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resurrection ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 08 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 254 |
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Progressive rock owes a massive debt to 1-2-3 (later Clouds). Without the Marquee performances of 1967, there would be no Yes, Nice, King Crimson. But don't take my word for it, check the history. The clues are out there...... |
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Equality 7-2521 ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 11 2005 Location: Philly Status: Offline Points: 15784 |
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OMG REALLY!????
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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irrelevant ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13382 |
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I get annoyed when people say "if it wasn't for *insert band here* we wouldn't have *these bands* or *this genre*". To get to the point: Prog would have happened anyway.
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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An in depth study here: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=41915
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Easy Livin ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585 |
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Great link Dean, what a memory!
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Dean ![]() Special Collaborator ![]() ![]() Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575 |
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^ So good detective work by Mark too - but as Gabe said: Prog would have happened anyway.
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resurrection ![]() Forum Senior Member ![]() ![]() Joined: August 08 2010 Location: London Status: Offline Points: 254 |
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Actually, that's absolutely true, Prog didn't happen just because of one band or any one set of circumstances, and would have found it's way regardless. But it's true to say that many British Prog bands would not have set out on the path they took but for 1-2-3's Marquee appearances, particularly YES, THE NICE, and KING CRIMSON. The whole idea of a band playing music with total freedom, odd bar lines and tempi, and rewritten sections of well-known songs definitely came from that source. Sadly, it was above the heads of the music press as well as the general public, two years before Prog became a genre at all. The other sad thing for 1-2-3 was that with Brian Epstein's death and Robert Stigwood's love of the Bee-Gees, the band lost their way for that crucial year or so when progressive music took flower. By the time they regrouped (as Clouds), they were merely part of the mainstream. With no records to confirm their pre-eminent position, this left the credit to the bands who had actually copied them. That's a fact, now acknowledged by history, but much too late to change the minds or perceptions of the record-buying public. Just seems incredibly ironic that a band of such importance to progressive music is a minor footnote to our site!
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irrelevant ![]() Collaborator ![]() ![]() Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 07 2010 Location: Australia Status: Offline Points: 13382 |
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Interesting.
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