1980s' other Progressive Rock than Neo-Prog?

David_D wrote: Logan wrote: If you care about the perception of this forum, .... I have to admit, I love Progressive Rock more than PA, so that is much my starting point.

Edited by David_D - November 03 2023 at 07:40

Logan wrote: While I like lots of albums I deem Prog from the 80s, I will highlight just two now: Eskaton's 4 Visions and Jean-Paul Prat's Masal. Masal remains an underrecognised/ underheard Prog album, imo, that is awesome.

^Yeah, PA would be less interesting without you, David. Also, I was banned from PE, so it's no longer of interest to me.

Both great

Did anyone mention Tribute yet? Very good Swedish band from that decade. They were in the symph direction but not neo.

Logan wrote: Have you tried the Progressive Ears board? I just wonder if it might satisfy you more.

^ Not to go from a Silly Puppy to a Snarky Puppy, but train wrecks and disasters generally get lots of views.

David, like it or not, what I described is the way things have worked for many years here, and a decision was made on this through an agreement with Admin before 2010. One issue with rules and guidelines is that they tend to be written as more black and white than is desirable because nuance is hard to get for some, some people will tend to bend the rules to the point of breaking them, give an inch and they'll take a mile sometimes, and subjectivity does come into play. Those original rules were ultimately agreed on and written by the select few, admin ratified, so one might say that the strongest ones decided everything.... Except that there have been discussions on site issue involving numerous people and suggestions have been welcomed as long as people are not trying to "force" the issues. We have not wanted this forum to become a free-for-all and at the same time we want to try to be accommodating and flexible to an extent.

I have received complaints about your behaviour, and I wanted to try to gently step in to explain things and suggest curbing your behaviour. Please stop harping on about it, and there was no need to bring it up cross topics. If you care about the perception of this forum, that does not help improve its look.

One of my favourite sentences in the Site Rules and Guidelines topic is "This is a very relaxed and inclusive forum. These rules and guidelines are intended to help you to get the most out of it. We hope you will enjoy your time with us."

Edited by David_D - November 01 2023 at 06:12