Prog Guilty Pleasures...

Ghost Rider wrote: BestFreak wrote: This might sound funny, but here it is anyway... 1 - Welcome to the pleasure dome (Frankie goes to Hollywood). I agree with you on this one. I've always liked it quite a lot, and I remember the video was rather weird as well. Incidentally, this song has the same subject matter as Rush's "Xanadu"... As a matter of fact, in the intro you can hear the first words of Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan", which inspired both songs.

In this case, you don't really "agree with me" that I should feel "guilty".... . But I am glad someone likes this album anyway.

One comes to mind immediately.

1. Triumvirat - Pompeii (1977)

Ok, they might have sounded like EL&P, but this German band had chops and held their own. Great remaster CD.

BestFreak wrote: This might sound funny, but here it is anyway... 1 - Welcome to the pleasure dome (Frankie goes to Hollywood).

I agree with you on this one. I've always liked it quite a lot, and I remember the video was rather weird as well. Incidentally, this song has the same subject matter as Rush's "Xanadu"... As a matter of fact, in the intro you can hear the first words of Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan", which inspired both songs.

Mine are:

Spirit - Future Games (very bizarre collection of short musical themes, something like 23 total tracks interspersed with dialog & Star Trek outtakes...gotta hear it!)

Anything by the Raspberries (Eric Carmen)

Small Faces (Steve Marriott), so many classic pop tunes...

Peter Frampton in & out of Humble Pie (up to early 80's)

Yep, Phil Collins era Genesis, especially the albums Genesis and Invisible Touch. I suppose later Yes can be called a guilty pleasure too.

And ELO too; the pop I don't think is too bad, but the disco...Discovery and Xanadu are a guilty pleasure as well.

coffeeintheface wrote: Suki wrote: coffeeintheface wrote: Stupid post. Who cares what one person considers a "guilty pleasure". If it's enjoyable, listen to it. That's that. I enjoy everything from progressive bands such as Tangerine Dream and King Crimson to mainstream pop bands like Vertical Horizon and Alterbridge. To me, nothing's a guilty pleasure. I would go insane if I could only listen to prog for the rest of my life. But I would also go insane if I could only listen to poppy stuff my whole life. Indeed. There is no shame in liking pop music, it's all a matter of taste. Music can be as entertaining without odd time signatures, epics, etc. I like DT's 'I walk besides you', for example. Be as poppish as it may, I still find the song to be charged with emotions. However, coffeeintheface, I must disagree on the part of Alter Bridge being poppish and mainstream. Hey man, that's cool you disagree on Alterbridge "being mainstream", because the only reason I kind of lumped them there is because it is basically Creed with a new singer. And EVERYONE seems to have hated Creed (even though I loved their debut album, and their 2nd and 3rd albums had good material in between). And Mark Tremonti is one of the better guitarists in mainstream rock, in both his work with Creed and Alterbridge.

They are mainstream, but in their own 'Avant-Gardish' way. No, the band members certainly aren't pushing the boundries of music, they have their own UNIQUE sound, style and approach of composing however, so I wouldn't call them your typical rock mainstream band with their structured songs. They are also have nothing to do with pop (well, besides open your eyes). Alterbridge is also heavier than Creed with metal influence (Metallica..)

Anyway, I also used to like Creed. Nowadays, I cannot enjoy it as I used to, perhaps its got something to do with me being more attracted to Prog (and less open-mided to 'simple mainstream rock', snobbism). I enjoy Alterbridge, however, find the real is my favourite nowadays..

Btw, yes, Tremonti is good, he has good technique and is capable of composing.

stonebeard wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: stonebeard wrote: Cygnus X-2 wrote: stonebeard wrote: 80s Rush I wouldn't consider 80s Rush a guilty pleasure. Most would. Me: (Starts @ Signals BTW) Signals: 4.5 Grace Under Pressure: 4 Power Windows: 3.5 For me it was like this: Signals: 5 Grace Under Pressure: 4.5 Power Windows: 3.5 (although now I think it deserves a 4) I've only rated Signals officially, tho others could change, surely for the better.

Surely. However, there's only one Rush album I dare never change the rating for... Hold Your Fire... that one will remain the same.