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Earendil
Forum Senior Member Joined: November 17 2008 Location: Indiana, USA Status: Offline Points: 1584 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 00:52 | |||
I think that there would be mutiny if he was included
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harmonium.ro
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: August 18 2008 Location: Anna Calvi Status: Offline Points: 22989 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 04:44 | |||
Dylan was suggested already, the answer was "nay".
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KarmaMan
Forum Newbie Joined: September 17 2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 05:03 | |||
The team obviously realise there's a problem when inclusions are on hold and they declare they won't remove an Artist once included (the implication being that some acts shouldn't really be here). Some accuse others of entertaining too narrow an idea of what progressive means. I know there are many here see who 'prog' as a particular style of music, born in a particular era - they don't actually mean progressive at all. Many prog acts are actually regressive. Dylan in the mid 60's was wholly progressive, but obviously not 'prog'. See what a mess it can all become.
Anyway like I said, boot all the non-'prog' stuff then add certain albums - you know it makes sense.
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rogerthat
Prog Reviewer Joined: September 03 2006 Location: . Status: Offline Points: 9869 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 06:10 | |||
^^^ That is more to do with the misleading nature of the label. Progressive is just too qualitative a word to give the right impression about the music it refers to. I think art rock is a much better word...of course, it is much wider in its scope but I don't really see the problem with that. I don't see why Gentle Giant and Queen cannot both be on the same database, one being more complex and sophisticated than the other doesn't necessarily make it a wholly different type of music. But we are not dealing in semantics here but realities. The reality is that the label progressive has stuck and been widely misused and it's here to stay, for better or worse.
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KarmaMan
Forum Newbie Joined: September 17 2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 06:52 | |||
I'll check that out, if it's still available.
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KarmaMan
Forum Newbie Joined: September 17 2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 08:03 | |||
As I suspected, given the Artists already included, the naysayers utterly failed to give compelling reasons for Dylans exclusion.
So it's a legacy thing, mistakes that the team won't erase but don't wish to compound.
Anyway. Thanks for the replies. Edited by KarmaMan - July 09 2011 at 08:05 |
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dreadpirateroberts
Forum Senior Member Joined: May 27 2011 Location: AU Status: Offline Points: 952 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 09:24 | |||
I'm interested to hear what reasons you see for including Bob, yourself. And I thought Ivan had some good points, so 'utterly failed' might be a bit much. |
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avantgrind
Forum Groupie Joined: June 29 2011 Status: Offline Points: 98 |
Posted: July 12 2011 at 09:01 | |||
the hordes of scenester bands
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ghost_of_morphy
Prog Reviewer Joined: March 08 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 2755 |
Posted: July 15 2011 at 14:48 | |||
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The Truth
Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: April 19 2009 Location: Kansas Status: Offline Points: 21795 |
Posted: July 15 2011 at 15:11 | |||
I started the Dylan suggestion and while I still consider the meat of his work proto-prog I can understand his exclusion from the site. He undoubtedly influenced the prog rock scene but his influence is so deep it'd be like including classical composers as well.
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avantgrind
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Posted: July 15 2011 at 15:14 | |||
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