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claugroi 
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 19:01 |
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These are rock bands or psychedelic rock bands, but wich of them has a little progressive spirit ?
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Posted: January 30 2009 at 19:12 |
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A little? All of them, that's why they're listed here...
The most, I think it's The Beatles with Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour and Revolver.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 04:08 |
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I agree with Cacho and I add the white album because it contains some more prog songs.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 05:03 |
 cacho wrote:
A little? All of them, that's why they're listed here...
The most, I think it's The Beatles with Abbey Road, Sgt Pepper's, Magical Mystery Tour and Revolver.
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I agree, but I still voted for The Doors, simply because it's the most progressive band of those I can hear. Can't stand the Beatles, so they're close to non-existent to me, ergo, they can't be the most progressive from my subjective point of view.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 05:54 |
Led Zeppelin 
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 12:13 |
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Beatles. They are slightly more proggy than The Doors, The Who, and Queen, and they beat everything else by a long shot.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 15:37 |
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Certain tunes are really screwing up the decision= Bohemian Rhapsody, Zep's No Quarter, Who's Baba O'Riley , the Doors' Riders on the Storm, Jefferson Airplane's live jamming sets but I went with the Fab Four , way too many proggy tunes , especially on the White album.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 15:52 |
The Doors  ...c´mon! The Beatles by far
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 17:26 |
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The all had their moments, but Deep Purple had more.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 17:28 |
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 17:33 |
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hahhahaha.. 'most progressive of non-progressive'...
either you are progressive .. or you are not... and all them were, in their own ways. That was what made them great.
For me... the Who. Nothing like them before.. or since...
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 17:40 |
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This was a tough one. My instinct was to vote for The Beatles, but I thought a while and voted for The Who. Beatles are second and Queen is third.
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Posted: January 31 2009 at 17:49 |
Dean wrote:
The all had their moments, but Deep Purple had more. |
Yes, I forgot to put DP, they had some progressive influence...
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Posted: February 01 2009 at 08:26 |
As for the older groups. The Beatles were more groundbreaking. A Day in the Life" broke new ground by combining 2 completely different tunes in different keys,sung by 2 different singers and played at 2 different tempos...what an amazing step toward a larger scope of composition. Remember Harrison played the sitar listen to his solo on "Love You To" really groundbreaking stuff for a rock band in 1966. "A Day in the Life" and "Within You Without You" are in my mind with no doubt are Progressive Rock status.
Queen sorry were in my mind more progressive than the Who, and Led Zeppelin.
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 13:46 |
Hi,
Not very good choices for the survey ...
But for all intents and purposes, all of these had a few things that could be considered "prog" ... but other than a long cut here and there ... none of them were prog ... they were all POP ... well, Led Zep is more ROCK than POP ... and Jefferson Airplane sometimes defies description ...
But of all of these Jefferson Airplane is by far the most prog of them all ... try and sit through Jack Cassady playing his bass. Better yet, check out the experimentations that Paul Kantner did on his albums with Grace Slick. And some of the very beautiful stuff they did ...
By the time the 70's came roaring and we start getting into 72/73 and 74 ... I sometimes think that Queen did really well with their 2nd and 3rd album ... but the fame of Bohemian Rhapsody, already shows what others are not talking about ... at that time, there were a lot of English bands that were doing similar stuff ... from Murray Head, Rupert Hine, Headstone, 10CC and so many others ... who were for the most part doing a bit of satire and just plain ... I call it a rock vaudeville (sometimes it is not vaudeville) but a modern day Brecht'ian effort (or Jacques Brel if you're French) ... even David Bowie did a bunch of it ... something that eventually led to the story telling rock that became Genesis and the next scene ... that became "prog" as we know it today ... although a lot of folks will argue that "prog" started earlier.
It was never prog ... it was always either you experiment and do a long cut or not.
But plz, this post in no way takes away from someone's ability to sing and create music ... and Freddie Mercury's talent, care, love and desire should never be questioned ...
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:03 |
Hi,
I never thought of The Doors as "prog" ... they just happened to feature one of the best rock poets EVER in rock history ... that did not make it progressive ... it made it "expressive" ... and the same thing goes for Led Zeppelin and The Who ... and the Beatles and ... whoever else you want to insert in this poll.
It's too bad that you have not hear things like Amon Duul 2, Can, and some of the really eclectic bands out of Europe that were doing some REAL experimentations and progressive work ... but then ... this board is not about that, right? For my ears, Amon Duul 2 is so progressive that most people can not even sit through a couple of albums before their ears are assaulted with some much .... sorry ... you have only heard a top ten ... you should really consider the bottom ten.
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 14:07 |
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Posted: February 04 2009 at 15:44 |
Beatles, of course... they also happen to be my least favorite on the list
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Posted: February 05 2009 at 10:07 |
The Beatles of course considering in 1966 were doing this
Revolver in rock music is where the studio as an instrument is used in preoccupation with "psychedelic" effects, including electronic/tape effects rather than the Brian Wilson/Phil Spector wall of sound strategy.
The Beatles use Indian instruments or sounds; particularly the Sitar, tamboura, and Tabla on "Love You To". The song "Tomorrow Never Knows" introduces the concept of psychedelic. The lyrics influenced by Leary are The Psychedelic Experience and the studio manipulation of sounds resulted in abstract sonic environments. The Beatles created a wall of sound of tape loops backwards, sped up, on "Tomorrow Never Knows" with a raga-drum style pattern and it became one of the most influential songs not only to Art-Rock but in electronica.
Then people like Pink Floyd and the Moody Blues are an extension of this.
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Posted: February 08 2009 at 09:50 |
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Queen are my definite choice, although, i was in doubt between doors and queen ,
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