The final five in my top 20
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Topic: The final five in my top 20
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Subject: The final five in my top 20
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:00
| I finally found the sheet of paper with these artist names on it so here goes my final installment of my top 20. |
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Posted By: Zgljone86
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:07
| Dream Theater |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:10
| Dream Theater out of these |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:13
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1. Mike Oldfield 2. The Moody Blues 3. Nektar 4. Dream Theater 5. Spock's Beard
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Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:24
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I like these three about equally: The Moody Blues Nektar Mike Oldfield I'll probably go for Nektar.Ive listened to them quite a lot in the last couple of years. |
Posted By: A Crimson Mellotron
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 14:26
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Spock's Beard here |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 15:34
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Mike Oldfield. ------------- 
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Posted By: progaardvark
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 15:39
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From these I listen to Spock's Beard quite a bit more than the others, hence my vote. My nose has turned into a ceremonial firepit for a sofa cushion conglomerate. ------------- ---------- i'm shopping for a new oil-cured sinus bag that's a happy bag of lettuce this car smells like cartilage nothing beats a good video about fractions |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 16:11
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I went with Spock's Beard here. DT and the Moodies each got consideration. ------------- 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 16:35
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Spock's Beard over Dream Theater but its close. Depends on the mood. True story from a dozen years ago or so, but the former manager of HMV ended up leaving that job and showing up at one of the local grocery stores here. We had a nice talk and he told me every time he saw me previously in the music store he would think of Spock's Beard. Not sure if he listened to them, but I ordered them from him. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 16:49
| Spock's Beard |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 16:53
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Mike Oldfield ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: January 01 2025 at 16:54
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Oldfield ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: Octopus II
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 02:33
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Mike Oldfield The Moody Blues Nektar Spock's Beard Dream Theater
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 03:16
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I actually like all 5, although I don't listen to much DT these days.. I've gone for Mike, as I think his overall discography is the strongest; the order of the others could be changed depending on how I feel... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 03:19
So have I; my interest was re-ignited by 'The Other Side' which I enjoyed more than anything since 'Recycled' ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Saperlipopette! wrote:Posted By: Mormegil
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 04:48
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Mike Oldfield, the Blues, DT and Nektar. ------------- Welcome to the middle of the film. |
Posted By: Criswell
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 07:37
| Mike Oldfield |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 08:30
| I've only heard a few Oldfield, Nektar, and The Moody Blues albums... so |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 12:05
more precisely, the first three albums ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 13:10
What do you have against Incantations?
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Posted By: Lewian
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 15:29
| Mike Oldfield, I'm with the majority here, |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: January 02 2025 at 18:21
| Someone voted "none of them." What the heck does this person listen to then? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: January 03 2025 at 00:57
| Mike Oldfield (most everything from 1973 to 1984 I love) then it's patchy although Amarok and Songs Of Distant Earth as well as Return To Ommadawn are great. I can listen to a dozen Mike Oldfield albums quite happily while there's only about 2 Dream Theater albums I like that much (not the obvious ones!) and only one Moody Blues album I care for (A Question Of Balance). I don't know Nektar at all. Spock's Beard have about 4 or 5 albums I like a lot, especially Brief Nocturnes and Dreamless Sleep which is a masterpice imo but that's not enough to challenge Oldfield (although in terms of '3rd wave of prog' The Beard are a top band for sure) |
Posted By: Hector Enrique
Date Posted: January 03 2025 at 02:32
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1. Dream Theater 2. Spock´s Beard 3. Nektar / Mike Oldfield 5. The Moody Blues ------------- Héctor Enrique |
Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: January 03 2025 at 03:10
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Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 03 2025 at 05:03
Oh, Rich.... start with Remember The Future... its 40 mins worth of space rock excellence...  ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: January 03 2025 at 05:06
An excellent assessment throughout, although I'm slightly less in love with either Platinum or Discovery while Side 2 or Crises is fairly wretched... I probably have more of a soft spot for TB II & III than you do, however.. ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 06 2025 at 08:41
I guess they aren't into mainstream prog like a lot of people I know. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |