Really MOODY BLUES sub genre

1964/1966: Beat Band

1967 to split: for me is a sort of Beat Prog but Symphonic

80's and today: AOR

 

 

But in these Prog period which is really sub genre of this band?

    I've always considered them straight prog (perhaps symphonic). Just because some of their tunes were catchy, and chart -friendly, it shouldn't mean exclusion.

 I love the Moodies also but to me they've always been a commercial pop band with proggy tendencies. Yes alot of people claim Days of Future Past was the first prog album which may be true, but they have always displayed their love of Beatle-esque melody inspired pop tunes first and foremost.

By the way Im not sure I really understand the poll question.

bhikkhu wrote: Blacksword wrote: bhikkhu wrote:      I've always considered them straight prog (perhaps symphonic). Just because some of their tunes were catchy, and chart -friendly, it shouldn't mean exclusion. I dont think they had the complexity that was synonomous with other prog bands of the early 70's. I'm happy they're in the archives, though. A great 'symphonic art rock' band??                  Yeah, I guess the exact classification isn't really important. I never considered them to be at the same level, but in the same realm of music. I was thinking more of the way I classified them way back when. To me, they were in the same club as Yes, Genesis, etc. I think it is interesting that you used the term 'art rock band.' In the old days, that was the only term I heard applied to those bands, in order to set them apart.

When did the term 'Prog Rock' come into being? I was only 3 years old when the Moodies first split..
     

Blacksword wrote: When did the term 'Prog Rock' come into being? I was only 3 years old when the Moodies first split..

    
You got me Blacksword. I'm not that much older. I remember 'art-rock" being used up to the '80's. It was especially chafing when I heard it applied to Asia. I only recall the term progressive being applied to avant-garde artists like Bowie, Gabriel, and even Jack Bruce.

Agree with the guy above.

moodies... symphonic?... no...

other... Art-Rock is where I'd put them..

Vaguely Prog-related Regular Pop/Rock.

A pop/rock band that got an orchestra to fill in the silences on their first LP and liked the effect, so kept doing it.

None of the songs I've heard of theirs are remotely Proggy in themselves - it's the orchestral atmosphere that conjours up "l'essence du Prog" - but the music itself doesn't develop or feel spontaneous in character.

It feels like a bunch of rather good songs strung together.
    

Edited by Certif1ed - July 10 2006 at 15:15

^If any of those tracks are on any of Children's Children, Lost Chord, Days of Future Passed, Seventh Sojourn or Threshold of a Dream, I have heard them more times than I want to think about.

It's Pop/Rock, repetitive to a fault and spectacularly unadventurous in phrasing, melodic interval, structural elements and in harmony. Sorry - I honestly can't be bothered to sit down and analyze it in acute detail, because if you listen to one of those songs even once through, much less a few times in order to find its essence, it's stuck in your bloody head for days. In fact, just thinking about them I now have I'm Just a Singer (In a Rock n Roll Band) going through my head over and over. Thanks...

(I do quite like Nights in White Satin, actually - but consider it a Pop/Rock song nonetheless)


Edited by Teaflax - July 10 2006 at 20:32