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JD wrote:

Catcher10 wrote:

richardh wrote:

I would rather listen to Abba (inc Dancing Queen) rather than listen to Frank Zappa.

Same for me....not a fan of the comedic nature of FZ music

Just to clarify...FZ's music isn't comedic, his lyrics most certainly are. But I understand you are using the term music in an all inclusive state. Have you tried only listening to the instrumentals?

I'm actually not that into Zappa outside of the instrumentals. "Peaches en Regalia" was the first track to make me interested in Frank Zappa (used to hear it regularly on a classic rock radio station), and the next one of his that I heard and loved is Imaginary Diseases.

(I still find this to be an absolute joy to listen to)

I never fully got into FZ.

And this is no Prog secret, but I have never really "got" Yes' album Close to the Edge other than the title track.

Logan wrote:

(I still find this to be an absolute joy to listen to)

^ Off topic, but what is that weird version??? Is it some kind of remix? I mean, it's fun, but VERY different from the version I know:

Edited by projeKct - May 08 2021 at 11:09

^^ Frank re-mixed some of his older songs and added more contemporary drum beats, a bad idea for sure.

Edited by Easy Money - May 08 2021 at 11:32

Easy Money wrote:

^^ Frank re-mixed some of his older songs and added more contemporary drum beats, a bad idea for sure.

Thanks, it sounds really "off" to me. The two are interesting to compare. With some of those artists who tried to contemporise their sound through remixes adding things etc., the music ended up sounding less timeless (not quite the word I want) to these ears in a way. Too many mess with the classics -- commonly it's nice to hear different live versions, though.

The Anders wrote:

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Albums like Overnight Sensation, which seem to be more popular, sound rather conventional to me in comparison.

Hi,

OS was a hit because it was perfect for the FM radio in Southern California at the time, and all of a sudden all over the FM radio in America .... no one could resist an album that was selling that well, and played really nice on your turntable.

At the time, FM radio in many places was being hounded by many (supposed) FCC folks counting how many bad words were used and such, and the stations could get fined and all that ... to my knowledge it never came to pass, and the joke was that the FCC used old ladies to listen to stuff they didn't like, but there were many things that were still censored before they were played ... PF's Money had a few words blanked out, for example, until a few years later, the FCC stopped burning money on nothing and let it go. But a copy of that censored version of PF's song, is worth a lot of money, and it was only available for the stations, and never sent out to the public ... which ought to tell you how malicious the whole thing was and specially dishonest.

Edited by moshkito - May 08 2021 at 13:50

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Catcher10 wrote:

richardh wrote:

I would rather listen to Abba (inc Dancing Queen) rather than listen to Frank Zappa.

Same for me....not a fan of the comedic nature of FZ music

I think I'm in the same boat as you regarding Zappa. I used to listen to a couple of his compositions and really liked them, but then others just weren't gripping me. I sampled Grand Wazoo a couple weeks ago and passed on it. Just doesn't fit my preferences at this stage in my life. But I still respect his musical talent and influence a lot.

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BaldJean wrote:

it's not really a secret with me: Rush leave me completely cold. I really have no idea why so many people like them.

interestingly many of those people who love Rush don't like Van der Graaf Generator (who are one of my favorite bands) at all. it appears the two bands are just not compatible

I'm a die hard Rush fan and I also really enjoy Pawn Hearts when I'm in a hardcore prog kind of mood. As someone who enjoys both, I think they can be compatible, but you have to be listening for what they have in common rather than what separates them, which is admittedly quite a lot.

Porg for short. My love of music doesn't end with prog! Feel free to discuss all sorts of music with me. Odds are I'll give it a chance if I haven't already! :)

Sacro_Porgo wrote:

BaldJean wrote:

it's not really a secret with me: Rush leave me completely cold. I really have no idea why so many people like them.

interestingly many of those people who love Rush don't like Van der Graaf Generator (who are one of my favorite bands) at all. it appears the two bands are just not compatible

I'm a die hard Rush fan and I also really enjoy Pawn Hearts when I'm in a hardcore prog kind of mood. As someone who enjoys both, I think they can be compatible, but you have to be listening for what they have in common rather than what separates them, which is admittedly quite a lot.

I find it hilarious people will praise Gabriel but denounce Hammil; they're cousins in terms of wackiness and vocal prowess IMHO. Also vocal tone of Geddy is an issue for some, but not VDGG, or vice versa as you said.

For the record I love VDGG and Rush, the former is a much larger influence on my personal musical output than the latter, even though the latter might appear to be whom I'm drawing direct influence from. It's inescapable as a three piece prog rock band. "You guys like RUSH?!".

"I am so prog, I listen to concept albums on shuffle." -KMac2021

SteveG wrote:

That I only own one Rush album.

What's yours?

Me too (Moving Waves) and I haven't heard anything since that makes we want to change that. I mean, what did Geddy sound like before his balls dropped?

chopper wrote:

I have listened to the whole of Love Beach twice and quite like one of the tracks on it. Embarrassed

The Memoirs of an Officer and a Gentleman suite is pretty decent If you ignore the lyrics Confused

) plus the charting single Shocked

All I want is You and Canario are both OK. It's not the unmitigated catastrophuck many would have us believe.

BaldJean wrote:

call me pedantic, but "Close to the Edge" is "only" 18:40

Is there a hyphen in anal retentive? (Discuss)

Guldbamsen wrote:

I play the tuba very badly.

You are a bad man and should be asked for identification every-time you enter a school building

siLLy puPPy wrote:

Dirty secrets? I can only listen to Caravan's Land of the Grey and Pink dressed as a pig

Amen brother I thought it was just me. let's start a religion

Sean Trane wrote:

.....I actually hate.... prog

Spoken like the hipster's hipster

My own embarrassing Prog secret is that I think most Prog Rock musicians are complete dicks, I make no secret of this and they should be embarrassed not me.

Edited by ExittheLemming - May 22 2021 at 01:10

ExittheLemming wrote:

SteveG wrote:

That I only own one Rush album.

What's yours?

Me too (Moving Waves) and I haven't heard anything since that makes we want to change that. I mean, what did Geddy sound like before his balls dropped?

That's two albums... Wink