Floyd "The Wall vs Tull's "Thick as a brick"
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Topic: Floyd "The Wall vs Tull's "Thick as a brick"
Posted By: Yorkie X
Subject: Floyd "The Wall vs Tull's "Thick as a brick"
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:14
Sorry to have to do this to you , really its not an easy poll there are many factors involved here, at least for me there is .. lets me think ... floyd the wall 9/10 / thick as a brick 9.5 out of ten but its shorter much shorter 
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:16
| I promise you this is not going to be an even poll. |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:18
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Shakespeare wrote:Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:20
| That's very true, but the number of people who dislike The Wall are way more numerous than those who dislike TaaB. Just look at the Top 100, and see which is higher - that's often how polls like this turn out (but not always). |
Posted By: Equality 7-2521
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:28
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Love both of them, TAAB is significantly better though. More varied, more progressive, more original, plus I respect the cohesive composition more than the single tracks.
Five stars > 4.5 stars, but both great. ------------- "One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. " |
Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:34
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Do you think is really there a contest? Both are equally great bands, no doubt, but you're comparing Tull's best and Floyd's third or fourth place in their top 5 albums. So, no contest. TAAB.
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 12:54
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Wow. That's a lotta swearing mixed with strong opinions. I'd like to point out that when I was in 7th or 8th grade I did a 10 minute speech on Thick as a Brick, and proudly proclaimed it was my favourite album of all time at the end. I think you're unfairly generalizing things, andyouandI7thgradeprejudice. EDIT: Did you have some bad experience in the 7th grade? Or in camp during the 7th grade? FURTHER EDIT: The thread I was replying to has vanished because of abuse, it seems, so ignore this response. |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:00
THE WALL 6 STARS
TAAB 4 stars
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Posted By: Finnforest
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:05
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Right On Febus. The Wall by miles over TAAB. ------------- ...that moment you realize you like "Mob Rules" better than "Heaven and Hell" |
Posted By: glass house
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:13
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Used to like The Wall a lot and TAAB not so much. Been on sort of a JT marathon lately. Liking TAAB more than I did before. So TAAB it is.
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Posted By: FranMuzak
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:26
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I like both albums a lot but i gave my vote to The Wall because it was the one to get me into Floyd and Prog in general, so remains one of my all time favourites (i think i was in 7th grade(lol). And do you think somebody who talks like andYouandI45 is over 7th grade? |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:39
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As much as I disagree with Floyd being progressive, Iwill vote for the wall, I grew up on that one! ------------- 
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Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 13:40
This is a good way to grow up!!
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Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:20
| I consider The Wall as the best album ever recorded. So there's no contest for me, even when I love TAAB. |
Posted By: febus
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:23
You're a man of good taste
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 14:36
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No album beats Thick as a Brick
And frankly, The Wall doesn't even come close -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: bluetailfly
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:14
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Few albums beat The Wall
And frankly, Thick as a Brick doesn't even come close.
 My god, I'll never understand this Tull fixation that affects people... ------------- "The red polygon's only desire / is to get to the blue triangle." |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:19
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No album beats Hybris. And frankly, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven comes very close. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 15:46
Well, how do you build a wall? With bricks... But in the end, what's what you're seeing and what you're counting on? The Wall, not the individual brick, no matter how thick it may be...
As inferred from that, The Wall ------------- 
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Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:01
Agreed.   ------------- 
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Posted By: sircosick
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:03
That's damn right. If you put WYWH instead of the Wall, so you can begin to think about a comparison. ------------- The best you can is good enough... |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:13
Although I actually love Epilog and Hybris evenly...Unlike most. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 16:14
But then we're talking about a "[Slot 1] VS [Slot 2] in the top 100" poll again....That's CTTE vs. SEBTP all over again!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:35
Traitor. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:47
| TAAB without any doubt...shame comparing The Wall to it. |
Posted By: The T
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:49
No... The shame in this poll goes for those who dare to mention GY!BE among these two classics....  -------------
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Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 17:51
| the shame is YOU the T. |
Posted By: Sunhillow_
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 18:00
cannot vote... two very different albums. Thick as a Brick is more.. uh.... "progressive" (er..) while The Wall is more . er..." modern"... both are fantastic!!!! 
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Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 18:22
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The Wall i lisend to that great album so many times, TaaB is allso very good but the wall hade a much bigger importance for me. ------------- 
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Posted By: magnus
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 19:31
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TAAB showed Jethro Tull at their peak. The Wall showed Pink Floyd on the way down from theirs. TAAB it is. ------------- The scattered jigsaw of my redemption laid out before my eyes Each piece as amorphous as the other - Each piece in its lack of shape a lie 
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 19:35
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TAAB by a mile. The Wall is actually one of my least favorite Floyd albums. Just a step above DSOTM. Never really got into either of those albums. I've always been much more into WYWH, Animals, Meddle, even AHM and OBC. TAAB is my favorite Tull album on the other hand. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 21:17
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TAAB.
------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: August 10 2007 at 21:18
I find both overrated to be honest, TAAB just a little(4 stars IMO, not their best), and The Wall a whole lot (it sucks ) So TAAB by a million miles.------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: mrcozdude
Date Posted: August 11 2007 at 06:10
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i just think though taab's two song are musicaly great its not fair to compare it a double disc album,but seeing floyd were loosing i went with them ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/cozfunkel/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:09
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Thick as a Brick for me.
I always though the Wall was a bit overated.
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: August 11 2007 at 16:59
| TAAB isn't my absolute favourite, but when you put it against the Wall, of all PF albums, there's no contest.. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: August 11 2007 at 18:44
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This is easy, Thick as a Brick is miles better than The Wall, not even close.
------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: Nowhere Man
Date Posted: August 11 2007 at 20:33
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Love them both, but TAAB is close to, if not, my favorite album of all time (definately my favorite song), and The Wall isn't even my favorite Floyd album. So, pretty easy for me.
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Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 00:18
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It appears The Wall is getting a thrashing but not really when you consider Thick as a brick has been in the top 5 for as long as I can remember 23/45 is the poll result which means about 1/3 of the people think the wall is better who have voted so far ... interesting
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Posted By: gong
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 01:51
| TAAB |
Posted By: dethics
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 01:53
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The wall is quite horrible compared to Pink floyds best stuff....you have to have half of a brain to note this JT thick as a brick is way better, but they are also 2 different types of prog music.. |
Posted By: Kaizer_O
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 11:48
| TaaB by far, it's much more ambitious imho. While the wall has some great songs on it, it also has a lot of fillers which temp me to use the skip-button. It just feels too much like Roger Waters pouring his heart out two discs long than a full-fledged Floydrecord. |
Posted By: Shakespeare
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 11:55
You just insulted 32 % of the people here, and dismissed their honest opinions as false fact. |
Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 12:19
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Disclaimer /// Folks I was never going to put "thick as a brick up against "wish you were here" want to know why ? because I bet its been done before .. this poll isn`t about who wins its pretty obvious who should win according to statistics , what this poll is about is a chance for all those Floyd fans who grew up listening to this CD to voice their opinions and be happy that they have made some sort of contest here from not even Floyd's best album against what is arguably the best prog CD of all time Tull's "Thick as a Brick" (I believe thick as a brick is a 95/100 CD btw so I`m not biased I kind of wish more polls were polarized it really gives a clearer understanding of things and puts things into perspective and also creates a topic. Couldn't think of anything more boring than a "thick as a brick" vs "close to the edge" or "wish you were here" poll and frankly I couldn't stomach the blue url links saying we have done this poll before click here and see |
Posted By: toolis
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 12:50
thank God you said "arguably the best prog CD of all time Tull's "Thick as a Brick""... and this is probably the point of those polls... you've already said it.. a chance for us "Wall freaks" to state our love for that monument.. oh, and IMHO, arguably The Wall is the best prog album ever..
and i don't see what the harm is about same threads appear again from time to time since from the last time new members have registered or opinions changed... oh, and http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=76799 ------------- -music is like pornography... sometimes amateurs turn us on, even more... -sometimes you are the pigeon and sometimes you are the statue... |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 13:39
| TAAB |
Posted By: Tapfret
Date Posted: August 12 2007 at 21:17
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The Wall is just too much Roger. Thick is much more enjoyable even though the melody was used in a VW commercial. ------------- https://www.last.fm/user/Tapfret" rel="nofollow">  https://bandcamp.com/tapfret" rel="nofollow - Bandcamp |
Posted By: pero
Date Posted: August 13 2007 at 02:52
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The wall for me one of few boring PF albums.
TAAB one of the best JT. So, TAAB
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 21:12
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Concept albums, guh
The Wall because of Comfortably Numb |
Posted By: Dim
Date Posted: November 22 2007 at 21:43
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The wall, I have trouble getting through TAAB
dont kill me! -------------
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 14:27
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Is there really a contest? Thick As A Brick has some of the best short instrumental sections ever, very few weak moments, costs half as much, has more entertaining lyrics, a better end, is more memorable and is more versatile. The Wall, however, really doesn't strike me as great. The start is promising, and stunning, but from there it really manages to bore me with the overlong opening to Thin Ice and Mother. The vocals are pretty weak, and the music fairly dull. However, it does pick up for the rest of disc one, and has real flashes of genius on Another Brick In The Wall pts 1 + 3. The second disc is mostly a disaster, sounds and reads like 50% filler, ends poorly and is redeemed only by Hey You and a brilliant memorable use of a repeated theme. Basically, The Wall sounds very forced on disc 2 and would have been better if Waters had been less dedicated to the huge show and double-albumage. |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 15:40
| Thick As A Brick...one of the easiest polls I had to make a choice in. Though I'm suprised, this should be a slaughter. |
Posted By: Teh_Slippermenz
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 16:45
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Call me Thick as a Brick! (I like "The Wall" as well, see my icon, but Brick just blows it out of the water IMO) |
Posted By: markosherrera
Date Posted: November 23 2007 at 16:47
| I prefer not compare ,both albums are excellents |
Posted By: Komodo dragon
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 12:47
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60 votes for brick
this is not a pool this is joke!
ps
heres my 61 vote  ------------- 
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Posted By: cookieacquired
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 15:23
hmmm this is in the wrong section, this isn't even a poll
TaaB ------------- 
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Posted By: Baube3
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 21:16
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Well I'm kind of surprised with the results. I thought The Wall would be wiped out of the discussion, but it doesn't seem to. 64 votes against 37... This is still a competition.
Pink Floyd used to be my favorite band, but NOW ? not anymore strangely... And The Wall is far way from my favorites now... I dunno what happened. Maybe I'm more interested with complex and very progressive stuff now. Actually, my favorite bands are Yes, VDGG and Gentle Giant...
And Thick As A Brick is one of the best albums in the world too...
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 21:19
I was wondering who uncorked this gem of a poll... 65 ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Peter
Date Posted: November 26 2007 at 22:31
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I'm a (classic) Floyd fan, but don't really like The Wall. Other than the odd moment here and there, i consider it a huge letdown, depressing and self-indulgent. It's the sound of self-destruction, and the point where I pretty much lost interest in what followed for the band. I'd give it 2 stars. TAAB I'd give the full five stars -- in fact I did. I love it -- a masterpiece of classic prog!
 67 it is, then.
 STOMP!
------------- "And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
Posted By: streetlight
Date Posted: November 27 2007 at 19:01
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Thick as a brick
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Posted By: Floydoid
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 08:10
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Even as a devout Floyd fan, I'd say that TAAB is way better than the Wall.
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: November 28 2007 at 08:34
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Of course it's Brick for me. But it's almost like comparing an apple to an orange.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: December 02 2007 at 20:13
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As usual i'm in the minority,but for me it's not even close.THE WALL. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Tylosand Ektorp
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 03:37
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The Wall is a bloated gas bag of an album full of crap show tune like musings and pop psychology nonsense. Not to mention 75% of the music sucks. Give me Thick As A Brick any day. ------------- Those who know history are doomed to talk about it. |
Posted By: herring
Date Posted: December 22 2007 at 05:33
THICK AS A BRICK FFS!!!!
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