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Tony R

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Posted: August 15 2009 at 16:57

BaldJean wrote:

Padraic wrote:

Snow Dog wrote:

Tony R wrote:

BaldJean wrote:

if someone tries to invent a mixer and comes up with a hair dryer instead I will call it a hair dryer, whatever his intentions were and even if there is a strange rotating piece somewhere that looks ill-fitted

the more discerning consumers might murmur " it's quite obviously a mixer, they must think we are stupid" Wink

And people may point and stare at you saying "Why IS that bald woman attempting to dry here head with a mixer?"

This might be the greatest post in ProgArchives history.

I never said I would use the hair dryer LOL

Was funny though! LOL

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Posted: August 15 2009 at 17:10

Tony R wrote:

I'd love someone from here to go up to The Stranglers and tell them they are a Prog Rock band. I suspect that after laughing heartily they'd probably say patronisingly that if it gets them more exposure they'd happily be described as "anything".

That interview with one of the guys there in the first issue of Classic Rock presents prog is probably the closest we get - where we're told how Caravan was a major influence for them ;-)

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Tony R

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Posted: August 15 2009 at 17:24

Yeah, I saw that.

Band influenced by one Prog Band ergo band is Prog.

That said, bands have probably been added here on those terms before.

Windhawk

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Posted: August 15 2009 at 17:30

Tony R wrote:

Yeah, I saw that.

Band influenced by one Prog Band ergo band is Prog.

That said, bands have probably been added here on those terms before.

Hehe, that was not -my- conclusion though ;-)

To be close isn't the same as lighting up a cigar after all.

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Tony R

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Posted: August 15 2009 at 17:39

Windhawk wrote:

Tony R wrote:

Yeah, I saw that.

Band influenced by one Prog Band ergo band is Prog.

That said, bands have probably been added here on those terms before.

Hehe, that was not -my- conclusion though ;-)

To be close isn't the same as lighting up a cigar after all.

It's the old argument about whether this site wants to include every rock or pop band that is considered progressive or only ones that play "Progressive Rock". On reflection, given that we have gone wayyyyyyyyy past Progressive Rock here maybe we should just include any band that fits any loose definition of what is progressive music.

That said, I am the wrong person to argue this as I would excise many, many bands from this site simply because they do not fit my 70s definition of Prog Rock.ie, bands that played classic Prog Rock and their subsequent imitators.
Wink

That's why we have a more democratic system here and I tend to vote (though not necessarily argue) for the most compelling case provided by the sponsors of a band's inclusion or their detractors.