Classics you haven't heard - and why

Toaster Mantis wrote: While reading Jon Cavanaugh's book about the recording of Piper at the Gates of Dawn I also realized I've never heard the entirety of neither Dark Side of the Moon nor Wish You Were Here. Overexposure on radio play of their big hits really killed both LPs for me prematurely.

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 It might be seen as rather neurotic, but and I can identify with your sentiment.

I also identify with this quote: "The fact that logic cannot satisfy us awakens an almost insatiable hunger for the irrational" (A.N. Wilson).

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Edited by Logan - March 07 2014 at 12:13

Toaster Mantis wrote: While reading Jon Cavanaugh's book about the recording of Piper at the Gates of Dawn I also realized I've never heard the entirety of neither Dark Side of the Moon nor Wish You Were Here. Overexposure on radio play of their big hits really killed both LPs for me prematurely.

OUCH!!

But luckily both are concept albums and are meant to be heard in their entirety.
Maybe that might give some life to it for yourself. ;)

Like I say, there's quite a bit of music I avoid for reasons I admit aren't completely rational. That I also on a personal subjective level find PF more musically interesting early on when they didn't completely know what they were doing is something different, though, and even if it wasn't so overplayed I wouldn't be that inclined to listen to Dark Side of the Moon as I am to Atom Heart Mother.

I've also never listened to any Gentle Giant LP but I'm neither sure they're historically important enough to count as a classic band. In their case it's because I find the cult surrounding the band annoying but I listen to plenty of artists with even more annoying fanbases. (Swans, for instance)

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What kind of cult, exactly, surrounds Gentle Giant?  I am very curious because they don't have stuff like their own language.  All they can be accused of is of having a funny and adorable mascot.  Yeah, they have enthusiastic fans which is (a) just the same as any other band and (b) quite justified considering the significance of their work.

Camel are not really at that level anyway.  The only thing going for them vis a vis the big prog rock bands is Latimer's solos.  

I know.  I am just saying there isn't really a very convincing argument to include Camel in the same bracket as the big prog rock bands.  Further, they came a bit later and were kind of derivative of the older bands whereas GG debuted in 1970.  I am afraid I cannot explain this matter further unless you actually listen to the respective bands.  But what you described above is hardly cultish, it's pretty normal among fans of bands with a large discography that didn't however become massively popular.

And no more do I as an individual lament the lack of popularity of GG or any other band whose work I am fond of.  All I am saying is fans' opinions have no connection with the band themselves and the focus should be on their work, right?