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Warthur 
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Joined: January 06 2008 Location: London, UK Status: Offline Points: 617 |
 Posted: June 23 2011 at 09:01 |
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On Diamond Dogs the triptych of Sweet Thing/Candidate/Sweet Thing (Reprise) always makes my hair stand on end.
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ExittheLemming
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Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 09:04 |
Electrocution works for me that ain't prog either |
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Peter
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: January 31 2004 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 9669 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 09:21 |
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No.
 (Others already have -- very well.)  Anyway, guess what -- "prog" is a highly subjective notion. It is what we each think it is. Move along.
Edited by Peter - June 23 2011 at 09:28 |
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"And, has thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy! O frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!' He chortled in his joy. |
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darksideof
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Joined: February 22 2007 Location: Newark N.J. Status: Offline Points: 2318 |
Posted: June 23 2011 at 12:05 |
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Space Oddity is pretty proggy to my ears and it sound very much like early king crimson. love that tune soo much the mellotron is fascinating.
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JeanFrame
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Joined: December 01 2010 Location: London, England Status: Offline Points: 195 |
Posted: July 02 2011 at 10:00 |
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Life on Mars has plenty of inventive stuff in it; maybe still too many pop elements as well though.
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The_Jester
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Joined: September 29 2010 Status: Offline Points: 741 |
Posted: July 02 2011 at 11:04 |
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I listened to 1.Outside, incredible album, really proggy.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
- Napoléon Bonaparte |
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Guldbamsen
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Retired Admin Joined: January 22 2009 Location: Magic Theatre Status: Offline Points: 23104 |
Posted: July 02 2011 at 11:21 |
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I think there´s a distinct kraut feel to this - and you can really hear how much Eno learned from Moebius and Roedelius - for then to influence Bowie on the Berliner trilogy. Some famous rock critics seem to forget where that desolate electronic vibe came from though, and that is a shame. Cluster should be up there in terms of inspiring a truckload of new-wave bands and moreover pioneering the whole ambient scene - vintage as well as the current.
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“The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.”
- Douglas Adams |
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zravkapt
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Honorary Collaborator Joined: October 12 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 6446 |
Posted: July 02 2011 at 13:46 |
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elves and sh*t, man!
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ExittheLemming
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Joined: October 19 2007 Location: Penal Colony Status: Offline Points: 11420 |
Posted: July 02 2011 at 17:46 |
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KarmaMan
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Joined: September 17 2010 Status: Offline Points: 15 |
Posted: July 09 2011 at 08:24 |
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Virtually the entirety of Low and Heroes, which I suspect is the main reason he's here in the first place. More progressive than a thousand Genesis and Yes rip offs with their lame, second hand, arpeggio/mellotron infested 'compositions'
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MagicMoo
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Joined: January 07 2012 Location: Hannover Status: Offline Points: 42 |
Posted: January 13 2012 at 13:13 |
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Hi everybody!
Bowie's so called 'Berlin years' with albums Low and Heroes contain songs, that one might call ambient music, which surely via Brian Eno for example is related to Prog. Also The Man who sold the World has The Width of a Circle and The Supermen, songs that come close to Prog. |
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Abstrakt
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Joined: August 18 2005 Location: Soundgarden Status: Offline Points: 18292 |
Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:16 |
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Side 2 of both "Low" and "Heroes" are, if not prog rock, at least pretty progressive. I'm sure Brian Eno had alot to do with it. Certainly good, experimental synth stuff!
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timothy leary
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Joined: December 29 2005 Location: Lilliwaup, Wa. Status: Offline Points: 5319 |
Posted: January 13 2012 at 14:16 |
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Yellow Brick Road, oh wait, my bad that is Elton John, he is here isn't he?
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AtomicCrimsonRush
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Posted: January 23 2012 at 17:19 |
All of these are the prog Bowie but his Fripp and Eno connections are more than enough reason
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paganinio
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Joined: November 07 2008 Status: Offline Points: 1327 |
Posted: January 26 2012 at 02:35 |
Its epic length of 74 minutes and 36 seconds really, really, really pleases me.
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Big Ears
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Joined: February 08 2005 Location: Hants, England Status: Offline Points: 727 |
Posted: May 27 2012 at 07:32 |
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The Width of a Circle
Baal's Hymn Wild is the Wind |
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tamijo
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Joined: January 06 2009 Location: Denmark Status: Offline Points: 4287 |
Posted: May 27 2012 at 11:56 |
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The song i would add, was allready mentioned.
So, lets put it in writing,
Bowie kind of defines the Prog related section, he is related not only because he makes a lot of Prog, on about 1/3 of his album, Prog tracks that would fit perfectly into a main prog genre, most of them shown in other posts.
He is also Prog related, because he have made albums with many Prog artists, like Fripp,Eno, Belew, Simon House, Roger Powell.
He is no mainstream pop artist. Yes he made some pop albums, and some bestsellers, but he was constantly changing and developing. Not many artists have made as diffrent albums as Bowie,
Start checking out "Outside", http://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=18788
And you may actualy wonder why he is "only" on PA as "Prog related" Edited by tamijo - May 27 2012 at 12:26 |
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Prog is whatevey you want it to be. So dont diss other peoples prog, and they wont diss yours
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ole-the-first
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Joined: January 03 2012 Location: Russia Status: Offline Points: 1534 |
Posted: May 27 2012 at 12:11 |
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Bowie was an art rock artist in general. No 20 minutes long prog epics, but still very progressive and original.
If he wouldn't go pop in 80's, I guess he would be in crossover prog section here. At least I believe that his Berlin Trilogy deserves to be praised as one of the key moments of post-1976 prog/minimalist prog, alongside wth Discipline. Edited by ole-the-first - May 27 2012 at 12:13 |
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This night wounds time.
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The Dark Elf
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VIP Member Joined: February 01 2011 Location: Michigan Status: Offline Points: 13097 |
Posted: May 28 2012 at 17:35 |
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"1984" was the height of Progressive Disco. Eat your heart out Bee Gees! |
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...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined
to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
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The_Jester
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Joined: September 29 2010 Status: Offline Points: 741 |
Posted: May 28 2012 at 19:17 |
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I must say Low and Heroes are extremely proggy too. They're quite good albums! Progressive disco? That's pretty odd but effectively I can't think of another way of naming it. Except maybe post-disco.
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La victoire est éphémère mais la gloire est éternelle!
- Napoléon Bonaparte |
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