Favorite 70s Prog Band: Redux

debaserr · 01-04-2009, 07:35 PM

can...
im kinda obsessed as of late

kingcrimson · 01-04-2009, 08:58 PM

King Crimson is kinda a given for me to vote for. Gotta love Court of the Crimson King.

jaguar ride · 02-25-2009, 06:26 PM

either Can or Amon Düül II. i need to get ALOT more prog though.

Dr.Tchock · 08-06-2009, 03:42 PM

Can, with Pink Floyd as a close second.

Can: they were experimental but also extremely smart. All the member were western art music students, but they never lost their time trying to make Rock music akin to Classical or bring Classical conventions into Rock (unlike that godawful E.L.P. group). Instead they merged a truck load of genres in into one package taking into account all the properties of rock music: simplicity, repetition, minimalism.

Pink Floyd: Because they were the less prog of all the english prog bands. And actually had a good songwriter. Ignoring the post-Syd, pre-Darkside period they always knew how to trim the fat and drop all the pointless demostration of "talent" in over long, over the top compositions. I do love Echoes and Carefull with that Axe, Eugene.

I guess I'm not to big on prog.

boo boo · 08-06-2009, 04:11 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Tchock

Can, with Pink Floyd as a close second.

Can: they were experimental but also extremely smart. All the member were western art music students, but they never lost their time trying to make Rock music akin to Classical or bring Classical conventions into Rock (unlike that godawful E.L.P. group). Instead they merged a truck load of genres in into one package taking into account all the properties of rock music: simplicity, repetition, minimalism.

Do you ever get tired of being a parrot for pretentious twat music critics?

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Pink Floyd: Because they were the less prog of all the english prog bands. And actually had a good songwriter. Ignoring the post-Syd, pre-Darkside period they always knew how to trim the fat and drop all the pointless demostration of "talent" in over long, over the top compositions. I do love Echoes and Carefull with that Axe, Eugene.

Oh for f*ck's sake.

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I guess I'm not to big on prog.

Stay out of the prog section then.

Dr.Tchock · 08-06-2009, 04:34 PM

I mean I can listen to Yes or Rush but not for the songwriting. I mean is Jon Anderson actually saying anything?

Okay, Genesis also know how to write songs. I was being unfair.

Mate, pretension music critics? The only critics I read is Mark Prindle and Starostin, because they are both funny (Prindle because he is and Starostin because he's opinions are truly laughable). I did visit Piero Scaruffi web site once so that may be it.

boo boo · 08-06-2009, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Tchock

I mean I can listen to Yes or Rush but not for the songwriting. I mean is Jon Anderson actually saying anything?

I think songwriters actually do more than just write lyrics, correct me if I'm wrong.

Nor do I think you have to be a good lyricist to be a good songwriter.

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Okay, Genesis also know how to write songs. I was being unfair.

So do Yes and Rush, it might not conform to the "Pretentious old hippie buttf*cking the corpse of Woody Guthrie while strumming an acoustic guitar" dynamic that people usually associate singing/songwriting with, or the "verse/chorus/verse/chorus/bridge/guitar solo/chorus" dynamic of most rock music but I dunno, I always thought trying different styles of music should be encouraged. I guess not, prog doesn't conform to the rock n roll trifecta. Which is simple, miminal and repetitive, and god forbid you break the rules of rock n roll.

Unknown Soldier · 08-07-2009, 11:58 AM

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Originally Posted by Dr.Tchock

I mean I can listen to Yes or Rush but not for the songwriting. I mean is Jon Anderson actually saying anything?

The great beauty of Jon Anderson`s lyrics, are the fact that they don`t make any sense.

Double X · 01-04-2009, 07:59 PM

I really wanted to vote for KC...but I couldn't resist Pink Floyd. My vote stayed the same from the first poll.

lucifer_sam · 01-04-2009, 08:24 PM

Seriously? Someone already voted for fucking Rush?

I quit.

View Poll Results: Favorite?
King Crimson	9	7.26%
Yes	13	10.48%
Pink Floyd	35	28.23%
Genesis	4	3.23%
Jethro Tull	8	6.45%
Emerson, Lake & Palmer	3	2.42%
Rush	8	6.45%
Can	11	8.87%
Gentle Giant	2	1.61%
Van Der Graaf Generator	2	1.61%
Hawkwind	1	0.81%
Caravan	1	0.81%
Magma	0	0%
Uriah Heep	0	0%
Henry Cow	1	0.81%
Mahavishnu Orchestra	3	2.42%
Gong	3	2.42%
Camel	3	2.42%
The Strawbs	1	0.81%
Focus	0	0%
Hatfield and the North	0	0%
Barclay James Harvest	0	0%
Renaissance	0	0%
Eloy	1	0.81%
Premiata Forneria Marconi	0	0%
Comus	5	4.03%
Soft Machine	2	1.61%
Traffic	2	1.61%
The Moody Blues	1	0.81%
Procol Harum	1	0.81%
Wishbone Ash	0	0%
Other	4	3.23%
Voters: 124. You may not vote on this poll

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01-04-2009, 08:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
kingcrimson Groupie Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 13	King Crimson is kinda a given for me to vote for. Gotta love Court of the Crimson King.

02-25-2009, 06:26 PM	#3 (permalink)
jaguar ride Groupie Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Baltimore, Maryland Posts: 11	either Can or Amon Düül II. i need to get ALOT more prog though.

08-06-2009, 03:42 PM	#4 (permalink)
Dr.Tchock Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 31	Can, with Pink Floyd as a close second. Can: they were experimental but also extremely smart. All the member were western art music students, but they never lost their time trying to make Rock music akin to Classical or bring Classical conventions into Rock (unlike that godawful E.L.P. group). Instead they merged a truck load of genres in into one package taking into account all the properties of rock music: simplicity, repetition, minimalism. Pink Floyd: Because they were the less prog of all the english prog bands. And actually had a good songwriter. Ignoring the post-Syd, pre-Darkside period they always knew how to trim the fat and drop all the pointless demostration of "talent" in over long, over the top compositions. I do love Echoes and Carefull with that Axe, Eugene. I guess I'm not to big on prog.

08-06-2009, 04:34 PM	#6 (permalink)
Dr.Tchock Groupie Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 31	I mean I can listen to Yes or Rush but not for the songwriting. I mean is Jon Anderson actually saying anything? Okay, Genesis also know how to write songs. I was being unfair. Mate, pretension music critics? The only critics I read is Mark Prindle and Starostin, because they are both funny (Prindle because he is and Starostin because he's opinions are truly laughable). I did visit Piero Scaruffi web site once so that may be it.

01-04-2009, 07:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Double X sleepe Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: boston Posts: 1,140	I really wanted to vote for KC...but I couldn't resist Pink Floyd. My vote stayed the same from the first poll.