are Toto prog related ? - Progressive Rock Music Forum

Cristi wrote:

Hrychu wrote:

Cristi wrote:

David_D wrote:

Prog relate my ass, pure Punk! LOL

Thank you for the troll-like pointless post. 🤦‍♂️

Can't you take a tiny bit of irony or a simple joke? 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️!

Yes, i can. LOL

So what is the tiny bit of irony here?!

or how was that post funny?! Confused

Humor is subjective after all.

Well, it's a bit long story, but for those really interested it would be quite a help to look at the last days' posts in the Punk thread.

quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond

mellotronwave wrote:

Imo , not prog nevertheless highly listenable quality stuff

Nice to see them getting some love. Thumbs Up

not intricate, eh?

Top notch musicians !

^ I'm voting "Yes" just on the strength of Dave's Gone Skiing and Home of the Brave. Smile

^A really good track on the "proggier" side of Toto.

I think Toto did quality yacht rock with slick production, sometimes featuring elements of jazz. Not prog, though.

Taibhse wrote:

I think Toto did quality yacht rock with slick production, sometimes featuring elements of jazz. Not prog, though.

Not yacht-rock, which was basically melodic pop-rock, soft-rock. Toto could rock with the best (if i may say so), had more energy in their hard rock songs.

Also the question asks if they are prog-related. Read about what that is here:

https://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=38

Emmanuel wrote:

richardh wrote:

That term 'yacht rock' again. I first heard it on a yt music discussion video in reference to Steely Dan's Gaucho album earlier this year. Puzzled the hell out of me but then someone explained it was to do with USA west coast relaxed coastal living and taking the ole yacht out for a spin ( I think that's it). If you tried that around Cornwall you'd end up a bit Dead

with some of the storms we've had recently!

Similar to Steely Dan, yacht rock tags Toto's music more accurately than anything else. Their sound is marked with slick production and catchy melodies. It's even more of a mainstream blend of pop, rock, and jazz than it is the case with the aforementioned Steely Dan. Toto's music speaks very close to the smooth and approachable aesthetic defining yacht rock. Toto, as an essentially mainstream band with a number of hits, has nothing to do with the experimentalism and attitudes typical of progressive rock, attuned with an underground ethos that defies mainstream conventions.

the question asks if they are prog-related. Read about what that is here:

https://www.progarchives.com/subgenre.asp?style=38

progaardvark wrote:

Taibhse wrote:

I think Toto did quality yacht rock with slick production, sometimes featuring elements of jazz. Not prog, though.

I've listened to some yacht rock stations and all they play are three songs from this band. That's it. From a discography containing 14 studio albums.

Does this sound like yacht rock to you?

Edited by GuruCan - 2 hours 7 minutes ago at 05:43

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