Famous Personalities 101
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Topic: Famous Personalities 101
Posted By: paganinio
Subject: Famous Personalities 101
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 07:08
| In my opinions these are the essential knowledge of a modern day proghead. |
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Posted By: JoaoPirucas
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 07:16
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I know them all... but how am I supposed to vote? :P
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Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 07:27
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Huh?
------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 07:29
| You would have been sleeping under a rock for ages not to know these guys. |
Posted By: Lofcaudio
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 10:13
| Perhaps a better question would have been: "Which of these are you not familiar with?" along with a "Recognize them all" choice as these are fairly popular and well-known names. |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 10:28
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I've heard of all these except for this Phil Collins you mention. Who's he?
Aaaaaahh. Now I remember. I know who you mean, he's the guitarist with Def Leppard isn't he?
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Posted By: tszirmay
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 10:42
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Maybe Joan Collins' husband (many of...) ------------- I never post anything anywhere without doing more than basic research, often in depth. |
Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 10:45
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well, I didn't think many people would recognize them all. And "Which of these are you not familiar with?" is not a good question because the newbies usually aren't that eager to vote |
Lofcaudio wrote:Posted By: Zargus
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 10:58
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The only one i know is the Frippster, the rest, total strangers to me... ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 11:33
I think I may have voted for Åkerfeldt twice  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 11:56
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I confined my votes to those that were in my collection somewhere. If you're on this site long enough I think you will have heard of all of them.
------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 12:40
| not necessarily. Not every prog fan listens to metal, so certain people are out. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:24
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I know them all. I only had to check if my guess to which band Daniel Gildenlöw belongs was right. But since multiple voting is not allowed here, I voted for David Gilmour: his music is the one I'm most familar with. And I couldn't stand it that one of the others had one more vote, even if his name is Robert Fripp... ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:44
1. The Flower Kings right?
2. Multiple votes are allowed in the poll. ------------- What? |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:49
I'd be utterly astonished if there had been people on this site for more than a week, month at the outside, that hadnt at least heard of every name on that list. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 15:57
1. Wrong. Pain of Salvation.
2. Thanks for correcting me, Dean. I did not understand how multiple voting worked until now. Being a native computer nerd, I expected check boxes instead of radio buttons, but this was caused by my own tunnel vision. This means that I must allow Robert Fripp having one more vote than David Gilmour once again...  -------------
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Posted By: b_olariu
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 16:20
| I know them all from the first look at the list, if you know prog is almost impossible not to know these guys. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 19:04
| 3 out of 9 from DT... |
Posted By: Roland113
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 19:04
In the vein of the Miller Lite commercials, "Let's have both," Gildenlow is in Pain of Salvation and was a member of The Flower Kings for both Unfold the Future and Adam and Eve. ------------- -------someone please tell him to delete this line, he looks like a noob------- I don't have an unnatural obsession with Disney Princesses, I have a fourteen year old daughter and coping mechanisms. |
Posted By: A Person
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 19:33
| I have heard of them all, but I haven't listened to them all, although I have a good idea what the music they play sounds like. Speaking of David Gilmour, I heard "On An Island" on the radio yesterday at the store, I was amazed that it stills gets airtime since it wasn't that big of a hit. |
Posted By: Speesh
Date Posted: May 08 2009 at 23:31
| Needs more Zappa. But in this case, Åkerfeldt without a doubt. |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 14:50
I dont know haw well the album did in the states but it toped the charts over hear, a very big hit. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005
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Posted By: Lucent
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 14:53
| If I had any wish in life, it is to forget the name of Phil Collins. |
Posted By: angelmk
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 18:24
| you should put referance note ' for newbies only ' .. even if someone doesn't know some of your list or is not into metal perhaps , there are many topics on each of them or at least somehow related.. |
Posted By: Queen By-Tor
Date Posted: May 09 2009 at 18:44
hat's the point of this poll? 
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: May 10 2009 at 01:35
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the point is to see which people are the most famous. And http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=57583 - (finally) prove that Dream Theater are not the most popular on this site. They may be a strong band, but when it comes to individual members in the band, they lose to (wait a minute, they still win.....).
Because they obviously have more fans around here. This is the only way I can market my polls! (you can check out some of my early polls about obscure bands, who would want to vote in those?) |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: May 10 2009 at 01:37
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I know all of them and what bands they are from. Who do you vote for though? Well, regardless...im going with |