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Topic: The dad-prog appreciation zone! Posted: January 16 2014 at 10:32
Right OK - So if Comedy of Errors - "Fanfare & Fantasy" is to be the paradigm for CD's in this fairly General Genre...What other CD's are in this collection?
Brilliant thread title Barney, and I hope you don't think of my "dad-prog" term as being too derogatory. It was said tongue-in-cheek.
Another one that could qualify is I and Thou's Speak, an album I really dig actually thanks to my friend who kept playing it for me. Anyway, it's got all of the characteristics of what I'd call dad-prog, yet here it works for me
Edited by Guldbamsen - January 16 2014 at 11:07
“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.”
I suppose there will be some grumpy-old-men on this site - who may take offence, they'll be mumbling about young whipper-snappers not being around when Gabriel was a lad... I just thought it was funny - my son's are always taking the piss out of what I wear/listen to/watch on telly - so it's like water off a ducks back, I am just wondering if CoE first CD is as good - I ordered it a week ago and it still hasn't arrived Grrrrr.....
If I remember correctly, the debut got equally positive reviews when it first got out - and in the wake of the second album, even more folks chimed in to sing it's praises. My guess is that you're in for a real treat.
Edited by Guldbamsen - January 16 2014 at 11:14
“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.”
Bah, humbug, my son always asks me what albums are new and good. He grew up with Dad's music which meant every genre under the prog banner, which translates to his latest find Wishbone ash...Argus instead of Katy perry's roar.
Bah, humbug, my son always asks me what albums are new and good. He grew up with Dad's music which meant every genre under the prog banner, which translates to his latest find Wishbone ash...Argus instead of Katy perry's roar.
I have that on vinyl - The flying saucer & Guard with helmet & spear - Brilliant cover and good solid hard rock if I remember - must get it on CD when I get a round tuit!
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Posted: January 16 2014 at 11:58
I think that a good chunk of Neo, modern Symphonic, and a dose of crossover would all fit under the dad-prog banner. Currently listening to Magenta's The Twenty Seven Club and this certainly fits the bill.
This thread is my hero. Make a new sub please. for neo how about IQ - Frequency and Pendragon - Pure. Sounded pretty 'dad proggy' if I understand the term, but sometimes you're just in the mood. Lots of modern symph... do the Flower Kings count as dad prog?
I was just thinking about this logically (as you do) - I reckon that any CD that has a sudden burst of "strangeness" cannot be classified as dad-prog. Thus a track like "I am the Sun" (Pt 1) is happily trundling down the dad-prog rails then...whammo - you have a weird-bit, I am not averse to a bit of ambience but "SILLYNESS" is not allowed (Imagine the bowler hatted geezer from Monty Python at this juncture) - Or league of gentlemen - "Whats all this, this is a dad-prog track for proggy-dads" WE'LL have no STRANGENESS here !!!
Oh, and I approve of the "Bluebells" track -Nice to see that they happily repeat the title of the song - all the way through - very thoughtful of those dads with the on-set of Alzheimer's - Don't want dad forgetting the title do we !!!
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Posted: January 16 2014 at 12:45
How about Happy the Man? They go down easy with the morning coffee and paper.
They're also one of the few prog bands my dad (nearing age 70) likes, so there's something. Of course, he also likes King Crimson's Lizard, so you never know.
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David Minasian, I think I have that in my collection too....Jebus! I've got dad-prog permeating throughout my CD collection. Have I suddenly morphed into that late-middle aged man who fantasizes about doing a spot of market-gardening with Felicity Kendall ???
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. Great idea for a thread.
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