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^ Their cover is great. Their self promo that follows is hilarious - it made me laugh!

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MikeEnRegalia wrote:

This is certainly a hot take on Prog Rock Cool

That looks like a parody rather than a cover.

This is certainly a hot take on Prog Rock Cool

Like this metal cover (or is it?) of your favourite Genesis track, Who Dunnit? (luckily for you he left the lyrics out...). Tongue

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MikeEnRegalia wrote:

^ I've not listened to those releases in general, Genesis are not that interesting to me in general. Not my cup of tea.

I'll leave this here though as a nice distraction:

I know the Ghost cover. Quite good, I always thought a heavy version of this song would work.

I think a lot of Genesis pop songs would work with a metal "kick". Tongue

MikeEnRegalia wrote:

Hot Take: I can't really enjoy any classic 70s PG Genesis because of the whiny vocal style. Later solo PG is fine. And when it comes to Genesis overall, my favorite tracks could be Land of Confusion and Jesus He Knows Me.

That's a hot take indeed, I don't see how Gabriel is whinny though. Confused

Jesus He Knows Me?! There are better songs than that during the trio years, I dare say even better songs on We Can't Dance. LOL

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And finally ... sorry ... couldn't add all the comments! And goodness ... maybe this was a bad idea!

Half of the "The Final Cut" is a part of the story in "The Wall"

There is no way that any record company would do a triple album for "The Wall". Too depressing!

Amon Duul 2's "Wolf City" is one of the best rock albums of all time.

King Crimson is the only "classic music" rock band around. (Real classic music, not the radio poop!)

Please stop all these second, third and fourth rate stories based on the Big Book! Specially you Mr. Overrated!

Rick Wakeman's right hand plays too many notes!

"More" is one of the least appreciated films by folks that love the BS of how music is used in movies. And it was a trip watching the girl enjoy the music, with or without the drugs! We just hate "reality", and prefer the fake way music is often used in movies!

Peter Gabriel has been overrated since the start!

"Amarok", at least, is much more fun and challenging a listen than any other Mike Oldfield anything.

It's a shame that "progressive rock" folks have no respect for The Grateful Dead. Perhaps it was because they were anti-establishment all the way and even flipped a finger to the record companies on bootlegs ... and got more famous for it than the record companies ever understood or had the balls to stop counting money!

The Who is not more "prog" because Keith Moon was way too prog oriented in his drumming style. Prog folks only like the standard 4/4 and snare loud and clear to show they can count ... so much for a progressive something definition!

DSotM is not as progressive as we think or that great. It was, however, one of the first TRULLY VISUAL EXPERIENCES IN ROCK MUSIC, which made up for the colorful shows that came from the psychedelic days ... for once a show had "life" instead of just LET'S PRETEND!

PDQ Bach makes progressive music look and sound like child's play! (And some folks think PDQ Bach is not real!)

Edited by moshkito - January 26 2024 at 03:15

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Progishness wrote:

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tho I think think there is a place for Krautrock here as most of us who grew up with 70's prog would have had a few Amon Duul II or Faust albums in our collections.

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I kinda doubt this would happen today since both of those bands did not exactly thrash ... well John Weinzierl is excused for "Yeti" ... but both bands don't have enough loud, ugly and senseless GROWLS!

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Frets N Worries wrote:

About Pink Floyd's Animals:

Pigs (Three Different Ones) is better than Dogs

and Sheep is not that good of a song

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The original version of "Sheep" was "Raving and Drooling", and it was SPACE ROCK and then some, in the vein of "Astronomy Domine" and "Interstellar Overdrive" ... but I think that Roger thought he wanted to dismantle the Syd thing for good!

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Pink Floyd (taking Barrett out of the equation) is the typical case where the sum of the parts is far greater than the individual. Neither Gilmour nor Waters (except for "Amused to Death" and a few individual songs) have managed to stand out especially in their solo careers. Both of them, and especially Waters, have based their careers over the last few decades on continuing to make the most of the band's legendary albums. By the way, I've been lucky enough to enjoy a few Waters concerts over the years, where he commemorated PF's music. Music I love.

Waters is considered the main architect of the best of PF, and I think that's true. But on the other hand, if he hadn't had the other members of the band I'm not sure if he would have made it as a soloist... so, without taking away all the merits that he deserves, I think Waters was a fundamental part of the band, but not "the" band, as he has often believed himself to be. At least that's what it seems to me.

Edited by Hector Enrique - January 26 2024 at 01:13

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