Boston???

Doesn't the simple fact of if people like Boston or not effect the original intentions for this poll , i personally like Boston so I'd be happy to see them here,  but that shouldn't be the reason I vote Yes should it ?  however if I am to consider Tracks Boston have Done like Foreplay , The Journey , The Launch , Walk On Melody  there's little doubt Boston is prog related and should be added ASAP 


As far as Toto goes I believe they too had several prog related songs Child's Anthem, Hydra, Saint George & The Dragon , Home Of The Brave  , the entire Dune Album  many moments on their latest CD "Falling In Between"   so maybe in order to bring this site up to speed admin should take a listen and compare this semi progressive stuff to some of the questionables who are already here.

Journey should be here too  , listen to their first album and see for yourself

I started a thread a while ago wanted to add Boston it was just after Brad Delp passed away I wanted to celebrate his life here at prog archives sadly it fell on deaf ears and never happened   ...  so here we are again ..  and we will keep returning to this point , the Boston thing won't just go away too many prog fans are interested in them or have been into them at some stage  Boston are so prog related they are a stepping stone to  prog  .. 

its amazing to think bands like Magnum & Triumph (who I like BTW) are here but these bands are not .. I know its a prog site but these bands like Boston etc draw in a wider audience and make prog a part of the unaware to prog typical peoples  lives too and that's got to be worth while thinking about. In a sense this site would be lifting its profile adding such a mighty dinosaur aor  prog related band like Boston ... wait ... prog would be gaining big time.

You know when you are sitting at home watching a quiz show on the TV and you know the answer to the the million dollar question and you shout at the television but nobody hears you  ? ...  that's how this feels


Edited by Yorkie X - November 13 2007 at 09:47

ghost_of_morphy wrote: Melgar, I feel no further need to respond to your slanderous posts, your obtuse persistence in your own opinion, your unbalanced rants, your dishonest dismissal of what has been said or any other thing you say in this thread.  Anybody who cares to can go through these posts and make up their own minds about them.   Not that I suspect many people will care to make that effort.    Now let me once again offer you some very good advice that you would be wise to heed.   Grow up.   Move on.

Edited by Ivan_Melgar_M - November 13 2007 at 02:07

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erik neuteboom wrote: Well Bob, I think the debates about possible additions will only become more and more serious and heated because in my opinion it is so subjective

Of course it is subjective, this is music - "serious & heated" are fine, indeed sometimes necessary, but personal insults are not.

Let's keep it clean guys, yes?

The answer is rather simple but opinions make it vague.


I personally am happy to vote to include "non-Prog" bands which have the following criteria:

1. They have been heavily influenced by Prog Rock in a way that can be demonstrated via documentary evidence or obvious traits in their music.
2. They have influenced Prog Rock bands in a way that can be documented.
3. They satisfy either of the above criteria and create music that will either be of interest to Prog Rock fans who wouldnt normally listen to the band because of negative pre-conceptions of the band or of interest to non-Prog fans who might use them as stepping stone to real Prog by finding them on our site.


Edited by Tony R - November 13 2007 at 07:19

thanks for the thoughts  Tony.... I think we all tire of these kinds of threads every time a group like this comes along.   It would have been nice to have people express their opinions... their reasons for thinking the way they do...and just leave it at that.  Not try to spend pages convincing people that they are right.. and you are wrong.  the music is too subjective to ever.... ever .. change anyone's mind.   In the process.. people get amped up..and it turns personal.  Always has.. always will. 

Edited by micky - November 13 2007 at 07:16

Tony R wrote: The answer is rather simple but opinions make it vague. I personally am happy to vote to include "non-Prog" bands which have the following criteria: 1. They have been heavily influenced by Prog Rock in a way that can be demonstrated via documentary evidence or obvious traits in their music.

back on topic....  I think there is enough in that to at least have you all consider Boston... it isn't particularly important.. and I don't buy the idea that their are masses of Boston fans skulking the web looking for sites where they might find Boston and might find this site .  But for a sense of completeness...  and a nice way of showing how the popularity of prog on college campuses.. especially on the east coast really did influence up and coming bands.. like Boston in the early to mid 70's.  The same rationale that was used for Zeppelin... just how big prog was for a short time... it's influence hit the biggest of groups.. and those groups just getting started.


Edited by micky - November 13 2007 at 07:27

^ hahahha... agreed.. let's not... .one fire at a time...

oh Tony...I know that PA's often comes up first in the list of google hits... my point is .... is it worth it to add a band just for the ability to bring new fans here... and let's face it.. I don't think there are THAT many hahahha. That was the point I tried to make.