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Poll Question: Who is your band?
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Points: 66266 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 25 2014 at 07:31
The anti- insinuation has as much to do with many of the Gong voters posts including Rush sucks and Rush has been mediocre since the 70s posts, etc...  Same posts in the Caravan thread.   Gong and Caravan have been putting out albums since the 70s that are at best mediocre as well and yet that doesn't seem to penalize those bands for some reason or another. 
 
As much as I like Rush's 70's output, I became a fan as a result of their 80s and beyond output and find it to be all great stuff in my opinion. 
 
Don't confuse my Rush fanboy-ism and fanboy name with me being only a Rush fan.  I chose that name, because yes, they are my favorite band, but trust me, I enjoy a large quantity of bands. 
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Well, maybe people just like those albums that Gong made in the 70s more than Rush.   Why does it have to be any more complicated than that?  I have more Rush albums in my collection than Gong and I actually love Snakes & Arrows.  But the ones I have of Gong, I love more.  It's just a case of preferring that whole Canterbury-fusion-psychedelic mix, which both Rush and DT are rather devoid of and which possibly their fans don't really like all that much in their music. 
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

The anti- insinuation has as much to do with many of the Gong voters posts including Rush sucks and Rush has been mediocre since the 70s posts, etc...  Same posts in the Caravan thread.   Gong and Caravan have been putting out albums since the 70s that are at best mediocre as well and yet that doesn't seem to penalize those bands for some reason or another. 
 
As much as I like Rush's 70's output, I became a fan as a result of their 80s and beyond output and find it to be all great stuff in my opinion. 
 
Don't confuse my Rush fanboy-ism and fanboy name with me being only a Rush fan.  I chose that name, because yes, they are my favorite band, but trust me, I enjoy a large quantity of bands. 

I was trying to guess who you voted for in this poll, but your avatar is at tad confusing Wacko .

IMO: Rush doesn't suck. None of their 20 albums should ever be rated below 3 stars. By way of contrast ELP, Genesis, Yes, Pink Floyd, Jethro Tull and King Crimson have all made embarrassingly crappy albums.

But it's also my opinion that Rush haven't made any full 5-star albums in the "prog" sense .. nothing of the Red, Fragile or DSOTM caliber. 

Also, their music (at least what I can remember, and strictly IMO) seems to be 100% jazz-free, which kind of makes it .. lifeless? I'm sorry .. No jazz, no listen Sleepy


 






 
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Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:

The anti- insinuation has as much to do with many of the Gong voters posts including Rush sucks and Rush has been mediocre since the 70s posts, etc...  Same posts in the Caravan thread.   Gong and Caravan have been putting out albums since the 70s that are at best mediocre as well and yet that doesn't seem to penalize those bands for some reason or another. 
 
As much as I like Rush's 70's output, I became a fan as a result of their 80s and beyond output and find it to be all great stuff in my opinion. 
 
Don't confuse my Rush fanboy-ism and fanboy name with me being only a Rush fan.  I chose that name, because yes, they are my favorite band, but trust me, I enjoy a large quantity of bands. 


i see, it is tricky to come up with a username that hasn't been taken by someone else. (i had trouble with that myself a couple of times).
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I like both bands, I just like Gong more.
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Points: 17847 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 25 2014 at 09:59
I seriously so do not care who win in these polls.....I make my vote and be done with it. Sure I have opinions of some of the polls, as do everyone else.......Just vote who you like. Voting for who is "better" is so subjective you could never win that argument.

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Rush by miles
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Originally posted by danyboy danyboy wrote:

Rush by miles

and Gong by smiles? Wink
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Points: 46833 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 27 2014 at 23:21
Originally posted by Stool Man Stool Man wrote:

Originally posted by danyboy danyboy wrote:

Rush by miles

and Gong by smiles? Wink


or one vote which is all it took to advance.  A certain someone I know will never be able to show her face at a Rush concave again. LOLLOLLOL

Rush is yesterdays news man... time for the Gong Army to meet the Yes men.
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Did Yes REALLY beat Zappa? Give me a break ...




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Originally posted by progrockdeepcuts progrockdeepcuts wrote:

Did Yes REALLY beat Zappa? Give me a break ...
 
Yes...Yes did and by a hefty count, thank GOD!!
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Points: 7024 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 28 2014 at 07:43
Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by progrockdeepcuts progrockdeepcuts wrote:

Did Yes REALLY beat Zappa? Give me a break ...
 
Yes...Yes did and by a hefty count, thank GOD!!

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Wow. Well, I guess this is PROG archives. But still ... Wow.




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