your favorite 70s band/composer
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Topic: your favorite 70s band/composer
Posted By: emocurve
Subject: your favorite 70s band/composer
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 15:09
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id would definitely would like to know what is the favorite music of people in the greatest era for music in all time thats right the 70s personaly mine would surley be THe PINK FLOYDS , music wouldnt be the same without them of course im talking about their old albums until roger waters left the band so who do u think is the greatest musicians and why ? |
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 16:33
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GABRIEL'S GENESIS Iván |
Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 16:38
| TONY BANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 16:40
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At least we're talking about members of the same band Greenback Iván |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 16:58
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I don't think anyone will be surprised about my answer... EMERSON LAKE & PALMER
------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: August 28 2004 at 18:17
Tony Banks.  ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: philippe
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 03:53
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My personal fav is Arthur Brown's Crazy world, off course!!! ------------- 
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Posted By: onslo
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 06:28
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Yes ------------- 
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 07:06
I was expecting The Bonzo Dog Doo Dah Band actually
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threefates wrote:Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 09:23
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Back in the 1970s I could have given a categorical answer: ELP, but now I just find it impossible to single out one band as a favourite - there are quite a few good bands and albums and, for me, the favourite probably changes every time I listen to an album from one of the 'greats' of the '70s.
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Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 10:00
| GENESIS |
Posted By: JrKASperov
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 10:52
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Yes ------------- Epic. |
Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 11:42
Actually that was their nickname in the 90s.... ------------- THIS IS ELP
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Posted By: Cesar Inca
Date Posted: August 29 2004 at 12:17
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When talking about writing skills, my fave ones are the Nocenzi brothers in BANCO DEL MUTUO SOCCORSO, and the Shulmans/Minnear in GENTLE GIANT as gold medal earners. The Genesis fivesome were also accomplished writers: once Hackett was given some more room, the writing became increasingly more amazing. Specially for Rutherfors, who felt positively challengeds to work on his 12-strin guitar harmonies. The guys in Yes and JT's Ian Anderson were also great writers, of course. Let's not forget Livgren from Kansas and Wyatt/Watkins/Whitaker from Happy the Man. I give them all my personal silver medal.
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 30 2004 at 12:40
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Gentle Giant, Ian Anderson and all the leading chaps of the Canterbury movement!
(Btw, Richardh - I'm actually a HUGE Bonzo Dog Band fan! My name's taken from one of my favourite songs of theirs. Viv Stanshall's my idol.) |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: August 30 2004 at 13:46
Viv Stanshall was quite some character! I presume you watched the documentary about his life on BBC2 recently? (apologies if your not from the UK!)
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: August 30 2004 at 14:19
I have it on tape! |
Posted By: StarshipTrooper
Date Posted: August 30 2004 at 15:33
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Hard Call between Yes and Deep Purple. ------------- 
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Posted By: gdub411
Date Posted: August 30 2004 at 23:29
| VAN der Graaf Generator and Peter Hammill |
Posted By: ProgRocker
Date Posted: August 31 2004 at 01:11
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I'm surprised nobody has mentioned King Crimson. Surely you jest! Also, Genesis between the years of 1970-1981 were unbeatable(yes, I'm including Abacab, because strangely it's one of my fav Genesis records - after that, they died a slow death, though |
Robert Fripp has written some of the most intricate, bizarre, and yet beautiful rock instrumentals from 1969-1975 of the band's various incarnations. One of my favorites, "Fracture"(from Starless And Bible Black) just blows my mind, even after being a fan for 5 years.
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: August 31 2004 at 02:05
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PINK FLOYD. Period.
------------- break the circle reset my head wake the sleepwalker and i'll wake the dead |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: August 31 2004 at 15:01
| Tough choice. Pink floyd gets the #2 spot, Genesis #1. |