pop like prog

90125 is genius. why is it so accessible? Trevor
Horn produced this gem after producing Who's
Afraid of...., he is one of the genius's that got away
from the record companies for a couple of albums.
Jon saw the genius as he did with Vangelis,
Tangerine Dream and Kitaro and cashed in on it.
Hey, you didnt have any progressive rock output from
England in the 80s except Peter Gabriel -3. Art of
Noise - whose afraid of ..... and Yes - 90125, better
take what you can get, the recording industry was
drying out your brain!
Forget the past this is better AOR than YES ever
created, lyrically much more revealing then they had
ever been and the songs are very well written. I am a
veteran of the progressive scene and you got some
of the best after Relayer from 90125 if you knew it or
not!

Snow Dog wrote: Trouserpress wrote: I've never found a neo-prog band that isn't guilty of recording their fair share of pop songs. That's why I've basically given up on them altogether. The reason I started listening to prog was because I hated pop. It didn't excite me, it didn't challenge me. If I'd wanted cosy little tunes then I would never have got into prog. Personally I can't get my head round Yes fans who claim to love 90125 as much as Close to the Edge or Relayer... they're two different bands! One plays complex, grandiose, intelligent music and the other plays tame, cheesey synth-pop for the radio. For me, a pop song on a prog album is nothing more than a blemish. But hey, I can't stand Spock's Beard anyway. They've never played a progressive note in their life. What do you mean? They are not Prog rock? How come? Too tuneful I expect. too many good melodies for you!

I mean they are not progressive. They do nothing new. They are not in the least bit innovative or adventurous. Their music is a mish mash of the very worst aspects of Yes, Genesis and ELP. Still, each to his own, I gues..

That would cover most of neo-prog, art rock, AOR.
My guilty pleasures are: early Saga, Kate Bush, Queen, Toto, Styx, Ambrosia, Roxy Music, The Alan Parsons Project, Boston, 10cc, XTC...
Some stuff is cheezy but still more intertaining than regular pop.

what about "turn it on again" by genesis, "money" and "another brick in the wall (part two)" by pink floyd, "mr roboto" by styx.

Karnevil9 wrote: Keke wrote: Well, Lucky Man, as well...   Well a comment like that will find you claiming that every prog band who had an hit singles would be a pop single?

So you can state that a Yes song is pop, but can't stand the affirmation that a ELP song is pop? Very democratic, sir.

BTW, I do think that both songs ARE pop-ish. Which doesn't means that are bad songs.

Keke wrote: Well, Lucky Man, as well...

 

Well a comment like that will find you claiming that every prog band who had an hit singles would be a pop single?

Bang from the top of my head Yes 'Owner of a lonely heart'

penguindf12 wrote: Shouldn't it be "prog that sounds like pop" rather than "pop that sounds like prog"?

 I guess so

Maybe they are only modest...

I think it's just them writing another song really. Where they feel they wanna break away from the "Progginess" and play one or two songs that are more easy-listening.

Meh, does that make sense?