King of Prog election

 

Tonight! Michael met his death, and Mikael is meeting his death metal bandmates. (laugh track) King Crimson may sound good, but King Wilson sounds ever better. (laugh track) Who is the King of Prog? That is a "progblem". (laugh track) This is The Progbert Report. (progressive theme music)

Nation, I'm Steven Progbert. (laugh track) Ever since the king of pop Michael Jackson passed away, I've been thinking, who is the king of the Progbert Nation? (not-so-loud laughter) I personally nominate Steven Wilson, because he has my first name. (laugh track) Steve Howe, you're so "close to the edge", you're just one letter behind! (laugh track) Despite having written the song "King Of Loss", Daniel Gidenlow wasn't included in the king candidates list, because a previous poll indicates that he is the least famous prog musician among the famous prog musicians, (laugh track) and because I couldn't type the Swedish letter "o" with two dots above. (laugh track) However, I did nominate Mikael Akerfeldt even though I couldn't type the Swedish letter "A" with a circle. King of Sweden, you should simplify your alphabet. (not-so-loud laughter) When I started writing this poll, I was thinking about a "God of Prog" poll, but then I realized, that that title was already taken. Sorry, Frank Zappa, (applause) you can't be god and king at the same time, especially since you don't even like God in the first place. (a mixture of laughter and loud applause) People, I know I've been creating lots of bad polls recently, but not quite as bad as this poll is gonna be. (laugh track) Actually, it's not just a poll, it's an election. (sporadic applause) Let's welcome the PA members to vote for the king! (very loud and long-lasting applause)

 

 

Robert Fripp without a question. Peter Gabriel would be another good choice.

As much as I like PT, I don't see why is he one of the choices, and I don't care about Opeth so obviously I think the same way about Akerfeldt (he is good but king of prog? give me a break) while there is no one from Genesis (Peter Gabriel wouldn't be exactly the best choice, who don't even listen to prog rock and have a good-but-not-very-prog solo career, I'd say Steve Hackett, who till this day is making prog albums), Rush (any of the three really), ELP (not one of my fav bands but could be there no doubt), DT (JP or MP) or other people such as Ian Anderson, Andy Latimer, Roine Stolt or Keith Emerson , just to name a few.

None of these for me, although Fripp or Howe would be logical choices from those four...

Going with the majority: Robert Fripp is the obvious one.  I would have only stuck with classic artists since I would not consider voting for someone in such a topic (where both classic musicians and modern ones are listed) if they were not making music during Prog's classic years, was influential and important to the foundations of Prog.

Incidentally, I'd be more likely to think of Frank Sinatra as the king of pop,  but that's a more traditional form of pop music, and I guess he may be called the king of lounge, and one might say that a king must have a throne, not a lounger. Or Burt Bacharach. There are so many different forms of pop, anyway, and one can go much further back in history of course. SInce the 50's at least POP music has been considered a genre and not just short for popular music. Some consider Thriller to be the nadir of modern pop which gives credence to him as the king of modern pop.

Of course it's all a bit silly.

Fripp winning this was a foregone conclusion.

Misomex777 wrote: How about giving us some more choices

Didn't you notice the word 'election' in the title?

I'll go with Fripp as the original King of prog. Wilson would be a contender for the modern Prince of Wales, I suppose. I would have liked some more choices, though. Gabriel, Anderson (Jon & Ian), Waters, Banks, and many others would be worthy contenders in a larger poll. Bring it on!

Fripp certainly for the Crimson King of prog.

Edited by Slartibartfast - July 02 2009 at 19:14

You don't vote for king!

All hail King Bob!

To maybe add life to this thread, why did RF run away with it (so far)?