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Topic: Most Pretentious Moments In Prog Posted: June 05 2010 at 05:45
What moments in 70's prog made even us prog obsessives think "JESUS CHRIST WHAT A t**t"!!!
For me it's Keith Emersons Piano Concerto No.1 a great piece of music but giving E,L and P a side of the album Greg Lake does his songs Carl Palmer does some classical covers and other drum songs...i know why doesn't Keith emerson write his own Concerto for Orchestra.
Edit: this thread has been misinterpreted by some people, it isn't about prog as a genre being pretentious or suggesting that is a bad thing, it is about the moments in prog where it got out of hand and it was just pure self indulgence, like ELP's Works i could never relate too this album much,
the supporting live CD - In Concert however i did enjoy
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Posted: June 05 2010 at 07:02
The Lamb. All of it
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Edit: inserted smiley
Edited by Falx - June 05 2010 at 19:08
"You must go beyond the limit of the limit of your limits!" - Mr. Doctor
"It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist." - Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
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Posted: June 05 2010 at 12:32
Ivan_Melgar_M wrote:
This is pretentious, silly and unnecessary.
But normally pretentious is good, if compared with conformist.....I go with pretentious.
Iván
i loved the flying piano there is a difference between entertainment and pretentiousness and i think ELP stayed on the right side of that line until the Works albums and tour
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Posted: June 05 2010 at 12:36
Pretentiousness doesn't mean bad. The fact that TFTO is based on the works of Paramahansa Yogananda is one of the reasons I love prog; it is a genre of music that is unafraid to experiment and try new things even if it they risk ridicule for doing it.
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Posted: June 05 2010 at 12:37
Adams Bolero wrote:
Pretentiousness doesn't mean bad. The fact that TFTO is based on the works of Paramahansa Yogananda is one of the reasons I love prog; it is a genre of music that is unafraid to experiment and try new things even if it they risk ridicule for doing it.
being pretentious is what prog is all about but this thread is about when it was taken too far and i don't think tales was one of them
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Posted: June 05 2010 at 14:49
Wakeman's cape, most of Gabriels stage outfits,Tubular Bells, Carl Palmer's flying drum platform, Michael Moorcock doing 'Sonic Attack'. All of these things are a bit like watching 'The Office', they are brilliant, but they make you cringe the whole time. "I shouldn't be enjoying this"!!
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