Prog Cup Final Winner: In The Court Of The Carlsson King!

[trans-chigley express]

B has a very strong first 10 and finishes with a strong 5 (and has superior Genesis and Camel picks) but despite some very robust songs in the middle choices, which I would certainly have voted for in the other cup, I have a hard time considering many of them as prog.

For all round proggy robustness I have to go for A though I reckon Inca Roads would have been a more suitable choice from Zappa's One Size Fits All and would have been on my own list if I'd gone further.

[Neil Jung]

Two people could change their minds.

[Loki]

I was having some tech issues last nite, and yet again today. Guess I'll have to forego voting.

[soundchaser]

Well, I make that...a complete stuffing for me, but the right person one. Well done C!

[C]

Thanks Richard

And a big thanks from us all for organising such a fantastic competition

ROBUST STUFF!!



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[trans-chigley express]

Well, I make that...a complete stuffing for me, but the right person one. Well done C!

It would be very bad form to win your own competition anyway and solarskope would have cried "fix"! I'm sure eyebrows were raised when I won the BCB World Cup competition I organised with a run of predictions that would have made Paul The Octopus jealous .

Thanks for organising it and congrats to carlsson, a worthy winner, even if his list lacks anything beyond 1974 .

[the hesitant weasel]

TOP DOLLAR RESULT!



I doff my Wizards hat in honour - the grande pooh bah of the land o' Prog....


MR.C

predictable,verbose and long winded - like the genre we know and love!


may I be the first to offer you the Annual BCB Siberian Khatru...

[soundchaser]

It would be very bad form to win your own competition anyway and solarskope would have cried "fix"!

You're absolutely, right and to be honest, I'd hoped to have been dumped out of the competition a bit earlier. Don't get me wrong, it was nice to make the final, but it wouldn't have been right to have organised the competition and then won it. And I'm really pleased for Carlsson, because he deserves it.

Thanks for organising it

Cheers, I've enjoyed it as well. I've been chatting to Carlsson through pm about doing some other things throughout the year, such as a Prog Premier League and a Concept Album Tournament. Something like that though would require asking for a separate Prog Corner forum. I don't know how JQW would feel about that and I wonder if enough people would want that? What do you think?

Edit: Please talk about it in Carlsson's new Post Mortems and planning for next year thread:

viewtopic.php?f=14&t=99856

[Belle Lettre]

Congratulations,Mr C.

[C]

Thank you Carol.

You voted against me in every round except the final...

Was it something I said?




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[C]

I doff my Wizards hat in honour - the grande pooh bah of the land o' Prog....

Thank you my dear friend

Thank you




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[Snarfyguy]

Carlsson wins the Prog Cup?

How did that happen?

Not suggesting any impropriety, just noting that it's very fitting.

Congratulations, my esteemed friend!

[Loki]

In the Court of the Carlsson King

I love it!

Nice touch with "Rainmaker" - dunno if you recall but I believe it was the first song I posted on the Favourite Prog Song thread.

Very well-played, my friend.

Very well-played.

[C]

Congratulations, my esteemed friend!

Very well-played, my friend.

Very well-played.

Thank you my friends.

Thank you.

Well done to everybody I say - they were all seminally robust lists!

It's a shame some had to go so soon






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[purgatory brite]

Thanks for organising it and congrats to carlsson, a worthy winner, even if his list lacks anything beyond 1974 .

I think you'll find Julia by Pavlov's Dog dates from 1976.

Having created the Broad Church, it is noticeable that Carlsson has not included anything from outside the rigid prog/progressive canon. I find this disappointing.

A robust performance and good choices, but for me not a fully satisfying list.

Many thanks to Roky for ruuning the show!

[WG Kaspar]

Forget the lists!
Once C broke his round duck the result was never much in question.
I reckon if he ever gets past the first round in the BCB Cup he'll win that as well.
Well done C!

[C]

Having created the Broad Church

So will it be the Prog or Progressive Cup in 2012...?

...or perhaps even the Broad Church Cup




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[Johnny Fartpants]

Well done Cloth Ears!!

I'll beat you next year ...

[C]

I'll beat you next year ...

I said all along that you would have done your homework.

You never know my friend - you might actually start to enjoy the music.....





But you'll need a Wizard's titfer as well as a cape....




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[BlueMeanie]

Congratulations to the mighty C. All conquering hero and Grand Progmeister supreme. May your Wand reach to the stars.