Coheed an Cambria - Progressive Rock Music Forum

I know what i said was ignorant but i would be willing to give them another try. From what i have heard (2-3 song) I didnt like it at all, infact it gave me a strange feeling in my stomach like i was going to vomit.

King of Loss wrote:

The singer sucks , even though the solos are kinda good.

I actually like the singer a lot... he reminds me of Geddy Lee.

Yeah I thought that...I always see them on emo kids' myspace and stuff...

I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8

Hmm...who is that dashing young man in the picture with you?

I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8

I don't

I'm so prog, I clap in 9/8

Coheed and Cambria are not emo!

It's merely the vocalist that gives that impression, if Rush debuted today, they'd be given the emo tag as well!

Look, let's end this silliness RIGHT NOW. Look at these lyrics. These are PROG lyrics, in the vein of prog geekery!

A broad incision sits across the evening
The victim to our fathers lost war
The restless children sit and mourn the graves
Of those they've never seen before
Will they be buried here among the dead?
In the silent secret

[Chorus:]
The pioneers
In dealing with it they march for dawn, of Will and worthy
The truth be told the child was born
Man your own jackhammer
Man your battle stations
We'll have you dead pretty soon
And now
Sincerely written from my brother's blood machine
Man your battle stations
We'll have you home pretty soon
And now

Awake through motion with curiosity to curtain your first move
Over arms length they'll break protocol
Jealous envy for the youngest one
To be the hero is all I'll ask
Can I be buried here among the dead?
With room to honor me here in the end
You'll be better off too soon
You'll be better off when you get home

[Chorus]

For you,
I'd do anything just to make you happy, hear you tell me that you’re proud of me
For them,
I'll kill anything cut the throats of babies for them break their hearts for they were them
Waiting for you to say: I love you too

The navigator
The pilot
Her favorite
The one they call the vision that bears the gift
[x2]

Will,
Do the children really understand the things you did to them?
And why oh why…
Should they conjure up the will for you my love I would kill him
we're coming home pretty soon
Coming home

In the seventh turning hour
Will the victims shadow fall?
Should the irony grow hungry?
With the victory and all they sought for
We were one among the fence
One among the fence

[Guitar riffs and vocalizing]

We're coming home

Man your own jackhammer
Man your battle stations
We'll have you dead pretty soon
And now
Sincerely written from my brother's blood machine
Man your battle stations
We'll have you home pretty soon
tonight

Then why is it their name appears on more than one emo myspace profile? Infact most of them have Coheed an Cambria listed alongside Greenday and My Chemical Romance.

"I'll kill anything cut the throats of babies for them break their hearts for they were them
Waiting for you to say: I love you too"

I'm afraid this is a typical emo line.

Signatures eh... Nah I'll pass on one of those.

It's called "In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth".

The lyric you quoted is the vocalization of the one of the many characters in the concept, who's got a bit of a screw loose. That line is sung a bit psychotically.

...since when, however, does mentioning the word "love" suddenly make something not prog?

Why not look at the rest of the lyrics, very sci-fi, very story-oriented? It's not like he said "Oh god, I'm waiting by the phone, cutting my wrists while listening to Dashboard FOR YOU MY LOVE" or anything.

Edited by Man Overboard

It is the way love is put into the lyric. The emo line

Signatures eh... Nah I'll pass on one of those.

Who the f**k cares? Is listening to one "Questionably Prog" makes you less Prog?

MOVE ON!