How prog are Boston?

RycheMan wrote: Whats in the charts? Britney Spears, Madonna, Hip Hop, Rap, Eminem etc I don´t think you can compare Boston to that lot.

Do you honestly think that there's that huge a compositional difference between a Boston song and a Britney or Madonna song?

Aiming for the lowest common denominator with cadence-based repetitive, short and simple melody lines over regular harmonies is the name of the game. You can like one practitioner of the pandering arts and not the other - that is entirely your prerogative. But slamming one while praising the other is an entirely different issue.


Edited by Teaflax - June 25 2006 at 04:31

To be honest, I've only ever heard one Boston song- 'Foreplay'- that even came close to prog; I'd have said it would have been pushing it to say they had 'some prog influence'... Nonetheless I love their debut. I'm a fairly recent (over the past year or two) convert to the world of AOR but that was one of the first albums of the genre I heard many years ago. The other album I heard of theirs, 'Don't Look Back', was pretty weak I felt- it was a replica of the debut and far inferior, imo.

Edited by salmacis - June 25 2006 at 13:48

       They were talented musicians, but if you look at the compositions, they really aren't as strong as they may appear on the surface. They are, however, darn infectious. I used to love the debut, and "Don't Look Back." I don't own copies anymore, but I will find myself singing along when I hear any of the songs. I guess now, I would call them a guilty pleasure.

Teaflax wrote: AOR bollox. Not Prog, and the continued association in some people's minds is just sad (and points the way to why SB and others are seen as a actual Prog bands).

SB are an actual Prog band.

Snow Dog wrote: SB are an actual Prog band.

If AOR can be seen as Prog, indeed they are. But, sadly, pork ain't beef, no matter how much you keep claiming it is.

Teaflax wrote: Snow Dog wrote: SB are an actual Prog band. If AOR can be seen as Prog, indeed they are. But, sadly, pork ain't beef, no matter how much you keep claiming it is.

Teaflax wrote: ^Exactly. And I stand by that, especially since I've proven it time and again without any kind of refutation.

You're pretty proud of that, aren't you? No refutation = approval. Simple rules for simple minds ...

^ you accusing me of insults AND then talking about glass houses ... no comment.

BTW: I was actually serious - your way of thinking is kind of simplistic, deducing from a lack of feedback that there IS none.

I don't care what 5 out of 100 prog experts say ... my own opinion is confirmed by the majority, and that settles the matter for me.

BTW: You keep ignoring the one point in my posts which refutes you: I accept your claim that SB/TFK have a mainstream/AOR influence. But: that was never the issue. The question is: Does that have a serious impact on their prog status? I say no, and you can't refute that ... it's a subjective decision. Now: Of course someone who likes Yes and Genesis will not automatically like SB/TFK, that is obvious. But there is a good chance that he will like them, if he doesn't mind the AOR influences. And THAT is backed by the average ratings and reviews that these bands get here. Occasionally someone complains about the vocals, but most people don't have a problem with it.

You're a hopeless case.