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ridingonacamel 
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 08:37 |
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elo is good but not prog..!! peace.! |
MAN WHERE DID U FIND THAT
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The Rock
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Posted: February 05 2006 at 01:08 |
Yes they belong here!!!
ELO were prog.At least on their first 4 albums.
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micky
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Posted: February 04 2006 at 20:58 |
spacecraft wrote:
Most of the arguments over ELO, seem to lie with
their later stuff. From A New World Record onwards ELO aimed at an
American market which would be very profitable for Jeff Lynne and co.
However...to enjoy their proggier stuff you need to go abck to their
earlier albums not sit and judge the 80's stuff, which was pure
commercialism. If ELO are not welcome here, why are other dodgy prog
related band allowed? At least ELO were proggi-ish once. |
hahahah... nice of you to drop in, some people have set ideas of
what prog is and is not. Some are more open minded. This
thread is probably best left to die. Some people feel strongly
about it... on both sides of the argument.
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spacecraft
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Posted: February 04 2006 at 19:30 |
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Most of the arguments over ELO, seem to lie with their later stuff. From A New World Record onwards ELO aimed at an American market which would be very profitable for Jeff Lynne and co. However...to enjoy their proggier stuff you need to go abck to their earlier albums not sit and judge the 80's stuff, which was pure commercialism. If ELO are not welcome here, why are other dodgy prog related band allowed? At least ELO were proggi-ish once.
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hawkbrock
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 08:10 |
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You're one for understatement then, hawkbrock.  |
I suppose lol. ELO had Mr.Bluesky... very commercial record.
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Pafnutij
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 02:12 |
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I've never actually heard ELO, but everywhere I see them described as prog/art-rock. I found it strange that Queen, which is rarely associated with prog , is included, while ELO isnt.
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NecroManiac
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Posted: January 05 2006 at 01:51 |
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ELO was prog, thus at least the first two albums should be included, or you should at least add them to the dreaded "prog-related" list.
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fcoulter
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 19:03 |
ELO took less time than Genesis to become commercial. Perhaps rather than adding ELO, we should drop Genesis?
(Of course, that'll mess up the top 10 album list....)
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Fitzcarraldo
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 18:50 |
hawkbrock wrote:
ELO were rather commercial. |
Rather commercial?!
You're one for understatement then, hawkbrock.
"Don’t bring me down, grroosss
Don’t bring me down, grroosss
Don’t bring me down, grroosss
Don’t bring me down."
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hawkbrock
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Posted: January 04 2006 at 17:33 |
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ELO were rather commercial.
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XTChuck
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 10:41 |
The first two ELO albums are most definitely prog. If you haven't heard them, they are worth checking out. The band's 3rd 4th & 5th albums are somewhat prog but have a lot of "Top 40" sounding tunes. After that, they became even more of a pop band not a prog band at all.....still good for a few more albums, though.
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The Rock
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 10:35 |
A HUGE AND RESOUNDING YES!!!!
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What's gonna come out of my mouth is gonna come out of my soul."Skip Prokop"
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Kotro
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 04:39 |
Not really... 
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Bigger on the inside.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: January 03 2006 at 00:20 |
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ELO deserves to be here as much as Queen, Meatloaf and Jethro Tull. |
I believe originality and imagination are not your strongest characeristics
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| Meatloaf deserves to be in the Archives as much as Queen, Jethro Tull and ELO.
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micky
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Posted: January 02 2006 at 08:31 |
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I will submit ELO as a possibility for the Archives,
and let the process of band inclusion take its course. |
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Kotro
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Posted: January 02 2006 at 07:04 |
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ELO deserves to be here as much as Queen, Meatloaf and Jethro Tull.
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Bigger on the inside.
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Lambskin
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Posted: January 01 2006 at 22:54 |
Realy depends on which "Prog-expert" you ask.
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ROCK ON!
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transend
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Posted: January 01 2006 at 20:32 |
ELO??? yeah of course....
They did a concept album with an orchestra ....and some wonderful proggy songs elsewhere, even their 80's album 'Time' was cheesy sounding but a concept album...
WAY more proggy than:
Queen, Radiohead, Messhuggah, Tool etc etc...
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Snow Dog
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Posted: January 01 2006 at 19:00 |
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I will submit ELO as a possibility for the Archives, and let the process of band inclusion take its course.
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Phil
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Posted: January 01 2006 at 18:44 |
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Noooooooooo!!!
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