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maani 
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Posted: October 14 2004 at 22:51 |
I'll add my support to greenback, velvetclown (oh no, we agree on something!  ) and gdub on this one.
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Posted: October 11 2004 at 00:25 |
 greenback wrote:
Marillion in the Fish era opened the door to all the following existing neo prog bands! So, Marillion, why? is like asking to a metal fan: Dream Theater, why? |
Bravo...Couldn't have said it better myself
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Posted: September 16 2004 at 05:35 |
greenback : So true, So True 
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Posted: September 08 2004 at 21:13 |
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I like Marillion because it's almost like Genesis, (after they changed to abacab) kept doing their peter gabriel era stuff in the 80s. :)
I also like the hogarth era. I'm a big fan of the song "Ocean Cloud".
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Posted: August 15 2004 at 21:49 |
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I have to admit, by general feeling is that the Yes, Genesis, Crimson classic seventies era prog is totally grand, while even the more heralded neo-prog seems often mediocre. I have just Misplaced Childhood by Marillion, apparently one of their few best
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'This is a local shop, there's nothing for you here'
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greenback
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Posted: August 14 2004 at 21:33 |
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Marillion in the Fish era opened the door to all the following existing neo prog bands! So, Marillion, why? is like asking to a metal fan: Dream Theater, why?
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Posted: August 11 2004 at 02:28 |
"ODW" is very interesting - there's a loose reggae feel to it that puts me in mind of Here and Now - especially the "main" keyboard sound and rhythmic style. However, as I suspected, after that the similarities come across as superficial t
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Posted: August 11 2004 at 00:06 |
I'm not denying TN's prog membership by any means- I think they definitely qualify (I'll use my recurring suffix, "much more prog than Porcupine Tree, for instance"). And if I really liked TN, I wouldn't care if they were zydeco, bluegrass, or
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 17:39 |
"Fact and Fiction" is a great representation - although, as I said, a snapshot with 80s production filters. I don't think the band "relinquished control", rather succumbed to contemporary techniques - after all, they were representing and kick-starting
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 15:21 |
[QUOTE=Certif1ed] I don't think the "Live at the Target" album (or any of the recordings prior to that) sounds 80's at all; It's somewhat Hillage/Hackett/Wishbone Ash/Ozric Tentacles ( ), as far as I can h
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 12:44 |
Even I can't argue with that! 
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 08:52 |
Well, I just do not like them, but then again It¦s just an opinion and we all know what they are worth not much.
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 03:28 |
I don't think the "Live at the Target" album (or any of the recordings prior to that) sounds 80's at all; It's somewhat Hillage/Hackett/Wishbone Ash/Ozric Tentacles (), as far as I can hear. Listen
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Posted: August 10 2004 at 00:42 |
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Twelfth Night- now that's clearly an 80s sounding band. While I don't love the music, I'm fascinated with their combination of prog and minimalist post-punk influence. Extremely unique- good job getting the interview.
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 13:54 |
Hey - I like Twelfth Night (and I've blagged Brian Devoil into giving me an exclusive interview for Progarchives...) Although I realise that most tend to fall into one camp or another regarding those two bands. Twelfth Night preda
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 12:34 |
Or Pallas 
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 12:15 |
Twelfth Night now there¦s crap for ya
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 11:55 |
[QUOTE=maani] . In this regard, if you do have a "higher standard" regarding what is "prog" - and you dislike almost every other form of music (rock, rock'n'roll, blues) because they are all too "simplistic" - you must have a very limite
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Epic.
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 10:02 |
Absolutely- if you thought I was saying that Marillion was really akin to any of those bands, then I didn't make myself clear enough (as usual). I was mainly trying to prove that bands from the 80s shared many specific characteristics&nbs
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Posted: August 09 2004 at 09:50 |
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So here I am once more...............................
I act the role in classic style
Of a martyr carved with a twisted smile
To bleed the lyric for this song
To write the rites to right my wrongs
An epitaph to a
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