Ultimate Prog Tournament #1: Yes v. Supertramp
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Topic: Ultimate Prog Tournament #1: Yes v. Supertramp
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Subject: Ultimate Prog Tournament #1: Yes v. Supertramp
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 00:54
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Alright, I figured I'd explain this event in the initial post. I'm having a tournament with some friends of mine who aren't on PA (one is though, he'll post some of the polls too--his PA name is birdwithteeth11) and I made a March Madness-esque bracket to go along with the tournament. All of my friends and I have chosen who we think will win out of the matches and the plan was to have the results determined by polls here on PA. I thought it might be really interesting and I tried to rank the chances of bands winning in their respective four divisions. Just in case people are curious, here's how it looks for the first round: Round 1 A1. #1 Genesis v. #8 Mike Oldfield A2. #3 Dream Theater v. #6 Tangerine Dream A3. #4 Camel v. #5 Magma A4. #2 Emerson, Lake, and Palmer v. #7 Premiata Forneria Marconi B1. #1 Yes v. #8 Supertramp B2. #3 Gentle Giant v. #6 Pain of Salvation B3. #4 Marillion v. #5 Gong B4. #2 Rush v. #7 The Flower Kings C1. #1 King Crimson v. #8 Anglagard C2. #3 Van Der Graaf Generator v. #6 Captain Beefheart C3. #4 Kansas v. #5 Mahavishnu Orchestra C4. #2 Jethro Tull v. #7 Gryphon D1. #1 Pink Floyd v. #8 IQ D2. #3 Porcupine Tree v. #6 Caravan D3. #4 The Moody Blues v. #5 Opeth D4. #2 Frank Zappa v. #7 Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso So, pretty much, just pick whichever artist/band out of each two in the polls that you prefer! I really appreciate your input in advance. (By the way, I'm not a new member, I've been on PA for years but I rarely posted with my old account. My tastes have changed alot too and I plan on reviewing more so now.) |
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 01:07
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YES has by far the better discography.It's not even close. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 01:10
| Yeah, I think some of these will be very straightforward. Once we get into certain matches, especially after the first round, I think it'll make things much more interesting, but still you never know what can happen at times. Both bands are great though, but I agree. |
Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 01:11
We had something like this called the Prog Olympics a while ago. I'm really glad that someone has brought it back.  Anyway, I vote Yes. -------------  <font color=white>butts, lol[/COLOR] |
Posted By: Jshutt64
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 01:48
Yes, no contest at all. 
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 06:30
| Yes |
Posted By: Urs Blank
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 10:02
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Yes. I have been a huge fan of Supertramp before knowing Yes. However Yes is more powerful and songs like Close To The Edge or Relayer simply put Supertramp to the back burner. ------------- Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali. |
Posted By: horsewithteeth11
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 15:30
| Yes by far. This is no contest. |
Posted By: King of Loss
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 15:42
| Yes of course. Supertramp is pretty good too. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 15:46
| Yes, I don't understand why you wanted to make all these rape over polls. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 15:57
Actually, what I did at first was just got a list of the first 32 prog bands I could think of, then I ranked them from 1-32 from who I think would have the most chances of winning and then split those up into four categories (the highest 4 of those 32 being 1's in each of their categories). Besides, the #7's and #8's pretty much have to get slaughtered or else my bracket will die.  |
King Crimson776 wrote:Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 17:37
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I pick the Flower Kings over Rush as the big upset.
I picked Yes in this one.
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 18:17
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+1
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 23:51
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Yes, of course. ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: January 13 2008 at 23:55
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YES! ------------- 
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Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 00:02
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Yes has countless numbers of classics, including my favourites Fragile, CTTE, and Relayer. Supertramp has Crime of the Century. YES! |
Posted By: Hat of Truth
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 06:56
| I voted for Supertramp. Why? Becouse I want to. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 07:40
| Nothing against Supertramp, but Yes wins for me by a large margin. |
Posted By: xjester
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 13:56
| yes, by far |
Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 14:37
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Supertramp. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 16:56
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Yes!!! ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Flucktrot
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 17:18
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When Supertramp is a low seed, I have to question the committee's decision :)
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Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 17:38
for Supertramp, ov coarse |
Posted By: AustinPrince14
Date Posted: January 14 2008 at 18:30
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Yes consistently puts out better albums, Supertramp has more to do with singles and such.
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: January 18 2008 at 10:45
| Voted for Yes, but Supertramp are a great band who deserve much more recognition. This poll was a bit unfair. |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: January 20 2008 at 03:09
| Okay poll creators.. I'd consider starting round 2 before people forget this tourney's existance! |