Xanadus
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Topic: Xanadus
Posted By: Logan
Subject: Xanadus
Date Posted: March 24 2012 at 21:19
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Both count for Prog polls since they're both listed in Prog categories, though one is more Prog, of course. Still I thought about doing this in General Music Discussions. Of course Rush's will win by a landslide, and I'm probably one of the very few people at PA who loves the ELO/Newton-John Xanadu. I like both, and Rush will always hold huge nostalgic value due to its importance in my teens, but I like the Newton-John one more. And she's cuter than Geddy Lee too, in my humble opinion. |
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Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 24 2012 at 21:47
Xanadu by RUSH. No contest at all. Olivia Newton John's Xanadu =  . Sorry, not my cup of tea. Though, I do agree she is cuter than Geddy. 
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Posted By: KingCrInuYasha
Date Posted: March 24 2012 at 22:07
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Rush. No contest. As soon as I heard the Olivia Newton John/ELO version, I thought, "Oh boy, this is gonna be cheesy". I dunno, I guess I prefer depressing songs over pop. @ Logan: BTW where'd you get your avatar? It's funny. ------------- He looks at this world and wants it all... so he strikes, like Thunderball! |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: March 24 2012 at 22:29
Too weird lol It's like comparing apples and oranges. I'll take the oranges; ELO's Xanadu a great pop song. Sometimes I prefer great pop over prog, depends on my mood  ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: March 24 2012 at 22:41
Must I choose?  Rush.------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 06:32
I fully agree with this.
Even Just for Fun would be a good option, I think...  ------------- 
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Fox On The Rocks wrote:Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 08:52
Oh you were just asking for this: ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened... 
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Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 09:08
| Rush for sure. |
Posted By: Fox On The Rocks
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 12:28
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Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 13:06
I am a big fan of horror movies and just recently saw Ju-on:The Grudge for the first time. This clip is the scariest thing I have ever seen.  ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 13:24
Neither - Dave Dee Dozy Beaky Mick and Tich.  ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 13:25
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By the way, thanks to Logan for giving me an excuse to share my animated gif morph.
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 13:31
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It was a gif from God! Very nice, Slarty. I've been agonizing for days on how to vote. Finally went with Rush. It's just a better song to dance to. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 13:48
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Aw geeze. The more I look at it the more I creep myself out. Zanadontdo? ------------- Released date are often when it it impacted you but recorded dates are when it really happened...
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 14:15
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I hope I am not blowing my own trumpet too hard but this is one of those happy coincidences where I pulled together a cheap morphing program an two downloaded images. But the rhythm of program's morph algorithm works well with Rush's song.
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Posted By: CPicard
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 16:52
| ELO + Olivia Newton-John. |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 18:30
The creepiest part is when ONJ's face morphs into Geddy's. Yikes! ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: March 25 2012 at 21:03
I like cheesy sometimes. I find it great fun. My family (wife and yound children) do dance sometimes for exercise. I'm very silly. Usually I hook up my laptop to the TV and plays youtube vids. Xanadu is one I like to play for some reason that I know the rest of my family will not only tolerate, but enjoy (usually I'd choose funk, or Italian disco, for such stuff, if it was up to me, but I like a lot of disco and pop from that period). It's not something I play with headphones, but it's something I can enjoy with my family, unlike most of the music I listen to, and doesn't grate on me like, say, Celine Dion. My wife was displeased when I chose Shub-Niggurath for the dancercise session. As for the avatar, it's off google images. My kids are both huge Zelda fans, and my daughter chose it for me. I was very happy with the choice.
I was expecting it -- would have been surprised had you not posted it. Nice to see it again, though again and again and again is a little excessive, perhaps. :p (course I don't mind)
True. I must admit that I did consider that. Of course it's mostly for fun, but I wanted to avoid a potential movement to another forum. It's more fun to have it here since that Xanadu song is not something one would generally expect in a prog poll. |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: March 27 2012 at 08:01
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Rush. hate the other one totally. ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Snow_Dog" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: March 30 2012 at 09:18
I cant stop watching and its effecting me mentally.... ------------- 
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