know they were inconsistent, but when they shone, the really shone. They were one of the top bands in the world, nearly tied with Zeppelin at the end of 1974. But why does everyone give them a bad rep?
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