Mountain versus Spirit!

Foxhound · 01-17-2021, 12:24 PM

Which band do you like better? Why?

Mountain

Spirit

dwill123 · 01-17-2021, 03:09 PM

I like Spirit but for this poll it's Mountain by 2 miles.

dr wu · 01-17-2021, 03:52 PM

Spirit... more influential imho in the world of music.. better songwriters also....and a band that had many styles married into their overall sound.
Hendrix played with and taught Randy California how to play in an earlier band ...the drummer was a jazz player before Spirit and played with Adderley and Monk and also with Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal in a blues band.....and Ferguson was a talented singer and player who later formed Jo Jo Gunne....and even though the lawsuit failed Page and Zep 'borrowed' the melody line from Taurus that Locke-keyboard player for Spirit- wrote. (Spirit had toured early on with Zep before Page wrote Stairway)
12 Dreams by Spirit is a classic of psych and protoprog.

Mountain is a good hard rock band and one of my favorites from that time but other than the two decent lp's they did they really never had any meanighful impact on music...imho.

Foxhound · 01-22-2021, 10:32 AM

This is a really tough one for me because I really like both bands. The negative for me with respect to Mountain is that their tracks do degenerate on occasion to heavy metal divorced from the blues of which I'm not a fan.

But the plus associated with Mountain is that more of their tracks ascend to an ethereal level such as the last three I posted above plus the earlier Look to the Wind. I therefore opted for Mountain.

dr wu · 01-22-2021, 03:27 PM

I saw Mountain in 1970-1 in Chicago...good show ..never saw Spirit unfortunately. The original band broke up after 12 Dreams in the end of 1970.
IMHO that lp is better ,more creative and diverse than anything Mountain did even though Queen and Sleighride are good hard rock albums.

Mountain was a one trick pony albeit it was a good trick.

Tkitna · 01-22-2021, 11:05 PM

Spirit by miles for me

View Poll Results: Which band do you prefer?
Mountain	3	60.00%
Spirit	2	40.00%
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01-17-2021, 12:24 PM	#1
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01-17-2021, 03:09 PM	#2
dwill123 Classic Rocker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 4,201 Gameroom cash: $4720 Give Thanks: 0 Thanked 162 Times in 145 Posts	Re: Mountain versus Spirit! I like Spirit but for this poll it's Mountain by 2 miles. __________________ There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand binary and those that don't.

01-17-2021, 03:52 PM	#3
dr wu Dr Prog Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Indiana , US Posts: 913 My Mood: Gameroom cash: $5297 Give Thanks: 26 Thanked 53 Times in 48 Posts	Re: Mountain versus Spirit! Spirit... more influential imho in the world of music.. better songwriters also....and a band that had many styles married into their overall sound. Hendrix played with and taught Randy California how to play in an earlier band ...the drummer was a jazz player before Spirit and played with Adderley and Monk and also with Ry Cooder and Taj Mahal in a blues band.....and Ferguson was a talented singer and player who later formed Jo Jo Gunne....and even though the lawsuit failed Page and Zep 'borrowed' the melody line from Taurus that Locke-keyboard player for Spirit- wrote. (Spirit had toured early on with Zep before Page wrote Stairway) 12 Dreams by Spirit is a classic of psych and protoprog. Mountain is a good hard rock band and one of my favorites from that time but other than the two decent lp's they did they really never had any meanighful impact on music...imho.

01-22-2021, 10:32 AM	#4
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,479 Gameroom cash: $31675 Give Thanks: 291 Thanked 157 Times in 140 Posts	Re: Mountain versus Spirit! This is a really tough one for me because I really like both bands. The negative for me with respect to Mountain is that their tracks do degenerate on occasion to heavy metal divorced from the blues of which I'm not a fan. But the plus associated with Mountain is that more of their tracks ascend to an ethereal level such as the last three I posted above plus the earlier Look to the Wind. I therefore opted for Mountain. __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

01-22-2021, 03:27 PM	#5
dr wu Dr Prog Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Indiana , US Posts: 913 My Mood: Gameroom cash: $5297 Give Thanks: 26 Thanked 53 Times in 48 Posts	Re: Mountain versus Spirit! I saw Mountain in 1970-1 in Chicago...good show ..never saw Spirit unfortunately. The original band broke up after 12 Dreams in the end of 1970. IMHO that lp is better ,more creative and diverse than anything Mountain did even though Queen and Sleighride are good hard rock albums. Mountain was a one trick pony albeit it was a good trick.

01-22-2021, 11:05 PM	#6
Tkitna Classic Rocker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: West Virginia Posts: 3,460 Gameroom cash: $2765 Give Thanks: 2 Thanked 36 Times in 35 Posts	Re: Mountain versus Spirit! Spirit by miles for me __________________ Donovan: If he (Paul McCartney) fell on the piano, by the time he picked himself up he would have written three songs.

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