Prog Guilty Pleasures...

I like Camel's 'Breathless' and 'I Can See Your House From Here'- many fans felt they took a turn for the worse with those albums with some poppy tunes, but I think songs like 'Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine', 'Wait', 'Rainbow's End' and 'You Make Me Smile' have real charm...

I also like some of Genesis' later work in the 80s and 90s- there was still some quality pop/rock music ('Land Of Confusion', 'Mama', 'Tonight Tonight Tonight', 'No Son Of Mine'...), some top quality prog tunes ('Home By The Sea', 'Heathaze', 'Cul De Sac', 'Man Of Our Times', 'Domino', and best of all, 'Fading Lights')  amongst the dross. Can't defend 'Calling All Stations' though- I think it's horrible...

Like many others already have confessed: Asia and some of the 80s era Genesis.

owch^^ thats probably the worst one in here...

no offense

stonebeard wrote: 80s Rush

I wouldn't consider 80s Rush a guilty pleasure.

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)

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.

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.