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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:50

SteveG wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

CanTangerine DreamGonGHawkwindAmon Duul II

Your showing your age AK.

eh!

(only just seen this)

I'm sure some young (ish) people like these bands too!? Ouch

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Posted: July 25 2014 at 16:46

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musitron wrote:

Big 5???? You mean big 6.

Ha! That's a great picture. Smile

That's awesome. Glad to see Genesis recognized as one of the biggies.
Truly a beautiful sound.

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Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:19

musitron wrote:

Big 5???? You mean big 6.

Ha! That's a great picture. Smile

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Posted: July 24 2014 at 22:12

I like the idea of older prog fans trying to create a post 1980s list

This is pretty much in order of how much I've listened to them:

Happy Family

Fates Warning

Glass Hammer

Magellan

Mew

I have to admit I do admire these bands, some I don't listen to much

as much anymore, but may in the future. Happy Family I limit to their

2nd LP (they have only two as far as I know).

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Posted: July 24 2014 at 21:49

addictedtoprog wrote:

Pink Floyd
Genesis
King Crimson
VDGG
Mike Oldfield

You might like VDGG more than Yes, Pink Floyd, and Jethro Tull (I assume given you list), but there's no way they were bigger or more succesful than any of those bands (and I do like them a lot too). Mike Oldfield might have been bigger than Yes and/or Jethro Tull, but somehow he is usually left aside when talking about the great prog artists.

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Posted: July 23 2014 at 21:29

Pink Floyd
Genesis
King Crimson
VDGG
Mike Oldfield

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Posted: July 23 2014 at 21:20

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moshkito wrote:

Hi,

I was more thinking that it should be the "Big 100 in Progressive Music" and list 100 bands.

This discussion about which _______________ we like or dislike, will never get the music definition and discussion off the ground.

It already feels like the Bud Light commercials of old! But we need to add someone saying that warm beer is better to the commercial, so them Brits don't feel left out!

There is a quite a lot of agreement though on the Big Five although in reality there is an unchallenged 'Big 3':

Yes

Genesis

King Crimson

(...)

I agree.
That's true, actually.

If there should be an indisputable Big something, I think it should be Big 4, because as far as I understand, ELP were huge too (though admiteddly I wasn't around yet to say if from experience). Somehow it seems ELP's reputation has declined the most from the 4 bands, but back in the time I guess they might as well have been bigger than King Crimson and Genesis. Still, I insist I would make it a big 6, including Pink Floyd and Jethro Tull.

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Posted: July 23 2014 at 09:43

Big 5???? You mean big 6.

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 15:28

SteveG wrote:

akamaisondufromage wrote:

CanTangerine DreamGonGHawkwindAmon Duul II

Your showing your age AK.

By the way, I think I'll listen to Warrior On The Edge Of Time later. It's been awhile.

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 15:27

akamaisondufromage wrote:

CanTangerine DreamGonGHawkwindAmon Duul II

Your showing your age AK.

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 15:18

Can
Tangerine Dream
GonG
Hawkwind
Amon Duul II

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 15:12

Yes

Genesis

King Crimson

Gentle Giant

ELP

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 15:11

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 08:06

richardh wrote:

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

I was more thinking that it should be the "Big 100 in Progressive Music" and list 100 bands.

This discussion about which _______________ we like or dislike, will never get the music definition and discussion off the ground.

It already feels like the Bud Light commercials of old! But we need to add someone saying that warm beer is better to the commercial, so them Brits don't feel left out!

There is a quite a lot of agreement though on the Big Five although in reality there is an unchallenged 'Big 3':

Yes

Genesis

King Crimson

(...)

I agree.
That's true, actually.

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Posted: July 01 2014 at 07:42

Ultra pinian, I believe your original top 10 list is practically indisputable. I'm not a fan of ELP, or most of Rush, but one has to recognize their significance. I'd have to include Black Sabbath in my list because of their massive influence on later hard rock/metal bands. However, including them as one of the cornerstones of PROGRESSIVE rock is definitely open to debate. In conclusion, great list fellow newbie!

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Posted: June 29 2014 at 14:49

moshkito wrote:

Hi,

I was more thinking that it should be the "Big 100 in Progressive Music" and list 100 bands.

This discussion about which _______________ we like or dislike, will never get the music definition and discussion off the ground.

It already feels like the Bud Light commercials of old! But we need to add someone saying that warm beer is better to the commercial, so them Brits don't feel left out!

There is a quite a lot of agreement though on the Big Five although in reality there is an unchallenged 'Big 3':

Yes

Genesis

King Crimson

then add 2 per taste

Really a TOP 100 could not be more pointless because about 70-80% would be shaped by taste while at the moment there is at least 60% agreement by my reckoning

Also British 'Warm' Beer is the only proper beer. The rest is just piss water Wink

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Posted: June 29 2014 at 11:30

Well I do prefer Can and Faust to Genesis and have many more of their albums, but still agree with the OP.

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Posted: June 29 2014 at 11:02

The big 5 are King Crimson, Pink Floyd, Magma, Can, and Faust

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Posted: June 29 2014 at 10:46

Hi,

I was more thinking that it should be the "Big 100 in Progressive Music" and list 100 bands.

This discussion about which _______________ we like or dislike, will never get the music definition and discussion off the ground.

It already feels like the Bud Light commercials of old! But we need to add someone saying that warm beer is better to the commercial, so them Brits don't feel left out!

Edited by moshkito - June 29 2014 at 10:46

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Posted: June 29 2014 at 08:47

King Manuel wrote:

Yes
ELP
Genesis
King Crimson
Pink Floyd

After finding this forum I now love at least something by each of these and the list is fine by me. If someone ignorant of prog rock wanted to check it out then these would be great groups to start with to get a feeling for the classic genre. I'd prefer to keep later music derived from or influenced by this separate, which for me includes Rush.