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Topic: big 3 Italian prog bands

Posted By: Gentle Tull
Subject: big 3 Italian prog bands
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 21:18

I think my favorite right now is Banco, but I haven't really heard enough of the others. I've just ordered some more cds.

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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 21:25

Banco for me

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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 12 2005 at 22:36

i havent heard enoguh Banco yet...

Right now i choose PFM

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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 00:14

My favourite are Le Orme!

Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 00:20

I really like all 3 but PFM is my favorite.

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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 00:27

Most solid career: PFM
Best album: Darwin! Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Favorite band: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, the combination Nocenzi - Del Giacomo is undefeatable.

Iván

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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 00:45

Another big italian progrock band was New Trolls!

Posted By: EL OSO
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 01:01

ivan_2068 wrote:

Most solid career: PFM
Best album: Darwin! Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Favorite band: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, the combination Nocenzi - Del Giacomo is undefeatable.

Iván

I tend to disagree with you about PFM being the one with the most solid carreer, as a matter of fact I think they only made three good albums, and then they started to decline with even some ugly albums in the eigthies.

On the other hand I totally agree with you about Banco´s Darwin being the best album, but I also think that they also declined a little bit since Capolinea, so as a conclusion I think Le Orme is the better of the three, at least the most consistent.

Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 01:30

EL OSO wrote:

ivan_2068 wrote:

Most solid career: PFM
Best album: Darwin! Banco del Mutuo Soccorso
Favorite band: Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, the combination Nocenzi - Del Giacomo is undefeatable.

Iván

I tend to disagree with you about PFM being the one with the most solid carreer, as a matter of fact I think they only made three good albums, and then they started to decline with even some ugly albums in the eigthies.

On the other hand I totally agree with you about Banco´s Darwin being the best album, but I also think that they also declined a little bit since Capolinea, so as a conclusion I think Le Orme is the better of the three, at least the most consistent.

Lets see, even though I'm talking from a subjective point of view, lets compare the three bands:

Releases:

PFM has at least 8 outstanding releases until Chocolate Kings, 10 if you add the Fabricio André and Live in Japan
Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: 8 until Canto di Primavera and at least two more withhe 2005 Live release and the DVD.
Le Orme has at least ten good albums, that's true, but the difference between Felona e Sorona and maybe Florian with the rest is very high.

So I would stay with PFM not only because their good albums are all in thesame level but because their influence in Prog.

Best albums of each band:

Banco del Mutuo Soccorso: Darwin! the best by a very short margin
Le Orme: Felona e Sorona: Second by a very short margin,
PFM: Can't choose between Per un Amico, Storia Di Un Minuto and L'Isola di Niente.

So I still believe Darwin is the best, but a good reason to consider PFM the most solid band because I can't choose between 3 albums.

Musicianship:

The three bands have outstanding musicians but Vittorio Nocenzi has enough skills, studies and credential to be considered the most technicall, inspired and solid keyboardist of Prog, only to be compared in technicall abbilities with Patrick Moraz but with much more soul than the Swiss virtuoso.

Francesco Di Giacomo is by far the best voice in Italian Prog and probably one of the top three in all Prog Rock, only compared o Greg Lake and Freddie Mercury, maybe he's not charismatic but his voice is simply outstanding

That duet (Not taking merits from Gianni Nocenzi, Pier Luigi Calderoni and the rest of he crew) is reason enough to consider them my favorites.

But as I always say, it's only a matter of taste.

Iván

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Posted By: NELMOMEDELPROG
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 02:17

PFM WITHOUT DOUBT!!!

Posted By: oracus
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 03:34

Banco del mutuo soccorso and
Premiata Forneria Marconi . I cannot choose..

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Posted By: ANDREW
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:16

LE ORME
BANCO
PFM

Anyway my all time favourite italian prog album is "IO SONO NATO LIBERO" by BANCO.A masterpiece of prog music.

Posted By: paulindigo
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 09:59

pfm now, with banco very close. le orme (sorry andrea!) are a step
lower

Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 16:11

Andrea Cortese wrote:

Another big italian progrock band was New Trolls!

And don't forget Goblin and Formula Tre.

I agree on the top 3 though.

My faves:

1. PFM

2. Le Orme

3. Banco

But all 3 bands are great!

Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 16:18

Banco!!! they are great.. Di Giacomo has an outstanding voice

anyway i love the 3 bands... i agree With Ivan, Darwin is a masterpiece but all bands have outstanding albums...

PFM - Storia di un Minuto

Le Orme - Felona Sonora

Banco - Darwin!

Love Italian Prog

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Posted By: Atkingani
Date Posted: December 13 2005 at 17:15

Three great Symphonic Prog bands that sing mostly in Italian ("lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate") but I still prefer PFM a little more than the others.

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