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Poll Question: Which is the most representative of them all??
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Pter Gabriel is the complete package and should be considered for the job ...   what is the job anyway ? Shocked


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Fun Game!

I voted Neil Peart for his thoughtfulness and  seeming sincerity.

At one time I would have voted Ian Anderson without hesitation, but of late he's said things that disappoint me.
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I'm not familiar with the constitution of progland but i suspect that being dead may disqualify Zappa. 
 
The qualities presidents of all countries need are: a huge ego, ambition to match, a poorly developed sense of humour and an ability to wear people into submission.
 
I think Jon Anderson is the one on the list best endowed with these attributes.
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I might add that Chrisian Zander would challenge Anderson on this, but i suspect the constitution would disqualify the insane.
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Robert Fripp no doubt, his a eggheaded geek yust like most prog rockers. Wink
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... that bearded old guy is playing his flute damn good...
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Gotta pile on to the Frippster. Big%20smile

Oh, wait a second, Zappa is an option, dagnabbit!!! Angry


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Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Peter Hammill has dabbled in more genres than Fripp, therefore he gets my vote. Had Fripp ever done an opera my vote might have gone to him too, but the way it is right now Hammill covers more different styles, so my vote goes there.
If in doubt about my statement, I suggest you listen to Hammill's more experimental works, like "Sonix", "Spur of the Moment", "Loops and Reels". "The Appointed Hour" or his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher".


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Originally posted by ten years after ten years after wrote:

 
The qualities presidents of all countries need are: a huge ego, ambition to match, a poorly developed sense of humour and an ability to wear people into submission.
 
I think Jon Anderson is the one on the list best endowed with these attributes.


Jon Anderson doesn't have a sense of humor?  You mean "Arriving UFO" is a serious song? 

Scary!
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Carl Palmer, for me.
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I think Fripp is the most representative but one of his first measures as a president would be : FREE GUITAR CRAFT TO EVERYONE!!!!!!!!

Emerson as a president would take us as slaves to build a gigantic 600 ft Moog in order to match his ego!!!LOL
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Originally posted by el böthy el böthy wrote:

Originally posted by The T The T wrote:

Prog is at its best when it's free and anarchic... "Progland" would never require a president...

Right on!

Not ! Explain to me how highly arranged music by Yes, Tull, Floyd, Genesis, GG and others fits into your definition of prog at its' best Confused
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill has dabbled in more genres than Fripp, therefore he gets my vote. Had Fripp ever done an opera my vote might have gone to him too, but the way it is right now Hammill covers more different styles, so my vote goes there.
If in doubt about my statement, I suggest you listen to Hammill's more experimental works, like "Sonix", "Spur of the Moment", "Loops and Reels". "The Appointed Hour" or his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher".

Has Hammill ever recorded an album with a "pop' Star ? Now that is opening up oneself to elitist critcism, for a person who has enjoyed much unquestioned adulation for his career. Oh, I'm talking about Fripp. And Daryl Hall. About Sacred Songs. About 30 years ago. Which I still don't own, thoughBig%20smile
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Originally posted by Relayer09 Relayer09 wrote:

Frank Zappa is by far more qualified than any of the other canidates.
 
Here's a very interesting link of Frank on Crossfire from 1986. Take the time and watch it. really good stuff.
 
Also Frank's testimony before congress on censorship.
 
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Please do not take this as a flat out rejection of Zappa's intelligence and thought ... so here goes ...
Zappa suffered from his self assured and assumed opinion that he knew best. And as some say, the more intellectual you are, the easier you can "justify" means to ends. Not to say he wouldn't have made a good, nay, great politician. Just that there would have been a need for strong counter-balance with actual power to counter him. After all, this was a guy who put out a thousand albums. The joke being, that if it made it to tape, it made it to market. (I don't really know that this is true). Why ? Who was there to stop him ?

On the other hand, if we really are looking for a leader, Alex Lifeson should be considered.
Why ? Decent, reasonably intelligent, down to earth; and based on the incident in Florida (??) last year, able to emulate one of our previous prime minister in physical situations that may arise (I refer to Monsieur Chretien's famous "Shawinigan Handshake").
P.S. the Wikipedia article is rather short on info and is not a full picture of the incident.


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Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill has dabbled in more genres than Fripp, therefore he gets my vote. Had Fripp ever done an opera my vote might have gone to him too, but the way it is right now Hammill covers more different styles, so my vote goes there.
If in doubt about my statement, I suggest you listen to Hammill's more experimental works, like "Sonix", "Spur of the Moment", "Loops and Reels". "The Appointed Hour" or his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher".

Has Hammill ever recorded an album with a "pop' Star ? Now that is opening up oneself to elitist critcism, for a person who has enjoyed much unquestioned adulation for his career. Oh, I'm talking about Fripp. And Daryl Hall. About Sacred Songs. About 30 years ago. Which I still don't own, thoughBig%20smile

Yes he has! A whole bunch of them at once even! For his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher" Andy Bell of the pop band Erasure sang Montresor, Herbert Grönemeyer, a leading pop star in Germany, sang the Herbalist, Lene Lovich, the New Wave singer, sang Madeline Usher, and Sarah Jane Morris took the role of the commentating Chorus. There you are.


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KEITH EMERSON : 2 votes
GREG LAKE: 2 votes
CARL PALMER: 1 vote
 
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Originally posted by keith_emerson keith_emerson wrote:

HammillClap
 
With a nickname like yours, we were expecting the obvious, not HammillLOLWink
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Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Originally posted by debrewguy debrewguy wrote:

Originally posted by BaldFriede BaldFriede wrote:

Peter Hammill has dabbled in more genres than Fripp, therefore he gets my vote. Had Fripp ever done an opera my vote might have gone to him too, but the way it is right now Hammill covers more different styles, so my vote goes there.
If in doubt about my statement, I suggest you listen to Hammill's more experimental works, like "Sonix", "Spur of the Moment", "Loops and Reels". "The Appointed Hour" or his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher".

Has Hammill ever recorded an album with a "pop' Star ? Now that is opening up oneself to elitist critcism, for a person who has enjoyed much unquestioned adulation for his career. Oh, I'm talking about Fripp. And Daryl Hall. About Sacred Songs. About 30 years ago. Which I still don't own, thoughBig%20smile

Yes he has! A whole bunch of them at once even! For his opera "The Fall of the House of Usher" Andy Bell of the pop band Erasure sang Montresor, Herbert Grönemeyer, a leading pop star in Germany, sang the Herbalist, Lene Lovich, the New Wave singer, sang Madeline Usher, and Sarah Jane Morris took the role of the commentating Chorus. There you are.


Opera is "pop" music ? Confused
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