favorite Italian prog band
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Topic: favorite Italian prog band
Posted By: greenback
Subject: favorite Italian prog band
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 16:10
| I voted PFM |
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Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 16:28
other: Locanda della Fate  ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi"> 
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Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 16:37
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Goblin. I like PFM too. But I could choose only one.
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Posted By: greenback
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 16:44
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Hey! Must be good! How does it sounds like? Is it a recent band? What is their best record? |
James Lee wrote:Posted By: James Lee
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 17:43
are you joking with me? I have a hard time telling sometimes, especially online. if you're not, and really haven't heard them yet, I believe there is a sample on the band's page: http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAND.asp?band_id=213 - http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_BAN D.asp?band_id=213 ...if you ask the resident proglords nicely maybe they'll even let you download a whole CD ("Forse le lucciole non si amano più", their only 'classic' album IMAO) Classic 70s Italian prog, not as experimental as some, but full of warm melodies and my favorite prog vocals of all time. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/sollipsist/?chartstyle=kaonashi">
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Posted By: Petra
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 17:52
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Gah!...i dont know any of those bands I can see i have a lot of catching up with you guys!
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Posted By: threefates
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 18:08
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Well I've heard music from about 4 of them.. but only seen one live... and they will always be my favorite - PFM! ------------- THIS IS ELP 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 21:19
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Darwin is the best album ever released by an Italian band, so I voted for Banco del Mutuo Soccorso (Even when the poll names the English version of the band simply called Banco, which has a very inferior quality than the Italian original versions). Le Orme is a close second especially for Felona e Sorona. Iván |
Posted By: The Prognaut
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 22:27
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Other: Tale Cue I'm a BMS, PFM, Le Orme, etc... fan. But definitely, "Voices Beyond My Curtain" is the ultimate Italian prog band to me. Maybe if the poll was about 70's band... I would've said without even hesitating, PFM
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Posted By: Marcelo
Date Posted: September 20 2004 at 23:27
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Others: Museo Rosenbach, Murple, Allusa Fallax and a very long etc... Those who don't know Italian prog, try it ASAP, it's really (REALLY) wonderful music!!!
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Posted By: ponter
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 00:34
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OK I'm going to have to go with PFM also, but I really like Locanda Della Fate a lot too. If you were going with more recent vintage I'd go with Finisterre. And Le Orme has done some wonderful work both earlier and lately, so maybe I should vote for them? Or maybe Cleste? No, I'm going with PFM. Per Un Amico does it for me, then L'Isola di Niente-- then Storia Di Un Minuto-- in that order. You guys should have split it into decades and given Finisterre, Ezra Winston, and Deux Ex Machina some consideration. How about just the best in the last 5-10 yrs? ------------- shake your head as the world just nods away... |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 02:45
| PFM , but I'm fairly ignorant about them(and Italian prog in general) to be honest with only Chocolate Kings and a 'best of' compilation in my collection.Any band that once had ELP as it's opening band at a concert must be good! |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 08:40
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No Maxophone? Well in the absence of them it's a contest between Banco, Osanna and Goblin. I'm not very near a conclusion though... |
Posted By: zappa123
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 10:49
| PFM for me.And Buon vecchio charlie. |
Posted By: maani
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 13:15
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The poll is "favorite," not most important, most influential, etc. I would not argue that PFM is arguably the most influential Italian prog band, since they predate almost everyone else (though Banco del Mutuo Soccorso was also pretty early, as were a couple of others), and thus almost every other Italian prog band owes a "debt" to them. However, for my money, there are few prog bands playing today - in any country - who can match the level of composition, musicianship, production, sophistication, and sheer excitement of Deus ex Machina. |
Posted By: Batts
Date Posted: September 21 2004 at 15:25
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I certainly miss Maxophone and Standarte on the poll list. Would've voted for Maxophone thought!!! Awesome band. Too bad thy only released one album. ------------- marching on together!! |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 04:56
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Picchio dal pozzo DEDALUS/the italian Soft Machine |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 04:57
| I like SAINT JUST too |
Posted By: Velvetclown
Date Posted: September 22 2004 at 05:08
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SOPRANOS !!
------------- Billy Connolly Dream Theater Terry Gilliam Hagen Quartet Jethro Tull Mike Keneally |
Posted By: progchain
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 16:24
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BIGLIETTO PER L'INFERNO!!!!! Imagine Led Zeppelin meet Jethro Tull with two Keyboards-wizards!!! |
(It means Ticket to Hell...) Posted By: JCProg
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 16:52
| Voted "Other" as Maxophone is my favourite italian prog band. |
Posted By: AngelRat
Date Posted: September 23 2004 at 17:07
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Come to think of it, recently I bought an album by a relatively new Italian band, named Areknames. Not bad at all, VDGG inspired (vocals remind me of Hammill), but still very Italian sounding.
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Posted By: eduardossc
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 08:55
| Where´s Metamorfosi, Periferia del mondo, Museo Rosenbach, Lozanda delle fate and Quella vecchia la locanda?. |
Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 10:14
Wonderful album, by Locanda Delle Fate. One of my favourite Italian albums. PFM is my favourite Italian band. They got both the technique and the soul. I only like the 1st period though (Storia Di Un Minuto, and especially Per Un Amico and L'Isola Di Niente ) |
Posted By: Stiefel
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 10:20
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i voted BMS but at least Museo Rosenbach must be added to that list! |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 10:40
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After the UK Seventies prog, the Italian progrock scene is my favorite one. My #1 band is Le Orme: varied and bombastic keyboards, melancholical vocals and warm acoustic guitars, an unique combination of emotion and technique! Felona e sorona is my favorite album. Along the other masters (Banco, PFM), I like New Trolls (Searching for a land is great), Cherry Five (great Yes-inspired band with lots of Moogs), Men Of Lake (wonderful romantic atmosphere), Museo Rosenbach (Mellotron!), Standarte (Cursus and invocations is loaded with Hammond, Moog and Mellotron), Sensitiva Immagine (the Italian version of Selling.. from Genesis). I need a few more pages to express my love for the Italian prog .. FORZA ITALIA!! |
Posted By: krusty
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 11:20
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Of the four I have heard I'll go with PFM. ------------- http://www.humanism.org.uk/site/cms/contentChapterView.asp?chapter=309" rel="nofollow - Humanism |
Posted By: cucacola54
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 11:53
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Wheres Quella Veccia Locanda?
Ill go with Banco in this poll, but theres a lot of italian bands i love.. (Locana Delle Fate, Maxophone, Museo Rosenbach, Metamorfosi, Delirium, Reale Academia Di Musica, Ill Rovescio della Medaglia) ------------- Most listened albums last week 
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Posted By: NutterAlert
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 12:06
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Banco closely followed by Ossana ------------- Proud to be an un-banned member since 2005 |
Posted By: oliverstoned
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 12:11
| picchio dal pozzo |
Posted By: Chris_Kemp
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 13:00
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PFM is my fave but it would have been nice to see a Maxophone listing. ------------- "That's not your face...it's mine! IT'S MINE!! |
Posted By: magog
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 14:05
| Even though I'm italian I've always prefered british prog and actually don't know very well italian prog scene, anyway "Le Orme" have something which gives me the same emotion of english bands: I said emotions because in a more "celebral" compairing there's no match |
Posted By: Mnemosyne
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 14:20
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Locanda Delle Fate and Metamorfosi ------------- I'm a Man-Owl-Fish. Creator-Observer-Muse. |
Posted By: Paulieg
Date Posted: October 14 2005 at 14:25
| BANCO, BANCO, BANCO, BANCO, BANCO |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 05:54
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And Banco once more.... :) ------------- Blog this: http://artrock2006.blogspot.com |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 06:16
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Le Orme are great and my favourite italian band, within Premiata Forneria Marconi!
These two bands are only the top of the iceberg of the italian scene... |
...On my to-buy-list!Posted By: carlo394
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 09:04
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Naturally the winning band is PFM. I love PFM. The first progressive song that I listen is a their song: E' Festa (Celebration in English version) ------------- ELP!!!!!!!! -----------------------------Excuse me for the ungrammatical, I'm not English! |
Posted By: jotah15
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 13:01
I must say I agree. Nothing that PFM does gets tho the level of Darwin or Io Sono Nato Libero. I also think that Locanda must be on the list. ------------- 
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Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 13:25
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Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 16:37
| I'M ITALIAN BUT I DON'T LISTEN TO ITALIAN PROG. I JUST HAVE "LE ORME - COLLAGE" |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 17:48
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Try Uomo di Pezza (1972) or Felona e Sorona (1973)! You'll not be disappointed! |
Posted By: Andrea Cortese
Date Posted: October 15 2005 at 17:55
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Today I've been temptated to buy La Bibbia (1971), from Il Rovescio della Medaglia, but, finally I've chosen Le Orme's Florian (1979). |
Posted By: carlo394
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 04:02
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Oh, I'm Italian too. Contact me: [email protected] ------------- ELP!!!!!!!! -----------------------------Excuse me for the ungrammatical, I'm not English! |
Posted By: Rockin' Chair
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 06:23
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Potevi anche dirmelo in italiano eh.. Di dove sei? |
Posted By: carlo394
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 06:28
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so' toscano
------------- ELP!!!!!!!! -----------------------------Excuse me for the ungrammatical, I'm not English! |
Posted By: carlo394
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 06:28
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di quelli grezzi! ------------- ELP!!!!!!!! -----------------------------Excuse me for the ungrammatical, I'm not English! |
Posted By: krauthead
Date Posted: October 16 2005 at 17:47
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Voted for Goblin ------------- *Dancing madly backwards on a sea of air* - Captain Beyond |