The Dichotomy of Prog Mainstream

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   It is simple: floyd are for emotional people
genesis are for cerebral-emotional people
I choose GENESIS, because floyd satisfies only my feelings!

Edited by greenback

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greenback Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: August 14 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 3300	Posted: November 16 2004 at 18:14
	It is simple: floyd are for emotional people genesis are for cerebral-emotional people I choose GENESIS, because floyd satisfies only my feelings! Edited by greenback

James Lee Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 05 2004 Status: Offline Points: 3525	Posted: November 16 2004 at 17:30
	Anyone who has ever been in King Crimson versus everyone else in Prog... ...in a steel cage, winner-take-all death match!


Peter Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669	Posted: November 16 2004 at 16:17
	"Real" prog vs "progressive metal." (Or as I say, regressive mental.) There's your battle line!
	"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock? Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy.

Blacksword Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: June 22 2004 Location: England Status: Offline Points: 16130	Posted: November 16 2004 at 16:10
	I'm more in the Genesis camp really, but like Floyd a lot.
	Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!

asuma Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 23 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 230	Posted: November 16 2004 at 16:09
	i would have to agree with easy livin, while i would think that the "sides" would be on more the style than the band.
	Remember all advice given by Asuma is for entertainment purposes only. Asuma is not a licensed medical doctor, psychologist, or counselor and he does not play one on TV.

Easy Livin Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator / Retired Admin Joined: February 21 2004 Location: Scotland Status: Offline Points: 15585	Posted: November 16 2004 at 16:05
	I would have thought most Genesis and Floyd fans would be on the same "side". Perhaps the battlelines would more likely be: Neo-prog (Marillion/Arena/Spocks Beard etc.) "Traditional" early 70's prog (Yes/Genesis/Floyd etc.) Jazz prog (Soft Machine/John McLaughlin/Magma etc.) I reckon most around here would go for two out of those three, meeting in the middle. Personally, I'd go for the top two and leave the third.

Swinton MCR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 19 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 848	Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:11
	To be honest - I haven't heard any pre-meddle Floyd - I like Echoes but detest all the other tracks on Meddle - I must confess to liking a few songs on ATTWT and a lot of Duke, I even liike ABACAB for some strange reason, but only as my taste broadened in the years since my 30th birthday - I listen to a lot of classical music - I love Ravel, Bach, Stravinski and Borodin, Beethoven, and Rachmaninov...... Listen to classics and you can see how Banks was infuenced by his Classical teaching at Charterhouse......

arcer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239	Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:09
	we've been here with the poison dwarf before on another thread but while most of his frontman work with Genesis ain't in the same ballpark as Gabriel, ole Phil was a helluva drummer. Apocalypse 9/8 - i rest my case. Just a shame he didn't stick to the tub thumping.

Wizard/TRueStar Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 04 2004 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 675	Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:08
	I think if you were fan of either, the one you are currently a fan of would spark interest in the other, therefore being a fan of both. Couldn't imagine Floyd and Genesis causing a division between prog lovers. Maybe eras, Such as late Pink Foyd is certainly better than late Genesis, I don't think you can argue that.

Reed Lover Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: July 16 2004 Location: Sao Tome and Pr Status: Offline Points: 5187	Posted: November 16 2004 at 15:02
	I've never thought that there was a line to be drawn dividing factions of prog-lovers. Genesis and Floyd, both great bands.I hate early Floyd (I'm a Meddle onwards fan) and detest post Wind&Wuthering Genesis. As for the poison dwarf


Swinton MCR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 19 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 848	Posted: November 16 2004 at 14:57
	Possibly - Genesis became the vehicle for the Cockney drummer to ruin for the sake of his pop-aspirations ! COLLINS IS THE ANTI-CHRIST ! As for Waters, never heard any post Waters floyd and therefor have no axe to grind ! See I'm in the Genesis hemisphere me..... Edited by Swinton MCR

arcer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Prog Reviewer Joined: September 01 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 1239	Posted: November 16 2004 at 14:51
	Nah, love both in equal measure more divisive - Floyd pre- and post Waters, Genesis pre- and post-Gabriel? and the answer to both questions is better with than without...

Swinton MCR Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: August 19 2004 Location: United Kingdom Status: Offline Points: 848	Posted: November 16 2004 at 14:42
	On one side - The Floyd fans....... On t'other - The Genesis fans...... Do you all agree with this polarisation of mainstream prog politik ??