My five favorite prog bands of all time |
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David_D
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In the last three years, I've made quite a few comments about having favourite bands, and this was just one more. |
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quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond
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Lewian
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King Crimson > Pink Floyd.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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Yes, but these are my favorite bands and not yours. The title clearly says they are my favorite bands. Also, no one is forcing you to comment. If you don't like this poll or my choices then you can just ignore it rather than be negative.
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richardh
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thank you Eloy - best go for the seventies trio of Dawn, Ocean and Silent Cries And Mighty Echoes Glass Hammer - Lex Rex, Chronomotree and Shadowlands Kayak - First 3 albums up to Royal Bed Bouncer Those are the best 'starter' albums for those bands I think.
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David_D
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I like much SEbtP, WYWH and ItCotCK, a bit less CttE but have much respect for it, and I don't like MP.
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David_D
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I was not being negative, just telling about how I think and feel about the question of having favourite bands - and as said, it was a general comment. |
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Jared
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you've never heard any Eloy??!! Wow, you are in for SUCH a treat! I'd always recommend the Colours - Planets - Time To Turn trio to start... most easily accessible, with the traditional sound. You can get lost in Eloy's music for weeks at a time. If you like it, you might also like to try Grobschnitt... start with Jumbo.
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Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson
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I don't usually include The Aerosol Grey Machine when discussing the early VdGG sound because they hadn't really found their sound in that album (even though there were hints of it). I do like The Aerosol Grey Machine and even recommended it to Psychedelic Paul for its more late '60s psychedelic style compared to subsequent albums.
There is certainly chaos in early VdGG, and I do love that. But there are also those eerie atmospheric soundscapes that I also love such as the Presence of the Night section of A Plague of Lighthouse Keepers or the instrumental section of W. But they also combined the chaos with the eerie atmospheric soundscape in Pioneers Over C. W: |
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Psychedelic Paul
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My alternative five favourite British prog bands of all time
1. Mostly Autumn 2. Renaissance 3. Magenta 4. The Enid 5. Edison's Children |
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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I know most of these bands. If you don't mind what are your three favorites by each? I don't know Edison's Children at all so what is the best place to start with them?
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My alternative list:
1) Renaissance 2) Santana 3) Caravan 4) Camel 5) Pentangle Edited by Floydoid - November 09 2024 at 10:30 |
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Psychedelic Paul
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Edison's Children have only recorded four albums and I like them all equally, so I'd recommend checking out all of them. 2011: Edison's Children - In the Last Waking Moments - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEb_s6dSYhR2sUilYyHWZW6y 2013: Edison's Children - The Final Breath Before November - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEbKHW9TOC4-Zapi4reVICNF 2015: Edison's Children - Somewhere Between Here & There - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEaqe7_4Rwsx_4PT1GclZHts 2019: Edison's Children - The Disturbance Fields - https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdktF-lL0yEYHEf24ubCszxUWoKp0qn5e |
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Cristi
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Listening to their albums chronologically would work fine.
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Psychedelic Paul
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That always works best for me.
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David_D
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If I make a hard effort, I might say that ELP, Genesis and Pink Floyd have made most albums which I appreciate much, and anyway, I voted for Genesis.
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AFlowerKingCrimson
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ELP don't quite make my top five. In all honesty I probably like Camel better. Those first four studio ELP albums are great but I'm not sure they did anything that even comes close.
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richardh
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Camel made better rounded albums but were a tad 'after the fact' and not as innovative or influential (arguably). I like them though and bought the box set Airbourne which is excellent.
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Among the options, I voted Yes.
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To answer your question - pretty much anything that Neal Morse has been involved with, also the first 6 camel albums, after that I'd go by albums rather than artists. So from your list, I'd say I like Dark Side Of The Moon, Wish You Were Here, The Yes Album, Close To The Edge, Going For The One, and Selling England By The Pound. Also bits of Tales From Topographic Oceans and some of The Wall, though I find both of those albums have too much filler. Sometimes I surprise myself, for instance I'm not into metal but I love Dream Theater's Scenes From A Memory. I'm happy to give anything a listen, but I can't get into some things, ITCOTCK for instance did nothing for me. Neither does Relayer though many people consider it a masterpiece.
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David_D
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I agree much with richardh that ELP was a lot more innovative and influential than Camel, even I find The Snow Goose to be not so little of a masterpiece, and I've also loved it much since its release.
Edited by David_D - November 10 2024 at 08:08 |
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