Ultimate Prog Tournament Round 2-1: Yes v. GG
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Topic: Ultimate Prog Tournament Round 2-1: Yes v. GG
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Subject: Ultimate Prog Tournament Round 2-1: Yes v. GG
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 19:59
Well, thanks to everyone who participated in round 1!! (especially since my bracket is barely in second place )Here are the matchups for this round, for whomever is interested: Round 2 E1. #1 Genesis v. #3 Dream Theater E2. #4 Camel v. #2 Emerson, Lake and Palmer F1. #1 Yes v. #3 Gentle Giant F2. #4 Marillion v. #2 Rush G1. #1 King Crimson v. #3 Van Der Graaf Generator G2. #5 Mahavishnu Orchestra v. #2 Jethro Tull H1. #1 Pink Floyd v. #3 Porcupine Tree H2. #5 Opeth v. #2 Frank Zappa This should be interesting! |
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:00
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hahahhah.. awesome.. .great match ups there...
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Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:01
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anyhow... first blood to Yes...
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:02
Definitely. I don't think a single one will be too much of a blowout like some of the first ones. |
micky wrote:Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:04
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^ with ELP.. a blow-out is always a possibility. I have made inroads building the ELP army back up to the early days of the site.. but still a LONG way to go hahhaha.
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:06
Yeah, I see what you mean, but I hope not. I really like ELP and I definitely don't understand their stance on this site. I love Rush even more, but I'll admit that it's more understandable for them to be more controversial, but ELP? Man, as you pointed out though, Camel over Magma by a landslide really says something. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:08
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I am still scratching my head over that one.. Camel is nice... but not in the same zip code as Magma.. or forebodingly... ELP. We'll see....
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:10
Yeah, I agree. I really like Moonmadness alot and I like some of their other stuff decently too, but I agree completely. Magma didn't click fully on me until a few weeks ago, and I've been listening to them so often since. The music is completely brilliant. They really need to print a Kobaian dictionary so I can learn all of the words, haha. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:11
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Magma grabbed me hook line and sinker from the the listen.. of the first album... but I started with the album to start with. The debut album Kobaia. God .. I will be buried with that album.
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Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:15
I actually heard the debut first too, a few months back, and I loved it. But for some reason, I listened to 1001 Centigrades, thought it was okay, then heard MDK, and I didn't really know what to think. Because I've been getting into so much music lately, they just kinda disappeared out of my listening habits...but they're easily becoming one of my favorite bands ever already now and MDK is one of my favorite albums. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:19
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the only one that really grabbed me off of 1001 was 'Iss' and that mainly for the live version on the Live at Bruxelles 1971 album. wow... much better than the studio version.
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Posted By: Yorkie X
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:22
| close ... too damn close ! I grew up listening to Yes so ... |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:24
Hmm... then maybe I need to hear that. Iss was the first song I liked as well, but now I really love all of Magma's studio albums that I have. I consider myself bordering on Magma fanboyism since I rank the albums like this: 1. MDK  2. Kobaia 3. Udu Wudu 4. Wurdah Itah 5. Attahk 1/26. K.A. 1/27. Kohntarkosz 8. 1001 Centigrades Or something like that. Haha. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 20:27
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hahahhahah.. ... nothing wrong with being a fanboy... when you start getting a male crush on Vander like I have on Carl Palmer.. then you need to worry
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Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 21:38
What is this Prog Madness....or March Madness in February....
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 22:23
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Yes is great and all but Gentle Giant. classic prog does not get any better than that!
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Posted By: Mellotron Storm
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 23:25
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Have to go with YES. ------------- "The wind is slowly tearing her apart" "Sad Rain" ANEKDOTEN |
Posted By: Flucktrot
Date Posted: February 07 2008 at 23:57
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Even though both have awesome and regrettable addtions to their
discographies, there's absolutely no doubt in my my mind that Yes is
the vote ------------- Thank you, God of Rock, for this chance to kick ass |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 00:12
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I'm not able to completely understand Gentle Giant, so I have to go with Yes despite Jon's vocals. Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 00:31
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I really do like Yes, but Gentle Giant is something else... second favourite classic prog band behind KC |
Posted By: ProgBagel
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 01:09
| Much preferred yes. |
Posted By: King Crimson776
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 01:44
| Yes, love GG though |
Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 02:39
All in all each man in all men, All men in each man.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Moogtron III
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 03:35
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Two great bands. I always liked Yes (well, always since I started listening to their albums), but I couldn't appreciate Gentle Giant in the beginning, except for Acquiring The Taste. Now I must say that GG's music has really grown on me, especially Three Friends and Octopus. GG's Giant In The Box is one of the best progressive rock video's I ever saw.
Still, I keep listening to Yes albums, and I like almost every album they did from the seventies a lot, but also the debut, 90125 and AWBH. Even when I heard them many, many times, they keep being exciting for me. So I vote for Yes.
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Posted By: paloz
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 08:36
| Gentle Giant! I love Yes, but GG are genius! |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 08:40
| I don't want to vote against any of these two brilliant bands. |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 12:58
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both very formidable, but I have to go with Yes...only Genesis can take them down. ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: laplace
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 13:01
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Both these bands are lovely. I'll cheat and vote for Gentle Giant because I like more of their songs. (because Yes only released about 25 songs during their classic period, kekeke)
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 13:12
| Not easy to vote at all... Though I love GG's unique take on prog, Yes have always been at the top of my personal list of favourites, so my vote goes to them. |
Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 14:43
| I haven't heard enough Giant to make a real judgement, but I think Acquiring The Taste is one of my favourite albums in terms of how acquired it is and how memorable it is once acquired. Not voting here, though I think that in the end CTTE would destroy all. |
Posted By: Mousoleum
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 15:43
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YES all the way. |
Posted By: MusicalSalmacis
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 15:50
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OMFG
LOLILOPS
LOLZORDS
UER WIERD M8
WTF
I can't choose... I love both so much... I'm voting for GG just because Yes has so many votes, though.
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Posted By: Urs Blank
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 16:20
It is pretty much the same for me. Although these groups do not belong to my very favorite ones, I regard them with a lot of esteem. And without having a serious preference for one or the other, I go with GG to balance this poll. ------------- Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it. Salvador Dali. |
Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 18:27
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How could you choose between King Crimson and Van der Graaf Generator , thats too sadistic.!!!!!!!!!
I have to go with yes , GG is too weird for me right now
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Posted By: Spacemac
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 19:45
Yes 
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Posted By: fighting sleep
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 21:18
GG is being drowned! 
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Posted By: ES335
Date Posted: February 08 2008 at 23:50
Someone said they don't forsee too many blowouts, but that's exactly what I see for the first four brackets. I do think KC v. VdGG will be very interesting, and the last three seem harder to predict. But the first four will be Genesis, ELP, Yes and Rush without a doubt.
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Posted By: keiser willhelm
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 00:26
And rightfully so!!! GG is. . . ok i guess. but its a difficult sound to get into. I much prefer Yes. Yes, Yes should win it. Yes all the way. there is no way Yes can or should be beaten, except maybe by Genesis (and thats a stretch  i said it) .PS - when you say 'yes' that much it kind of loses its meaning... its a weird feeling. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/KeiserWillhelm" rel="nofollow - What im listening to |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 00:32
you predict ELP walking the dog with Camel.... the same CAmel that smoked Magma... Magma... oh no.... there is an affinity at this site for the prog-lite of groups like Camel and Genesis. I'll be surprised if ELP is close.. more so if they win. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 00:34
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now Floyd vs. the crazed PT legion of fans... that will be the interesting one... Opeth, KC, and Tull smoke their competition. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: Fritha
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 09:52
Yep! I'm already gathering up steam for this one!
I went with our beloved Yesmen in this poll. GG is enjoyable enough, no doubt about it, and out of the three records I have, I readily give two of them four stars (Octobus and Three Friends) But since CTTE is pretty much my all time favourite record, with The Yes Album not far behind, I can't see how I could vote any other way. ------------- I was made to love magic |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 09:56
Indeed, but I think KC might have a slightly tough time with VDGG (though they'll still win) and I think the Opeth v. Zappa one will really be interesting because it'll bring up two completely different artists with fanbases that may be big on here but not near as to the forefront as even Dream Theater's. I think the biggest blowout is probably already over, and that's Genesis v. Dream Theater. And yeah, Tull will probably win that, but I'd say Mahavishnu will get a decent amount of votes. If you guys actually care, I could post some (or all, or whatever) of the brackets people actually filled out, since seeing the differences and similarities is interesting. One weird thing I noted is that every single person had Yes over Gentle Giant, and that no one had Opeth over Frank Zappa (those who had anything over Zappa said The Moody Blues over Opeth and then over Zappa, but that obviously didn't happen). |
Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 10:37
KC vs VDGG looks a very tough one and PF vs PT should be a blowout for PF but I've got a sneaky feeling it will be tight. What happened to Gong? When I looked at the Round 1 Poll they were tied at 23-23 when the poll closed. What was the tiebreaker? |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 10:42
When I actually closed the polling and took the results, it was 23-22 in Marillion's favor. When I checked later on, about a day later, that's when the other vote must have snuck in. |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 10:44
round 2 has already started before Gong got the tying vote... then Dean closed it. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 10:52
VDGG has a loyal... but small fanbase... KC wins ..hmmm... 65% -35% I'd say Opeth v. Zappa... the same... Zappa has a fanatical.. but limiting fanbase since his discography is so daunting. Opeth is a band that the new ..and old prog fans can really dig. Won't be close I suspect. Tull destroys MO... Tull is actually my favorite to win the whole thing. ------------- The Pedro and Micky Experience - When one no longer requires psychotropics to trip |
Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 11:59
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Posted By: jimmy_row
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 12:00
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Upset city, I'm calling VdGG over Crimson, and in a shocker, Camel over ELP! They're feeling high from their victory over those wacky Kobaians ------------- Signature Writers Guild on strike |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 12:31
Haha, no problem.  It doesn't matter; I just so far have given people a week (from Thursday until Thursday) and then that's when I count the votes. You probably voted very soon after I counted them. I don't know what I would have done if it had stayed at a tie for a long time. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 12:44
That's interesting. I'd say they're pretty good predictions, but we'll see what happens. I just hope Zappa at least makes this round, since I have him winning (I am a Rush and Zappa fanatic, but I realize how Rush is on this site). I realize how much of a miracle my prediction would take, but it would be sweet. |
Posted By: fighting sleep
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 14:01
No, i understand what you're saying. Yes will win because they're more "mainstream" within the prog community. No skin off my back. As for them going against Genesis...i have no idea who would win that. I personally hope that KC comes out on top of this tournament.
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 16:11
| Tough choice here. I've seen both live, GG in a small venue while Yes in an arena but I went with Yes. Wakeman era Yes was epic while GG never reached that status in the U.S of A. |
Posted By: Okocha
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 19:45
| YES |
Posted By: Nash
Date Posted: February 09 2008 at 21:47
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YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/191/sydbarrettg.jpg/" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: February 10 2008 at 15:29
| I rather prefer Yes I know all of it and I can listen it always. GG I thin k it has great songs but too experimental for my taste of course the supreme Octopus and Free Hand I love those but still don't compare to Yes Album, Fragile, CTTE, TFTO or Relayer. |
Posted By: Norbert
Date Posted: February 12 2008 at 08:36
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81-32, this is insane... It should be around a draw.
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