Annie Haslam for Crossover Prog?

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Alrighty Paul, I'm one of Crossover Team members (and one of Related Team ones) so shall I take her to Team for eval?

Annie Haslam for cross-over porn? Sure! Where are the videos?

Where did crossover porn come into it?

DamoXt7942 wrote: Under eval here.

Psychedelic Paul wrote: Annie Haslam could be considered for inclusion as either Prog-Related, Crossover Prog or Symphonic Prog. I'll leave that for the relevant PA team members to decide between them. I don't want to get into a pointless argument about which category of prog Annie Haslam belongs in.  Annie Haslam's prog credentials are far stronger than those of Kate Bush or Tori Amos in my opinion.   Anyone who dismisses Annie Haslam as an "MOR Pop singer", as SteveG did earlier, clearly doesn't know much about music, so if anyone needs an education here, it's SteveG.

To make you feel better Paul, I meant that Annie's solo albums taken purely in isolation, would paint her as an MOR artist. A fact that she readily agrees with and has stated so on many occasions and is quite proud of that fact. She was making solo albums in order to make a living and did not see prog as a way of getting there at the time. Please be aware that many members like myself personally know Annie as well other prog artists, even though we don't publicize the fact, and we know of what we speak and would not say anything that these artists would find to be contrary. What they say is what we relate to others, no more no less. You may not need an education in musical genres but you definitely need an education in how to relate with other adults that you disagree with. I found your responses to be quite childish and annoying. As usual.

Edited by SteveG - November 12 2019 at 04:21

^ Well, that's a start but you would have to add Blessing In Disguise, Still Life and The Dawn Of Ananda to that list of MOR albums, with her s/t debut falling between MOR and AOR. That's all of her albums after Annie In Wonderland. And MOR is not a bad word in my book. Frank Sinatra is the most famous and successful MOR artist ever and I doubt, if he we're still alive, would have any problem being labeled as such as he's laughing all the way to the bank.

Edited by SteveG - November 12 2019 at 06:57

^ terms like symphonic rock, Krautrock or even jazz-rock exist but don't mean they are progressive. Those are important distinctions to understand before you suggest anything here. You should really read the definition of progressive rock nicely written out by the site's original pioneers. It will make it quite clear what prog is. Don't judge the site by some of the artists that slipped in and probably shouldn't be here. Tori Amos for example (as far as i know and i have several albums.) From the samples i've heard of Annie's solo work, it's basically like Renaissance only not progressive. It's some sort of classical / folk crossover over.

http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive-rock.asp


Edited by siLLy puPPy - November 12 2019 at 08:55

Annie Haslam is being evaluated for possible inclusion in ProgArchives right now, so it's not over until the Symphonic Rock Lady Sings.

Edited by Psychedelic Paul - November 12 2019 at 09:37