Rush vs The Beatles

Kati wrote: Honestly there's one thing as living in Africa while having to put up with other people's music, Rush is prog yes however I can't understand the number of people who voted Rush instead of the Beatles above  this to me makes no sense seriously!  No!!!

The medley on Abbey Road is kind of like an epic :P

^ I'm not very good with abbreviations. Could you please decipher it?

^ ... SPLHCB.

^ I know what IMHO means. Argo was just poking fun of me ... r-r-r-r-r-r.

Sumdeus wrote: Jonathan wrote: But IMHO nothing after SPLHCB has anything to do with Proto-Prog. really? you don't think the White Album had any impact on progressive music?

I'm not sure but it if did then it  the "White Album" would be Prog-Related since the Prog Movement had already been started by bands like Procol Harum and The Moody Blues by that point.

Sumdeus wrote: Jonathan wrote: But IMHO nothing after SPLHCB has anything to do with Proto-Prog. really? you don't think the White Album had any impact on progressive music?

I doubt it (as much as I like the album).

Kati wrote: Jonathan wrote: Sumdeus wrote: Jonathan wrote: But IMHO nothing after SPLHCB has anything to do with Proto-Prog. really? you don't think the White Album had any impact on progressive music? I'm not sure but it if did then it  the "White Album" would be Prog-Related since the Prog Movement had already been started by bands like Procol Harum and The Moody Blues by that point.   Hi Jonathan   Kati wrote: HackettFan wrote: Rush. The Beatles are not a Prog band. Hi Hacketfan I have to disagree with you. The beatles were the first in mixed time signatures, i.e. "She said" reaches 8/5. Their influences of psychedelic style inc. indian instrumentation also with sitar, etc, inc. electronica especially in "Tomorrow never Knows" and "Strawberry Fields Forever" was new thus not recorded by any other band at the time. Also "A day in life" is prog unless you can explain to me why it's not. Even YES were very influenced by the Beatles, i.e. Jon Anderson said that YES were influenced by the beatles especially Sgt. Pepper and Magical Tour albums, that they have been a big influence on their music, especially early yes. YES even recorded a beatles cover called "Every Little thing" on their debut album.   more hugs

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Edited by ProgMetaller2112 - February 16 2013 at 22:25

rogerthat wrote: Kati wrote: Honestly there's one thing as living in Africa while having to put up with other people's music, Rush is prog yes however I can't understand the number of people who voted Rush instead of the Beatles above  this to me makes no sense seriously!  No!!! You probably didn't read the poll question well and hence couldn't understand.  They simply voted for the band they prefer.  One doesn't HAVE to prefer the more important band only. I take LZ to be a far more significant band than Alice in Chains but I certainly prefer the latter, eight days a week.

Catcher10 wrote: You will never find 1000's of teenage girls screaming and pulling their hair out to Rush's Working Man or Limelight.

Neither will you find 1000's of teenage girls screaming and pulling their hair out to most of the stuff the Beatles did after '65. The Beatles are a pop band for sure, but they're the number one argument in favor of pop as a legitimate art form. Rush, on the other hand, are the number one argument in favor of keeping science fiction and Greek mythology away from drummers with a vivid imagination. (Just kidding, I like Rush.)

Plus, it's not true that pop artists always win the polls. If you made a poll with Rush against, say, the Hollies, I'm sure Rush would win, and not just on PA. And if the Rolling Stone had a poll with Rush against Lady Gaga, I'm sure Rush would win.