Your 'Big Six' of Prog - Progressive Rock Music Forum

presdoug wrote:

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Cristi wrote:

Floydoid wrote:

No not another debate about the so called 'big six' of prog

That is correct! Dead

Eager to see your list Cristi!

Frets N Worries wrote:

presdoug wrote:

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And how shocked, you must have been to see such a reference.. LOL

TheGazzardian wrote:

Mew

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

I like this game so I'll play again:

1. Yes

2. Pink Floyd

3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer

4. Peter Gabriel

5. King Crimson

6. Jethro Tull

I should have been a pair of ragged claws
Scuttling across the floors of uncertain seas

Gentle Giant

ELP

Jethro Tull

Yes

Genesis

Pink Floyd

Jethro Tull
Gentle Giant
Le Orme
Camel
Oblivion Express

Yes, Crimson, Floyd, Elp are not in my top 10 bands.
Magma, Caravan, Van der Graaf are in my top 10.
Genesis are too thanks to Trick and Wind. Maybe Eloy, Rush or Zappa are in there too

Edited by dr prog - January 25 2024 at 00:33

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.

Thanks for the thread...

The Six I listened to most, growing up (probably):

Genesis (now? often)

Yes (now? often)

Rush (now? sometimes)

Marillion (now? rarely)

Kansas (now? can't remember the last time)

Hawkwind (now? the early stuff mostly)

The Ones I listen to most these Days:

Tangerine Dream

Mike Oldfield

Eloy

Camel

Pink Floyd (still)

VDGG

although, I wonder if there is a reflection on the number of albums I own by them!

Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson

It's probably the same for most of us, but my personal Big Six changed over time. And apart from that, there could be eight or nine or ten bands in the Big Six...

In my "formative" years (end 70s, 80s) my Big Six would have been: Yes, Pink Floyd, ELP, Focus, Ange, Eloy (with Marillion, Banco, Grobschnitt and Twelfth Night knocking at the door...).My entry into King Crimson was Discipline and that didn't do it for me, so it wasn't until that 90s that I began to explore their work after hearing a wonderful track on the radio.

Today, my Big Six would be much more difficult to establish, but I guess when sticking to what was all labeled "Symphonic Prog" back then, it would be King Crimson, Yes, Pink Floyd, Ange, Eloy, VdGG.

If/when including acts that were then considered jazz-rock, avant-garde or anything else than prog, I guess it would be King Crimson, Yes, Frank Zappa, Pink Floyd, Art Zoyd and one spot left for the many of those who deserve to be mentioned... (Focus, Marillion, Saga, IQ, Univers Zéro and some other...)

So, all this is rather arbitrary.

Edited by suitkees - January 25 2024 at 06:43

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Camel

Yes

Pink Floyd

Transatlantic

Neal Morse

Mostly Autumn