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Yorkie X
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Topic: Floyd "The Wall vs Tull's "Thick as a brick" Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:14 |
Sorry to have to do this to you , really its not an easy poll there are many factors involved here, at least for me there is .. lets me think ... floyd the wall 9/10 / thick as a brick 9.5 out of ten but its shorter much shorter
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:16 |
I promise you this is not going to be an even poll.
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Yorkie X
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:18 |
Shakespeare wrote:
I promise you this is not going to be an even poll.
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Floyd has such a huge fan base .. I think it will be a contest
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:20 |
That's very true, but the number of people who dislike The Wall are way more numerous than those who dislike TaaB. Just look at the Top 100, and see which is higher - that's often how polls like this turn out (but not always).
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:28 |
Love both of them, TAAB is significantly better though. More varied, more progressive, more original, plus I respect the cohesive composition more than the single tracks.
Five stars > 4.5 stars, but both great.
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sircosick
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:34 |
Do you think is really there a contest? Both are equally great bands, no doubt, but you're comparing Tull's best and Floyd's third or fourth place in their top 5 albums. So, no contest. TAAB.
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:54 |
Wow. That's a lotta swearing mixed with strong opinions.
I'd like to point out that when I was in 7th or 8th grade I did a 10 minute speech on Thick as a Brick, and proudly proclaimed it was my favourite album of all time at the end. I think you're unfairly generalizing things, andyouandI7thgradeprejudice.
EDIT: Did you have some bad experience in the 7th grade? Or in camp during the 7th grade?
FURTHER EDIT: The thread I was replying to has vanished because of abuse, it seems, so ignore this response.
Edited by Shakespeare - August 10 2007 at 17:50
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febus
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:00 |
THE WALL 6 STARS
TAAB 4 stars
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Finnforest
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:05 |
Right On Febus. The Wall by miles over TAAB. 
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:13 |
Used to like The Wall a lot and TAAB not so much. Been on sort of a JT marathon lately. Liking TAAB more than I did before. So TAAB it is.
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FranMuzak
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:26 |
I like both albums a lot but i gave my vote to The Wall because it was the one to get me into Floyd and Prog in general, so remains one of my all time favourites (i think i was in 7th grade(lol). And do you think somebody who talks like andYouandI45 is over 7th grade?
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:39 |
As much as I disagree with Floyd being progressive, Iwill vote for the wall, I grew up on that one!
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:40 |
schizoid_man77 wrote:
As much as I disagree with Floyd being progressive, Iwill vote for the wall, I grew up on that one! |
This is a good way to grow up!!  
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:20 |
I consider The Wall as the best album ever recorded. So there's no contest for me, even when I love TAAB.
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febus
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:23 |
eddietrooper wrote:
I consider The Wall as the best album ever recorded. So there's no contest for me, even when I love TAAB.
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You're a man of good taste 
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moreitsythanyou
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:36 |
No album beats Thick as a Brick
And frankly, The Wall doesn't even come close
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:14 |
Few albums beat The Wall
And frankly, Thick as a Brick doesn't even come close. 
My god, I'll never understand this Tull fixation that affects people...
Edited by bluetailfly - August 10 2007 at 15:30
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Shakespeare
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:19 |
No album beats Hybris. And frankly, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven comes very close.
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Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:46 |
Well, how do you build a wall? With bricks... But in the end, what's what you're seeing and what you're counting on? The Wall, not the individual brick, no matter how thick it may be...
As inferred from that, The Wall
Edited by The T - August 10 2007 at 15:55
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