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Poll Question: Which Do you Like More?
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    Posted: December 24 2005 at 10:40

These two have been going back and forth which is better?

Thick by far for me
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Dark side is one of my all time favs but i'm REALLY getting into thick as a brick, got it the other day and i've listened to it about ten times, i'm listening to it now!!!!!!!!!!!
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Haven't listened to Thick As A Brick...maybe in 2006...
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Both truly great albums, but Dark Side is better.  I prefer Gilmour and Water's vocals to Ian Anderson's.  Also, Thick as a Brick can be too repetitive at points.  It also may help that Floyd is one of my all time favorite bands.  Still, they are both classic albums and masterpieces.
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Im not gonna vote coz I like both, Dark side for the way it was created and how it opened up and created new techniques in the creation of albums that are now nothing new in todays recodeing of albums and Thick simply because it rips the piss out prog and the genres generally large and expansive ego. 

Another way is like this:

Dark side is like BBC news: High brow and now a national institution

Thick is like Dead Ringers: Funny, truthful, 'mockery is the best form of flattery.'
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Thick as a brick, but only because Im enjoying it more theese days and I rank most of the other Pink albums higher than The Dark Side.

What's yer faovrite album? =^_^=
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Dark side.. would be hellovalot harder to choose between in the court of and dark side tough!

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Thick as a Brick, as it was my introduction to prog.
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Thick as a Brick.
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Definitely Thick As A Brick. I've allways prefered Tull to Floyd. For one thing, I'm a drummer and I think Barriemore Barlow chops Nick Mason to pieces.
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Originally posted by Someo Therguy Someo Therguy wrote:

Definitely Thick As A Brick. I've allways prefered Tull to Floyd. For one thing, I'm a drummer and I think Barriemore Barlow chops Nick Mason to pieces.

I STILL haven't voted. but thers one point in taab when i couldn't believe the drumming, it was so fast!

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For God's sake a Prog/Folk poetic album against a Space Prog atmospheric one?????

Why don't you compare King Crimson with Renaissance?

There's no connection and no way to compare both, totally and absolute different conceptions of music.

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Well they are very different! and thats why it makes sense to ask the question! what would be the point in asking the same question about two records that are basically the same!!! not much.

plus these two are always fighting for third place in the poll
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Thick gets a little to boring sometimes due to the repetition as already mentioned above. Darkside is much more comfortable to listen to for me, and I like the "sad, dark", (pun intended), lyrics better than Ian's. I think Darkside is more dynamic also.

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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2005 at 16:51

Thick as a brick is miles ahead. Dark side of the room shouldn't even been mentioned next to a complex masterpiece such as Thick as a brick. Dark side is so overrated. It only has 3 strong tunes, the first 3 tracks on the album.
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^Get some ears, and a brain.

You should know that for many like myself, complexity doesn't matter at all when it comes to what moves you, that's all that matters in music, if it moves you, not if it takes a Mozart to write. I feel happier when listening to DSOTM, I feel bored when listening to TAAB. That's how I came to my choice.



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Both incredible albums

But i choose Darkside


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Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 24 2005 at 17:01
I can't stand the great gig in the sky or Any colour you like. They must come 1000th on my all time fave prog instrumental ratings lol. Money is a pop song. Just like the song Wish you were here. A pub pop song

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Why it is necessary to compare such different works?



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Originally posted by gentletull gentletull wrote:

I can't stand the great gig in the sky or Any colour you like. They must come 1000th on my all time fave prog instrumental ratings lol. Money is a pop song. Just like the song Wish you were here. A pub pop song

Pop is bad your saying? Even if it is good the fact that something's pop means it is terrible?

I don't think any of the songs are pop, even though they were popular, and I like the instrumentals Great gig and Any colour you Like, both are enjoyable for me. Great Gig is the best song on the album IMO. Richard Wright's best song ever. I still stand by my statement that this album is more dynamic than TAAB, and that is enough for me to like it more.
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