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Poll Question: Who is the best composer of prog rock
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^Your love in no way beats the classics

I voted Ian Anderson, but it was hard to choose.



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Then, from this list, Neal Morse!
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Frank Zappa, of course!
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Points: 967 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 04 2005 at 18:55

Pointless poll - it's impossible to tell who wrote what in many cases. Banks wrote with Hackett, Rutherford et al, Bardens always with Latimer. Kelly with Rothery in most cases, with Fish doing the lyrics. Which bits of CTTE did Wakeman write? His solo albums vary from superb to dire. Even Anderson collaborated with the other members of JT to polish off his songs and finalise the solos and arrangements. The only one who might qualify for consideration is Oldfield, but his output varies from moderate to utterly astonishing (often in the course of one album).

I'll abstain.
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I like to feel/ hear Emersons fingers playing away all over my BRAIN!
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For me it is Peter Gabriel (Genesis mark 1 era of course).
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Originally posted by King of Loss King of Loss wrote:

Where is my Love?

Who might that be?
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Zappa - the only other serious contenders on that list are Fripp and Kerry Minnear, though really Christian Vander, Fred Frith and Daniel Denis should have been included as well.
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ZAPPA of course! 


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Points: 876 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 12:41

if we are talking SINGLE composer then it has to be Zappa.

Most of the greatest prog songs/albums were group efforts so it is hard to pick one of them.
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Originally posted by Syzygy Syzygy wrote:

Zappa - the only other serious contenders
on that list are Fripp and Kerry Minnear, though really Christian
Vander, Fred Frith and Daniel Denis should have been
included as well.



Well put, although Fred as we know is still not even included in
the archives, at least he's represented in Henry Cow. Chris
Hodgkinson was also a stellar composer there. In terms of pure
composition, some of the others here write great complex
songs, as pointed out, but who else had his compositions
performed by Pierre Boulez's Ensemble Intercontemporain?
And the most renowned Chamber Orchestra of Europe, the
Ensemble Modern has performed and recorded the
impeccable "The Adventures of Greggary Peccary", and
collaborated with him intimately...Frank, of course.
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Points: 6699 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 13:08
I voted for Arjen Lucassen, not the most technical composers, but one of the more creative ones.  I don't think Petrucci should be on the list, or anyone from Dream Theater considering they do not have a "centered" composers.  Daniel Gildenlow should be on this list.

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Points: 30 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 05 2005 at 13:40
Kerry Minear,

Kerry did most of the writing for Gentle Giant, and I heard Gary Green say in person how much fun he had playing music written by Kerry

Gentle Giant's music was always top notch and a ton of fun to listen to, whether it was really complex and progressive or not.  Consistently great writing from one of the most consistant classic prog bands
For the love of goldens.
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Ian Anderson, Zappa and Minnear.
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Emerson or Howe!
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Points: 31518 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2005 at 18:51

Hackett, Hammill, Zappa etc.

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Points: 760 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: November 06 2005 at 19:43
Gabriel. No amount of crap he does can take away his Genesis awsomeness. 
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