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Originally posted by MortSahlFan MortSahlFan wrote:

I like Savage Rose, but never heard about Savage Grace (and hope they have more songs that are good other than the cover just listed)

Here's an interesting one. Imagine breeding the Guess Who with Manfred Mann. You'd end up with something like this highly derivative but fun tune...


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The case I would make for the Savage Rose is mostly based on their early albums (including Dødens Triumf).

First of all there is the combination of (psychedelic) rock and elements of classical music. The two main creative forces of the band, Thomas and Anders Koppel, were both from the classical music world, and both have been classical composers at the same time (they were children of the acclaimed composer Hermann D. Koppel). It shows, especially when it comes to the music's harmonic patterns. Already it's characteristic for a lot of early prog that it flirts heavily with classical music (Procol Harum, The Moody Blues et al).

Then there is the obvious jazz influence that came with the acclaimed jazz drummer Alex Riel (jazz rock fusion - which is a subgenre on PA).

They later turned to soul and gospel, as well as different kinds of folk music (including Balkan), so again, it is mostly because of their early work.


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Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

One of those bands that fell between the cracks.

One of the MAJOR problems with adding bands to this site is that those who suggest these bands DO NOT suggest the appropriate albums to explore.
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Hi,

I was thinking that there are times, when choosing one album for you folks to listen to, that it should be a GIVEN that the band has more than one, and it would require a bit more attention for all the listens, and while there maybe variety in the albums, in the end, the sum of its parts, make the band be far more attractive than the single band that we constantly add and their next album is nothing.

This band was not "lucky", even though many folks will say that each person (and band) make their own luck, and despite the incredible amount of material by Archie Patterson in EUROCK about this band, in the end, no one gave a darn. Well, heck, no one read Richard Pinhas philosophical essays either. AND that makes us all "progressive". Another band that also had a lot of material in that periodical was OSANNA, and look where the preferential level of that band is on PA.

PA started AFTER the days of the far out and great music, and its folks do not all have the musical sense and history that I would prefer they have. If they did, I think that a lot of the genres and sub-genres would likely be very different from a musical perspective, and yet, its descriptions are more on par with geeks than true musicians and their talent!

My take, is that the band could/should be here, but not for one album, but for its collection of many albums, in a category that fits them better. I doubt that many of the folks that "study" these options will care to listen to 2 or 3 or 4 albums by a band ... since almost each and every time, they are voting for the band's first album, and I can not certify that it was listened to in its entirety. It sounded like ... is almost all I read and see listed! 

I'm not the expert in these categories since many of them confuse me silly, but something prog-related makes more sense, but there is a lot of material that they have that does not fit "prog-anything" and this is probably what most folks on PA are addressing the most.


Edited by moshkito - July 09 2021 at 17:54
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What's the progress on this case?
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^ limbo. Don't think anyone thinks they are quite prog enough for inclusion.

Soooooo, don't anyone get their hopes up Wink

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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote earlyprog Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 15 2021 at 11:31
Originally posted by siLLy puPPy siLLy puPPy wrote:

^ limbo. Don't think anyone thinks they are quite prog enough for inclusion.

Soooooo, don't anyone get their hopes up Wink

Not quite prog enough = PR or proto-prog isn't it Smile

...or crossover prog LOL

Seriously, though, I just want to know if I can add anything to their case to ensure that they are reconsidered, but if they are under consideration again, then I can remain in dormant state for a little longer ...standby modeEmbarrassed
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There is nothing in this thread that I can see to suggest that The Savage Rose is being reconsidered.

Greg (Logan) summed the situation up quite nicely in the fourth post on page 1, where he wrote:

"Savage Rose was checked by Crossover and then submitted to the Admin Team for Prog Related. It wasn't really flat out rejected for all time as I read it, but it was felt to be a weak case (not a strong enough case had been made) and not to fit the Prog Related criteria well enough. Basically it was rejected unless a really compelling case is ever made for it. It was deemed not Prog enough for a Prog category and not a strong case for Prog Related."

I've highlighted "unless a really compelling case is ever made for it" there, because that's what has to happen before there is any chance whatsoever of this going any further.

In a later post on that first page, Greg gives the link for the Prog Related Submissions Policy, and goes on to say in a post even further down the page:

"I think at this point it would be best to go the expected route (with the link I provided earlier). So discussion develops more, and then an SC PMs us with the best arguments for it (and hopefully highlights the best counterarguments) if that SC supports it strongly, and then if we approved, adds the band. This would be the second time coming to PR, and the arguments and links to Prog (not just this sounds Prog) shown in people's research should be pretty solid and detail oriented." (My highlight again).

There isn't likely to be an evaluation in Crossover anytime soon, so until a Special Collaborator steps forward and prepares a thorough and compelling case for their inclusion, which he or she then presents to our current admins, then as Mike says above, things will remain in limbo more or less indefinitely.

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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:


So I won't be a torchbearer. My flame died. Better that one much more knowledgeable than I, both in the music and knowing details about the band and band member's history, presents the case to Admin (an SC by PM if one is passionate about it) to argue for it. I hear a Prog relation in certain music (albums), but I wouldn't be comfortable with that being my sole case. I lack the deep knowledge about the band and band members to make a solid case for it myself that I would be comfortable with for PR. And I don't know enough for Proto Prog.

Logan, I will make a strong case, but if I'm not mistaking, you are requiring that a SC (Special Collaborator not a Simple Collaborator like me) carries the case to the Admin? 

Before I launch into this, I need certainty that a SC will assist me and bring the case forward to the Admin.

Any SC volunteering or suggestions? Easy Money?
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^ Thanks for asking but I'm way too busy these days. Short answer though, they belong on the site.
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They're certainly on Proggnosis (categorised there as Early Progressive).

It's uncertain whether or not a formal evaluation was ever carried out in Crossover Prog, since there is no PA tab on progfreak, but it has been suggested earlier in this thread that the band could have been 'removed' from the chart after the evaluation was completed, and the PA tab has subsequently disappeared. Either way, any evaluation would certainly have been carried out quite a long time ago (probably 10 years if progfreak is to be used as a guide), and several albums have been released since (which are not necessarily anything to do with prog, but let's not get too concerned about that for the moment - it just means that even if a formal evaluation HAS been carried out before, another one is possible now). Since we don't know if or when any previous evaluation actually happened, then ALL the band's albums can theoretically be considered now, so it doesn't matter if the more recent ones aren't deemed proggy enough - any evaluation now should instead focus on the earlier ones that are more generally regarded as prog (especially Dodens Triumf).

Taking into account the difficult and uncertain process of getting the band included in Prog Related or Proto Prog, and the current lack of a willing SC to act as 'torch bearer' in any case, mightn't it be worth asking the current Crossover Team to carry out an evaluation instead in an attempt to get the band onto the site?

Nothing to lose imho, and you never know, maybe the force would be with us on this occasion. There'd be no shortage of reviewers waiting in the wings to give their thoughts on the band's albums, I wouldn't think.
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Hi,

If there is something sad about that band not being included here, is that there are a lot of bands listed in here that are far more "pop/rock" oriented that SR might have been, although I always had the feeling that Annisette's favorite singer probably was someone like Janis. 

A lot of those bands, in the early days were very much pop/rock and they kind of had to be to be able to sell a few more albums in order to gather attention, and one can even look at FOCUS, which kinda did the same thing, and on their 2nd album, Eruption took a whole side, and I guess you could say it broke the mold, however, their big hit song ... is not progressive at all ... it's a great radio piece that FM radio milked senseless, at least in the West Coast. I would imagine that if we were to judge FOCUS by its first album, like we do so much stuff on PA these days, the band would not have quite made it either.

I simply think that the ideas and the concepts and the process is missing too many buttons, and has too many ideas all over the place instead of being more concise about the divisions and subdivisions and give the artists a lot more deserving appreciation. The Savage Rose stands no chance, specially against the modern bands that think they are doing "prog" simply because they changed a note, or played a chord upside down!
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IMO Savage Rose are eligible for a full band inclusion at PA but at the same time wonder if the concept album 'Dødens Triumf' would fit the genre

VARIOUS ARTISTS (CONCEPT ALBUMS & THEMED COMPILATIONS)


Your pros and cons?

I prefer that the opening poster or perhaps The Anders follows the formal route through the Suggest New Bands And Artists lounge for an evaluation with a reference to this and earlier posts.

I'm inclined to proto-prog and therefore somewhat reluctant to propose Savage Rose to the Crossover team myself.


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This topic was posted in the wrong part of the forum to begin with really, so all that really needs to happen now is for admins to move it to Suggest New Bands and Artists, so that a formal evaluation (in Crossover) could be started, and I hinted at this in the third post on page 1. I don't really think starting yet another fresh thread over in that part of the forum would bring anything new to the table. Keishiro? Greg? Any thoughts? Embarrassed
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The topic was put in the wrong part of the forum (The Prog lounge) and I moved this to General Music Discussions for some of the reasons that I stated in my first post in this topic. It was checked by Crossover team members (I saw what was written in the team thread), was not accepted there, and they passed it to the Admin team to check (wasn't part of it then, but I read the comments) where it was not accepted. Even had this never been checked, this topic does not meet the standards as highlighted here for creating a Suggest New Bands topic http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=122381 (not that I would expect that from the OP as that person didn't do this Suggest new Bands).

If someone wants to resubmit it to Crossover, then I suggest PMing a Crossover team member and asking them about it, or if a collab, mentioning it directly in their thread. EarlyProg is not that comfortable with Crossover and one can see what he says.

I'd be open to re-checking it for Proto-Prog or Prog-Related, but would rather it be done the formal way now according to the policies presented here for the reasons I stated. http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=73146

If another admin wishes to move this, that's up to them. I'm not comfortable doing that and grew uncomfortable with this topic (seems to be a bit of pressure and misunderstanding). I plan to take a break from this site, so if Admin check it in my absence for PR/PP, I will abstain (I'm okay with it in if they think it fits the criteria and support the arguments that are presented).

This will be my last post in this thread, though.

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This will be my last post here too, since as an ordinary member of the site I've done as much as I can to try and get a formal review carried out in Crossover in such a way that those of us who can't access the collab zone can at least see how the team's votes were recorded on progfreak (currently no PA tab exists there).

Here are the last two threads from the Suggest New Bands and Artists part of the forum, both running to two full pages:

January 2009, including a biography written by John Jepsen (aka tamijo).

There's some discussion here too in the Prog Bands, Artists and Genres Appreciation part of the forum from January 2019.

This is a later bio, copied from the band's old website retrieved from the wayback machine, 15th March 2018:

"BIOGRAPHY

The Danish Legend, The Savage Rose, alias Annisette & Thomas Koppel. Not only Bjork has mentioned The Savage Rose among her major influences; They are intensely loved throughout Europe and by their ten thousands of dedicated fans around the world.

Annisette’s name equals total integrity and honesty, absolutely unique stage performance and vocals, making her “one of ‘pop music’s most unique and powerful vocalists” (Archie Patterson, Eurock, USA).

Thomas Koppel’s name is synonymous with stone original composing and producing and enormous versatility: effortlessly moving from the mind-blowing songs of The Savage Rose to film music, symphonic works, musicals ballets and more.

As noted in Miller-Freeman’s US book ‘The Unknown Legends Of Rock’n'Roll, they are among the rare true ORIGINATORS of the music of today. However, as noted by Rolling Stone’s David Fricke, The Savage Rose 2003 are far from nostalgia, they’re “not prisoners of history because they never stopped making it”. They are continuously at the very front edge of contemporary music, effortlessly combining elements of jazz, hip-hop, R&B, Alternative, and World Music into a unique, highly spicy and sensual pop, embracing audiences of all ages, nationalities, and ethnicities.

Their 19 albums have been Gold, Platinum, Double Platinum, up to four times Platinum in Scandinavia. They have 2 Scandinavian Grammies, for BLACK ANGEL (1996) and TAMELESS (1999); innumerable Grammy nominations (including 3 for the 2002 album FOR YOUR LOVE); a Film Academy Award for best film score & song. Annisette and Thomas have both been nominated for the prestigious Great Music Award of the Nordic Council, and Thomas has been awarded the Lifetime Honorary Award of the Danish State.

They have released 20 original albums; toured most of the world including prestigious festivals like The Newport Jazz festival (now the JVC Jazz Festival), the Montreux festival, the Molde Festival, Ragnarock and the Roskilde Festival. Their ballet “Triumph Of Death” is the greatest success of The Royal Ballet ever, with hundreds of sold-out performances worldwide, including the Metropolitan Opera in New York. Thomas has created symphonies, ballets, film music, an opera, music dramas, and, with Annisette, the painfully beautiful and controversial musical ‘Bella Vita’ on homeless children.

After a roaring start with albums recorded at e. g. the Mick Jagger mansion in the UK and the famous Mirasound Studios in New York, the artist rejected their managers’ quest to go to Vietnam and have a picture taken shaking hands with President Johnson. They didn’t want their music utilized for support of the war, and in order to save their minds and their creativity, The Savage Rose went underground for years; exploring their own native language, Danish. They lived among the underprivileged of Copenhagen but became a creative musical powerhouse, performing for huge audiences in many countries. They created eight underground albums during this period, eventually becoming cult objects all over Europe. A large chapter of ‘The Unknown Legends Of Rock’n'Roll” by Ritchie Unterberger (USA 1998) is devoted to this era in the history of The Savage Rose.

In 1996 Annisette & Thomas K. created their first pop/rock/R&B album in English for many years,
‘Black Angel’, recorded at the Conway Studio in Hollywood, with friend George Duke as executive producer. Hits like ‘Black Angel’, ‘What Do You Do Now’ and the unique rendition of ‘Where Have All The Flowers Gone’ took them to number one on the charts once again: In Denmark ‘Black Angel’ is close to triple platinum, in Norway Gold; and it won the Grammy for Best Rock Album.

The story continues with two more dazzling modern classics, ‘Tameless’ (1999) and ‘For Your Love’ (2001), awarded another Grammy ( Best Female Singer), sales close to Platinum - and reviews like
‘An out-of-this-world pop album….’
‘A gift for life…… ‘
‘Steamingly erotic, flamingly resentful, mellow, and bittersweet….’
‘The demons are whizzing by like wild missiles…’
‘Makes you wish the music will never stop….’

Their 17 concerts in Scandinavia in 2002 sold 150,000 tickets.

The enormous productivity of The Savage Rose can only be understood in the light of their uncompromising and never-ending dedication to social justice and human rights. They once and for all refused to split their life and their music in two; their political courage has taken them to war zones and areas of dangerous oppression, even to performing in prisons and refugee camps along with peaceful, huge summer festivals. They have never complained about the career that was rightfully theirs but was taken away from them because of their honesty, but instead they stress that this kept them close to their audience and mentally sane as compared to many artists bending to corporate pressure.

We have only mentioned a small part of their 20 original albums, their several large-scale music drama productions, symphonic music, and more. Thomas wrote the score for the independent Hollywood film ‘Everything Put Together’ by Marc Forster (MONSTERS’ BALL) and numerous other feature films, He was awarded a Danish Film Academy Award 1992 for Best Score and Song.

They are both multi-talented: Annisette, besides being among the most enigmatic vocalist legends for decades, and still evolving, is a world class lyricist, writer, poet, and a unique painter. Thomas, besides being a legendary composer of rare versatility, is a world-class producer, an awarded keyboardist, and a fine photographer."

A borderline case indeed, and The Savage Rose is probably destined to remain outside PA for all eternity, but it would be nice to get the matter resolved now once and for all.
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That biography only really describes the music of their later day work. I have to get my Danish rock encyclopedia.
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Currently 3 votes for Savage Rose as Prog Related at PA's Crossover Chart at ProgFreak.

Doesn't that make 'em eligible as a Pog Related band at PA?


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It has indicated eligibility to be considered for Prog Related (please read the link I provided on the guidelines if you haven't yet).  And indeed it has been considered as I've said.  The Crossover team were the ones who submitted it to PR for evaluation in the first place as you will have read.

Sorry, I know I said I wouldn't post again in this topic (never say never).  I have a frustrating delay in my work.

I never meant to imply that it wasn't eligible for Prog Related (I was trying to explain the history of the case process, and expectations) -- from a music standpoint alone, I think it would get my yes vote, but I don't think a sufficient case has been made overall to get my yes.  If Prog Related just meant having Proggy music, then it would be easier.

Here are the chart results (Crossover has been looking into it again despite not being accepted before):

1hprogaardvarkCrossover (progaardvark)
12hDamoXt7942Crossover (DamoXt7942)
20hDamoXt7942Crossover (DamoXt7942)
20hDamoXt7942Crossover-> New
8yMartyMcFly89Crossover-> Removed
9yEvolverCrossover-> Move
9yyamyamCrossover (yamyam)
9yWindhawkCrossover (Windhawk)
9yChris StaceyCrossover (Chris Stacey)
10yEvolverCrossover (Evolver)
10yEvolverCrossover-> New

So it does indicate that Crossover looked at it years ago, used "removed" as a Crossover candidate, and suggested it to Prog Related (as I know they did from reading in the collab zone and admin zone) where it was not accepted because it wasn't felt that a strong case had been made.  Like I said earlier, I don't read that it was ever rejected for Prog Related (or rejected in perpetuity might be a better way to put it), it was checked and felt like not a good enough case had been made for it.  

So yes, I think it's still been eligible to be checked again despite not having been accepted for Prog Related before (would want to revisit the exact words that were expressed, but my interpretation was not accepted, but not rejected necessarily.  Like a strong case had not been made, but a better one might come later).  I already provided this link, but please read if you haven't.  CLICK

Again, Crossover team members were the ones who submitted it for Prog Related evaluation before after they decided that they thought it better for Prog Related than in Crossover, but it wasn't accepted for PR.  I was saying before that I don't think I'd be the best person to spearhead it by bringing it to the Admin team (I've only listened to three albums in full, Dødens triumf I found wonderful, and I don't know the history or relations to other Prog acts that some others might, so others might be better when it comes to making arguments for it as per various Prog Related criteria).

Sorry if I haven't been clear enough in my posts.  I don't know why David (Yam Yam) was saying that no PA tab existed, because I know there was one before (was mentioned in an earlier topic) and of course there is one now.  https://progfreak.com/The-Savage-Rose-154286.html?path=pa/recent with a recent vote.  Seems he was on the team, and voted himself for Prog Related, so it must be me who is totally confused.

It indicated that there was a formal evaluation, and I don't understand some of the problems that people have presented with this case.  Sorry if I confused matters by not expressing things clearly enough, reading through the topic carefully enough, or thinking things through well enough.

I still think a very solid and well-argued case case should be made for it before considering bringing it to Admin again officially (strong arguments from people who know the history well and can map out the Prog relations well and tick off as many of those PR boxes as they can).    It's very clear to me that the case presented to Admin was not considered strong enough, did not adequately fit various Prog Related criteria/ guidelines,, and that I would not be considered unless a stronger case was ever presented.  The case seemed to be simply that it is Proggy and wasn't Prog enough to be be accepted for a Prog category, but that's not really good enough to make a strong case to PR.  The arguments and links to Progressive Music scenes and history matter.  The impact and influence on Prog are things to consider, related Prog bands, the history, the relatedness of the personnel with Prog  etc.    In regards to the bio, it should also delve into the reasons why this fits PR satisfactorily.  Right now based on the arguments made in this thread, I would not vote yes as I am unconvinced.


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Originally posted by Logan Logan wrote:

I don't know why David (Yam Yam) was saying that no PA tab existed, because I know there was one before (was mentioned in an earlier topic) and of course there is one now.  https://progfreak.com/The-Savage-Rose-154286.html?path=pa/recent with a recent vote.  Seems he was on the team, and voted himself for Prog Related, so it must be me who is totally confused.

I said I wouldn't post again either lol! However, since the PA tab (which still didn't exist when I posted the progfreak link here yesterday) has been reactivated by the fresh evaluation, and the previous evaluation which is now there again for all to see happened when I was actually part of the team, though that was only for the first half of 2013, and far too long ago for me to remember every band that we considered during those 6 months.

As I mentioned in a previous post here, I didn't realise that entering 'removed' for a band in a progfreak chart eventually caused the PA tab to disappear altogether, and with it all the previous voting history. That sucks big time for me, since it means that my only means of checking whether a suggested band has been previously considered by one of the teams which uses progfreak is totally unreliable.

I have still been fairly active in the Suggest New Bands and Artists part of the forum over recent years, despite no longer being able to access the collab zone to retrieve any useful information from there, but this revelation tonight has killed it stone dead for me.

I do hope that The Savage Rose will be proposed again for PR by a Special Collaborator, and that this time they will be accepted by admins.

As for me, I've been here for ten years now, and enjoyed the ride, but there is only so much you can do as a 'senior member'. I don't write reviews - and had to leave the Crossover team after only 6 months because I was considered 'too lenient' with my voting - so a senior member is all I would ever be here now.

Shame it has ended this way, but such is life I guess.
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^ It’s hardly your fault that I get confused, David, and I know that I confuse others. I’m not a sarcastic individual, well mostly, if you read it that way. Maybe it reactivated when it was brought back, or you didn’t search in the way I would.   I don’t know, I haven’t used progfreak in about a decade, that I recall. Even before leaving the Eclectic team, we had switched to making our own lists in the team thread. Follow your bliss,, I think. I should do more of the same. I’m only here cause I like the community, of which you are part, and enjoy interacting with others usually. I think I remember those ones that I really cared about enough to argue for, and discussed, but you might have argued for more in your years here, and I may just have a better memory than most, though not as good as it was a few years ago. I don’t know of it will or won’t be included, and am pretty dispassionate about such things these days despite the fact the I posted so much in this topic to try to explain the history and expectations. If none of that was helpful, well, there are more important things in life.
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