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Syzygy 
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 09:42 |
Never mind all those keyboard geeks and axe heroes and White vs. Bruford face-offs - let's have a proper prog poll.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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sigod
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 09:45 |
Lindsay Cooper every time!
Bassoon must surely be set to make a return to the centre stage of prog, in the same way it is gonna storm American Idol. 
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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The Hemulen
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 13:06 |
Ooh.. not many choices but this is still a toughie! I think I'm gonna
have to go for Gulland though - listen to his work on RQTG3 and
Raindance... man, he can make a krummhorn ROCK! 
Great poll!
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Cesar Inca
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 15:36 |
Berckmans made his bassoon assume a more prominent role in his band's global sound than the other (brilliant) contenders - my vote went to him.
Personally, I suspect that most of my fellows have voted for the bands and not specifically for the bassoonists themselves.
Edited by Cesar Inca
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greenback
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Posted: February 07 2005 at 21:53 |
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Gulland hands down!
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Velvetclown
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Posted: February 08 2005 at 01:52 |
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Gulland fer sure !!!!!!
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:00 |
 Cesar Inca wrote:
Berckmans made his bassoon assume a more prominent role in his band's global sound than the other (brilliant) contenders - my vote went to him.
Personally, I suspect that most of my fellows have voted for the bands and not specifically for the bassoonists themselves.
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When I set this poll up I went for Lindsay Cooper, on the grounds that she's a superb player and was an integral part of Henry Cow. However, it has since struck me that both Gulland and Cooper, whilst still musically active, no longer work in the field of progressive rock. Berckmans is still working with Univers Zero, and I also take Cesar Inca's point about Berckmans pivotal role in Univers Zero.
One reason why I love this forum is that there aren't many other places where you could have this debate.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Velvetclown
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Posted: February 08 2005 at 07:03 |
I had the Henry Cow Disease way back in the 70s and I love both Gryphon and Univers Zero 
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sigod
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Posted: February 08 2005 at 09:23 |
Velvetclown wrote:
I had the Henry Cow Disease way back in the 70s and I love both Gryphon and Univers Zero
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Lindsay Cooper turned me into a newt.....
....er, I got better. 
Edited by sigod
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I must remind the right honourable gentleman that a monologue is not a decision.
- Clement Atlee, on Winston Churchill
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Syzygy
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Posted: February 09 2005 at 07:50 |
While researching for the Daniel Denis bio, I discovered that when he's not playing with UZ Berckmans writes music for the theatre and is also a comedian - the mind fairly boggles! It's on the Univers Zero website.
On a sadder note, I heard that Lindsay Cooper retired from live performance a couple of years ago because of multiple sclerosis.
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'Like so many of you
I've got my doubts about how much to contribute
to the already rich among us...'
Robert Wyatt, Gloria Gloom
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Sean Trane
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Posted: February 09 2005 at 08:05 |
This is where you can see where English bands have an unfair advantage over a Belgian one . As there are many more Britsh..... I'm surprised that Berckmans got cited at all.......
A Belgian sort of chauvinism here.
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