The Who are here.....Who?

but you haven't shown the Who to not be proto-progressive, whereas it's a fact of history that Pantera weren't related to prog in the slightest, historically or musically. In other words, they're a bad comparitive example.

bands that were proto-progressive had an influence on prog, exhibiting, and I quote, "new, sophisticated ways of playing music"







Edited by Atavachron - July 22 2007 at 00:24

schizoid_man77 wrote: Well, I would hardly call the who new and sophisticated.   Besides Keiths drums, and maybe a couple of basslines from John, I really dont see what seperates them during the british invasion and classic rock scene

Edited by mystic fred - July 22 2007 at 00:41

The Who Sell Out    1967    

Tommy    May, 1969

..not telling you to "listen", but to consider as examples









Edited by Atavachron - July 22 2007 at 00:46

schizoid_man77 wrote: Tommy IMO is really not that sophisticated an "out there"   Besides the concept behind it, the music dosent stand out.   Pete Townsend wrote a good story... and?

Pete Townsend wrote a story that the band fashioned into a complete thematic work at a level not fully realized by previous rock concept albums, such as the Ventures Colorful Ventures, Sgt. Pepper's, or Brian Wilson's Smiley Smile, each featuring loosely connected ideas but no true fable presented from beginning to end. It was an important breakthrough.




Edited by Atavachron - July 22 2007 at 00:59

Aw poo...I'm too late.

Well, just as long as nobody got hurt...or changed the lyrics to "Barbra O'Reilly" too much...it's okay by me. I'm going to take it you're not so happy with the inclusion of the Who here?

hey schitzoid, you actually put up a very decent argument

Schizo, might I suggest that you screw Tommy and go straight for the Quad? The songs tend to be longer (barring the over-and-underture), and they're fairly layered. Sometimes complex even. And I think you need to remember that Townshead is just as pretentious as all the young dudes who play "real" prog.

Really now? True, some of the numbers are less ambitious, but stuff like "Doctor Jimmy," "Sea and Sand," even "Cut My Hair" are more layered than your standard pop material.