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miracle 
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 Posted: February 14 2009 at 23:36 |
I beleive Pink Floyd made one of the most beatiful and most durable voices in pop music history.
However, King Crimson is beyond most of the pop bands at their time. In Chinese, we call it "境界“. Which means somewhat "level/state", at that point, I beleive King Crimson is the better.
Both of their albums are my favorites but for PROG, I vote for King Crimson.
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Einsetumadur
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Posted: January 14 2009 at 09:17 |
 skedj wrote:
King Crimson is by far more "prog" and hence by far the better band. Fripp is one of the best rock guitarists ever- rivalling Steve Howe. To listen to the progression of KC's sound through the course of the seventies, from "The Court of the Crimson King" to "Red" is to listen to the full realization of a musical idea fueled by experimentation and stong conveyance of feeling. Pink floyd is still a sound band, but they're not even comparable with KC. Im really suprised that the poll is so close, it makes me think pink floyd is in the race because they're just more popular and recieve more air play not becasue they're the superior band. |
Pink Floyd are the band that is by far better in their taste for beauty and great sounds. King Crimson are very complicated and all the songs are nearly the total opposite of catchy music. Some people like the beauty more than the quirkyness, the others don't - and I think they have both the same multitude of fans in a prog forum. Let's be evil and say the reverse: It makes me think King Crimson is in the race because they please the prog fans with many many notes and strange rhythms and because they are told to be a "cult" band. 
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Lost Follower
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 16:38 |
skedj wrote:
King Crimson is by far more "prog" and hence by far the better band. |
Oh dear.
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skedj
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 15:51 |
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King Crimson is by far more "prog" and hence by far the better band. Fripp is one of the best rock guitarists ever- rivalling Steve Howe. To listen to the progression of KC's sound through the course of the seventies, from "The Court of the Crimson King" to "Red" is to listen to the full realization of a musical idea fueled by experimentation and stong conveyance of feeling. Pink floyd is still a sound band, but they're not even comparable with KC. Im really suprised that the poll is so close, it makes me think pink floyd is in the race because they're just more popular and recieve more air play not becasue they're the superior band.
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TheCaptain
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 10:29 |
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King Crimson. From In The Court Of The Crimson King to Red I could easily listen to all the songs on the albums. Then Discipline came and I had to skip a few songs, Beat made me skip a few more and 3 Of A Perfect Pair only has a couple songs I can/want to listen to. I never got into any of their stuff after the second reunion but that's plenty of high quality music.
As for Pink Floyd I never really got into them. Perhaps it's because I never gave them enough time but Animals was the only album that instantly grabbed me. I have DSOTM, WYWH, and The Wall and I know that in due time I'll give them a spin, but I have too much of a backlog of music to listen to and PF doesn't interest me right now.
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Einsetumadur
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Posted: January 13 2009 at 09:14 |
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Deus_Nova
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 21:30 |
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Floyd, by far... love KC as well, but i listen more to PF since a child
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 14:43 |
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I think I said I wouldn't vote somewhere in this thread, but I've changed my mind.
In the end I went with Floyd because I've listened to their whole catalog over and over again while I have to be "in the right mood" to throw on some Crimso.
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crimhead
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 13:14 |
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^ with what he said. KC also has a bigger catalog to draw from these days with all the stuff DGM is slowly putting out. I guess I can say that I am drawn to KC as well by the fact they will improvise music and not just give you a greatest hits concert.
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steve j
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Posted: January 12 2009 at 12:59 |
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I listen to more KC than Pink Floyd. So I voted for KC - simple really.
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Alitare
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Posted: January 11 2009 at 23:04 |
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Eh, I voted for Pink Floyd, only because I wanted to even it up. I enjoy them both so much, so in reality, I do not choose.I take them both equally, and as an overall addition to my musical enjoyment. Choosing bothers me, and I don't actually have to choose between them, so I don't see the need for a poll. I mean, if you wanted to get an overall look on their popularity based on the target audience for this particular site, look at their overall album ratings and compare. As such, I don't really see this poll as very important.
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fil karada
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 14:49 |
Peter wrote:
In all honesty, I think it's symptomatic of a rather child-like way to look at music. Perhaps it even points to a darker aspect of human nature: the lamentable tendency to reduce all human interaction and endeavor, even art, to competition -- to divide the world into only winners and losers.
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Well, I see this poll only as an oportunite to express our opinion and share it with all others, and it also has some statistic value. I dont know what were ths poster's objective but I think that if this was a competition, it would have "Who is better?" on the title.
Just my opinion
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fil karada
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 14:25 |
Sorry for double-posting. There was some sort of error. See my post below 
Edited by fil karada - January 07 2009 at 14:50
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Some people find joy in knowledge. Some people find joy in ignorance. Some people just enjoy music.
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tamijo
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 13:42 |
Voted KC, due to the lack of varriation in P production, compared with KC's
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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Malve87
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Posted: January 07 2009 at 12:50 |
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Man, this is really hard....anyway my vote goes to Pink Floyd ....
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Noak
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Posted: January 05 2009 at 17:23 |
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Both great bands, but King Crimson are slightly better.
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Q6
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Posted: January 05 2009 at 07:18 |
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I'm quite surprised that the vote is so evenly split.
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easytargets
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Posted: January 05 2009 at 06:28 |
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The water rushes over all
cities crash in the mighty wave;
the final man is very small,
plunging in for his final bathe
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Lost Follower
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Posted: January 03 2009 at 05:09 |
Bitterblogger wrote:
Reminds me of Fripp's announcement before a set in September, 1973: "We're not to be enjoyed. We're an intellectual band." Whereas Floyd wouldn't have addressed the crowd at all. |
I can only assume Fripp was being ironic after a particularly duff review or something. If he meant it, he deserves a slap, though I would imagine he'd be utterly red faced about it now.
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Lost Follower
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Posted: January 03 2009 at 05:05 |
Oh come on! I watched that Prog night on BBC4 last night and Fripp was 'Twiddly Deeing' like a goodun! It was a really funny show. That stuff all looks so bloody dated now. In fact it looked pretty dated by 1977 to be honest. LOADS od teiddly dee 
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