Favourite Van Der Graaf Generator Album?

isn't prog rock just... asexual?

A lot of it, lyrically, is less invested in sex and desire than some genres of rock and pop but hey you could say the same about electro or black metal or a bunch of other things. I'm not digging at anybody on this thread because the original comment was so bizarre, but it was just some shite spouted by some twat on Youtube and as such doesn't merit thinking about with any seriousness at all.

Are we allowed to imagine a world in which all prog musicians are gay? What would that look like?

pretty much the same, but the embarassing album covers would have naked space dudes on them.

Like this?

http://www.connollyco.com/discography/rush/hemispheres_hi.jpg

that belongs on the naked prog thread

did lots of Rush fans wear that tshirt?

I bet KJB does.

He does indeed.

Thought you would.

IIRC the "gay" member of IQ was supposedly Tim Esau, the orig bass player, but I'm pretty sure it wasn't actually true. Not that it matters one iota.

If any of the 1st wavers were actually gay, I imagine they'd have kept their traps shut abt it, I mean it was the seventies, wasn't it.

The "asexual" thing is a total red herring, I know for a fact that members of King Crimson got mad action when they toured the st8s, if members of Pink Floyd, Yes etc didn't as well, well I mean really, come on, you know. That was one of the annoying things about that BBC doco, that they played up the asexual/dorky side of it, when a bunch of these guys, when they were young (esp Gabriel, Wakeman) were great-looking dudes.

Actually, on top of that, I remember seeing Hammill in Leeds in the late 80's, and there was a coteire of hippie girls in brightly-coloured home-knit jumpers, who were up at the front, doting over the guy, and that's when he was middle-aged!

Hammill's always been a v. good looking guy, true.

So that's who you modelled yourself on back in the 80s? ;)

The "asexual" thing is a total red herring, I know for a fact that members of King Crimson got mad action when they toured the st8s, if members of Pink Floyd, Yes etc didn't as well, well I mean really, come on, you know. That was one of the annoying things about that BBC doco, that they played up the asexual/dorky side of it, when a bunch of these guys, when they were young (esp Gabriel, Wakeman) were great-looking dudes.

i wasn't really referring to their action, more the vibe of the music. which is generally - GENERALLY - not about screwing. or dancing.

I finally voted He to He. It's a tough poll because so many of these albums are so good.

Indeed. I do wonder how the albums from the last few years will do however.

or indeed the 1st album. 0 for them all maybe?

i really, really like the first record. but i really like that early prog period generally. but i can't imagine anyone thinking its their best.

currently listening to 'the least we can do' and it's pretty good

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wau @ turnout even if 15 of them were pfunkboy socks ;)

only 15? at your last count I supposedly had 300 to your 12

I voted Still Life fwiw

anyway the most important vote was Geirs. What did he vote for?

worth doing a hammill poll or shall we just declare Nadir's Big Chance the winner now and be done with it?

not to distract, but seems as good a place as any given content above...
somewhere online (that I haven't been able to find again) I read a review of Yes - Going For the One, which stated (erroneously?) that U.S. audience/fans deserted en masse and didn't buy as many of the album, cos there was a rumour at the time that Yes were gay:
http://www.coverbrowser.com/image/yes/11-1.jpg

considering Rush seemed to have joined in the following year, the implications are funny, especially when you consider the likes of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and his UK art gang may have subversively manipulated prog visual trends (see rumours about cover of U.F.O. - Force It for additional reference).

nice to see Godbluff at #1, Still Life way too low.

I was thinking about GFTO during the naked female form thread. Maintain it should have just been 'naked form'.

well it hasnt stopped males on covers being posted. so post away on it

Great turnout! Especially considering how often I play VDGG for folks who've never even heard OF them.

well you are a dj ;)

worth doing a hammill poll or shall we just declare Nadir's Big Chance the winner now and be done with it?

I wouldn't say it was a certain winner, some of it's not very good

half the shite we vote on here isnt very good but it still wins!

This is true

when you consider the likes of Peter 'Sleazy' Christopherson and his UK art gang may have subversively manipulated prog visual trends (see rumours about cover of U.F.O. - Force It for additional reference).

If you mean that Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti are on the cover, then that's no rumour, it's true

I wouldn't say it was a certain winner, some of it's not very good

yeah, i'd vote for ph7 or the future now before NBC.

then that's no rumour, it's true

actually, one rumour has it as Pete and Genny!

not Hammill, that is - here:
http://www.paranaiv.no/files/images/ufo_force_it75.jpg

VDDG poll's getting Gristlized - VDDG would approve!

actually, one rumour has it as Pete and Genny!

Pete never had long hair. Unless it's a wig.

(x-post)
though the post-punk/industrial(-folk) band that reminds me of VDDG = Eyeless In Gaza

why? Martyn Bates' OTT vocals, strange lyrics - e.g. the Hammill-worthy: "bite lips to blood in realisation, senses register cacophony"
plus the stark instrumentation, use of organ (lack of fear to write mental/sentimental love songs, Englishness, etc)

oops VDDG = VDGG

(agreed the dude on the left looks more like Genesis)

I'd recognise that arse anywhere

cheeky implants now? (sounds like a line from twatter)

twatter

did we do a Van Der Graaf epics poll? (couldn't find on search)