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Post by lordmarcovan on Sept 10, 2012 7:31:12 GMT -5
My answer would probably change from time to time, but I think it would be a tossup between The Moody Blues and The Beatles.
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Post by tu11rulz on Sept 10, 2012 8:56:35 GMT -5
Pink Floyd
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Post by janu on Sept 10, 2012 9:20:09 GMT -5
Paquito Zappa  |
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Post by flutestobranches on Sept 10, 2012 9:52:17 GMT -5
Mine would probably be Marillion (Steve Hogarth era).  |
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Post by TM on Sept 10, 2012 11:28:41 GMT -5
I would have to go with Ian Anderson's solo band.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 10, 2012 11:35:32 GMT -5
This is a hard question to answer, especially because I don't think I even have a favorite band. I'll name a few... The Incredible String Band  Pentangle, and all the musicians therein.  ELECTRIC WIZARD  I know it's just supposed to be one but I th--ALL HAIL THE WIZARD!!! |
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Post by Tull50 on Sept 10, 2012 12:15:28 GMT -5
Genesis Peter Gabriel era
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Post by lordmarcovan on Sept 12, 2012 6:39:36 GMT -5
Floyd and Genesis definitely have a place in my collection, too, though by quirk of fate or whatever, I only have Peter Gabriel solo albums and all of my Genesis is from the Phil Collins era. I haven't really crossed over into downloading yet. I just have the files I saved from my once-massive CD collection, though the CDs themselves fell by the wayside some time ago.
Other honorable mentions for me would be Cat Stevens, Yes, The Fixx (I came of age in the 80s), Big Country, the Alan Parsons Project, and Sting. And many, many, more.
I'm also an avid listener of Classical music (ever more as I get older), and J.S. Bach is hands-down my favorite composer. I love the Baroque era.
Recently I've been belatedly "discovering" stuff I should have been listening to in high school- stuff my friends liked, but I wasn't into at the time- like Van Halen and Rush.
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Post by Zombywoof on Sept 13, 2012 21:06:58 GMT -5
Zappa!!
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Post by Morthoron on Sept 13, 2012 21:13:31 GMT -5
The Beatles and Floyd. And then maybe Zeppelin and King Crimson. Then Genesis (prior to "And Then there Were Three") and Yes (prior to "Tormato").
By the way, my answers will always be multi-parters. ;D
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2012 23:55:20 GMT -5
Great choices, guys! How could I forget The Allman Brothers Band!  |
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Post by Rrrrrrrray on Sept 14, 2012 10:10:25 GMT -5
Mine have not changed in decades, probably the same situation with most others here. I have even referred to it as my holy sextet and it is Tull, Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, Grateful Dead, Miles Davis, John Coltrane.
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Post by My God on Sept 14, 2012 10:55:17 GMT -5
Well let's see, I have so many. Tool, King Crimson, Gentle Giant, Led Zeppelin........I could go on and on. So many seconds...... so little time.  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 11:55:57 GMT -5
Looks like Tull fans have some consensus on our favorite bands.
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Post by Tull50 on Sept 14, 2012 12:12:08 GMT -5
Well I said Genesis but really there are several groups that are fighting the second place... Led Zeppelin, Yes (prior to "Tormato"), King Crimson, Zappa, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, ELP and generally progressive rock  |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 16:33:26 GMT -5
Zappa, Gentle Giant, Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Yes, UK, Kansas, Focus, Dregs, Happy the Man, Mahavishnu, Soft Machine, National Health, Hatfield and The North as far as prog stuff.... but theres Beatles, Cream, The Who, Zeppelin, Ten Years After. These are all handy.
I guess I dont have a 2nd really
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Sept 14, 2012 18:26:44 GMT -5
Zappa, Gentle Giant, Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Yes, UK, Kansas, Focus, Dregs, Happy the Man, Mahavishnu, Soft Machine, National Health, Hatfield and The North as far as prog stuff.... but theres Beatles, Cream, The Who, Zeppelin, Ten Years After. These are all handy. I guess I dont have a 2nd really You nearly have the same taste as me lol. My 2nd fave band is either Gentle Giant or Camel. Here's my list of all the bands in my collection: My top 10 jethro tull 69-74, 77-82, 91-99 camel 73-81 gentle giant 70-80 caravan 70-82 hawkwind 76-81 oblivion express 70-77 van der graaf generator 69-72, 75-78 magma 70-84 eloy 74-83 rush 78-82 bands to miss out were: yes 69-74, 77-80 genesis 70, 72-74, 76-80 frank zappa 72-83 greenslade 72-76 zao 73-77 grobscnhitt 74-80 gilgamesh 75-78 king crimson 70-71, 73-74, 80-83 black sabbath 70-75, 80-81 deep purple 68-76 pink floyd 69-72, 75-80 led zeppelin 70, 73-77 elp 70-73 goblin 76-81 focus 73-75 jean luc ponty 75-79 supertramp 75-80 banco 73-80 gong 73-80 other great bands with short careers were: egg 70-74 hatfield and the north 73-75 doors 67-69 jim hendrix 67-69 cream 67-69 national health 76-81 devo 79-81 uk 78-79 samurai/web 70-71 matching mole 71-72 morpheus 71 trinity 68-69 weidorje 78-84 heldon 75-80 abacus 70-74 I like Dregs, Happy the man and some Mahavishnu too. But I don't tend to listen to fusion anymore. I find it a bit annoying and overdone lol. Not a fan of hillbilly violin. I like classical or electric violin only Most proggers have Genesis, Crimson and Floyd in their top 5. They miss my top 10. Crimson were best around 1970 and 71 for me when they were more melodic and used more jazz and classical influences. I don't mind the Wetton era though. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 19:21:56 GMT -5
Seems like we have a lot of prog fans on here. Only natural I guess. I enjoy bands in the genre but never really got into most of the genre itself.
One of my favorites is the EARLY Charlie Daniels Band--before he became a bornagain christian--back when he smoked weed, drank, and helped bridge the gap between Hippies and Hillbillies.
You can't beat his early albums like Honey in the Rock, Fire on the Mountain, Nightrider. Genuinely good quality rock music. He really alienated a lot of his fans when he became so dammed political.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 19:28:46 GMT -5
Zappa, Gentle Giant, Crimson, ELP, Genesis, Yes, UK, Kansas, Focus, Dregs, Happy the Man, Mahavishnu, Soft Machine, National Health, Hatfield and The North as far as prog stuff.... but theres Beatles, Cream, The Who, Zeppelin, Ten Years After. These are all handy. I guess I dont have a 2nd really You nearly have the same taste as me lol. My 2nd fave band is either Gentle Giant or Camel. Here's my list of all the bands in my collection: My top 10 jethro tull 69-74, 77-82, 91-99 camel 73-81 gentle giant 70-80 caravan 70-82 hawkwind 76-81 oblivion express 70-77 van der graaf generator 69-72, 75-78 magma 70-84 eloy 74-83 rush 78-82 bands to miss out were: yes 69-74, 77-80 genesis 70, 72-74, 76-80 frank zappa 72-83 greenslade 72-76 zao 73-77 grobscnhitt 74-80 king crimson 70-71, 73-74, 80-83 black sabbath 70-75, 80-81 deep purple 68-76 pink floyd 69-72, 75-80 led zeppelin 70, 73-77 elp 70-73 goblin 76-81 focus 73-75 jean luc ponty 75-79 supertramp 75-80 banco 73-80 gong 73-80 other great bands with short careers were: egg 70-74 hatfield and the north 73-75 doors 67-69 jim hendrix 67-69 cream 67-69 national health 76-81 devo 79-81 uk 78-79 samurai/web 70-71 matching mole 71-72 morpheus 71 trinity 68-69 weidorje 78-84 heldon 75-80 abacus 70-74 I like Dregs, Happy the man and some Mahavishnu too. But I don't tend to listen to fusion anymore. I find it a bit annoying and overdone lol. Not a fan of hillbilly violin. I like classical or electric violin only Most proggers have Genesis, Crimson and Floyd in their top 5. They miss my top 10. Crimson were best around 1970 and 71 for me when they were more melodic and used more jazz and classical influences. I don't mind the Wetton era though. Ha pretty cool, I was just looking at the nearest cd rack next to my table....I totally left off Jeff Beck! Jimi Hendrix, Stevie Ray Vaughn many others. Totally different mindset I think, I also have a sizable jazz (straight ahead and fusion) collection, but again a totally different mood. Hillbilly violin!? Aside from the occasional "token" bluegrass tune the Dregs hadnt tended that way on most of there later albums, Jerry Goodman is hardly hillbilly. I was an early fan of Ponty but he became tedious in the 80s. I went to see Him in 84 and I felll aasleeep! I'm liking the most recent Steve Morse involvement with the band "Flying Colors" and been slowly collecting Porcupine Tree and a couple other newer bands..... Darin Red and Starless are essential Crimson. Again the ever changing nature of Fripps projects are up and down but mostly up for me. |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 19:31:25 GMT -5
Dude, hillbilly violin is the best violin. And it's called Fiddle. And Darin is right, Dregs does not have much hillbilly fiddle. But they do rock. Night of the living Dregs for the win.
In terms of Fripp, I really like Larks Tongues in Aspic and Starlets but the dude himself is too intellectual. There are people who don't take nearly as much of an intellectual air than he does and their music stimulates the brain more.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 14, 2012 20:34:02 GMT -5
Dude, hillbilly violin is the best violin. And it's called Fiddle. And Darin is right, Dregs does not have much hillbilly fiddle. But they do rock. Night of the living Dregs for the win. In terms of Fripp, I really like Larks Tongues in Aspic and Starlets but the dude himself is too intellectual. There are people who don't take nearly as much of an intellectual air than he does and their music stimulates the brain more. Night of the Living Dregs pulled me in but check out Full Circle, Bring em back Alive (live) burns! (mid 90s), Unsung Heroes, Industry Standard in the 80s. Some of the best instrumental rock there is. and most all very "Un hillbilly" Very well written stuff. Instrumental music has to work harder (be well constructed) because they don't have the luxury of the "attraction", the frontman singer or lyrics. I love it tho. Darin |
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Sept 14, 2012 21:10:21 GMT -5
Dude, hillbilly violin is the best violin. And it's called Fiddle. And Darin is right, Dregs does not have much hillbilly fiddle. But they do rock. Night of the living Dregs for the win. In terms of Fripp, I really like Larks Tongues in Aspic and Starlets but the dude himself is too intellectual. There are people who don't take nearly as much of an intellectual air than he does and their music stimulates the brain more. Can't stand most violin which is fast lol. I only like classical style. Jobson had cool violin in A. It wasn't rock style violin. I think it's American violinists which I don't like. English, French and Italian do it right ;D |
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Sept 14, 2012 21:21:05 GMT -5
I have Larks and Red. They are pretty solid. But without Sinfield, Mcdonald and Giles Crimson lost all their jazzy and classical compositional ideas. I tend to only really like the slow tracks from Red, Larks and Starless. Without Nightwatchman, Book of Saturday, Exiles, Starless etc I find the rest to be very much filler with the occasional cool riff. Red is a cool song and also bits from Larks, but there are lots of nothing parts for me. Just experimental sounds with no melody and repetition. I have Posiedon and Lizard also and they are my faves. I also like their early 80s. But I really find the Wetton era overrated alot. I don't see much composition genius from this era apart from some nice slow tracks. They seem to be at the top of the prog tree but i don't see why they should be in the top dozen prog bands of the 70s. They didn't even exist from 1975-1979. That's half the decade lol
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Sept 14, 2012 21:38:13 GMT -5
I love the occasional Kansas song too
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Post by Cecil the Sealion on Sept 14, 2012 21:48:11 GMT -5
There are lots of bands that need to heard from the past. I reckon there's more interesting bands than Floyd and Crimson from England, France, Italy and Germany. Really melodic and colourful composers and great musicians. Try these guys out:
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