Does a prog-rock song have a minimum length? Why can't a point be made in less than five minutes?
And incidentally, three minutes is a rather short Rush song. Check out, for instance, "The Fountain of Lamneth", a suite that takes up side 2 of the album Caress of Steel. Or, for that matter, "2112", which is side 1 of 2112. (Or hell, from side 1 of Caress of Steel, give a listen to "The Necromancer".)
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Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:45 pm Post subject:
pat666rick wrote:
KingdomOfRats wrote:
dont like prog rock,but do like prog metal.
Do you like Opeth?
Know you weren't talking to me, but I saw Opeth live for the first time at the Progressive Nation 08 tour. (My bf is a huge Dream Theater fan and I suppose especially into prog metal, where I'm a more old school prog rock fan and like Yes, Genesis, Emerson Lake and Palmer, King Crimson, Camel and Jethro Tull among others.)
I actually thought the softer parts of their songs were quite musically interesting, but when they jumped back to the screaming stuff again they lost me.
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Posted: Wed Jun 11, 2008 5:53 am Post subject:
King Crimson by far... Apparently Discipline was my favorite album when I was about 5... Says quite alot about my twisted mental state.
Heavy Konstruction's pretty interesting.. whole big chunk of Improvised stuff. _________________ I like your Christ, I do not like your Christians, they are so unlike your christ.
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Posted: Thu Jun 12, 2008 7:20 am Post subject:
I had to vote for Genesis, but I love all of these bands.
I think VDGG's Peter Hammill is an aspie and I think KC's "I talk to the wind" represents an aspie state of mind.
Another band which I love is Caravan.
I also love Robert Wyatt.
Yes are my favourite, but have to agree a lot important bands left out here; how about Jethro Tull?
Oh, and Rush are Prog of course; tons of lengthy instrumentals, dorky lyrics about black holes and the like, unusual time sigs, stop / start, loud / soft etc, and single handedly responsible for a whole new genre: Prog metal.
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Posted: Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:29 pm Post subject:
Man. I cannot even choose right now. No. I cannot choose ever. Perhaps the five greatest bands of all time!
I saw four of the five live way back in the seventies. All except VDGG. Pawn Hearts is one of my favorite albums of all time! _________________ http://iacmusic.com/larree
well, there's certainly more than these. Kansas (not the hits of course), Starcastle, Triumvirat, UK, Porcupine something (just found out about them), and a host of other forgotten groups.
Most of the modern prog rock to my ears is basically all over the place; lead synth solos (arpeggios?..., occasional accidental harmony, etc... But I'd love to find out more about them, I live with Country fans and it's driving me crazy...
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Posted: Mon Jul 21, 2008 12:08 pm Post subject:
Out of the bands listed, I'd have to say that it's a tie between Peter Gabriel era Genesis and King Crimson. Out of bands not listed, I would also suggest Neu! , Can, and Faust as well. For those of you who are not informed, Germans took the Prog Rock Genre and took it in a differant direction. --Look up the term 'Krautrock'. _________________ "Blessed are the Distinctly Alien, for they shall inherit the Earth." -- Genesis P. Orridge
Other people have mentioned the lack of Rush, ELP (the best prog rock band), Tull, etc...but a few more suggestions:
Alan Parsons Project
Moody Blues
ELO (they've got the sound, if not the seriousness down, and I'm not talking about their hits). _________________ There are only 10 types of people in this world: those who understand binary and those who don't.
I am fond of King Crimson and latter-day bands in that vein, such as Anekdoten. I consider Rush to be hard rock. _________________ As scarlet flowers lust for the dew of morning
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, occasional accidental harmony, etc...
