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richardh 
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Joined: February 18 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 28265 |
 Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:47 |
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bucka001
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Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:41 |
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The momentum was there, but the ridiculousness wasn't. The Yes Album is worlds away from Tales From Topographic Oceans... In a recent issue of Classic Rock Presents Prog, many illuminaries discuss that year ('71) and agree that it was the pinnacle of the genre, before the ambition got the best of many involved.
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richardh
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Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:36 |
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bucka001
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Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:31 |
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See an earlier posting of mine in this thread re: prog in '71, when TAAB was made. Prog's excesses weren't in full swing yet. Topographic, The Lamb, etc, weren't until much later.
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bucka001
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Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:29 |
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My apologies for starting a thread that has forced you to take your trousers to the cleaners!  Please do enlighten us on what he really said in the video.Is it one thing for Ian (a non-punk) to Sl*g prog, and another for Johnny Rotten, Jello Biafra, and other punks to do the same? It seems to me that, in the past, a lot of people have gotten pissed about punks taking the piss out of Yes, ELP, etc, but it's not as bad when Ian does it. Is this true?
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richardh
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Posted: November 09 2011 at 01:27 |
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Funny old chap.The 'Heads up their arses' comment accurately describes a lot of the prog rock fraternity at the time (1971-1972). Hardly controversial really. It will probably annoy a few though that he includes Gentle Giant in his little list.
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Catcher10
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 22:25 |
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This is one of the funniest threads...(of this week).....I urinated in my pants with laughter due to what some thought he said in the video......You obviously do not listen to music.
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Zombywoof
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Joined: November 26 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1217 |
Posted: November 08 2011 at 21:55 |
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I take it that you missed the Yes vs Genesis poll, then. Yikes!! Ian Anderson is one of my earliest (and biggest) heros, but I always have a laugh when he picks on prog. I don't agree with him, but I must say ... I'm much more into the 'darker' prog bands, but I do love Genesis. Give me Henry Cow over Yes, anyday ... or Jethro Tull over Yes for that matter! Personally, I think Anderson likes to have a laugh about most things and so do I. Lifes too short to take such matters too seriously. Perhaps that's what Ian's really digging at ... the bands and fans who take it all too seriously. |
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rogerthat
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 21:13 |
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FYI, Mike Rutherford more or less called people who were trying to keep prog alive into the 80s stupid.
Fripp pronounced the rock business shallow and excessive as early as 1974, even before punk could commence its effigy burning business. An observation with which I largely agree, by the way.
Michael Dunford said in the 90s that maybe the band should have moved to shorter songs earlier.
The Shulmans always wanted another Kite, if you believe what Gary Green and John Weathers have to say.
John Wetton is effusive in his praise for the era that he was part of KC but says it "promised too much" (implying that it was an unsustainable concept ultimately)
Face it, none of these guys would want to stand up for prog (and imo, it is not a very progressive idea to stand up for a genre), so it's good to see Ian Anderson can be funny about it in his usual way. Edited by rogerthat - November 08 2011 at 21:15 |
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cstack3
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 16:37 |
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Ian Anderson also has a remarkable sense of self-deprecation.....I think he skewers HIMSELF as much as Yes or ELP! You have to read between the lines with this fellow, he's a brilliant satirist (think of the lyrics to TAAB).
After all, "A Passion Play" was roundly panned by the rock press when it came out, and the live show (which I missed) was a complicated bunch of sets, movie clips and other things that were about as "proggy" as TFTO!! He really can't throw any stones, and I don't think he is, he's looking to stir things up! Here's a Melody Maker review from 1973: http://www.tullpress.com/mm21jul73.htm Of all the proggers out there, Anderson might be the one I'd most like to tip a pint with!
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bucka001
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 15:04 |
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Also, people should understand that Rick can laugh about this now, decades after the fact. At the time, Tales was one of the reasons he left the group. And Jon Anderson sure wasn't laughing. He was having to defend Tales to critics and everyone else; he wasn't thrilled that the had to defend it to someone in the group (I remember this from Dan Hedge's biography).
So, Wakey is lighthearted about it now, but it was a bigger issue then.
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Saperlipopette!
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 14:49 |
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Sure, Rick Wakeman knows how to laugh at himself. He's cool (unlike Ian). As bucka I'm not a fan of the of the over the top stuff he's making fun of, and I didn't misunderstand him. |
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DisgruntledPorcupine
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 14:45 |
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Why so serious? Edited by DisgruntledPorcupine - November 08 2011 at 14:45 |
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bucka001
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 14:30 |
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I think, in its own small way, that ProgArchives (and maybe even ProggressiveEars) has contributed to the absence of nuclear war...
...just go with me on this!
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 14:23 |
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The end of the world is near if we don't stop saving the world. After all; there has not been a nuclear war since ProgArchives saw the light in 2004.
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bucka001
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 13:58 |
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I agree, and I feel the same way when people have gotten ticked off at John Lydon and Jello Biafra taking shots at Yes, Floyd, etc, and calling them boring. It ain't the end of the world!
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lazland
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 13:49 |
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Post of the year, Charles  We really, really shouldn't take ourselves so seriously!
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cstack3
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 13:36 |
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Haw! Even Wakeman agrees with IA, this fantastic interview is a must-read (Wakeman compares Yes to Spinal Tap) The curry that Wakeman ate onstage during the "Tales" concert was chicken vindaloo, my own favorite!! Let's face it....we LOVE much of that music, but a great deal of it was pompous, over-the-top theatrics!! That is a good part of its charm for me....the elaborate sets, massive tours with dozens of lorries, and lengthy rock opuses played for hours, with nary a wrong note to be heard!! You have to see Lady Ga-Ga to get anywhere close to the '70's era in terms of onstage extravagance! Ian's having fun, he'd probably bust a gut at this thread!
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bucka001
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 13:28 |
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Misunderstood? He called Yes and ELP spaghetti noodlers who could beat an idea to death, and said that Gabe prancing around in a flower outfit was verging on ridiculous. I perfectly understood what he meant (and actually agree with him for the most part). He might have been poking fun, but I think he does feel that way about those bands. I, for one, am not offended! And I don't think anyone misunderstands him.
Save the world? In a Prog Forum? I'd rather discuss Pawn Hearts vs. The Lamb
 By the way, re: the poll. I vote that you cry. Or laugh... waitaminute... can I get a do-over?
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toroddfuglesteg
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Posted: November 08 2011 at 13:22 |
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The comments from Ian Andersson has been totally misunderstood and we have got two pages out of it. Should I laugh or cry ? Let's start a poll on that ! Come on. Let's save the world instead of having a debate on something someone has not meant. |
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bucka001 wrote:
He like tried to make it obvious as possible he was joking, too.