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Points: 590 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 18 2006 at 05:30

The one thing I see missing from this discussion is a simple fact.

AOR FM stations were playing album cuts - not the "hit singles". We got to hear most of the album before we bought it. This was W A Y before Clear Channel & other Format-Style, strict playlist management techniques were thought of.

It was also very Anti-Establishment - at the time, anyway.
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Points: 2506 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 24 2006 at 07:41
Originally posted by Trouserpress Trouserpress wrote:

RIO is everything that AOR fears.

 Definitively!
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Points: 754 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2007 at 12:11
Definitely Kansas and Styx aren't AOR bands! It's just a prog-rock...maybe a little softer kind of this genre but still it's a prog-rock...
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Points: 6419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2007 at 12:54
RIO is generally very good, while AOR generally isn't.
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Points: 1485 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2007 at 18:14
Kansas is definitely full blown symphonic prog (first 5 albums) with no question.

And Trouserpress that was one of the best things ive heard in a long time
"RIO is everything that AOR fears."
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Points: 7341 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 29 2007 at 18:18
Originally posted by A'swepe A'swepe wrote:

The one thing I see missing from this discussion is a simple fact.

AOR FM stations were playing album cuts - not the "hit singles". We got to hear most of the album before we bought it. This was W A Y before Clear Channel & other Format-Style, strict playlist management techniques were thought of.

It was also very Anti-Establishment - at the time, anyway.

Yeah! People use AOR to describe bands like Kansas and Journey, but it more so artist like Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Jethro Tull, and guys like them.
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Points: 1320 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: January 30 2007 at 05:46
AOR - "Adult Oriented Rock", that's why punk happened.... LOL
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