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Old 05-19-2012, 08:22 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Default It had to happen... Prog Wars!

No, not a "Celebrity Deathmatch" style battle between Rick Wakeman and Peter Gabriel, (though that WOULD be cool --- hmmm...) but following on from Unknown Soldier's "Metal wars" and of course the actual "Album wars" thread, I thought why not have one JUST for prog albums?

And here it is.

You know how it goes: PM me your album choice, one album goes up against another, people vote for each album and then it's "two albums enter, one album leaves", to paraphrase Mad Max. Drawing on the rules of the original Album Wars (thanks Electrophonic Tonic) it'll be first come, first served and if it's a close-run thing then the voting can continue until one album wins, or loses. In the event however of there being a clear winner from the outset (let's say, out of 10 votes one album gets 8) then that album is declared the victor and removed from the current battle, and we go on to the next.

I surely don't need to say it, but since this is "Prog wars", the only albums accepted for battle will be legitimate, recognised prog albums, though this does not by any stretch mean that an unknown album cannot be included. Just make sure it's prog --- rock or metal is fine, symphonic, orchestral, whatever, but it must be prog.

In the event that I'm unsure if a submitted album meets the criteria for being prog, I will open it up to the members and we can vote firstly on whether or not it should be included. Yay! Democracy, eh?

So let's go then: remember, first up gets first crack.

Disclaimer: "Prog Wars" is not an original Trollheart idea, but he is robbing it for this thread...
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Old 05-20-2012, 06:15 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Okay, we have our first battle, thanks to RVCA, and it could be a good one!

Close to the edge by Yes



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Animals by Pink Floyd


So get voting, and let's see who wins this first round!
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Old 05-20-2012, 10:52 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Animals is a very nice album, but it's one vote for Close to the Edge from me
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Old 05-20-2012, 11:31 AM   #4 (permalink)
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One for Animals! Some of the best Waters-era Floyd music, especially Dogs . Dark, angry, and very strong, they lived up to the challenge of a changing music scene and created one hell of an album. When I first heard this as a kid (Christmas present! Second best music gift only with The Beatles' White Album topping it), I was reading Animal Farm for a Book Report, so it all connected perfectly!

Yes are alright, and Close to the Edge is one of their strongest, though.

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Dogs (Part 2)
There's a song called Dogs part 2?
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Edited for correction...need to remind myself not to post shortly after waking up...

Many Hours Later/Finally found the Source for my Wake-up Mistake Edit: Damn those 8-Track memories! Seriously, Dogs was actually split into two parts on the 8-Track. To those who are younger than me, you now know the reason why 8-Tracks failed.

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Old 05-20-2012, 01:31 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Do we have to start with Close to the Edge? I'll never be able to vote for anything else!
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Do we have to start with Close to the Edge? I'll never be able to vote for anything else!
It was a bad idea to start with the most revered prog album ever.
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Old 05-20-2012, 02:26 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Hey, I said first come first served, and RVCA was quickest off the mark!

So far, the scores are tied at

Close to the edge = 1
Animals = 1
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As an overall album, I'd say that Animals takes the cake with the beautiful moments that it has (not to say that Close to the Edge doesn't have any lovely moments, just that it has less). However, this is PROG wars, and Animals is far less proggy than Close to the Edge, and as a prog album, Close to the Edge blows Animals clear out of the water. If this were the album wars thread, I'd vote for Floyd, but since this is a Prog Wars thread, my vote goes to Yes.

Close to the Edge - 2
Animals - 1
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