Bands with the "Genesis Phenomenon"
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Topic: Bands with the "Genesis Phenomenon"
Posted By: Faul_McCartney
Subject: Bands with the "Genesis Phenomenon"
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 13:45
| By that I mean most people know Genesis as an 80s pop band, but among us fanatics it is usually the Gabriel era that we think of. What other bands are there who are well known, but their less well known work is considered some of the best of a more obscure genre? The only other band I can think of is Talk Talk. Everyone knows "It's My Life", but most people have never even heard of "Spirit of Eden". I don't think Yes would count, because you still hear Roundabout and Your Move on the radio, even if more people know OOLH. Not strictly about prog bands, this can apply to anything. |
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 13:55
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Fleetwood Mac immediately comes to mind. A much better band in the Peter Green years prior to all the pop hits. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: hugo1995
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 14:24
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In NZ we have Split Enz, which is classified as Art Rock and got huge radio airplay here in NZ. You can still see tastes of the prog keyboard intro style in their pop hits https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSGpLto1yxU Only their first album was 'progressive' though. Yes is a perfect example. My Dad knows them as a w**kerous band (Dad is a guy who grew up in the Punk era), Mum knows them as that cool 80s band who sung Owner of a Lonely Heart. The latter is what most people seem to know them as. I'm 28 so I would speak to a lot of my parents friends about music and no one ever knows prog but people always seem to recall that old genre of music with "long keyboard solos" that go on for about twenty minutes. Moody Blues could be considered one, or Procol Harum, as most people only know their pop tunes. Pink Floyd is probably the only band I can think of that is known for its prog/alternative style. The thing is, most people do not realise what prog is from my experience and seem to cast a lot of music under one umbrella of "Rock".
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Posted By: Hrychu
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 15:01
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Budka Suflera. Prog fans prefer the debut Cień Wielkiej Góry to the rest of the band's output. But in fact Budka Suflera's tracks from the 80's onward are better known in Poland, as far as the general public goes. Their most commercially successful singles are their least proggy ones. :P ------------- “On the day of my creation, I fell in love with education. And overcoming all frustration, a teacher I became.” — Ernest Vong |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 15:13
I was actually going to suggest Pink Floyd because no one ever hears anything from before "Dark Side of the Moon" nor anything from "Animals". Although Pink Floyd are known for their head music, it is usually only their more mainstream tracks that one hears on the radio. ------------- No, I know how to behave in the restaurant now, I don't tear at the meat with my hands. If I've become a man of the world somehow, that's not necessarily to say I'm a worldly man. |
hugo1995 wrote:Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 16:55
| Earth and Fire (dutch band , symphonic prog at their debut) got the success when they went 'pop' ... |
Posted By: mellotronwave
Date Posted: February 24 2024 at 16:56
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and what about Rod Stewart ? B4 and after The Faces ? |
Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 06:08
| Starship were massive in the 80's , hard to relate that to their 60's psychedelic stuff when they were in airplane mode. Heart were a lot heavier early on but mostly became famous for the 80's power ballads. Def Leppard were a much better band when they did High and Dry but the softer AOR friendly stuff made them huge. Mostly it's just about bands 'going commercial' as it was termed back in the day. |
Posted By: Grumpyprogfan
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 07:12
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Chicago |
Posted By: Saperlipopette!
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 08:12
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Vangelis for sure. |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 10:05
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ELO's first couple were never widely known; Besides Chicago, Journey, Styx and Reo Speedwagon could all fit into this category too... ------------- Music has always been a matter of energy to me. On some nights I believe that a car with the needle on empty can run 50 more miles if you have the right music very loud on the radio. Hunter S Thompson |
Posted By: Frets N Worries
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 11:31
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Supertramp? ------------- The Wheel of Time Turns, and Ages come and pass. What was, what will be, and what is, may yet fall under the shadow. Let the Dragon ride again on the winds of time... |
Posted By: Cristi
Date Posted: February 25 2024 at 11:55
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