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Posted: July 05 2012 at 21:03
I got into Phish in the first place because of their prog appeal (even more pronounced in their early days). This was before the acquired the "jam band" tag, which unfortunately conjures images (to some people) of stoned hippies in parking lots rather than the actual music at hand. But this group composed (yes, composed) some very complex epics and drew from many different musical traditions.
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Posted: July 08 2012 at 05:53
Yes, I listened. I've listened to these and other Phish material, as a cousin of mine has tried for years to get me into them. While these songs would be considered prog, they just don't have the appeal to me. The band play well, but I don't care for the vocals and the songs just don't do anything for me.
For me, not speaking for any one else, it's prog, but boring prog.
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Posted: July 09 2012 at 20:49
I would consider Phish to be prog. They are like Umphrey's McGee to me. Besides, I really like them either way, just like I really like the Grateful Dead, regardless of their genre.
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Posted: July 11 2012 at 06:02
I don't know this band and I've listened. The examples above sound proggy to me. But I need to listen to full albums to decide, if their composition style as a whole is proggy, and if these examples are not only exceptions.
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Posted: July 11 2012 at 11:12
Formentera Lady wrote:
I don't know this band and I've listened. The examples above sound proggy to me. But I need to listen to full albums to decide, if their composition style as a whole is proggy, and if these examples are not only exceptions.
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Posted: August 27 2012 at 12:41
"Junta" doesn't even really "jam" that much, if that's what keeps people from calling it prog. The lion's share of Junta is very highly composed, even the long tracks.
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Posted: August 28 2012 at 11:28
They're a great band & well known for the huge number of live albums available, but I much prefer the studio ones (especially Junta & Rift); to me personally, they are a prog band without doubt, but I do find their live jams, just a tad, well... boring
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