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acheron 
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 17:39 |
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So in my prog. music experience Ayreon is the artist that takes concept albums to the most ridiculous, outrageous levels. Are there other bands who do anything similar to him?
Edited by acheron - February 23 2007 at 17:47
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theBox
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 18:21 |
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NotSoKoolAid
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 21:30 |
A lot of prog is ridiculous, that's why we're all so damn interested.
Check out Arcturus.
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billbuckner
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 21:49 |
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You pretty much described Rick Wakeman On Ice.
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The T
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:25 |
 theBox wrote:
Dream theater's "Scenes from a memory". While the music was kinda nice, the lyrics/concept were... |
Well....
Sadly,  , you're kind of right.... The best album ever has one of the most ridiculous, cheesy stories ever.... But it's one case I really don't care. 
I think you've never heard anything written by Luca Turilli, so it seems. After having some Luca Turilli or Rhapsody, you're ready to go fight demons, dragons and evil lords armed with just a sword and a shield... and you have trilogies, tetralogies that easily could be made into the LordOfThe Rings part II in terms of size!
I, for one, like Ayreon's stories very much  .
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:36 |
NotSoKoolAid wrote:
A lot of prog is ridiculous, that's why we're all so damn interested.
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That's correct. For 'bad' ridiculous I would say Cynic's 'Focus' comes to mind or a little outfit called Copernicus. For 'good' ridiculous, bands like Von Zamla and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum.
Edited by Atavachron - February 23 2007 at 22:36
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kazansky
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:40 |
The T wrote:
I think you've never heard anything written by Luca Turilli, so it seems. After having some Luca Turilli or Rhapsody, you're ready to go fight demons, dragons and evil lords armed with just a sword and a shield... and you have trilogies, tetralogies that easily could be made into the LordOfThe Rings part II in terms of size! |
Yeah, Rhapsody is completely ridiculous. The music is great (at least for me). but those stories, especially when they make a saga that go through 4 albums...
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Flyingsod
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:52 |
kazansky wrote:
The T wrote:
I think you've never heard anything written by Luca Turilli, so it seems. After having some Luca Turilli or Rhapsody, you're ready to go fight demons, dragons and evil lords armed with just a sword and a shield... and you have trilogies, tetralogies that easily could be made into the LordOfThe Rings part II in terms of size! |
Yeah, Rhapsody is completely ridiculous. The music is great (at least for me). but those stories, especially when they make a saga that go through 4 albums... |
I think that's great. I had a few Turilli videos a while back and always meant to look into more. I like dragons and sorcerous tales. AND i'm not embaressed about it. Anyway, the acme of ridiculous prog was perpetrated upon us by one Jon Anderson on the Yes album Tormato. It's called 'Circus of heaven' and it is ghastly silly.
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heyitsthatguy
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:53 |
The T wrote:
theBox wrote:
Dream theater's "Scenes from a memory". While the music was kinda nice, the lyrics/concept were... |
Well....
Sadly, , you're kind of right.... The best album ever has one of the most ridiculous, cheesy stories ever.... But it's one case I really don't care.
I think you've never heard anything written by Luca Turilli, so it seems. After having some Luca Turilli or Rhapsody, you're ready to go fight demons, dragons and evil lords armed with just a sword and a shield... and you have trilogies, tetralogies that easily could be made into the LordOfThe Rings part II in terms of size!
I, for one, like Ayreon's stories very much .
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For the most part, Ayreon can be over the top and cheesy, but I think Arjen hit a home run with the story for THE....just an opinion 
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kazansky
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:57 |
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The devil we blame our atrocities on is really just each one of us.
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Age_Of_Answers
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 22:58 |
I have to second Ayreon as well; I've only heard "The Human Equation", but that was plenty enough for me. 
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 23:17 |
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i love rhapsody ,they are one of my favourite's matal artist.yes,i know they sometimes put too much on their dragons,mighty wariors,swordmasters.but it is very atmospheric ,beautiful,saga from medieval times.i find ridiculous henri cow.i cannot understand that kind of prog,
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Arrrghus
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Posted: February 23 2007 at 23:18 |
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Your mom is ridiculous.
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 00:11 |
Mr. Bungle  Yet so good 
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RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on!
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 01:17 |
Tell me your definition of ridicolous please, then i could understand what you mean ...
So TMV are completely a ridicolous band 
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Passionist
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 03:15 |
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first thing to come to mind would beGenesis/Phil Collins stuuf, lyrically that is. Songs like A Trick of the Tail or All in a Mouses Night or Robbery, Assault and Battery, and especially that one with the cowboy dude, Big Jim, what's the name of that again, can't bother to go look for it on the cd.
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 04:17 |
Passionist wrote:
first thing to come to mind would beGenesis/Phil Collins stuuf, lyrically that is. Songs like A Trick of the Tail or All in a Mouses Night or Robbery, Assault and Battery, and especially that one with the cowboy dude, Big Jim, what's the name of that again, can't bother to go look for it on the cd. |
Excellent point. What WERE they thinking of? I love every single tune on TRICK OF THE TAIL, but there's only so much you can do with simple fairy tales. After PG left, Genesis stopped sounding OMINOUS, and it's our loss.
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samhob
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 05:46 |
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If there was a "ridiculous prog" genre, Primus would be the first in there :P
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 05:51 |
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most of the bob drake avant projects across the globe are nothing more than circuses. SGM too.
whereas naming Henry Cow as ridiculous... IS ridiculous. ;) I hope whoever mentioned them gives them another try.
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BaldFriede
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Posted: February 24 2007 at 05:52 |
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Gong and Mother Gong are sometimes pretty ridiculous, but on purpose. Hawkwind could be pretty ridiculous on purpose too, especially with Robert Calvert on board. His solo albums are pretty ridiculous too.
Ridiculous on a negative scale: Eloy. Their pomposity is totally serious, but the result is totally ridiculous.
And the humour of Amon Düül 2 is sometimes very ridiculous too. On their first album "Phallus Dei" their humour borders on tastelessness even (in "Dem Guten, Schönen, Wahren" and "Henriette Krötenschwanz").
Edited by BaldFriede - February 24 2007 at 10:26
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