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Fassbinder 
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Posted: June 21 2006 at 18:53 |
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Arsillus
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Posted: June 22 2006 at 22:33 |
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Purple! Heep never really struck my fancy...
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BilboBaggins
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Posted: June 24 2006 at 16:26 |
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With the greatest respect I think this poll is pretty pointless, as so many of them are! Deep Purple and Uriah Heep, certainly in the early seventies had moments when they would momentarily sound the same. By the end of any track you could tell which band was which and the genre they fitted into. Deep Purple were hard rock, Uriah Heep were definitely Progressive Rock by virtue of the mood and tempo changes, and the more complex structure of their tracks.
Please don't get me wrong, I adore 'Child In Time' as a classic piece of rock history and often play it on my show, but, The Magician's Birthday is much more progressive, not better, just more rooted in progressive rock.
I love both these bands but have voted Uriah Heep as they are on the whole more interesting and adventurous.
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Hiwatter
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Posted: July 01 2006 at 05:05 |
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Uriah Heep for me! I loved this band and i like them still. DP are too much rock n roll band for me, UH had better material and songwriting.
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Australian
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Posted: July 01 2006 at 07:22 |
I prefer Deep Purple  
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S Lang
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:48 |
Both bands are great. Heep with David Byron, Purple ever since especially with Steve Morse. There is no comparison,. but Purple seems to have more stamina.
GOD bless their good socks!
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NutterAlert
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 06:55 |
Uriah Heeps first album WAS a synthesis of Deep Purple/Vanilla Fudge that led to famous quote by a US critic that 'if this band make it I will shoot myself'. Must find out what happened to him.....
I think purple are the better band myself.
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Soul Dreamer
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Posted: July 14 2006 at 21:29 |
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Both (Heep&Purple) are icons of the early age of "hard" rock to me. I value them both. Heep is behind in the poll, so I vote for them.
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To be the one who seeks so I may find .. (Metallica)
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captainbeyond
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 11:30 |
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1) This poll has to be a joke. Right?
2) People protesting how many universes separate the two bands' music
must be joking, as well. No, the two bands are not carbon copies of
each other, but they are both predominantly early 70s-based heavy rock
bands with some greater or lesser "progressive" tendencies, featuring a
heavy organ presence and 'operatic' male vocalists. Spare me the
hand-wringing.
3) I think way too much is made of Heep's ostensible prog abilities.
Three-quarters of their songs during their peak years are very basic,
verging on meat-headed, and when they do try to venture into prog
realms, they usually aren't up to the compositional task. Byron's voice
is interesting, but ends up sounding more laughable than garndiose
because the compositions can't stand up to it. Heep seems to me the
definition of pretensiousness: a bar band trying to convince itself
that it can play Bach.
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NotAProghead
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 13:04 |
 Nakatira wrote:
...David Byron, he looked up to Rod Stewart and wanted to immitate him.
Its sad that he dident see that he was way more talented, and had a better voice.  |
I don't see any similarities between Byron and Rod Stewart.
From what I read about David Byron, I never saw Rod Stewart was mentioned as an inspiration for him.
David Byron was quite ambitious singer, I don't think he wanted to imitate anyone.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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Asyte2c00
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Posted: July 28 2006 at 17:59 |
A poll with one option, ha, Deep Purple
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Zoot Allures
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Posted: July 29 2006 at 15:22 |
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My vote is based on the first 6 Heep albums, but you gotta give Purple their props for what they've done and continue to do. I quite like the past couple of studio albums now that Morse is a permanent fixture in the group.
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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson
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Cristi
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Posted: August 08 2006 at 12:34 |
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Where is the "both" option? There's no competition here. I love both bands alike.
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szati
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Posted: August 08 2006 at 14:01 |
I cannot decide. Heep Purple or Uriah Deep? 
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DallasBryan
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 18:18 |
definitely Purple, Heep next tier down.
Machine Head and Burn are hard to beat for Hard Rock.
Heep's Stealin' is a great song and a classic!
Edited by DallasBryan - January 17 2007 at 18:19
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 22:40 |
Nakatira wrote:
...David Byron, he looked up to Rod Stewart and wanted to immitate him.
Its sad that he dident see that he was way more talented, and had a better voice. |
You must be joking Nakatira
DAVID BYRON ROD STEWART
Now in the voice:
Rod Stewart has a poor range, very low and very raspy, makes Peter Gabriel sound smooth and clear, flat with very few variations and no drama..
David Byron had one of the highest voices ijn the market, he could reach the range of Jon Anderson easilly and was absolutely smooth totally dramatic an theatric very versatile, the prototipe of a Metal vocalist.
There's absolutely no connection between the two.
Iván
Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 17 2007 at 23:17
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Chris H
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Posted: January 17 2007 at 22:44 |
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Beauty will save the world.
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Modrigue
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Posted: January 19 2007 at 18:44 |
I prefer Deep Purple
Ritchie Blackmore is a guitar hero and Jon Lord an incredible organ player.
The MK II and III made great long live epic songs with classical arrangements !
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ZowieZiggy
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 08:18 |
I voted Purple. It is one of the three bands wiht which I started my music addiction (in 1970).
The other two were Santana and Led Zep.
Heep came a little later (1974) for me. I have to say that during the first six years of their career, they procuded really good music but after that the kind of albumls they released was of no interest for me.
Purple, on the contrary, released several very good albums during their different Marks (as well as two or three crappy ones, I admit). Their commercial approach is also quite questionable (releasing an enourmous quantity of lives, compils etc (only equalled by Yes in this exercise) for the last fifteen years or so.
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