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frippism
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: July 27 2010 Location: Tel Aviv Status: Offline Points: 4160 |
Posted: March 26 2012 at 01:46 |
I don't really think that it can ever go back to what it used to be, and I'm really happy it can't, and somewhat shamefully I will admit that I'm happy that many of the traditional sounding bands fail to re-create the magic of the old bands. Why beat a dead horse? I don't mind listening to the dead horse, he has lots of good stuff from when he was alive. But now he's dead. So maybe we should push to different directions?
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sarge
Forum Groupie Joined: August 09 2010 Location: South Australia Status: Offline Points: 49 |
Posted: March 26 2012 at 01:56 |
It's easy to have the attitude that as culture moves on things become new, exciting and happen for a reason. But as I look at how things were and how things are, I can see that this is not true. I don't think I could be less excited about where music or any culture is heading. People have lost the ability to preserve what is good and have begun to accept unnecessary changes.
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frippism
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Posted: March 26 2012 at 03:29 |
People don't lose abilities that they never had. Advancements are usually welcome in society, for better or for worse. In art, of course, good is subjective. And with that, comes the fact that preserving the good stuff just because it's good, doesn't make it particularly interesting. It has to move on, and what you're referring to as "accepting unnecessary changes", I refer to as seeing change and understanding it before we can assess whether it's good or bad. I always find the good eventually.
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sarge
Forum Groupie Joined: August 09 2010 Location: South Australia Status: Offline Points: 49 |
Posted: March 26 2012 at 03:57 |
Don't get me wrong, I can find the good...but I really have to try.
Oh well, another discussion finishing on the 'subjective' note... |
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frippism
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Posted: March 26 2012 at 04:01 |
Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep.
that's what happens when you dismiss new music, or new "sounds", entirely :)
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Smurph
Forum Senior Member Joined: January 11 2012 Location: Columbus&NYC Status: Offline Points: 3167 |
Posted: March 26 2012 at 08:27 |
A Lonely Crowd is my fav Austrailian prog group horray
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irrelevant
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13382 |
Posted: March 27 2012 at 02:12 |
'Tis some really good Jazz Rock/Fusion. Recommended!
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tyranny
Forum Newbie Joined: November 06 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 02:37 |
For anyone curious about early Australian Prog- one of the first bands that had Prog elements was Blackfeather with their album "At the Mountains of Madness"- also the first Split Enz (NZ) album "Mental Notes" is definitely Prog.
Personally I wouldnt call Ayers Rock Prog- simply jazz/rock But there are many relatively unknown Prog bands in Australia doing great things. I agrree with Smurff- A Lonely Crowd is definitely amongst the best.
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 02:47 |
Tyranny!
You should definately consider checking out the two Myriad releases, and Ben Craven's recent album `Great and Terrible Potions'! Looks wonderful on vinyl that one, too! Now that I think about it, the recent comeback album from Sebastian Hardie, which I think is called `Blueprint' (I'm at work, and I just noticed I never copied the CD across onto my Ipod, so I can't double check the name of it!), is also very melodic and of a high quality! Oh, yeah, and that first Split Enz album is freaking, urh, mental as well! Sounds a hell of a lot like Gabriel's Genesis in many parts, too! Edited by Aussie-Byrd-Brother - July 02 2012 at 02:48 |
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irrelevant
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13382 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:01 |
Don't hear a whole lot of progginess in Blackfeather.
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tyranny
Forum Newbie Joined: November 06 2011 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:22 |
Only the first album by Blackfeather with John Robinson on guitar- Seasons of Change is Prog imo- at the time(early 70's) it was hard to believe they were an Aussie band.
yeah forgot about Sebastian Hardie who became Windchase and then becamee SH again. Where were Myriad from?
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ExittheLemming
Forum Senior Member Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:23 |
Kettlespider are worth a listen. Kinda traditional 'bombastic' heavy guitar instrumental Prog but cos they're young un's, they can't help but have a smidgen of Mogwai, Radiohead and Miriodor about them.
http://www.progarchives.com/Review.asp?id=778785 |
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Aussie-Byrd-Brother
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2011 Location: Melb, Australia Status: Offline Points: 7951 |
Posted: July 02 2012 at 03:30 |
Hey Tyranny!
Myriad are from Brisbane, very melodic PTree style guitar solos, but quite a strong emphasise on beautiful warm acoustic guitar playing too. Very good band! |
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