Are RUSH actually Prog?

That's fine, I do not have anything against Rush and Tull are one of my favorite bands. I am surprised Todd Rundgren does not come up more often here. He is the embodiment of the Prog spirit (the way I see it) in many ways.
I ran away from home at age 13 to go and see Gentle Giant open for EL&P...I was at the Lyceum in London in 1976 for a Colosseum II gig at 3am..
and I never stopped listening since. I do have a fairly selective approach to 'Progressive' music, in my mind not all of the stuff on this page qualifies, but I do not try to stop people enjoying what they like. Guidelines are fine as every club has its rules. I understand that.

Un Amico wrote: Aqualung gets a pass too. I did not mean that lterally, just as an example. There may be others too.i am having this discussion with you as if we just met in a record store and chatting while we are looking at albums. Do not take every word literally please.

Un Amico wrote: I do not have the answer to that, but this is exactly the kind of discussion I would rather have! Is there any Prog DNA in Aqualung? To me it was akways a Folk-Rock lp...but I see that to other people it feels Prog. Interesting. Also Songs From The Wood, very difficult to put a label on! Heavy Horses? No I personally don't think it has any Prog in it.

I do not have the answer to that, but this is exactly the kind of discussion I would rather have! Is there any Prog DNA in Aqualung? To me it was akways a Folk-Rock lp...but I see that to other people it feels Prog. Interesting. Also Songs From The Wood, very difficult to put a label on! Heavy Horses? No I personally don't think it has any Prog in it.

In the end, 'prog' is just a word that people choose to label something. There may be arguments for or against calling something prog, but it doesn't say if the music is good or bad. So in the end all these discussions are quite irrelevant. Rush is Rush, regardless of how they sound, of whether you like their music or not (I don't particularly). Same with Tull and Floyd.


Edited by The Anders - May 03 2021 at 16:33

Aqualung gets a pass too. I did not mean that lterally, just as an example. There may be others too.i am having this discussion with you as if we just met in a record store and chatting while we are looking at albums. Do not take every word literally please.

Edited by Un Amico - May 03 2021 at 16:23

Catcher10 wrote: Un Amico wrote: What I said was that in a hypothetical web page that lists Prog records instead of artists, you could have TAAB and PP, two albums that helped define Prog, and maybe not the rest of JT's production, which is more Blues-based or Folk-based. Also, if for exampke Michael Buble' released a Prog album in, say, 2022, you could have that album listed on the website without having to issue Michael with a Prog artist'passport'. Rush could have their Proggier albums listed (and their poppier ones would be left out) and Threads like this one would cease to exist. I think the web sitecshould showcase Prog music rather than bands who have at some point in their career been pkaying Progressive Rock.we could have Foxtrot and Nursery Cryme here but not Invisible Touch, which makes sense when you think about it.i hope I didn't make you hold your breath for too long! I was asleep. Ok let me be more specific to my prior question.......Forget about the website part. What are your specific reasons why TAAB and APP are the only albums that you consider prog music in JTull catalog? Why do you not consider Aqualung prog?

Un Amico wrote: Yes that is true.

Yes that is true.