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^ Thanks for reminding me. I'd forgotten Mike Oldfield was briefly a member of "Kevin Ayers & the Whole World". What I should have said is I'm glad Mike Oldfield didn't remain a member of a prog band. Smile
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Originally posted by BaldJean BaldJean wrote:

Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.

very dubious. at least Friede and I don't think so
Well, look at the PA:s top 100 list. There are 3 albums by Frank Zappa, 3 by Miles Davis, 2 by Steven Wilson, 1 by Mike Oldfield, 1 by Peter Hammill, 1 by Robert Wyatt, 1 by Steve Hackett, 1 by Bill Cobham & 1 by Al Di Meola. Rest are bands. And that list comes mostly for the ratings from PA listeners.
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.
 
I'm glad Mike Oldfield wasn't in a prog band. Smile
Actually he was in a "prog" band before heīs solo career: he was in "Kevin Ayers & the Whole World" that recorded "Shooting at the Moon"-album. He was also in Ayers album "Whatevershebringswesing".

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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.
 
I'm glad Mike Oldfield wasn't in a prog band. Smile
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.

very dubious. at least Friede and I don't think so


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^ The Prog Gods forbid that we get into another argument about prog. Wink

so I can't disagree with you, I forgot Mr Winking Paul.

I'd be happy if you stopped using that emoticon when you interact with me. 
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.


There are solo albums that are great indeed, but at least for me I enjoy a lot more a band's effort, which, even when there's someone which is the clear leader (Roger Waters, SW, etc), the contributions of others members still make big difference and gives the whole work a bigger sense of identity.
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Originally posted by Nogbad_The_Bad Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:

I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
I believe prog listeners prefer more bands than solo artists. If Harper would had been in some prog band, really I believe he would be much more listened than he is now. On the other hand I donīt think Ayers is very popular among proglisteners (not as popular as Wyatt), although been in Soft Machine.

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At least for me, I'm not that big fan of solo artists, tbh, which is why I've put SW solo carrer in the first position.

Pink Floyd is my favorite band, and I love David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright solo carrer, but aside maybe from Broken China, I don't think their individual albums are that strong, even though I think David Gilmours as a vocalist and guitarrist is much better than SW's.

I enjoy a lot more band's work, such as Pink Floyd itself or even Porcupine Tree compared to SW solo carrer. (same for Genesis and etc)

I actually don't give a rat's arse whether an album is by a group or a solo artist. and there are many examples of excellent solo albums, like for example "Voyage of the Acolyte" by Steve Hackett, "Fish out of Water" by Chris Squire, "Olias of Sunhillow" by Jon Anderson, "Ruth is Stranger than Richard" by Robert Wyatt, "Dein Kopf ist ein schlafendes Auto" by Roman Bunka, "In Camera" by Peter Hammill or "Captain Lockheed and the Starfighters" by Robert Calvert, to name but a few


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Originally posted by Deadwing Deadwing wrote:

At least for me, I'm not that big fan of solo artists, tbh, 
Itīs really much same to me also! I havenīt heard many Genesis or Yes members solo albums, just because ones I have heard havenīt been even close to the greatness of bands albums. But I think I have heard almost all Floyd members albums, just because Floyd is so big to me. But have to say Pohjola & Gustavson solo albums rise really near of the greatness of Wigwamīs albums, so there are exceptions for me (I think all of those are in my list).
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I'm kind of surprised that solo artists better known as band members are doing so well, Hackett, Hammill, Wakeman Gilmour ahead of more pure solo artists.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

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I don't think people are saying that Wilson's work is the greatest prog of all time, but since he is in most people's list, adding up the points, I guess he climbed up at the top of the list. 

I enjoy Gilmour's solo albums, especially the first two. 

BTW, I did not put Steven Wilson in my list. Big smile
Youīre wrong, there are 3 people who put him first in their list, then there are few others who put him second or third, maybe one vote in 10th place. Then rest didnīt put him list at all. So heīs voters mostly think heīs made greatest prog of all time as solo artist.

could be also that he is a favorite rather than making greatest prog ever. 
True. I donīt think Beefheart is making prog at all, but really heīs my biggest fav of artists put as solo artists in PA. And I think Paul made this poll to put here fav artists. So no more wonder of the Wilson from me.
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At least for me, I'm not that big fan of solo artists, tbh, which is why I've put SW solo carrer in the first position.

Pink Floyd is my favorite band, and I love David Gilmour, Roger Waters and Richard Wright solo carrer, but aside maybe from Broken China, I don't think their individual albums are that strong, even though I think David Gilmours as a vocalist and guitarrist is much better than SW's.

I enjoy a lot more band's work, such as Pink Floyd itself or even Porcupine Tree compared to SW solo carrer. (same for Genesis and etc)
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^ The Prog Gods forbid that we get into another argument about prog. Wink

so I can't disagree with you, I forgot Mr Winking Paul.

I'd be happy if you stopped using that emoticon when you interact with me. 

I'm pretty fed up with that emoticon as well.
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

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I don't think people are saying that Wilson's work is the greatest prog of all time, but since he is in most people's list, adding up the points, I guess he climbed up at the top of the list. 

I enjoy Gilmour's solo albums, especially the first two. 

BTW, I did not put Steven Wilson in my list. Big smile
Youīre wrong, there are 3 people who put him first in their list, then there are few others who put him second or third, maybe one vote in 10th place. Then rest didnīt put him list at all. So heīs voters mostly think heīs made greatest prog of all time as solo artist.

could be also that he is a favorite rather than making greatest prog ever. 
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:


I don't think people are saying that Wilson's work is the greatest prog of all time, but since he is in most people's list, adding up the points, I guess he climbed up at the top of the list. 

I enjoy Gilmour's solo albums, especially the first two. 

BTW, I did not put Steven Wilson in my list. Big smile
Youīre wrong, there are 3 people who put him first in their list, then there are few others who put him second or third, maybe one vote in 10th place. Then rest didnīt put him list at all. So heīs voters mostly think heīs made greatest prog of all time as solo artist.

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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

^ The Prog Gods forbid that we get into another argument about prog. Wink

so I can't disagree with you, I forgot Mr Winking Paul.

I'd be happy if you stopped using that emoticon when you interact with me. 
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Originally posted by Mortte Mortte wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

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I am not fully understanding, why Wilson is No. 1. I know he has done all kinds of stuff with music, but still... he over Gabriel, Zappa, Oldfield, Bush, Bowie, Wakeman & Hendrix? Heīs the only one of those ten whose musical career has started in the late eighties. But I guess many old progheads like me are not very active here anymore.
 
I'm really surprised Steven Wilson is numero uno too, even though I'm a fan of Porcupine Tree. I would have expected Mike Oldfield to be in the top spot, mainly because I voted for him as my number one choice. It's hard to believe Steven Wilson is number one when David Gilmour is not even in the Top 10, but then again, I'm constantly surprised by the results of my lists and polls. Smile

I'm not surprised Steven Wilson is on the top since he is in most users' lists. Not hard to believe at all. 
As for Mike Oldfield, he's a hit and miss with a lot of people, so again, I'm not surprised with the result. 

As for Gilmour, we're judging here his solo albums, which again some are not very fond of. Again, no surprise he's not leading the list. 
Well, if people honestly is in that opinion, that in Wilsonīs solo albums is the greatest prog of alltime, greater than Zappa, Gabriel etc., of course there is really nothing I can say about it. I was just wonderin`. But have to say he isnīt at all in many lists in this thread, specially really many people who has been the longest here. But of course everybodyīs opinion is as valuable. 

About Gilmour I really agree, heīs solos are just so much lower quality as any Pink Floyd albums and so are all the other Floyd members too, to me Waters has done the best albums outside Floyd. But not rate even them very high.

Have to ask, donīt you wonder at all, if Porcupine Tree had won the all time top10 prog bands voting?

I don't think people are saying that Wilson's work is the greatest prog of all time, but since he is in most people's list, adding up the points, I guess he climbed up at the top of the list. 

I enjoy Gilmour's solo albums, especially the first two. 

BTW, I did not put Steven Wilson in my list. Big smile
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

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^ I love ALL of David Gilmour's solo albums and I have them all in my CD collection, including Live in Gdansk. Thumbs Up Heart
 
I've never heard any of Steven Wilson's solo albums, so it's no surprise that I'm surprised he's currently leading the poll, although not for long I suspect. Smile

I thought you were wondering why Gilmour was low in your list... 

Why are you surprised by Steven Wilson leading your list since you don't know his music at all. LOL
That makes no sense. LOL
Well, it makes perfect sense in my prog universe, because the other nineteen solo artists in the Top 20 have been around far longer than Steven Wilson, regardless of not having heard any of his solo albums. Smile

What?
Why are you judging Steven Wilson when you know nothing of his solo music? 
Maybe check out some of his music and try to understand his popularity? I know you will not do it, but anyway... 
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