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Arsihsis 
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Posted: February 21 2009 at 16:26 |
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 23:30 |
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Dun EASILY. Though Happy Family aren't slouches themselves.
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 23:26 |
 Logan wrote:
Pnoom! wrote:
I'm actually listening to Happy Family now, and it's only solidifying that it's Dun. Happy Family are great, but Toscco is simply too long to achieve its full potential.
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I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer Happy Family's debut to Toscco.
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I prefer this one by a tiny margin as well. Both are great, IMO.
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 22:15 |
Logan wrote:
Pnoom! wrote:
I'm actually listening to Happy Family now, and it's only solidifying that it's Dun. Happy Family are great, but Toscco is simply too long to achieve its full potential.
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I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer Happy Family's debut to Toscco.
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I still need to check that one out. AMG rates it just as highly as Toscco (both are ****1/2), so it's definitely high on my want list.
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Logan
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 20:23 |
Pnoom! wrote:
I'm actually listening to Happy Family now, and it's only solidifying that it's Dun. Happy Family are great, but Toscco is simply too long to achieve its full potential.
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I seem to be in the minority, but I prefer Happy Family's debut to Toscco.
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Pnoom!
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 20:16 |
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I'm actually listening to Happy Family now, and it's only solidifying that it's Dun. Happy Family are great, but Toscco is simply too long to achieve its full potential.
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 20:00 |
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and right now, Happy Family for me
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 18:15 |
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Dun for me.
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Posted: February 20 2009 at 17:37 |
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Two of my favorite Zeuhl/Avant-prog bands.
Dun's only album has been a really important influence/inspiration in the development of newer forms of Zeuhl, like Bondage Fruit, the same Happy Family and Koenjihyakkei of course, so, this comes very close, but taking into consideration both great HF albums (from which I can't choose), and speaking strictly in musical output terms, I'll vote for them.
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 17:45 |
Dun, by quite a wide margin. Eros is a minor masterpiece.
There are lots of good things about Happy Family, but for me the whole is slightly less than the sum of the parts - as others have pointed out, there are many better exponents of Zeuhl/avant prog on the Japanese scene.
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 13:27 |
birdwithteeth11 wrote:
This poll just makes me wish that I had some Happy Family that much more.
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Same here  can't vote.
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Posted: October 29 2008 at 13:24 |
I only have Tosco so I compare this one with Eros and for me HF are more to my taste.
I agree that both albums are quite far from regulae zeuhl and avant-garde seems more apropriate.
Both albums are not easylistening and in a way have some common sound so it's realy a fair comparison.
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 19:38 |
Bj-1 wrote:
Two excellent bands, although I feel both are more Avant-Prog than Zeuhl overall. Happy Family's debut does have it's Zeuhl-ish moments (as well as being very heavy), but definitely not as prominent as on a Koenjihyakkei album for example. Anyways, I like Happy Family most of these two (mostly because of the masterpiece Toscco) but Dün are incredible as well! |
Yeah, they sound more like Avant-Prog than Zeuhl... I was gonna title this poll as a Avant-Prog Face Off but since Dün and Happy Family are under the zeuhl section of the website, I just decided to putthis as a Zeuhl poll though I do agree that Avant-Prog would be a better way to describe their music. Also for those of you who didn't notice, I voted for Dün because they're incredible and I got used to their music right away and found them to be such an amazing band. Happy Family is an also amazing band but it took me a bit longer to get used to their music.. for some reason. But I like them both...
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horsewithteeth11
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 19:36 |
This poll just makes me wish that I had some Happy Family that much more.
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 19:00 |
Two excellent bands, although I feel both are more Avant-Prog than Zeuhl overall. Happy Family's debut does have it's Zeuhl-ish moments (as well as being very heavy), but definitely not as prominent as on a Koenjihyakkei album for example. Anyways, I like Happy Family most of these two (mostly because of the masterpiece Toscco) but Dün are incredible as well!
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 11:42 |
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Never really got into Happy Family, but I enjoy Dün.
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Posted: October 28 2008 at 02:57 |
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My preference really depends on my mood; if I want something more spontaneous and improvised, I'll go for Dün, and if I want something more consise, I'll go for Happy Family. So, it mostly comes down to preferring two great albums over one. Happy Family it is.
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Posted: October 27 2008 at 23:56 |
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I have not had the opportunity to hear Dun, so maybe a vote for HF wouldn't be fair. But I really dig HF.
And regarding comparisons to Bondage Fruit and Koenjihyakkei, they are all different bands for different moods. Love them all.
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Posted: October 27 2008 at 22:35 |
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I certainly respect and enjoy DUN's music,but for my taste HAPPY FAMILY wins fairly easily.
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Posted: October 27 2008 at 21:39 |
WHile this sounds cliche, it really is a case of whichever one I'm listening to at the moment. For some reason these bands are so out there that I associate them together, this poll implies that I was not far off in comparing them it seems.
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