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Poll Question: Which artist is the strongest (whether absolutely or relatively)?
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19 [28.79%]
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6 [9.09%]
2 [3.03%]
3 [4.55%]
1 [1.52%]
8 [12.12%]
4 [6.06%]
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Points: 6467 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 18:13
I think strongest personality has to go to Uncle Frank although my personal favorite would be Ian Anderson.  I don't think I would have gotten along well with Zappa, but I think I could have a good conversation with Ian about a number of things including possibly the size of our flutes (I would love to show him my Native American cedar flute).
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^ Eh?
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Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?
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Ian Anderson by a very wide margin!!
A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!!
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Points: 14258 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 19:14
Ian Anderson becasue there is no Jethro Tull without him - and he has no problems writing liner notes to the albums and making appearances on exclusive youtube interviews. And he writes articles too in prog mags.

Special mention to Hammill and Zappa who made an indelible mark on prog rock, impossible to ignore.
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Points: 4091 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 20 2012 at 22:16
Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?

Talking about Jon in the 70's ---I have read many accounts of how he pulled the strings in the group and pushed to remove members and bring in other's--Bill Bruford has some stories in his bio. I have an old collection of Melody Makers and He said in an interview in Melody Maker that members must, "pee or get off the pot" Smile
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I never thought of Zappa as a person who was forcing him self too much on the rest of the band, but I could be wrong.
On the other hand I read several interviews with KC's members stating Fripp is kind of an impossible dick. That's the reason so many musicians have passed through King Crimson, and in 1975 when Fripp decided it's all over, that was it until he decided differently.
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Originally posted by Hercules Hercules wrote:

Ian Anderson is Jethro Tull and God help anyone who disagrees with him.
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^ He did fire Martin Barre.
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Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:

Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.


what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?

There was an interview for the 40th anniversary of CTTE lately, in which Bruford talked a bit about Jon's approach. In a nutshell, it was: Either you take my songs, no matter how awful they are, and make something good out of them, or you come up with better songs.

Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.

When was that? Shocked
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Points: 5532 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 05:38
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An honourable mention for Uncle Rick Wakeman.  Just because unlike some others he does seem quite nice!  and funny.
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Points: 6797 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 05:48
Originally posted by akamaisondufromage akamaisondufromage wrote:

An honourable mention for Uncle Rick Wakeman.  Just because unlike some others he does seem quite nice!  and funny.
 
You didn't read the opening post did you?
 
Umm No.  Sorry! 
 
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Look Sorry.  I do normally.  I won't do it again!  (he lied)
 
 
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Points: 831 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 05:57
hmm yeah now that i read the OP extra carefully I think I would add Daevid Allen and Syd Barrett to the list for me, both are lovely songwriters and individuals 
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Points: 1238 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 06:45
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Points: 6467 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 11:50
Originally posted by Dayvenkirq Dayvenkirq wrote:

^ Eh?
Just some double entendres, amigo, based on some earlier comments.  Wink  And yes, I do have a real Native American cedar flute but I don't know how to play it properly.  I can get some good sounds out of it though.  Anderson, of course, usually plays a standard transverse flute.  Cedar flutes tend to be thicker and shorter while transverse flutes are longer and narrow.  Like people, flutes come in a variety of sizes.
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Points: 12768 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 19:42
Originally posted by HarbouringTheSoul HarbouringTheSoul wrote:


Originally posted by Sumdeus Sumdeus wrote:


Originally posted by twosteves twosteves wrote:

Jon Anderson--he put the dick in dictator---might have a Napoleon complex.
what exactly did he do? I don't know many details of the workings of the Yes camp but I thought they had a happy-go-lucky democracy deal going on?
There was an interview for the 40th anniversary of CTTE lately, in which Bruford talked a bit about Jon's approach. In a nutshell, it was: Either you take my songs, no matter how awful they are, and make something good out of them, or you come up with better songs.
Originally posted by sagichim sagichim wrote:

^ He did fire Martin Barre.
When was that? Shocked


As a matter of fact the way you explain Jon's aproach doesn't sound bad at all.
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Points: 159 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 21:13
Zappa for me. I love the fact that Neal Morse hasn't got a vote yet LOL
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Points: 10964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 21:59
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Points: 8856 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 21 2012 at 22:12
Drat. I thought we were voting on which personality is the strongest, which, of course, is Frank Zappa, but he is far from my favorite.
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