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Poll Question: Which band do you prefer?
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6 [15.79%]
2 [5.26%]
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2 [5.26%]
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    Posted: December 31 2022 at 16:58
I thought of this one yesterday. Happy New Years (early) to everyone. 
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Both, I guess.  I need to be in the mood to pop one of these on the turntable. 
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This is A Rum Tale of Good Captain Clack, A Salty Dog who sailed his ship, the Homburg, Beyond the Pale of Ireland, charting a Pilgrim's Progress across the vast Atlantic Ocean. The weather omens were good, and the captain always believed there's Something Magic about setting off on a long voyage when the sun Shines On Brightly upon white fluffy clouds glowing A Whiter Shade of Pale.  He carried with him a Souvenir of London from the Grand Hotel to remind him of Home. He'd always had An Old English Dream to follow the route of the Conquistadors to the New World in search of gold, when often all they discovered was Fool's Gold, and Quite Rightly So. Before leaving, the captain said The Long Goodbye to his Simple Sister Mary and wished her Toujours L'amour. She kept the Home Fires burning while he was Bringing Home the Bacon away at sea. His loyal crew stocked the ship with a Kaleidoscope of Exotic Birds and Fruit baskets and All This and More besides for the long voyage ahead. The crew relieved Boredom by entertaining themselves with Whaling Stories and they all remembered the cautionary tale of The Wreck of the Hesperus, when a disastrous Power Failure led to the ship hitting rocks, and the Hesperus' crew were tossed helplessly Into the Flood and left Holding On to the ship's wreckage for dear life, when even those As Strong as Samson were About to Die. Cry

All songs in Blue Highlights by Procol Harum
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LOL. You all have too much time on your hands. Happy new year!!!

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I love both, but very different acts, i have bought all the first 7 Procol Harum albums, they are theyr own nieche of progressive, cabaret rock music that u could write endless about. But Saga is also a band that deserves not to be neglectet but to be held in very high esteme, they invented the modern unison instromentalime which Dream Theater have made a fortune of, Jim Gilmours and Ian Crictons guitar & keyboard/synth unison-instrumentalismes are so ahaed of the time
, Saga i would say invented it .

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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

LOL. You all have too much time on your hands. Happy new year!!!

Lol. Well, I suppose so doe anyone else who posts these polls. ;)

Maybe my next one will be Styx vs................ Wink
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Styx vs. Sparks
Styx vs. Split Enz
Styx vs. SBB
Styx vs. Pavlov's Dog
Styx vs. Killing Joke
Styx vs. The Damned
Styx vs. Primus
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Styx and Rolling Stonez may break my bones

Hmm,
Styx vs. Swans
Styx vs. Cardiacs
Styx vs. Art Zoyd
Styx vs. Can
No, Styx vs. Magma
Or Styx vs. The Residents

Actually, I would maybe do Styx's Equinox (1975) vs. Jean Michel Jarre's Equinoxe (1978) as a battle of two stylistically different albums in Prog Related from the mod to late 70s. and then I'd throw in 23 other options as I often like to fill up my poll options (some have more time on their hands than others).

As for Procol Harum vs. Saga, I know quite bit of music by both, and enjoy music by both, but it has to be Procol Harum for me. In particular, "In Held Twas in I" shines on very brightly indeed.

And how about Procol Harum vs. Focus as a Procol Harem Scarem battle....

Edited by Logan - December 31 2022 at 22:23
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How about a Styx vs Deathspell Omega> LOL

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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Styx vs. Sparks
Styx vs. Split Enz
Styx vs. SBB
Styx vs. Pavlov's Dog
Styx vs. Killing Joke
Styx vs. The Damned
Styx vs. Primus

I know Styx aren't the most popular band on this website but nonetheless I think they would wipe the floor with most if not all of those bands. Wink Maybe Styx vs Uriah Heep would be a good one. 
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">This is </span>A Rum Tale<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> of </span>Good Captain Clack<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">, </span>A Salty Dog<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> who sailed his ship, the </span>Homburg, Beyond the Pale<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> of Ireland, charting a </span>Pilgrim's Progress<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> across the vast Atlantic Ocean. The weather omens were good, and the captain always believed there's </span>Something Magic<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> about setting off on a long voyage when the sun </span>Shines On Brightly<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> upon white fluffy clouds glowing </span>A Whiter Shade of Pale<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">.  He carried with him a </span>Souvenir of London<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> from the </span>Grand Hotel<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> to remind him of </span>Home<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">. He'd always had </span>An Old English Dream<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> to follow the route of the </span>Conquistador<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">s to the New World in search of gold, when often all they discovered was </span>Fool's Gold<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">, and </span>Quite Rightly So<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">. Before leaving, the captain said </span>The Long Goodbye<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> to his </span>Simple Sister Mary<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> and wished her </span>Toujours L'amour<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">. She kept the </span>Home Fires<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> burning while he was </span>Bringing Home the Bacon<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> away at sea. His loyal crew stocked the ship with a </span>Kaleidoscope<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> of </span>Exotic Birds and Fruit<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> baskets and </span>All This and More<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> besides for the long voyage ahead. The crew relieved </span>Boredom<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> by entertaining themselves with </span>Whaling Stories<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> and they all remembered the cautionary tale of </span>The Wreck of the Hesperus<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">, when a disastrous </span>Power Failure<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> led to the ship hitting rocks, and the Hesperus' crew were tossed helplessly </span>Into the Flood<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> and left </span>Holding On<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> to the ship's wreckage for dear life, when even those </span>As Strong as Samson<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;"> were </span>About to Die<span style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">. </span>Cry<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">
<div style=": rgb248, 248, 252;">All songs in Blue Highlights by Procol Harum




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Procul Harum have some good stuff but by and large I don't care much about them. I do like Saga a lot.
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I am in the Saga camp on this one.  I like Procol Harum.  Just this morning I got around to reading Prog's tribute to Gary Brooker.  (I'm a bit behind on my Prog reading. Embarrassed)  
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Procol Harum, even though Saga is not far behind.
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Procol Harum. And it's not even vaguely close. In fact, "vaguely close" is not even really that close. 
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both is the easy option here because it's a tough choice LOL
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Procol easily. Just sublime. Saga are fantastic musicians but I barely care about anything I've heard by them. Sorry.
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Saga, easily. Because they're unique.

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Originally posted by The Dark Elf The Dark Elf wrote:

Procol Harum. And it's not even vaguely close. In fact, "vaguely close" is not even really that close. 

How much Saga have you actually heard? They are a great band. 
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Procol Harum......................and I have heard Saga's first 4 and have their first one....and while they are not a bad band they are no where close to being as interesting as Procol.
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