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Points: 9669 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2004 at 11:58
Originally posted by Joren Joren wrote:

Fellow proggers,

Most of you already know that I'm working on a paper for school (by reading the topic 'The development of Prog'). I have another question, and I started a new topic to get your attention  because I need your help really badly!  You helped a lot with my other question , so please don't let me down !

My problem is that I have to wright (write) about the most important bands from the seventies, and I have a very big list of 35 (!) bands. I would like to narrow the list down to 20 bands, but I don't know which bands I should throw out!

PLEASE HELP ME! Which 15 bands would you throw away from the following list?:

Amon D? (Good for European/German paragraph)

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso (Italy/Europe)

Can (German/experimental)

 

Emerson, Lake And Palmer (Intro & first section)

Focus (Europe/Holland)

Genesis (intro & first section)

Gentle Giant (first section)

Gong (consider cutting. Though English, could be in a paragraph with Can about very experimental bands)

Hawkwind (more Brits. Good, but not critical -- possibly cut)

Jethro Tull (intro & first/folk influences)

Kansas (America)

King Crimson (perhaps first true prog band, # 1 in intro, first section)

Moody Blues, The (intro & first)

 

Pink Floyd (intro & first)

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM) (Italy/Europe)

Rush (Canada/ heavy metal influences)

Soft Machine (Don't really know them)

 

Styx (America)

Strawbs (first section/folk influences)

Van Der Graaf Generator (Intro/first with Crimson, good example of "difficult" aspects of prog -- can be painful/grating listening, in parts)

Yes (intro & first)

 

Thanks in advance,

Joren

OK Joren, I've cut some bands from your list that I see as being less important to the development of the genre. Prog (as we know it) was largely an English invention. I'd only mention Styx and Kansas in a "Meanwhile, in America...." section.

Good luck! Hope this helps! I wrote five 2500-word essays (start to finish) in five days in my last year at university. Pressure pressure! (I did well on all -- it can be done!)

All the best,

Peter

 



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Points: 6898 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2004 at 11:53

These are the ones I think you should retain, that is if you're discussing them individually. If this is in an essay form you should just mention a band where it is appropriate in your discussion. Since I really don't know what format you are using all I can do as an old fart from the seventies is to suggest to you which bands from your list, in my opinion, are the most important, as well as adding a couple here and there. Here goes, ( I'll try and be as objective as possible!):

Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Yes, Genesis, Amon Duul II, Focus, Pink Floyd, Gentle Giant, Omega (from Hungary. Maybe try and discuss Eastern Europe a bit if you have room), Caravan, Tangerine Dream, Jethro Tull, Guru Guru, Van der Graf Generator, Strawbs, King Crimson, Uriah Heep, Soft Machine, PFM, Supertramp and Saga or Rush ( although I've never considered Rush to be a prog band, many people consider them as such ) .

Well, there's my contribution good luck. I wish I could have had assignments like this when I was in school!



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Points: 6667 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 14 2004 at 08:20

Fellow proggers,

Most of you already know that I'm working on a paper for school (by reading the topic 'The development of Prog'). I have another question, and I started a new topic to get your attention  because I need your help really badly!  You helped a lot with my other question , so please don't let me down !

My problem is that I have to wright about the most important bands from the seventies, and I have a very big list of 35 (!) bands. I would like to narrow the list down to 20 bands, but I don't know which bands I should throw out!

PLEASE HELP ME! Which 15 bands would you throw away from the following list?:

Amon Düül II

Ange

Banco Del Mutuo Soccorso

Barclay James Harvest

Brand X

Camel

Can

Caravan

Colosseum II

Eloy

Emerson, Lake And Palmer

Focus

Genesis

Gentle Giant

Gong

Hawkwind

Jethro Tull

Kansas

King Crimson

Magma

Mahavishnu Orchestra

Manfred Mann’s Earth Band

Moody Blues, The

Oldfield, Mike

Parsons, Alan Project

Pink Floyd

Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM)

Rush

Saga

Soft Machine

Supertramp

Styx

Strawbs

Van Der Graaf Generator

Yes

 

Thanks in advance,

Joren
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