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Moogtron III ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
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Even though I'm quite fond of the first two Roxy albums: Abbey Road is quite another level indeed.
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Ivan_Melgar_M ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 27 2004 Location: Peru Status: Offline Points: 19557 |
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Abbey Road alone is more transcendentyal than all Roxy Music career
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The Bearded Bard ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 24 2012 Location: Behind the Sun Status: Offline Points: 12859 |
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Les Beatles
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Federico95 ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() ![]() Joined: September 05 2012 Location: Taranto, Italy Status: Offline Points: 87 |
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The Beatles. But the latest Roxy Music (especially the album Avalon) had a class that can't be compared to anything else.
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Moogtron III ![]() Prog Reviewer ![]() ![]() Joined: April 26 2005 Location: Belgium Status: Offline Points: 10616 |
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Los Beatlos
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Pelata ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: January 04 2010 Location: NC-USA Status: Offline Points: 364 |
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The Beatles.
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NYSPORTSFAN ![]() Forum Groupie ![]() Joined: January 07 2012 Status: Offline Points: 64 |
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IMO it's very hard to compare bands from different time periods the only thing I could say is Brian Eno will tell you the Beatles influenced him the disorienting blur of tape loops, backward tapes, ambient passages and bizarre vocal effects that the Beatles did was a major source of influence on him.
The Beatles experimented in just about every way possible — phased vocals ("And Your Bird Can Sing"), dreamlike guitars running in reverse ("I'm Only Sleeping"), the wild abuse of tape loops ("Tomorrow Never Knows") the songwriting was as strong as it had ever been. Its dissonance was modern, and the wake it's left is audible in everything Animal Collective has achieved.
The Beatles were not a mere "pop" band. Only a real simpleton
would make THAT charge. Nor did they compose a lot love songs (some of the not
as a group ). Some of their songs, in fact, were actually quite radical,
sophisticated and even weird (for their time period) both musically and
thematically,.. namely songs like "Tomorrow Never Knows", 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds ( L.S.D. ),
Strawberry Fields, and I Am the Walrus ( as a few examples ).
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AimoKankkunen ![]() Forum Newbie ![]() ![]() Joined: July 24 2009 Location: Finland Status: Offline Points: 7 |
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I share Your sentiments that any band can be put against each other ..but Beatles against Roxy Music
![]() But i still wouldnt put against Beethovens 5th with full symphony orchestra against version made with harmonica.. same song but somehow the harmonica version is going to lose
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Green Shield Stamp ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: February 17 2009 Location: Telford, UK Status: Offline Points: 933 |
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Much as I love Roxy Music, they don't belong in the same poll as the Beatles. I suspect that there is hardly a musician alive today who hasn't been influenced in some way by the Beatles. The same cannot be said of Roxy Music.
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DiamondDog ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 15 2011 Location: Cambridge Status: Offline Points: 320 |
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This poll proves yet again that the vast majority of punters can't differentiate between personal taste and artistic quality. You can (and indeed have the absolute right) to love something that is artistically awful. You can loathe something that is artistically marvelous. It's not knowing one from the other that devalues genuine criticism.
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Icarium ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() VIP Member Joined: March 21 2008 Location: Tigerstaden Status: Offline Points: 34055 |
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Im not saying that All Music guide is a bible or anything but their list of bands influenced by is quite good and very accurate and also the list of bands who is supposedly influenced by Roxy Music is this long
the list of bands who have influenced Roxy includes the Beatles which i have never stated differently, the Beatles is humongesly infuentual also, but never doubt the power Roxys music have been to other rock music groopes, the hoe New Wave scene is in some way or another, influenced by Roxy, and New Romanitcs music |
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Kashmir75 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: June 25 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1029 |
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Pink Floyd? Led Zeppelin? I'd argue they have had more influence on popular music than Roxy.
Anyway, the Beatles win this, clearly. Nothing against Roxy, but there are few bands that can stand head to head with the Beatles and walk away alive.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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gr8dane ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() Joined: May 11 2005 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 1127 |
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Never owned a Beatles album.
Can understand there are more people preferring them, though I ain't one of them. Roxy for me.
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Shake & bake.
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Eria Tarka ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: December 17 2011 Location: BC, Canada Status: Offline Points: 5856 |
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Beatles.. really no contest for me.
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Dayvenkirq ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
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Check out the lounge the general topic of which fits the topic of your to-be thread and click on "New Thread".
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thellama73 ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: May 29 2006 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 8368 |
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I like Roxy Music's first two albums a lot, but come on, it;s the Beatles.
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The Jester ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 13 2012 Location: Athens Greece Status: Offline Points: 698 |
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Anyone knows how can I start a topic here, and put a poll?
Because it seems I can't... |
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The Doctor ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 23 2005 Location: The Tardis Status: Offline Points: 8543 |
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I love Roxy Music. But, uh, still, The Beatles.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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The Jester ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 13 2012 Location: Athens Greece Status: Offline Points: 698 |
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I will not say that is silly etc...
Nothing is silly. You put two bands for voting. No harm at all! But it is kind of unfair for Roxy IMHO. Is a band I really like, (especially the first 4-5 albums), but against the Beatles? Impossible! I will vote for the Beatles of course, but I'm saying again it's a bit unffair... But you gave me a nice idea, and I will set right now 2(!) new polls. IMHO they will make more sense... |
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Dayvenkirq ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: May 25 2011 Location: Los Angeles, CA Status: Offline Points: 10970 |
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Let's get something straight: this poll wasn't made for you. Obviously, there are some people who would take Roxy Music over The Beatles. This isn't a matter of fairness.
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