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    Posted: October 16 2005 at 16:48

Well, let's make it a bit harder. Is Chess prog? Chess, you know, the concept album by the 2 Abba gentlemen and... I believe it was Tim Rice?

Okay, that's an easy one, isn't it? The answer is of course...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

No! The album is not bad though... It's almost a bridge between Abba and prog.

Don't you think?

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Damn You, horza.. You know how 2 draw attention 2 your threads Gonna do a poll bout prog metal vocalists & name the topic : Dream Theater suck *ss 

I'm pretty sure there's something fishy bout this topic... Horza is trying 2 send some trojan  virs through this thread... They will blow Our comps up & then He will take over prog Archives!!!
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 16 2005 at 16:10

Definitely not - but remember that Andrew Lloyd Webber produced "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat" (the 1st Rock Opera), so if the Who are here, Andrew Lloyd Webber MUST also be included.

"Jesus Christ Superstar" has the greatest story ever told as its core, and some versions have Ian Gillan and other prog musicians playing... and it's miles better as a rock opera than "Tommy", in that it's actually an opera with recitative and aria and stuff.

Then there's ALW's Variations on a theme of Paganini, performed mainly by Colosseum II and part of Genesis, which is actually rather good.

So I'm not kidding about ALW.

Would you want ALW in the archives?
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 15 2005 at 18:59
I hope your not trying to insult me for trying to add The Who. I agree that Black Sabbath, Zep, and Cream are stretches, but under close examination The Who are prog.
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 14 2005 at 15:36

Originally posted by Angeldust Angeldust wrote:

Abba is a great band.Not a prog one though...

Oh come on... "Knowing Me, Knowing You... Aha!!!"

How much more proggy can you get?

If it's prog enough for Alan's psychedelic breakfast, it's prog enough for me

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Points: 336 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 21:39
Abba is a great band.Not a prog one though...
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Points: 3013 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 17:41
I don't know what's funnier... the thread, or the number of people who missed the joke.
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Points: 7559 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 13 2005 at 17:21

Originally posted by krusty krusty wrote:

Some people do struggle with irony don't they?

Plus I thought some of Steve Howe's finest work is on the track  "Super Tropper"


I preferred Steve Hackett's work in Super Trooper's Ready...
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Some people do struggle with irony don't they?

Plus I thought some of Steve Howe's finest work is on the track  "Super Tropper"


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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 10:26
Oh yes, please add everything! Just make sure not to forget Frank Sinatra, Bob Dylan, Demis Roussos or Dean Martin.... eventually Madonna and Britney
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Points: 2664 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 11 2005 at 06:58
Originally posted by Ed_The_Dead Ed_The_Dead wrote:

 agreed, plus they suck
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sorry

Originally posted by darkshade:

Calling Mike Portnoy a bad drummer is like calling Stephen Hawking an idiot.
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 11:29

Horza (and others),

Please start threads in the correct sections. The prog music lounge is only for bands currently listed in the archives.

Discussions on whether bands should be added shoudl take place in "Bands and albums", where I've moved this thread to.
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I've always thought of ABBA as a prog band in denial - just listen to some
of the complexity of their hit singles (notably the superb "Knowing Me,
Knowing You"). I also believe that very many prog fans could enjoy much
of their work - I know I do. But they're certainly not prog per se - the only
overtly progressive tracks of their career were "Intermezzo No. 1", "Eagle"
and "The Visitors".

Ultimately, ABBA suffered from the malaise of all too many pop bands -
they concentrated heavily on producing great singles, and consequently
included inordinate amounts of crap on their albums. None of their many
LPs is consistently good ("Super Trouper" being probably the best),
although all contain something of excellence.

Even the album with the most highpoints, "Arrival" ("Knowing Me,
Knowing You", "Dancing Queen", "Tiger", "Money, Money, Money" and the
title track) contains two songs so badly composed (especially the lyrics)
as to make me howl with laughter - "When I Kissed The Teacher" and
"Dum Dum Diddle" (subject matter: the writer wishes he were a violin).

But ABBA are certainly closer to EARTH & FIRE than, say, ACE OF BASE or
STEPS, to name just two dreadful bubblegum pop acts with whom they
are often compared.
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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 10:17
Originally posted by BePinkTheater BePinkTheater wrote:

I love how everyone is taking this seriosuly like

" NOOOnONONONOO!! ABBA IS NOT PROG !!!!! ARGHAGRARGRGG!!!"

 

guys...it was jsut a joke

it was a bad joke
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Points: 758 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 10:16

GAAAAAAHHHH

Why does this topic exists?!?

*going ouside to vomit*

*return*

Ok, as mentioned, Björn & Benny could do prog if they had wanted to. But instead they teamed up with two pop-girls. Anne-Frid has in fact made the worst pop-song ever, a cover of Bowies 'Life on Mars' with swedish lyrics wich left me with stomache, but that's another story.

Abba is a pop group (and swedens largest sea-food company) who have more in common with dance music, imho the opposite of prog.

Good you brought your kevlar vests, because me and my machine gun is going downtown
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Points: 1381 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 10:13

I love how everyone is taking this seriosuly like

" NOOOnONONONOO!! ABBA IS NOT PROG !!!!! ARGHAGRARGRGG!!!"

 

guys...it was jsut a joke
I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t.
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Of caurse - ABBA is prog
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Points: 191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: October 09 2005 at 09:53

Their albums Abbacab and Abba Road had some prog elements.
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^ Oh!  Never heard that before...
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