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Topic ClosedSymphonic vs Eclectic.
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Poll Question: So which trio of bands do you prefer?
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1. King Crimson 3
1. Genesis 3
3. Van der Graaf Generator 4
4. Yes 3
5. Gentle Giant 2
6. ELP 1

Eclectic: 9
Symphonic: 7

I had a two way tie for first, but eclectic still won.
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Eclectic for me since quite some time.

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I can definitely call myself a sympho-nympho here, although I do like King Crimson (a lot) and Gentle Giant.  I have yet to aquire the taste for Van der Graaf Generator.
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Ehh, let me think..........................SYMPHONIC
 
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1. King Crimson
2. Gentle Giant
3. Genesis
4. Van der Graaf Generator
5. Yes
6. ELP

That's my order, I guess eclectic when considering these bands, but Symphonic has U.K., and some of my favorite modern bands (Transatlantic, SB, TFK, Rocket Scientists etc.), and I think there's more from it than I like in general... but I think Zappa should be in eclectic so I dunno... in the end I never separate these bands like this in my mind, it's all prog, and it's all good music.
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This is one of the hardest polls for me to answer that ive seen in a while.  I like GG and ELP a good bit, but the other four are probably my 4 favorite bands
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I may be a symph guy, but I love all those bands.
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Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

I may be a symph guy, but I love all those bands.

Thumbs Up That makes you an eclectic guy. LOL
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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

Originally posted by bhikkhu bhikkhu wrote:

I may be a symph guy, but I love all those bands.

Thumbs Up That makes you an eclectic guy. LOL

I can live with that.  Wink
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I'm thinking eclectic. Bands in that category generally seem more interesting, experimental, and progressive in the literal sense. The symph ones tend to contain the more hateable elements.Tongue

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I wish one of the choices was Genesis, King Crimson and Yes or Gentle Giant.
I love all of Genesis' with Peter Gabriel and the first two with Collins, as well as an occasional song after that.
King Crimson has been decent for the most part throughout their career except for their extreme industrial, like Thrak!, which isn't really my cup of tea.
I like ELP's first four studio albums and most of Welcome Back, but that's it. Hate what they've done since. And Van Der Graaf is hit and miss for me. With a few exceptions, I either love one of their songs or can't stand it.
I like Yes' classic albums, from the start through Relayer, a few later ones and think they still put on a great live show. But they've had some schlock as well. And Gentle Giant had a string of truly great albums as well. My favorite is the highly underrated Three Friends.
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Not even close, "Eclectic" for me. Although i'm a huge Genesis fan.
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Symphonic for me, but rather close.
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Originally posted by Epignosis Epignosis wrote:

I'd take just Tales from Topographic Oceans over King Crimson, Van der Graaf Generator, and Gentle Giant.  Approve
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God that's just too hard. In each category there's a band I'm not that crazy about (Yes and Gentle Giant respectively) Without wishing to lift a rock on another tiresome genre debate, the symphonic label attached to many of prog's giants just stubbornly refuses to adhere to the bottle.

Question: Are there any so-called classic symphonic bands with a strong or pronounced blues element in their output ? If someone can illustrate that there are, then IMO the Symphonic handle could be deemed superfluous ?
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I prefer Genesis and ELP to King Crimson, VDGG and Gentle Giant (although Gentle Giant come close), but I can't stand Yes, so I won't vote.

Eclectic Prog is also eclectic in music appeal: when it's good it's breathtaking, when it's bad, it's horrible.
While my favourite Symphonic bands did a considerable amount of masterpieces, it seems the genre is covering more "middle ground".

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Originally posted by poslednijat_colobar poslednijat_colobar wrote:

Symphonic prog for me!




Same here - No real choice for me... Raised on YES, GENESIS and ELP
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Ooh this is a good thought experiment, and it's killing my brain.  At this moment in time Genesis is my favorite of the whole lot, followed by long favorites King Crimson.  Then it gets tricky.  Depending on the day, it's going to be either VdGG or Yes (I don't think I ever listen to both on the same day).  ELP and Gentle Giant offer the same waffle.  If I could recombine the choices, then . . .  Ah, nuts.  Okay, today it will be eclectic.  (Now if I were to vote again tomorrow . . . .) Confused  
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I'm going to plump for Symphonic

But I'd take Gentle Giant any day over ELP. And maybe even VDGG over Yes. So the examples that are given don't really help me - that said, overall and historically I've been more of a Symphonic Progger...

It's no surprise to me that its currently tied at 30-30 in the poll!
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My two favourite bands are on the eclectic side.
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