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Vibrationbaby 
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 11:14 |
My vote goes to King Crimson with Grobshnitt running in at a close second.
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asuma
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 11:21 |
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i have not seen all, or any, of the bands on that list. so i won't vote.
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*Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.*
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 11:22 |
Out of that lot I've only seen Rush, so I'll have to vote for them. The other proggies I've seen are not on your list.
Rush were excellent anyway, as were Pink Floyd, It Bites, Hawkwind..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Petra
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 11:29 |
Oh well.. the only of those bands ive seen recently was Jethro Tull but it still wasn't as memorable as seeing Rush many many years ago.
Maria Carey?! I think i may have missed something there..
Oh BTW i saw Hawkwind a couple of months ago and they were absolutely brilliant!
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Don't hate me
I'm not special like you
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threefates
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 13:16 |
Where's the "other" button....
Best live bands I've ever seen where.. .ELP and Pink Floyd... no one could outdo either of them on stage....
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THIS IS ELP
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Velvetclown
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 13:30 |
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Jethro Tull and Gentle Giant.
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greenback
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 14:18 |
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Saga!
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Joren
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 14:23 |
Why does everybody always forget ZAPPA's band?! 
His bands were always TIGHT and they PRACTICED very much, so they all new what was GOING ON. YOU KNOW!  I am reading The Real Frank Zappa book at the moment and FZ had all kinds of signals and then the band started playing in a "Metal"-way or SKA. And of course his compositions were very complex.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: August 24 2004 at 14:24 |
In the words of the wise old man (well Fragile anyway  ), "playing live, Yes have no equals".
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artbass
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 09:13 |
Well, actually seen none of them. Grobschnitt are said to have been one of the live bands ever - but I'm to young to have seen them (just a short concert on TV, which was quite good).
Focus (the new one) are a cool life band, and the Steve Hackett band is quite good as well.
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she feels wind around her
she feels a warming sun
she feels some raindrops wet her leaves
since that time she lost her griefs
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 09:17 |
 Petra wrote:
Oh well.. the only of those bands ive seen recently was Jethro Tull but it still wasn't as memorable as seeing Rush many many years ago.
Maria Carey?! I think i may have missed something there..
Oh BTW i saw Hawkwind a couple of months ago and they were absolutely brilliant!
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Its good to see the Hawks still going, and actually getting better. Well, better than they were ten years back or so. If someone had told me, back in the 80's, that they'd still be going in 2004,I would have laughed. They looked at deaths door then!
Only seen them twice and with the same line up. It was good tight line up, but not their most varied in terms of sound. They were pretty metal at the time, but very good nonetheless. I would imagine they're better nowadays.
I've got tickets for Rush next month. Its their 30th anniversary and they are apparently doing 3+hour long shows
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 09:25 |
Once I watched 'Rush in Rio', I had no doubt about who are and always have been the most explosive prog live act. Not that others were useless or numb, which they weren't, but Rush... well... they're almost as old as other prog veterans such as the Andersons, Emerson, Howe, Fripp, Collins,... and you can tell the Lee/Lifeson/Peart combo steals the limelight (without intending to live in it, as the Moving Pictures song no. 4 states...)
Regards.
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Blacksword
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 09:56 |
That sums up Rush Cesar 
They look after themelves physically and mentally and continue to challenge themselves and each other musically in their writing. Thats why they've never lost it IMO.
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 13:21 |
OK then... but if I had been given the chance to give three votes instead of just one, I would have included GG and JT - even though Ian Anderson's voice is now very lost, and he can't jump that frantically due to old age, he and the rest of the band still rock on stage.
And GG... well, the legacy of GG's live performances has a spectacular greatness that still shakes me 25 years after - that combination of skill, humour and inventiveness has to be seen to be believed (it's already unbelievable when only heard!!). Somehow the found the "formula" to be pretentious without getting over-pretentious and applied it.
No discrimination intended for Yes, ELP, KC or PF... it's just that I prefer these three acts better!
Regards.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 14:34 |
Looks like the poll's been "nobbled" by the Rush fans, they're even ahead of MC!!
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threefates
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 14:39 |
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I didn't even know there were that many Rush fans...
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THIS IS ELP
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 15:02 |
King Crimson are truly impressive on stage. My vote goes to them.
However, today I listened to IQ's 'Forever live' and it blew me away, nice performance by these guys and last year I saw them live in Paris and they were still on top form.
A.C.T. is also a pretty good live band.
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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The Prognaut
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 16:33 |
GROBSCHNITT!!!
(BTW, who's the crazy son of a gun who casted 124 votes to RUSH???  Rush sux live!!! I think we've alredy gone through that issue redarding the Canadian band...)
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 16:35 |
Yes, IQ rule on stage, too. Peter Nicholls is, IMHO, the most charismatic prog vocalist of the last 20 years.
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The Prognaut
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Posted: August 25 2004 at 16:37 |
threefates wrote:
I didn't even know there were that many Rush fans... |
Maybe worldwide!!!!
And yes! Where is Pink Floyd!? I attended to both concerts in Mexico City during the "Division Bell" tour in 1994 and they kicked ass! What a performance!
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break the circle
reset my head
wake the sleepwalker
and i'll wake the dead
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