Wish They Weren't Here

Radiohead. 

-Radioswim- wrote: Mushroom Sword wrote: Radiohead.  huh? Are you implying they are not progressive?

Why so negative?  Just listen to what you like, because it's here doesn't mean you have to listen.

rogerthat wrote: Nightwish is the only addition I find highly questionable and not surprisingly even the PM team more or less excuses itself from defending it.  The rest may be CONTROVERSIAL, but there's at least some artsiness/progginess/innovation or what have you in all the names mentioned above or other favourite punching bags like Metallica.  If you really want to get into what is 'objectively' prog rock - if at all, such can be established with a semblance of a consensus - the database would drastically shrink and what would be the point of that?

That's a good point, I'd hate to see the Archives shrink. I like a lot of musical styles and when I'm not in the mood for something which might be called 'straight prog' (if such a thing exists) I come here and investigate all the related artists/genres.

What is Prog anyway ?

While there are a large number or artists I am surprised to see here, most of them are listed under categories like prog related and proto prog.  As part of the purpose of this site is to represent artists who have produced prog and related music, I understand the rationale for including complete discographies.  And yes, it does get weird with some of those mentioned above.  The important thing, of course, is to make your own judgments and conclusions on individual albums and artists.  I have those I favor and those I dislike.  I will not name them now, but when the spirit moves me to write a review, my views will be my own and they will be expressed, positive or negative, or as is usually the case, some mixture between the two.  This is a mighty diverse community, and even though I may disagree with some views and tastes, I am glad to see them expressed - it helps me clarify and understand why I like something or not.  We are united in our appreciation for Prog (To all who ask what is it, remember that this site explains its criteria and perspectives.) as we are diverse in what aspects of it we appreciate the most. 

Queen and Led Zeppelin

In my own collection I've categorised albums very similarly to what they are here on PA but also a little differently. I love Black Sabbath and Deep Purple but to no extent would I put them under my prog folder. They sleep very happily under my Hard Rock category. Metallica exists (although I don't know why I still have any of their work) in my Metal section as does Iron Maiden.

 

Blacksword wrote: What's the beef with Italian prog in the OP??

I don't know/care much about RPI, unless it's to start a fight with people about it being a real subgenre ;-), but I saw someone post here (it may have been Raff? I'm too lazy to try to find it with the search because it was a long time ago and she's not here to object to my misattribution anyway) that bands known in Italy primarily as pure AOR are included in RPI, but people on PA don't object like we do to some of the controversial additions because we've never heard of them. I guess he's referring to people giving good reviews to those AOR albums. 

Edited by Henry Plainview - July 06 2011 at 05:17

Henry Plainview wrote: Blacksword wrote: What's the beef with Italian prog in the OP?? I don't know/care much about RPI, unless it's to start a fight with people about it being a real subgenre ;-), but I saw someone post here (it may have been Raff? I'm too lazy to try to find it with the search because it was a long time ago and she's not here to object to my misattribution anyway) that bands known in Italy primarily as pure AOR are included in RPI, but people on PA don't object like we do to some of the controversial additions because we've never heard of them. I guess he's referring to people giving good reviews to those AOR albums.