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progmatic 
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 Posted: August 12 2018 at 19:41 |
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Voted Camel but Strawbs should be on this list (and would get my vote accordingly)
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 19:43 |
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VDGG > Soft Machine > Caravan > Magma > Gentle Giant
This  PS : I could live easily without the Big six. |
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YESESIS
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 20:12 |
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Where is Frank? Anyway, been getting back into Magma this evening. I already love MDK so listened to their debut and loved it, and now listening to Felicite Thosz and it is really beautiful. I think this might really be a band to be reckoned with but still so much to discover from them. I love Camel and VdGG, also Renaissance.. but this one is coming down to Caravan or Gentle Giant. And it's a tough one because I like both bands A LOT. So ok I'll pick Gentle Giant but just by the slimmest of margins.
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DarkTower
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 21:01 |
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Rush. Very easy choice
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 22:19 |
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I really can't choose on this list, too many of my favourites.
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tempest_77
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 22:41 |
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Between Camel and Rush. Supertramp is up there too, and I also love a lot of Moody Blues stuff.
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Posted: August 12 2018 at 23:56 |
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I know it's impossible to be all-inclusive in these polls, but why no place for Gong, Hawkwind, Can, Tangerine Dream, or (insert name here)
From the poll, I found it hard to decide between VDGG, Caravan, Focus, and PFM. Went with Caravan Edited by Stool Man - August 12 2018 at 23:57 |
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rotten hound of the burnie crew
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Hercules
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 04:01 |
Strawbs should indeed be on this list and would come second to Camel for me.
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Daysbetween
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 06:06 |
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Have albums by them all and enjoy every band on the list. Voted for Soft Machine today but tomorrow it might have been VdGG or Camel.
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Jeffro
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 06:09 |
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Rush but I also like some Gentle Giant, PFM, and Soft Machine. Haven't heard enough from the others.
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Mormegil
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 06:19 |
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Neat poll. Rush! Followed by Camel, Renaissance, and Supertramp . . .
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Welcome to the middle of the film.
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Chaser
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 06:35 |
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Gosh that's tough!
I have a big soft spot for Gentle Giant - just their musicianship and range of musical influences, so I'd probably go for them However VdGG are superb and it's hard to relegate them into second place
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kenethlevine
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 08:34 |
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hmm, from this list it's pretty close to a tie between Camel, Moodys and Renaissance. Le Orme is not far behind though. I'm going with Renaissance because they are the group I'm most likely to listen to these days
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Lewian
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 08:35 |
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The thing is that already the "big 6" are not personal favourites but nominated due to some kind of consensus among some kind of insider group, although opposition against that list seems rather weak and I'm probably just about OK with it. But it is then a tough question to nominate no. 7 because obviously the question here is not what my personal number 7 band is assuming that the first 6 are the big ones. I have a personal top 5 and there's only one overlap to the "big 6" and actually no overlap to the list posted here. VDGG may just make my personal top 10 on a good day and they are high enough in general esteem that they'd probably make a worthy number 7 of prog so I will vote for them here. But then some of the selection here is really odd in that Grobschnitt would probably have a hard time to get into the top 10 German prog bands alone whereas some real biggies such as Zappa and Can (yes I ought to say that) are missing. |
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 08:39 |
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Rush, then Renaissance. You could put Zappa in there too.
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 09:07 |
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Gentle Giant +1
Banco VdGG All three are in my personal top ten, above most of the so called big six.
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 11:23 |
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excellent poll
love albums from all of these bands Rush gets my vote Gentle Giant would be next
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Prog On!
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 11:56 |
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VDGG.
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A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 13:55 |
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Gentle Giant
Banco Le Orme PFM Van Der Graaf Generator
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Posted: August 13 2018 at 14:00 |
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I know there are mixed opinions about them on here but Rush gets my vote.
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