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Poll Question: Which artist is the strongest (whether absolutely or relatively)?
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19 [28.79%]
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6 [9.09%]
2 [3.03%]
3 [4.55%]
1 [1.52%]
8 [12.12%]
4 [6.06%]
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    Posted: December 20 2012 at 13:48
Who's your favourite person, which is almost the exclusive author of all songs, overshadowing all the other band members and imprinting his unmistakable face to his bands or projects?

Edited by Gandalff - December 20 2012 at 14:22
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Very good question and a difficult one to answer.

I'll not vote as I don't know much about vander, or Toby Driver, but out of the others I tempted to say Fripp. He strikes me as being the very heart of KC in terms of the approach to making the music they did. I get the impression it was Fripps philosophy to making music that underpinned the bands writing.
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Yes, I feel that I may seem ridiculous to someone, but I adore only one God and the King together - and this is Robert Fripp.Clap
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Vander's my favorite, but I think the "strongest personality" in the sense of egomaniacal control over the music would have to be Frankie Zappa, or possibly his wife.

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Definitely Zappa. Not just in prog: In rock music in general.
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I think Fripp, but Waters and Anderson are very close, can you imagine them in the same band with Emerson keyboardist?
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Peter Gabriel, I'd say.
No, that's not true. Tony Banks could never be dominated.
Fripp then. Yes, I'll vote for Fripp.
Or Jon Anderson? Yes, I think Anderson is the man. Peter Banks and Tony Kaye have bitten the dust with him.
Or no, even better: Ritchie Blackmore. It wasn't easy for people being in one band with him.
Well, I'll vote other.


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Can't vote till I hear Morse and Driver.
Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:

I think Fripp, but Waters and Anderson are very close, can you imagine them in the same band with Emerson keyboardist?
Why are you even asking when there are too many egos in the same group?

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Right now, Fripp or Hammill.
Since Hammill has less votes, I'll help him climb.
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Originally posted by HolyMoly HolyMoly wrote:


Vander's my favorite, but I think the "strongest personality" in the sense of egomaniacal control over the music would have to be Frankie Zappa, or possibly his wife.





Quoted for truth, although I'd like to vote for Miles Davis, but somehow that wouldn't be fair even if he is on PA...
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Zappa is simply one of the biggest personalities in rock music in general
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Fripp.

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Fripp 
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Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
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Points: 10970 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 17:09
Now that I'm reading the title of the thread carefully, I'm definitely gonna take more time to think about it.

Now, how did Ian get four votes? Who started all this talk of whether or not the size of the flute matters? Does that constitute a great personality?

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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
How's that? I thought it was Roger who put the "dick" in the "dicktator".
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