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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Jared Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Yesterday at 03:44
Oh dear.... could you write 'no' without the flashing lights and give us an explanation for your conclusion?


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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (1) Thanks(1)   Quote Psychedelic Paul Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: Yesterday at 03:59
Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

Oh dear.... could you write 'no' without the flashing lights and give us an explanation for your conclusion?


Yeah, that annoying flashing "No" sign gives  me a headache and should come with a warning for those suffering from epilepsy. Ouch
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You guys mental? Rush is not even close to prog rock. They were a pop or blues band at best with a strong fetish for the 7/8 time signature. A bunch of posers worshipped by the Dream Theater loving losers who like to wаnk to unchallenging derivative rubbish.

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Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

Which takes us full circle to progressive (adj., relating to or characterized by interest in new ideas) and capital "P" you/know/what.

Okay, there might be such a thing like "progressive" in the most common use and sense. Tongue

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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

You guys mental? Rush is not even close to prog rock. They were a pop or blues band at best with a strong fetish for the 7/8 time signature. A bunch of posers worshipped by the Dream Theater loving losers who like to wаnk to unchallenging derivative rubbish.

It's unclear to me whether you are joking or being serious here. Confused
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^The image of a classic snob with his pipe and a raised eyebrow should give you a little hint.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^The image of a classic snob with his pipe and a raised eyebrow should give you a little hint.

Still I'm not sure. LOL
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^The image of a classic snob with his pipe and a raised eyebrow should give you a little hint.


Still I'm not sure. LOL

Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

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TBH I do not know what that means. Smile


Edited by Cristi - Yesterday at 06:18
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

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TBH I do not know what that means. Smile

Really? It's quite common online lately.
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Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Originally posted by Hrychu Hrychu wrote:

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TBH I do not know what that means. Smile
Really? It's quite common online lately.
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Originally posted by Saperlipopette! Saperlipopette! wrote:

^ I'm thinking more about that thick, crunchy and heavy riff sound. That kind of punch. Working Man is the closest I ever heard a Rush-riff resembling Doom Metal. I prefer the drum sound too, although the drummer is no Neil Peart:). It's meatier. One Little Victory, although very "Metal" has virtually nothing of the qualities I'm thinking of. It does have other qualities, and I don't mind the track though.


That's funny, because I prefer nothing from that first album. It's their wannabe phase. I tired of it because Alex tries to channel Page so hard. I'm glad they got past that. For thick, crunchy, heavy riffs, that's what Tony Iommi and a few other guys specialize in!
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

It's unclear to me whether you are joking or being serious here. Confused


"7/8 pop"
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I hid that annoying and potentially seizure-inducing flashing no post. This stuff is out of controll.
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I'm not very expert in Rush. I don't dislike them so it could mean that they are quite prog, but they fail to kick with me. I can't say why. 
Anyway, I think that 2112 and the Plague of Lighthouse Keeper are prog enough so for me it's a yes.
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Originally posted by octopus-4 octopus-4 wrote:


I'm not very expert in Rush. I don't dislike them so it could mean that they are quite prog, but they fail to kick with me. I can't say why. 


Pretty much the same here. On a side note Genesis have never really pushed my buttons either for some reason, even though I consider them very influential and giants of the genre, in particular the Gabriel-Hackett era.
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Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

give us an explanation for your conclusion?
Rush wasn't a progressive rock band at the time when they were a current band because their sound was firmly rooted in hard rock, characterized by powerful guitar riffs and a driving rhythm that set them apart from the more experimental and symphonic elements typical of progressive rock. Now, one can categorize them as prog, but it's hindsight because nobody considered them progressive rock back then.
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Originally posted by Mishkou Mishkou wrote:

Originally posted by Jared Jared wrote:

give us an explanation for your conclusion?
Rush wasn't a progressive rock band at the time when they were a current band because their sound was firmly rooted in hard rock, characterized by powerful guitar riffs and a driving rhythm that set them apart from the more experimental and symphonic elements typical of progressive rock. Now, one can categorize them as prog, but it's hindsight because nobody considered them progressive rock back then.

A lot depends on the definition but because we now have prog metal (that didn't exist in 1978) we can now consider Rush one of the pre-cursor's of that genre. If we just limit prog to 'The Big Six' for the sake of argument then it was more or less done by 1977 with Pink Floyd- Animals being the last truly great 'traditional' prog album. After this what we call 'Prog' just diversified becoming simpler in many cases mainly because of the punk backlash against prog. (btw I don't consider Jazz Rock/Fusion ''Prog'' at all. It's just too wide an area to be lumped in with prog).

In the seventies the term 'prog' was a narrow corridor because there were commercially succesful bands that represented it (The Big Six). In general I can accept 2 strands of thought. A) It was a movement that happened post psychedelic and burnt out by 1977 or B) it was an ethos that started in the late sixties and adapted to current styles and thinking of the times. PA as a site clearly represents the latter and therefore Rush are as important as any Post Rock or Neo Prog band. IMO
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote Atavachron Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 hours 35 minutes ago at 00:29
I could tell Rush was prog when I was eleven and bought Hemispheres ... and I didn't even know what prog was.

Nice try.

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