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Points: 1217 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:05

Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

I'm very pleased by this move. That is all.

i could say it better, so i wont.

agree.
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Points: 3597 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:03
There are "borderline" artists who really participated to the growing of prog rock music, sorry but Queen doesn't figure among them. You should try something with Third Ear Band, Vanilla Fudge for exemple who are already mentionned in the archives.
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Points: 5964 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:01
I'm very pleased by this move. That is all.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:01

If they are going to have Queen here, then all their albums should be listed, the same as all the other bands here!

Personally I have NEVER described Queen as Prog, and I won't start now.
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Points: 21156 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 13:00
You should be more patient. Just wait and see how artists like Queen will be presented, once the discussion regarding "borderline" bands is through.
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Points: 184 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 29 2005 at 12:57

So, Queen is *officially* on progarchives!

This defines a revolutionary step in the development of the website. Radiohead was just a preparation, it seems!

I am a huge Queen & Freddie fan, but Queen presence on progarchives is more than dubious. And, note, even "Jazz" (1978), on which there's not a trace of prog is included! I think first two albums by Queen are decent prog ... but even "Sheer Heart Attack" and "A Night at The Opera" are debatable. What is next? Freddie Mercury as art rock? Brian May?

Some people have already remarked (and I support them) that progarchives should have a section for "shady" or "borderline" bands (music), when it is unclear whether they write prog or not. Bands such as Queen, Styx, Radiohead, Supertramp, The Mars Volta should be placed there. People will still review their albums just as those of any other prog band, but at least (almost) everyone will be comfortable with this solution and this will end constant squabbles ...

I constantly argue with my friends over what's prog and what's not. They tend to listen to rock and the borderline bands ... and I decided for myself to not define the place of these borderline bands and indeed classify them as borderline!

It's like a cloud -- you certainly know where the centre and bulk of it is, but where does the cloud end?

A correction: now that I reflected on it, I think "Sheer Heart Attack" is debatable as prog, but "A Night At The Opera" might be an essential art rock (prog) creation by Queen.



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