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    Posted: July 18 2011 at 10:10

It is impossible for any band to be a dinosaur unless they are (a) extinct or (b) exist at the earth's core or on a hidden plateau, etc.
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Originally posted by lazland lazland wrote:

I get The Times and saw that piece. Very lazy and full of the usual prejudices. It's amazing how journalists love to roll out the same old stereotypes, as if we are still stuck in 1977.
Indeed amazing - very well articulated...
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Since this band had started its carreer in the mid-80's, they are already a dinosaur by age... But a tiny dinosaur: they don't sell millions of records, while a "true" dinosaur is supposed to be "huge", selling millions of records, filling stadiums, answering to TV shows presentators all around the world, etc...
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When will Dinosaur Jr. be a dinosaur?
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this dinosaur is progressive, it is a Troodon and is regarded the most intellegent dinosaur ever found (as far as i know)

http://www.lakepowell.net/sciencecenter/troodon.jpg
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"Bahraini protestors given life sentences"

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"Syrian massacre continues as troops fire on mourners at funeral"

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Originally posted by thehallway thehallway wrote:

Everyone who's big will be a dinosaur as soon as they aren't big.

I don't think it's ever been unique to prog.


Your are indeed right. Even Frank Sinatra was called a dinosaur when he made a come back in the 90s.
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Whenever I scroll past this thread I start singing Dinosaur by King Crimson......

I don't know if I should feel ashamed or proud in some disturbed way.
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Everyone who's big will be a dinosaur as soon as they aren't big.

I don't think it's ever been unique to prog.


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Originally posted by Kashmir75 Kashmir75 wrote:

It's funny how Yes, ELP, Crimson, etc are 'greedy old men' when they go out on tour. And yet the likes of the Pistols, Magazine, etc are so edgy and 'punk' when they do the same thing. The first punks are a bunch of old dinosaurs as well.


I don't know for Magazine (they have reformed?), but I remember that the '96 tour of the Sex Pistols had been received with suspicion by some critics - even the ones who supported the band back in 1977.

Anyway, we should also consider something never mentioned in this forum: who wrote the articles? We're talking about the newspapers, the magazines (no pun intended), but it would be interesting to know who are the authors of the said articles.
In the same newspapers, you can have a twenty-something fond of free jazz and a sixty-something who never accepted it; you can have a fifty-something who still loves his prog-rock symphonic and virtuoso and a thirty-something who thinks that rock should always sound like the Rolling Stones, U2 or the Clash.

Moreover, I'm not exactly sure the non-specialized magazines or daily newspapers have the best critics. For example:
 - When I wake up, I turn on the TV and watch the French TV show "Télématin": they have a young critic whose chronicle, without being overwhelming, is some solid stuff. But, when discussing the records or the artists, the main presentator is... such a pain in the neck...
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It's funny how Yes, ELP, Crimson, etc are 'greedy old men' when they go out on tour. And yet the likes of the Pistols, Magazine, etc are so edgy and 'punk' when they do the same thing. The first punks are a bunch of old dinosaurs as well.
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Dick is having his mornng coffee while reading the paper.
"Bahraini protestors given life sentences"

*yawns*

"Syrian massacre continues as troops fire on mourners at funeral"

*takes a sip of coffee*

"Some prog bands have been around for a very long time and aren't all that relevant to the current music scene"

*spits out coffee"

I SHALL WRITE A LETTER AT ONCE


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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Dick is having his mornng coffee while reading the paper.
"Bahraini protestors given life sentences"

*yawns*

"Syrian massacre continues as troops fire on mourners at funeral"

*takes a sip of coffee*

"Some prog bands have been around for a very long time and aren't all that relevant to the current music scene"

*spits out coffee"

I SHALL WRITE A LETTER AT ONCE
 
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Originally posted by Textbook Textbook wrote:

Dick is having his mornng coffee while reading the paper.
"Bahraini protestors given life sentences"

*yawns*

"Syrian massacre continues as troops fire on mourners at funeral"

*takes a sip of coffee*

"Some prog bands have been around for a very long time and aren't all that relevant to the current music scene"

*spits out coffee"

I SHALL WRITE A LETTER AT ONCE


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