How about a ''non-prog essential'' category ?

Hello to everyone, this is my first post here and i hope more will come!

Now about the thought that i have - would you concider having a ''non-prog essential'' category?

I mostly listen to the likes of Mike Oldfield and Pink Floyd, but one band really amazed me when i heard them and the band is Depeche Mode.

I first thought why on earth i like them because i have always loved rock in general, but as i listened to their albums more and more they seem to have more depht in terms of music than even some of the masterpieces of prog. rock and i am talking the truth here.

I think a band like Depeche Mode deserves a special place here too, the have made songs that are even a bit more prog than some i have heard/seen here (for example their song Freestate on the album Ultra etc.)

Of course there could be many more non-prog essential bands out there, i just happen to like Depeche Mode

I already send a PM about the same thing to one of the admins, and i was suggested to create this topic in order to get some feedback from others as well.

So any thoughts about this?

it's nice to be inclusive of bands that help you graduate your tastes in order to appreciate more complex music, however, a "non-prog essential" category really would be open to every single band under the sun and that's a little TOO inclusive. ;) We'd be seeing a lot of Talking Heads, Black Sabbath and U2 reviews on the front page and I for one wouldn't be happy at such a development.

I'm also wary of the proto-prog and the prog-related sections, not that they don't have their merits.

edit: I love the Depeche Mode track "Home".


Edited by laplace - January 03 2007 at 13:01

^^Sounds too vague and would be overloaded with information for just one website.

Well, STYX, Be Bop Deluxe, ASIA and similars are what I understand as non essential Prog and they have a place here in Prog Related.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - January 03 2007 at 13:20

progismylife wrote: ^^Sounds too vague and would be overloaded with information for just one website.

a companion site would be nice. I'd be tempted to suggest that proto and related should be shuffled off to it too.

alternatively, reviewers could have extended profiles where they explain their musical roots and such things, to ward off the silly last.fm signatures. yes I'm guilty too, but only 36 pixels worth of guilty.

progismylife wrote: laplace wrote: a companion site would be nice. I'd be tempted to suggest that proto and related should be shuffled off to it too. alternatively, reviewers could have extended profiles where they explain their musical roots and such things, to ward off the silly last.fm signatures. yes I'm guilty too, but only 36 pixels worth of guilty. That sounds like a good idea, but who would run it? It would be a lot of work to have a companion site.

the tooth fairy would. the trick is to be optimistic when discussing ideas

ps: I have no sway here as I've only written a single review, so you may as well take my ideas with a pinch of stfu :D


Edited by laplace - January 03 2007 at 13:32

progismylife wrote: What few bands then?  And who are the best reviewers? I see too many problems with this idea.

What bands i honestly dont know, how could i?

The best reviewers i think can be concidered those who rate an album by it's musical quality not by judging them by the bands name etc.

A poll would be an option here, about 20 top reviewers should be listed and then we could already have something.

And still, this is just and idea, nothing bad with having ideas i think...
    

my answer is also NO, but it depends on the band. so, if the bands we're talking are completely separated by progressive music (rock, electronic, metal), we can stop with "NO". but if we're talking about prog-related and proto-prog bands, which are not considered prog, i think they should be separated. they are already, in the genres menu; but they're not, in the ratings top. i think there should be a different proto & related ratings top, which would act very well as the ''non-prog essential''  highlight you were thinking of.