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rogerthat 
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 Posted: March 15 2013 at 21:12 |
 Guldbamsen wrote:
The problem about the whole thing though is the fact that most people don't necessarily use those terms in the correct manner. It looses it's meaning by people slinging around phrases like David Gilmour is underrated, because they feel they love his work even more than others, and that folks should immediately start loving him even harder... |
I agree. The flip side is when one person doesn't like a band and he finds a bunch of people who do (but the band doesn't necessarily have a huge fan base or is not rated among the top echelons of prog), he calls the band overrated. I've heard people call Magma heavily overrated, which is quite ridiculous and can be inferred as simply a reaction to high praise from fans.
What is overrated or underrated should be determined with regard to its importance, impact and influence on its music scene of the time. Applying this test, we will find that most prog 'classics' are so called for a reason.
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Kashmir75
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 18:52 |
I support the inclusion of Metallica, Iron Maiden, etc, here. Their work is very progressive (at least, Metallica's 80s stuff was). Maiden have been getting much more progressive with their more recent albums.
Some people's definition of 'prog' is very narrow. Personally, I don't really find bands like Transatlantic or the Flower Kings very progressive. They just regurgitate old 70s motifs. Is some of their music enjoyable? Sure. But it's hardly 'progressive'. It's 'regressive'.
I think what Steven Wilson does is progressive. There's clearly influence from King Crimson and Jethro Tull and other 70s greats, but he adds a modern flavour to it, a touch of alternative rock. It's prog, but its 21st century prog, not 70s prog.
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Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while...
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Argonaught
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 18:24 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
i think you should put many classical composers,
jazz and blues musicians , and even folk adn world music artists here because
somehow they are related to prog! 
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If you consider the actual meaning of the word "progressive"
(related to innovation and improvements), almost none of the newer
"prog"-branded bands would ever fit the definition.
Wilson has certainly not improved much with his last album. It’s
just a well-played and artfully arranged/recorded/mastered collection of rather
average and conventional music.
Even the outstanding Luminol, which is certainly a progress for
Steve Wilson personally, is hardly progressive for the musical history in
general – it’s a pleasant sliver of slow symph (in circulation since 1960’s),
sandwiched between two slices of energetic jazz fusion (known and loved for 4 decades).
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 17:18 |
Some acts are more related than others.
Edited by Snow Dog - March 15 2013 at 17:19
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 17:16 |
Snow Dog wrote:
sorcerer kermes wrote:
some of non prog artists for you:
Muse , Steve Vai , Blackfield , Yngwie Malmsteen , Metallica , Iron Maiden ...
yes they are not Gaga but not prog too
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Which is why they are in Prog Related. Related is the key word. But I'd argue that Maiden are Prog Metal, especially with some of the more recent albums. Metallica a definite influence on prog Metal. |
i think you should put many classical composers, jazz and blues musicians , and even folk adn world music artists here because somehow they are related to prog!  for start i suggest : Bach , BB King , Chopin , Frank Sinatra , Dave Brubeck
Edited by sorcerer kermes - March 15 2013 at 17:21
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 17:09 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
some of non prog artists for you:
Muse , Steve Vai , Blackfield , Yngwie Malmsteen , Metallica , Iron Maiden ...
yes they are not Gaga but not prog too
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If Gaga recorded a Prog album would she be Prog?
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Snow Dog
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 17:06 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
some of non prog artists for you:
Muse , Steve Vai , Blackfield , Yngwie Malmsteen , Metallica , Iron Maiden ...
yes they are not Gaga but not prog too
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Which is why they are in Prog Related. Related is the key word. But I'd argue that Maiden are Prog Metal, especially with some of the more recent albums. Metallica a definite influence on prog Metal.
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 17:03 |
some of non prog artists for you:
Muse , Steve Vai , Blackfield , Yngwie Malmsteen , Metallica , Iron Maiden ...
yes they are not Gaga but not prog too
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jude111
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:56 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
Lady Gaga is not a prog artist but im sure she will get a high rating here! if you dont believe it try it and add her as a prog artist!
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Well, Bad Romance is a helluva song! Energetic, addictive, evocative and exotic. A perfect pop song.  I don't know a lot about Lady Gaga (except that my wife likes her music and often plays it), but I have the impression she's a bit avant garde and more of a performance artist that a strict pop idol, who somehow crossed over and enjoyed mainstream success...?
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:51 |
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
This might be true if you are interested in establishing a definitive canon of 'respected' or 'established' works. Many "professional" critics seem to work that way, but I'd wager that the average music listener couldn't care less. He listens to what he likes and ignores the rest. I consider the canonization of any kind of art (not just music) beyond personal best-of lists to be a rather futile exercise that has little practical value. Whenever I hear phrases like" 1001 albums you must hear before you die", I feel like smashing something.
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I know what you mean, it's gone beyond ridiculous.
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:50 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
i understand it , it means someone love a pop musicians and make some room for his/her favorite artist everywhere even in a prog dedicated site! thats where these odd titles come helping!
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You have no understanding of the process of getting bands into any of the subcategories. And quite often the bloodshed involved in the more controversial inclusions. And there are no pure pop musicians on this site who do not at least tangentially have some relationship to prog, or at one point, they were in fact prog artists who later went pop.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:47 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
i`ve seen many people in this site (unfortunately many Special Collaborators
)praise non prog artists and rate them five stars, we have plenty of pop artists here titled as CROSSOVER PROG or PROG RELATED!
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Name some. I'll name a few from related for you, Queen, Blue Oyster Cult, David Bowie. While they are primarily considered more commercial, they do use prog influences in their music and indeed have influenced some prog artists. And while many of us love those artists, I'm pretty sure most on this site will agree that Lady Gaga is no David Bowie. 
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:45 |
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i understand it , it means (not in general of course) someone loves a pop musicians and make some room for his/her favorite artist everywhere even in a prog dedicated site! thats where these odd titles come helping!
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:40 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
i`ve seen many people in this site (unfortunately many Special Collaborators )praise non prog artists and rate them five stars, we have plenty of pop artists here titled as CROSSOVER PROG or PROG RELATED!
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Which part of Crossover Prog and Prog Related don't you understand?
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:35 |
i`ve seen many people in this site (unfortunately many Special Collaborators
)praise non prog artists and rate them five stars, we have plenty of pop artists here titled as CROSSOVER PROG or PROG RELATED!
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Dean
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:32 |
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The Doctor
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 16:24 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
Lady Gaga is not a prog artist but im sure she will get a high rating here! if you dont believe it try it and add her as a prog artist!
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You haven't been here long enough to realize how silly that statement is.
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I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you?
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 15:56 |
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Lady Gaga is not a prog artist but im sure she will get a high rating here! if you dont believe it try it and add her as a prog artist!
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 15:36 |
sorcerer kermes wrote:
if someday PA decides to add Lady Gaga as a Prog artist and people find her here they rate her as one of the top ten artists in the lists , then we would say she is overrated in PA. the term overrated for artists like Wilson and Gilmour is in the same direction because this site is for Prog fans not for blues fans or pop fans and the ratings here should reflect the taste of Prog lovers, so when i see Wilson as one of the top 20 in the "top prog albums of all time" i will use the term Overrated because i expect to see artists with higher level of prog music in their work as top 20 here( in this specific site). when Wilson is highly rated in Allmusic (for example) i`ll never wonder why. |
Incorrect in every way imaginable. If people rate an artist (whoever that is) into the top ten list then they are rated exactly as they should be rated. It is arrogance to say otherwise.
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sorcerer kermes
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Posted: March 15 2013 at 15:13 |
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if someday PA decides to add Lady Gaga as a Prog artist and people find
her here they rate her as one of the top ten artists in the lists , then
we would say she is overrated in PA. the term overrated for artists
like Wilson and Gilmour is in the same direction because this site is
for Prog fans not for blues fans or pop fans and the ratings here should
reflect the taste of Prog lovers, so when i see Wilson as one of the
top 20 in the "top prog albums of all time" i will use the term
Overrated because i expect to see artists with higher level of prog
music in their work as top 20 here( in this specific site). when Wilson
is highly rated in Allmusic (for example) i`ll never wonder why.
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