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miamiscot 
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That old chestnut. The big six are those who dominated their contemporaneous charts while transcending the genre, so...
Pink Floyd Genesis Yes ELP King Crimson Jethro Tull |
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1. Genesis (851 points) 2. Yes (759 points) 3. Pink Floyd (696 points) 4. King Crimson (683 points) 5. Rush (399 points) 6. Emerson, Lake & Palmer (333 points) Middle Six 7. Van der Graaf Generator (304 points) 8. Marillion (268 points) 9. Jethro Tull (261 points) 10. Gentle Giant (248 points) 11. Camel (162 points) 12. IQ (148 points) Little Six 13. Renaissance (106 points) 14. Soft Machine (102 points) 15. Porcupine Tree (99 points) 16. Magma (85 points) 17. Spock's Beard (80 points) 18. Can (72 points) |
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I love Embryo, and own most of their albums. But there were literally hundreds (maybe even thousands considering their "world-approach" was quite modest up until their 1973-release We Keep On) of jazz artists ahead of them in that department. Sun Ra, Yusef Lateef, Sabu Martinez mm... started fusing jazz with all kinds of music from all over the world in the late 1950's (and Les Baxter before them, really). Ever heard Ahmed Abdul-Malik's albums Jazz Sahara (1958) or East Meets West (1959)? |
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1. Pink Floyd
2. Yes 3. King Crimson 4. Genesis 5. Rush 6. The Jins (they’re not prof but I just love them so listen to them now. I can use my vote for whatever I want so haha) |
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Le Orme Gentle Giant Camel Oblivion Express Van Der Graaf I always forget a band lol I have Yes just outside my 10 and Genesis just in Pink Floyd probably 20 |
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All I like is prog related bands beginning late 60's/early 70's. Their music from 1968 - 83 has the composition and sound which will never be beaten. Perfect blend of jazz, classical, folk and rock.
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Rush and Kansas are definitely Top 10 bands for me!!! UK is Top 50 (only two albums...) And Sky is cool but I'd rank them a little lower. I did a Top 100 Prog Bands series on my YouTube channel (over five episodes a couple weeks back.)
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That’s an impressive number of LPs (big CDs, as my niece once said). It is so cool to see all those Big 6 album covers. Also, it makes me miss going into the store and seeing LPs, where each one was a real work of art. My list would round off a Big 10 with Rush, Kansas, Sky, and UK. Are any of those 4 bands in your Top 100? I’m pretty sure I know the answer to at least one. Edited by Jaketejas - August 26 2022 at 17:41 |
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No. Please explain it to us.
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The six who know the secret handshake are the only members.
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Actually...member of The Big 9...if you get my drift.
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Good job Scot. I enjoyed watching that. I agree with it also.
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Not me! I’m in the Little Twelve Thousand and Twenty Two.
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Not sure if I ever commented on this earlier, but:
Genesis King Crimson Rush Pink Floyd Jethro Tull Yes Gentle Giant and Moody Blues would be very close runner-ups
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Yes Genesis Pink Floyd Emerson Lake & Palmer Gentle Giant That's the run-down for me. Edited by Rednight - August 02 2022 at 13:08 |
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Totally agree with your "Big Six", although my personal preference would be to substitute Camel for Jethro Tull, and on the subject of Marillion and Porcupine Tree, at least they came top of the PA poll in a list of favourite modern prog bands.
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I would argue for the bands whose presence and popularity led to the creation of the term "prog" and "progressive rock" and not for a definition or list that is based on how we now choose to define the term, 50+ years later; i.e. the bands that lent themselves to the phenomenon of "stadium rock."
ELP Jethro Tull Pink Floyd Yes and, eventually, the Kings of the Heap, Genesis and Rush. Neither King Crimson or Van Der Graaf Generator could ever sell tickets in numbers like the above six. Edited by BrufordFreak - July 29 2022 at 13:25 |
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