PA's Favorite Prog Band: Showdown 2008--GG v. KC
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Topic: PA's Favorite Prog Band: Showdown 2008--GG v. KC
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Subject: PA's Favorite Prog Band: Showdown 2008--GG v. KC
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:02
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This poll is pretty much the poll that determines what ProgArchives' favorite band is for 2008. King Crimson won the tournament at the beginning of the year (Ultimate Prog Tournament), and Gentle Giant recently won another tournament (Battle to Stardom). Both are paradigmatic progressive rock bands. Which one will be PA's favorite? Only you can decide. ------------- 
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Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:04
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You're absolutely right, Alex. Only I can decide. And I have. Game, set, match. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:05
I canceled out your vote.  -------------
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Epignosis wrote:Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:09
| Hard, even though both aren't faves of mine, I dig quite a lot their material. Lately I've been digging much more KC, so it has to be it. Though if you had asked me before, or maybe after, it would have changed, surely. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:11
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KC for me.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:21
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I own 7 Gentle Giant studio albums and 1 live album and I play them regularly. They never cease to amaze me with their brilliant musicianship and wierd ideas which nearly always work. I own 3 King Crimson albums and I can't recall the last time I could be bothered to play one. The only tracks that really impress me are Epitaph and The Night Watch, though Fripp's solo almost ruins the latter. I think that says it all - GG by a country mile. ------------- A TVR is not a car. It's a way of life. |
Posted By: proggy
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:22
| To all GG fanboys, this isn't even close......Fripp is God..... |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:24
Fripp can't keep a band together. And he has to tune his guitar differently. Poor sap can't really play in standard tuning, it would seem. ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: Epignosis
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:26
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*throws brick in window* CRASH The note tied around it reads, "'Moonchild' sucks!" ------------- https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays" rel="nofollow - https://epignosis.bandcamp.com/album/a-month-of-sundays |
Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:27
If Fripp is God, Zappa is the God of God. |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:29
As much as I love KC and Fripp...  -------------
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Posted By: memowakeman
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:30
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King Crimson ------------- Follow me on twitter @memowakeman |
Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 14:39
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Well I vote KC . I am pretty confident that "febus" would concur as well, can we punch in 2 votes for the King?
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Posted By: The Pessimist
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 15:22
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GG for me. I love both bands, but I prefer Gentle Giant for some reason i can't picture.
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Posted By: moreitsythanyou
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 15:25
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Gentle Giant all the way. Their songs are far better and much more enjoyable.
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Posted By: crimson87
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 15:48
| I am liteningto a lot more of GG than KC. But I'll Go with the Crimson King |
Posted By: Todd
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 16:03
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As much as I enjoy GG, the fact that KC is still alive, producing vital, important music 40 years later, seals the deal. |
Posted By: Sckxyss
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 16:15
| Both are in my top 3 bands along with Univers Zero, so I'll throw in a vote for the underdog this time. |
Posted By: Astrodomine
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 16:47
| I'll vote King Crimson because their early albums are really unique and atmospheric, and it's one of my most listened band, but I think that GG deserves the win here. |
Posted By: Prisoner
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 17:00
| KC for me. |
Posted By: LiquidEternity
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 17:28
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Gentle Giant, by such a little hair.
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Posted By: peskypesky
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 17:41
| Love Gentle Giant...but King Crimson is a notch above in my book. |
Posted By: topofsm
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 18:18
King Crimson. Their music is perfect. "Moonchild" may suck, but it's perfect.
Haha just joking. I really need to get some Giant albums, so I may be biased, but I prefer the dark and innovative KC over GG a ton. No hate towards GG, they're amazing too, and definetely one of my newest faves. ------------- 
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Posted By: Alberto Muņoz
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 19:20
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King Crimson is for me
although GG is great also -------------  |
Posted By: micky
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 19:37
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had to go with the Giant.. KC is good stuff.. but just find GG far more interesting
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Posted By: crimhead
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 20:01
| I love the GG but I have to stay with KC. |
Posted By: maups2
Date Posted: December 16 2008 at 20:59
| The mighty Crim - for now and forever |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 03:58
| I like KC, but GG appeals a lot more to me... |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 09:02
Well, at least this one is decisive. 
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 14:53
| GG by far, never a big fan of KC |
Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 14:58
GG for me, although KC is great too. But I can't believe GG is losing by such a wide margin. Come on everyone, remember Beat (Remain in Light's - Talking Heads reference - poorer cousin)?  ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: MovingPictures07
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 14:59
I love Beat.  But GG are really good too. Interview is one of my favorite albums of all time.  -------------
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Posted By: TGM: Orb
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 18:10
| Crimson every time. Gentle Giant are a constantly interesting experience, but they simply never were as evocative for me, and the stunning Lizard, Court, Islands, Larks' and Discipline are all stronger (to my taste) than any Gentle Giant album. |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 18:19
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I love both...but KC is my life. ------------- http://www.facebook.com/damoxt7942" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 18:22
| ^wow!!! Your life???!!!! Dude I've never heard that from a progger, damn KC is really something!!! |
Posted By: alerxst
Date Posted: December 17 2008 at 21:07
| King Crimson easily. Perhaps I haven't given GG due diligence, but from what I've heard they have only one album that can keep me satisfied all the way through (Three Friends). As for KC, I can easily listen to their first 7 studio albums all the way through. All I can say for GG is gg. |
Posted By: DamoXt7942
Date Posted: December 20 2008 at 20:08
To tell the truth, KC had let me wake up to the real progressive rock world.
Especially, that squeaky sound in Starless and Bible Black...
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