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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 07:32
They can be proggy. Guy Garvey sounds quite like Gabriel at times too. The indie element to their music is probably too dominant for them to be considered for the archives.

If they were accepted, I wouldn't object, but neither would particularly fight their corner to get them in.
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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 07:19
Originally posted by chopper chopper wrote:

I saw Elbow at the O2 last week and they were awesome but that's by the by.
 
I believe Guy Garvey described Elbow as "prog without the solos" and he is a big Gabriel fan, however they don't have many long songs (I would think The Birds is the longest at around 8 mins) and I wouldn't really describe them as a prog band.

And David Gilmour insists that Floyd are not Prog (as do many other bands members) but we declare that they are!

Oh the irony.....
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I saw Elbow at the O2 last week and they were awesome but that's by the by.
 
I believe Guy Garvey described Elbow as "prog without the solos" and he is a big Gabriel fan, however they don't have many long songs (I would think The Birds is the longest at around 8 mins) and I wouldn't really describe them as a prog band.
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Points: 4521 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 06:18

Why can't "indie" simply be called "indie" anymore these days Confused

Sorry but Prog is not the only type of music that can lay a claim on creative experimental rock music.


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Points: 32995 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 04:57
I've always thought of Elbow as Prog-Lite.
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Points: 37575 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 04:04
"New Prog" is not a style or genre, it's just lazy journalism and lazy tagging.
 
Elbow, 30 Seconds To Mars, Biffy Clyro, Mystery Jets, Doves, Coldplay etc. that get tagged as "New Prog" are not Progressive Rock IMO.


Edited by Dean - April 12 2011 at 04:05
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Points: 310 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: April 12 2011 at 03:33
They have quite long compositions, they are considered new prog, and their is something proggy about them, I can't put my finger on it though, I'm suggesting Crossover
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