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TenYearsAfter 
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In 2011 a dream came true, I witnessed a Dutch gig from The Doors during their world tour. It was awesome, what a quality music, so many classics! One 70+ lady told me that she was there in Amsterdam in 1968 when The Doors performed without Jim Morrison, he was unable to perform after taking too much alcohol and drugs in the center of Amsyerdams. And now she was here again to watch The Doors, with her daughter, and they knew all the songs! How sad that two years later Ray Manzarek lost his battle with cancer, R.I.P. Ray.
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someone_else
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Posted: June 19 2019 at 09:13 |
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Pink Floyd Genesis Yes Van der Graaf Generator Magma Alquin Gentle Giant Big Big Train Anekdoten Discipline
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BaldJean
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Posted: June 19 2019 at 09:08 |
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I still like the Doors. you may consider us nuts, but Friede and I love to dance to "The End" and "When the Music's Over"
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 A shot of me as High Priestess of Gaia during our fall festival. Ceterum censeo principiis obsta |
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Cristi
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Posted: June 19 2019 at 07:10 |
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The Doors used to be my favorite band when I was a teenager
 , I overplayed them, I rarely listen to them these days.
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MortSahlFan
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Posted: June 19 2019 at 05:57 |
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Pink Floyd, Supertramp, The Doors, zeppelin, who, steely dan, Beatles, ELO, America, Eagles, David Bowie
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essexboyinwales
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Posted: June 19 2019 at 05:43 |
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Without doubt for me, IQ are THE most consistent band, I love all their albums. In terms of consistency across their catalogue, Ayreon and It Bites would be next. Other acts I really love, but who have been less consistent throughout their catalogues: Marillion, Genesis, Dream Theater, Nightwish, Mike Oldfield, King's X, Pink Floyd, Frost*, Bryan Adams.....
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Erenan
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Posted: June 17 2019 at 16:58 |
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Mine's a pretty short list, I'm like that (honestly IMHO "favorite of all time" suggests a short list but maybe that's just me) King Crimson ELP Blind Guardian Meat Puppets Absu |
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Icarium
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Posted: June 17 2019 at 16:21 |
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This list is a tough one but if you ask you will get my top 10.
1) Genesis - the unit, the magic and melodies brings me so much. 2) Pink Floyd -the evolution, the lingering hurt and pain of leaving Syd behind and the melancholy that infected the band in its sound throughout. 3) Soundgarden - 6 albums, power, that friendship and gravitose of that band is nlt written to much about. 4) Supertramp -most important band to my ears in terms of song arangement, dynamic range and structure. 5) the Who - the power of rebellion, being so free of rules and restrain. and so early on dangerous. 6) the Zombies - mainly becouse of Odessy and Oracle. 7) Mastodon -most influentual metal act to my own development. 8) Procol Harum - Very important to my understanding of progressiveness taking different routes. 9) Cat Stevens -modt important single sing and songwriter, to name one. 10) Ultravox - an mazing mix of classy and post punk. |
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miamiscot
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Posted: June 17 2019 at 14:53 |
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1: Yes
2: Genesis 3: XTC 4: King Crimson 5: Guided By Voices 6: Neal Morse (all incarnations) 7: Gentle Giant 8: ELP 9: Jethro Tull 10: Pink Floyd 11: The Flower Kings 12: The Beatles 13: Pixies 14: Kansas 15: Rush 16: The Clash 17: Deerhoof 18: Big Big Train 19: Led Zeppelin 20: Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso |
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hellogoodbye
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Posted: June 17 2019 at 05:03 |
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David Bowie Can Frank Zappa The Talking Heads |
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dr prog
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Posted: June 17 2019 at 01:07 |
Go out an get the remixes. You can make about eight 4-5 star albums from the 70s just by swapping songs with outtakes. Ian was crap at choosing the best songs. So crap that he'd leave the best song off and include the worst song
. There's basically 20 songs in 71, 73, 74, 78 and 79 and 15 songs in most other years. I tend to choose 50/50 of album/outtakes when picking my fave 10 songs. Quite often my fave songs each year are outtakes/singlesEdited by dr prog - June 17 2019 at 01:08 |
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Jaketejas
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Posted: June 16 2019 at 17:05 |
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You all have collectively listed many bands that I've liked over the years. I tend to go through phases. I would probably have to list favorites as a function of my age, and I'm all over the map as far as genres. The two genres I have the least affection for are country (though I love Dire Straits, Chet Atkins, Les Paul, and some of the older artists) and rap (except some old school smooth or robotic renditions). I get nostalgic and revisit bands a lot, too. The genres I enjoy the most are prog rock and prog related (especially guitar or electronic oriented), rock, New Wave (including synth-pop like Yaz or early Gary Numan), metal, classical (especially guitar or lute ... and piano), fusion, metal, blues, pop, funk, soul/disco, jazz, punk, alternative, New Age (especially guitar like Michael Hedges or keyboard like Enya), and world (everywhere: Spanish flamenco, Nawal al Zoghbi). I'm sure I've left out some genres, too. Honestly, I can't say who my favorite bands are. On the prog front, my latest faves have been Jethro Tull, ELP, Allan Holdsworth, and Yes ... as well as slogging through recording my own music.
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Foxprog
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Posted: June 16 2019 at 13:51 |
Good choises sir! A pleasure to read
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dougmcauliffe
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Posted: June 16 2019 at 12:50 |
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I will try to round it down to 10. My list isn't very unique of anything but oh well
1: Genesis They are really just the gold standard, the run from Trespass to Duke is just fantastic and Foxtrot is my favorite album of all time 2: King Crimson I think they offer an amazing variety and really only have 1 or 2 duds in the discography, this one took me a while but they are the most progressive band in history to me. Also starless is the best song ever made 3: Camel You know the ending of suppers ready where it climaxes at the new Jerusalem part? With Camel, I feel like they hit that same climax but several times over the course of an album. They just have such soaring highs and I love the sound in general, They struggled a bit in the 80s but were able to reinvent themselves in the 90s and 2000s to release some of their best work and I truly like almost their entire discography. Their music just resonates with me. Song within a song for example is simply just out of this world. 4: Yes The thing with yes is that there is quite a lot of junk to sift through in their later discography but they are probably the single most influential band on the genre, from The Yes Album to Drama its just amazing album after amazing album. 5: Pink Floyd I think Pink Floyd is amazing, but if I had the choice between discographies, id chose the above artists first. Animals, Dark Side, Meddle and Wish you were Here are all simply masterpieces, I do struggle with the Wall and absolutely despise Momentary Lapse but they have a generally solid discography 6: Kansas This was my introduction to prog, I decided to turn on the greatest hits album while painting a fence and you wouldn't believe the shock when I heard Song For America, The Pinnacle and Closet Chronicles. Simply a very unique and influential prog band with an amazing first 5 albums. Post Point of Know Return its quite spotty with some garbage and some OK stuff, Somewhere to Elsewhere was quite nice though. 7: Spock's Beard I just love this band, the first time I heard the Light it truly opened a whole new avenue of prog for me (Modern Prog) However I think V, Snow Live, X and Brief Nocturnes are their best work with imo V being their crowned achievement. The instrumentation is always extremely tight no matter what era.. Though they lost some personality when Neal Left, they adapted into a more mature sound. 8: King Gizzard and The Lizard Wizzard I still cant wait for these guys to be on the website, honestly, i'm yet to hear anything by them I don't like (though their latest fishing for fishies isn't my favorite) Flying Microtonal Banana, Polygondwanaland, Im in your mind fuzz, Nonagon Infinity and Murder of the Universe are just truly among the most unique prog albums to come out in the last decade with excellent song writing and instrumentation all around 9: Jethro Tull I've recently gotten into these guys and love the sound, but in my opinion they have probably 7 or 8 very solid 4 star albums with maybe one 5 star album and thats Thick as a Brick. Whereas the above artists in my opinion have at least two 5 star albums, but thats besides the point. These guys just rock and I can really listen to them at any time. Songs from the wood, TAAB and Stand up are my favorites personally. 10: Focus I just love this bands sound, sure they peaked early after Hamburger Concerto. But still their work on moving waves and focus 3 are just brilliant with Hamburger Concerto just being their peak. But focus 3 is my favorite ;) honorable mentions marillion dream theater nektar transatlantic elp supertramp wobbler (probably moving into the top 10) Van Der Graff (Probably moving into the top 10) Rush Outside of Prog: Deep Purple Boston Steely Dan Blue Oyster Cult Chicago Led Zeppelin The Who The Eagles Edited by dougmcauliffe - June 16 2019 at 12:55 |
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Fischman
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Posted: June 15 2019 at 17:36 |
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Prog (including prog metal and prog-ish)
Rush Yes Dream Theater Jethro Tull Fates Warning Kansas Transatlantic Moody Blues King Crimson Camel Other Rock Shooting Star Blackfoot Blue Oyster Cult Black Sabbath (esp. the Dio albums) Kinks The Who Triumph Dan Fogelberg Sass Jordan Steely Dan Jazz Art Blakey and the Jazz Messengers Lee Morgan Wes Montgomery Freddie Hubbard John Coltrane McCoy Tyner Miles Davis Mahavishnu Orchestra Oscar Peterson Kenny Burrell
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Lewian
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Posted: June 15 2019 at 08:35 |
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There's my personal (prog) big 5. When I think about this I always take into account solo work of the musicians that are associated with the bands, much of which shows strong connections to the "main band's" material. Can - Apart from the iconic material that they produced if the first seven or so years of their existence (which would be enough to grant them their spot), Holger Czukay and Irmin Schmidt have major bodies of great work that on its own could compete with some major prog bands, with Jaki Liebezeit and Damo Suzuki not far behind. King Crimson - So many different periods on top level, and then Robert Fripp has his hands in so much more interesting stuff, Bill Bruford created some great stuff as bandleader, Adrian Belew has some very nice albums and there's a plethora of connections and appearances of other members that I wouldn't count into King Crimson but that still shows the quality and the richness of infuences taken in and given out by that monster of a band. Art Zoyd - They have gazillions of albums, they were innovative and productive (at least) until Gerard Hourbette's death, and they did hardly ever any step wrong. Probably they have the largest number of albums of them all that I'd rate four star or above, Not even to mention the jungle of interesting side projects. Cardiacs - Unique, inspired and sparky from beginning to end, and also the supreme quality of some of Tim Smith's and Tavus Korabi's work outside the band and the reliable enjoyment I get from William D. Drake's material are testimony to what a force they were and in some way still are (I haven't given up hope that at some point some new music with Tim's active participation will appear). Talk Talk - When it comes to quantity they may lag a bit behind the other nominees, but they finished their lifespan with three straight five star albums in a row plus the Mark Hollis album plus the astonishing work by .O.rang are enough to qualify them for my top 5 as well. Also all respect to Pink Floyd - The Beatles - Van der Graaf Generator - Amon Düül II - Japan (or mainly Sylvian/Karn) and Kate Bush (not a band therefore out of competition here). Edited by Lewian - June 15 2019 at 08:36 |
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Cristi
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Posted: June 15 2019 at 07:04 |
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Marillion
Pink Floyd Black Sabbath Threshold Camel Rush Queen Riverside Enchant Deep Purple Thin Lizzy UFO Death Angel Testament Genesis Fates Warning & OSI Sieges Even & Subsignal Goblin King's X and many others...
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Posted: June 15 2019 at 05:24 |
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Triumvirat
Giger Lenz Marron Dzyan Passport Colosseum Dedalus Strange Days Wishbone Ash Nektar Quatermass |
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Posted: June 15 2019 at 01:47 |
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My top five for the past several years has been: King Crimson Frank Zappa Soft Machine VDGG Magma
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I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
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Posted: June 14 2019 at 22:49 |
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Yes, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Klaus Schulze, They Might Be Giants.
Not all considered “prog,” but each progressive in its own way. |
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