Boston are they prog related ?

but wait... I used to be a major metalhead, so I used to like Dio (mainly the first two records), and I loved his guitarist Viv Campbell years before in the Irish metal band Sweet Savage.







Edited by Atavachron - March 14 2007 at 03:08

ah yes, a lot of those in L.A., as I recall.. especially those Valley parties at the rich kid's houses.

and now we should stop killing this thread and hope that someone wanting to discuss the pros and cons of Boston as ProgRelated comes along.

There is that one smokin' cut on the first album-- it's a semi-classical instrumental with organ and guitar... sweet. Forget the name of it







Edited by Atavachron - March 14 2007 at 03:38

The one thing I've ever heard from Boston that even approaches prog is 'Foreplay', and even that's an introductory passage to another AOR song 'Long Time'. Great band, but they simply have no place here, imho.

cmidkiff wrote: If The Doors and Led Zeppelin are here then of coarse Boston should be here.

Avoiding the temptation to include some of the "elitist" opinions, I vote that Boston does deserve to be included, at least in the prog-related sub-genre.
Piece of Mind, & Foreplay/Long Time especially were standout tracks that were ahead of their time, not only sonically, but in the arrangements. I mean, I've read in some threads of the need for differing tempos, time changes, certain song lengths etc... Not every group here has them all, all the time, eh ...
For those of you who may silently be objecting because you perceive them as a "commercial" AOR act, take this in consideration : most, if not all of the music, was recorded in Tom Scholz's basement by lonely ol' Tom, with Brad Delp's vocals dubbed in. Although the label insisted on Tom's reworking them (i.e. remixing), the final result was the original recordings were the ones used on the album.
So, yes, you win the argument "is it prog"; but that's why PA includes more than a few subgenres, like Prog-related. If there's an aspect of a band that can relate it to the genre, it should be included. Nobody's being forced to go through the subgenres they don't like. Remember, there is some dissension as to RIO/Avant-Garde's inclusion as "prog". But it has its' own "prog" elements, even if they are not necessarily "pure" prog.

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: Pantacruel:   1.- Boston is not influential for any Prog band 2.- Boston is not influenced directly by any Prog band 3.- Ay other non Prog added before doesn't justify the inclusion of Boston 4.- Boston is not Prog 5.- Boston is not even Prog Related 6.- This is a Prog site, so we must priorize REALLY PROG BANDS 7.- Prog Related bands bneed to have some relevance in Prog. 8.- We shouldn't priorize Prog Related inclusions (Despite the fact that Boston is not even PR).   Iván   I see absolutely no reason.   Iván

Definitely yes. Its what Prog Related is all about.

I don't see anything prog at all about Boston (although they do rock.) Not to open up an old can of worms, but everything on Queen II is far more proggy than anything Boston ever did.

p.s. Dio rules!