THEWHO!!! prog or not?respond and vote!!

Trouserpress wrote: Trouserpress wrote: SOMEBODY MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!! NB - That says STOP, not STOOP.

, oh my that actually made me laugh out loud.

Oh and no, no the who should not really be here, but i wouldnt moan if they were, I mean its about as rational as queen IMO

Syzygy wrote: I'm thinking of a phrase that rhymes with clucking bell....

Are you by any chance a Black Adder fan?

Ok..let me explain...EVERYBODY KNOWS that The Who are NOT prog.I'm aware of that since they are one of my favourite bands..OK.Well, you see, listed in this site are zillions of little one-shot bands..ok?Well, they have surely the right to be in this site since this is progARCHIVES..Ok well what I'm asking is:should the Who be listed here ONLY REFERRING TO THEIR MORE PROGGISH ALBUMS since those albums are perhaps more "great" than some from obscure one shot bands?I'm NOT talking about "The who sings my generation" or "Live at Leeds", I DON'T WANT THIS ALBUMS TO BE LISTED, but I'm talking about "Tommy", "Quadrophenia"...
Listen to me..at the main page search for g-bands..you'll find an Italian Symphonic Band called "I GIGANTI".I know them a little since they're from Italy like me..Well they are in the same situation than THE WHO.The were by NO MEAN a prog group..The made pop throughout the years...around the early '70s they jumped on the prog-wagon, made 1(!) album and jumped off right away.Well they're listed...I hope to have been a little clearer..
So when I ask "The Who:prog or not"..i mean "The Who:PROGARCHIVES or not?"
Everybody is free to say what he thinks, but now the question is clearer..
Thanks

Yeah,  I'd never really consider them full on prog.

I can see Queen as a borderline case, but certainly not Deep Purple, the Doors, Led Zeppelin, and whatever next someone will come up with.

Now, Kate Bush, however....

Trouserpress wrote: SOMEBODY MAKE IT STOOOOOOOOOOP!!!!!

 

I totally agree with you.       

___BYE___

One of my favorite band, but definitely not prog! this is the ultimate classic rock band!

Eelco wrote: Was Jesus Christ Prog?

Andrew Lloyd Webber uses a lot of odd signatures on J.C.S. though...but Sting does it too and would you call Sting prog?

As for the Who's Tommy, there are also some odd signatures on that one but not as much as a normal prog band does. And also a keynote that doesn't change for a long time (just listen to Underture) but so does Trevor Horn and could you call that music prog? Also there are some classical chord movements used by the Who but so does Abba, Brian Wilson and early Elvis Costello and would you call them prog?

No, this discussion will never end (sorry Trous) but in fact I haven't answered your question too...

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^ Or any stage musical!

Peter Townsend=Genius writer.  Penned some great stuff. Never went beyond a certain line with it though. Proggiest moments were the 4th side of Quad with Dr Jimmy and Love Reign over me.  THe only other song that could qualify from that Album was the title song although John Entwhistle had some great bass lines in the opener, The Real Me.  Tommy's only prog moment was the Overature and Underture. Who's next Arp synth sound was interesting as was the violin solo at the end of Baba O' Riely. 

Other than that no. If rock opera=Prog then we need to include Andrew Loydd Weber and Tim Rice. 

 

 

I vote No.

 

 

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