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Visitor13 
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 Posted: November 26 2006 at 10:12 |
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Thanks for the explanation.
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: November 26 2006 at 10:40 |
 salmacis wrote:
Adult Orientated Rock, or soft rock, if you will. Bands like Journey, Foreigner, REO Speedwagon etc. I like some bands of this style (not REO though), but not necessarily prog bands doing that. Many of DT's albums I've come across have some AOR ballad like 'Another Day', 'Through Her Eyes', 'I Walk Beside You' etc. |
Soeey Salmacis butt AOR is Album Orieted Rock.
Defines bands that based their releases in whole albums rather than in hit singles, Prog Rock is one oform of AOR, buyt what we are talking about us the AOR of the late 70's and 80's a conservatie and boring evolution of Rock that despite being mainstream kept releasing in the AOR format.
Iván
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salmacis
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Posted: November 26 2006 at 11:08 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Album-oriented_rock
Yeah, I've heard that term used too as well as 'adult oriented rock'. Same thing really. Whatever it's called, Dream Theater are for sure influenced by it.
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lucky_man123
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Posted: November 28 2006 at 18:28 |
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Wow. DT sticks out like a sore thumb!!! Look at those statistics...Does it really deserve to be CALLED one of the greats?
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Mategra
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 02:20 |
Rush or maybe DT (I haven't listened that much to DT). I don't think any one of these two can be considered "great".
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martinprog77
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 03:16 |
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gentle giant.is really painful to me to listem a whole album from them
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Nothing can last
there are no second chances.
Never give a day away.
Always live for today.
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Dragon Phoenix
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 03:20 |
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Tull. Although I also could have picked GG or Rush, or even KC.
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Blog this:
http://artrock2006.blogspot.com
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TheLamb
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Posted: November 29 2006 at 05:03 |
I hate Pink Floyd with a passion... but it's not like they are THAT bad, I just see them as slightly boring. The reason I hate them with such a passion is that herds of people idolize them, and the way I see it, most of them are too blind to see that Pink Floyd are just another "Elevator Music" influenced rock band, with a good vocalist and a good songwriter... They nowhere near the Progressive Giants they are thought to be... I've heard the term " Musical Genius" used in association with Pink Floyd... That makes me SICK! they are just a pretty good band IMO... Nothing more.
But it's not like I don't enjoy some of their material... I like the album Meddle... and I guess they have some other songs that I can stand...
VDGG on the other hand... I never really got into that band... at all... Maybe I should give them a few more listens... but so far, I really don't see anything that I like about VDGG... so I vote VDGG
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Bilek
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Posted: December 02 2006 at 09:40 |
TheLamb wrote:
VDGG on the other hand... I never really got into that band... at all... Maybe I should give them a few more listens... but so far, I really don't see anything that I like about VDGG... so I vote VDGG |
indeed you should... they are an acquired tasre (and I only acquired the taste after one year!)
btw, I have to mention I agrre with you more or less about PF... I really can't see what makes them so great...
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Listen to Turkish psych/prog; you won't regret:
Baris Manco,Erkin Koray,Cem Karaca,Mogollar,3 Hürel,Selda,Edip Akbayram,Fikret Kizilok,Ersen (and Dadaslar) (but stick with the '70's, and 'early 80's!)
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Visitor13
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Posted: December 02 2006 at 10:01 |
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I see quite a few people don't like VdGG.
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White Shadow
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Posted: January 23 2007 at 16:39 |
I just find it so hard to get into Dream Theater, and believe me, I've tried. They have mixed albums and many songs that would be good if they didn't come in at 200 mph with heavy guitar every 30 sec.
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Passionist
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Posted: January 23 2007 at 16:42 |
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Pink Floyd. Easy. I just don't like most of their music. They're like any average band to me. 2 Good albums, rest, boring. yet they're popular.
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Bt-Tor
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Posted: January 23 2007 at 21:48 |
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I think you're forgetting ELP, I would have voted for them anyway. From
this selection I would have to say Gentle Giant or Camel, though I love
Three Friends and The Snow Goose.
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Chus
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Posted: January 23 2007 at 21:50 |
oh boy... the thread resurrected 
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Jesus Gabriel
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andu
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 05:57 |
this is one of my "least favourite 'great' prog polls" 
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ZowieZiggy
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 06:46 |
I voted King Krimson.
Excepting "ITCOTCK" (which featured the boring and looooooooong "Moonchild" by the way), I never could enter into their work (and I tried hardly) : too noisy, too improv, too jazzy, little feeling, almost no emotion, absolutely no charisma from its leader etc.
So, this is not for me. Actually, I never understood why and how this band was so popular.
But as I often say, it is not possible to love all the bands reviewed on this great site.
Cheers.
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oliverstoned
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 07:12 |
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DT is is intruder of the list!
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archivep
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 13:14 |
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Everybody knows that Dream Theater are above all of these classics (altought I like all of them), so why ignore or hate them...
but it´s a fact that they are the least favourite band from this list here on PA...
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laplace
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 13:22 |
archivep wrote:
Everybody knows that Dream Theater are above all of these classics (altought I like all of them), so why ignore or hate them...
but it´s a fact that they are the least favourite band from this list here on PA... |
DT have surpassed the formative prog bands in your opinion. what name do you review under? I'd like to be able to ignore everything you've written.
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Talon
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Posted: January 24 2007 at 15:48 |
The Miracle wrote:
I love DT with a passion. |
This.
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