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Poll Question: Which prog band has the simplest or most repetitive song compositions?
Poll Choice Votes Poll Statistics
8 [34.78%]
11 [47.83%]
0 [0.00%]
1 [4.35%]
1 [4.35%]
2 [8.70%]
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Phil View Drop Down
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Points: 1881 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 11:05
If I understand where you're coming from, I'd have thought Pink Floyd merited inclusion.
Stanley Clarke though.?
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 11:15

Voted Hawkwind.

Have not heard any Stanley Clarke, and the Soft Machine I've heard sounds quite complex

I like Hawkwind, but it has to be said a lot of their music is based around what are very simple rock guitar riffs, simple 4/4 rhythms and a repetitive, sometimes 'trancey' feel. This is obviously what they were aiming for, and the formula works well...most of the time.
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Points: 208 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 03 2005 at 11:42

Originally posted by Phil Phil wrote:

If I understand where you're coming from, I'd have thought Pink Floyd merited inclusion.
Stanley Clarke though.?

Although Stanley Clarke is an excellent bass player, the compositions on his solo albums mainly consists of repeating a groove through the whole song and taking turns with other instruments soloing over top of that same groove. This is not uncommon in allot of fusion.  Allot of fusion and other prog as well is based on technique and instrument skill and not on song composition. However, it requires less skill to solo over a 2 or 3 chord pattern then it does a 4 or 5 chord pattern.
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This is definitely Hawkwind's poll...
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