Poll Results - Extended Play Lounge Episode 3

I still say ambrosia’a‘s first and second albums are Progressive masterpieces. Also crack the sky animal notes, safety in numbers and nuclear apathy you will find on par with that

Paul t hebert

I'd love to see Trans-Siberian Orchestra's Beethoven's Last Night. And there's tons of TSO stuff online, including full concerts recorded by the audience members, so I think they'd like the PR. There's the normal album version, but I believe there's also the version with the full story narration mixed in. Maybe sometime soon...

Great Scott

I'd like to see the Radiant Records official live video of Neal Morse's performance of Sola Scriptura. It's the entire album. It's from the 2015 Morsefest.

Wade Markham

Doug, for a future poll, please put Dream Theater - Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence, but the live version, with orchestra from the 2006 live dvd. You can enjoy the music, the arrangement and educate us with your knowledge. And as you did a live DT with Mike Mangini on the drums, It would be cool to do a live performance with Mike Portnoy. Here is a 4k version of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D33QzgK5pPk Thanks

Guilherme Cruz

Citation of shepherdexpress.com, as a background for the band and album: "King Crimson, a band that went from 0 to 100 in an instant. They played their first gig at a dinky London club in April 1969. They were heard across the UK on a BBC broadcast in June. In July they played before hundreds of thousands opening for The Rolling Stones at Hyde Park. By the end of that month they were signed to Island Records and in October they released their debut album, In the Court of the Crimson King."

Frits van Voorst

I expect that Doug will release it on Vimeo.

Frits van Voorst

Same. Much of that thoroughly composed music is all-too predictable. I’m interested in discovering what unexpected things this music has to say, in what arises spontaneously from this collection of musicians. The music doesn’t have to fit my expectations.

Nathan-Andrew

Outstanding! Looking forward to the reaction! :))

Evan

A warning regarding the King Crimson video: Posting it on YouTube might straight up be a no-go. Fripp is notoriously tight with this stuff. Things have loosened in the last year or so as KC have put their stuff online (YouTube, Spotify, etc.), but it's worth expecting that it'll get taken down.

Blinky

I hope Haken’s Affinity gets a chance. It’s one hell of an album.

Khaled Akbik

I would take 10 minutes of directionless, unstructured playing by KC over a lot of bands' thoroughly composed music any day, and I'm eager to see how Doug reacts. The long improvisations are where a lot of the magic happens.

MPHawk

Great choice ❤️ Epitaph,I talk to the wind.... Masterpieces

prog mushroom

Two remarks: if possible, choose the SW remix. The clarity is way better for he could use all original tracks in stead of the 8 combined tracks of the former master tape. Second: the track Moonchild starts off as a regular, poetic song, but dissolves into directionless, unstructured playing for almost 10 minutes. I doubt if that is interesting for you or any listener.

Frits van Voorst

Oh, Snow was so close to be in 3rd place… now it won’t be on the next poll… 🙁

William Roberto Alkema do Monte

Most I've heard from mentioned that these are all hard choices. No band is a loser here.

R. Douglas Helvering

I keep hearing about how amazing this community is supposed to be so please explain how Mirage can finish last 😛

I'll get to it someday...

R. Douglas Helvering

The lamb is a huge undertaking so COTCK was prolly the right choice

Joey Wise

This is a poll where there are no losers, especially since I suspect you’ll be getting around to them all eventually 😉. Thank you, Doug!

Bill Sanders

This couldn't be more well timed! I get to see the Crim on Thursday so your insights will be fresh in my mind. Thanks, Doug!

MPHawk

Ah yes. I can’t wait!