Radiohead

How people can talk about The Doves, Elbow and Muse as being similar to Radiohead is beyond me! I mean The Doves and Elbow may produce ethereal music but its not as experimental and the do not have the overpowering musical atmosphere that Radiohead project.

I'm not sure about Radiohead being here though but if they are then fine

But i agree there are other just as deserving Electronica bands out there..like Squarepusher who has a heavy progressive jazz influence! or like Arcer and Idiot say bands like Sigur Ros and Mum..

Frenchie calm down

I'm off to write a review of Kid A and Amnesiac

^ I do see what you mean, Frenchie, and you and I can continue to categorize our private collections, as we each see fit, but we shouldn't expect all to see/hear things the same way we do.

At some point, you just have to accept that.

This is all subjective. Opinion.

  "They are more prog" "I can't see why others think...."

Exactly! You are you -- you are not "others!"

Perhaps it's human nature, perhaps it's "interesting" to debate matters of taste and perception, but, ultimately, in terms of reaching any sort of consensus, it's FUTILE!

Get over it. Accept it. There is no "best," and there is no carved-in-stone definition of "progressive rock."

Now: How about those mellotrons, eh?

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Come on now, can't we all just be friends

frenchie wrote: well its something that i'm gonna have to put up with and will never be happy with (unless the next radiohead album is prog). and it is unfair on some of the more proggier bands that havent made it to the site as well. radiohead are a bad example of prog and before we only had strict prog only bands. i cant reli think of one radiohead prog album, just a few rare prog moments. the first 2 albums are plain indie alternative. anyway i am a person who thinks genres are very important and to me this is an insult, i hope max and/or maani can sum this all up soon

Who has suffered? Is there a queue for Progarchives inclusion, and Radiohead rudely cut to the front of the line?

I don't think there's a single member of the community that doesn't have a problem with a band or two that's included in the database, and most of us have a band or two that we'd like to see inaugurated.

All this means to me is that there's another band in the database that I can review without spending additional funds...so I guess, in a way, some other band did lose out. But I probably wouldn't have bought that other band's album next anyway. 

frenchie wrote: well its something that i'm gonna have to put up with  Yes, if you choose to stay -- I hope you do!  before we only had strict prog only bands. Really?  We had that? Does "strict prog only" include TALK TALK, for example? I find it hard to believe that you, or anyone else here, are fully familiar with all of the many, many diverse artists here. To me this is an insult, i hope max and/or maani can sum this all up soon Don't take it personally, pal, and, with all due respect to Max and Maani, they don't own the TRUTH re prog. What you would get from them would be yet more opinion -- more insightful than most, perhaps, but OPINION nonetheless. Just like this....

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well even though this is bad news to me i will try my best to see past it, continue progging, reviewing and contributing to this forum as prog is VERY important to me which is why i made such a big deal out of all this.

and i will be re-listening to my radiohead albums thoroughly in order to give them top notch reviews going by how they should be rated MUSICALLY and as RADIOHEAD, i will not look down on them just because they are not prog, to be honest i think ok computer is a true album worthy of the 5 star rating, its just been misplaced on this prog site.

sorry if i have offended anyone or my constant wining has drove anyone to suicide

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^  Atta boy! That's the spirit!

SYZYGY sayeth true!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I would add that any band that sounds like a Dream Theater mimic--and there are WAY too many out there--might be talented, but they're following a well-tread formula, and there's nothing PROGressive about that.

No, Useful Idiot, you are not

 

Pavlov's Dog is a mistake, not Radiohead!

imagine, prog fans being narrow minded...goes against the whole idea, no? I'm all for upholding a high standard for prog bands...just not a narrow one...oh well, we've all got our opinions, and each one is as worthy as the next...and I guess enough people felt Radiohead belonged. Fair.