The most archetypal Progressive Rock?
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Topic: The most archetypal Progressive Rock?
Posted By: David_D
Subject: The most archetypal Progressive Rock?
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 09:58
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I reckon that it's most commonly today to consider
Yes King Crimson Genesis Jethro Tull ELP and Pink Floyd as The Big Six of the classic Progressive Rock. Now, my question is which of these bands do you find to be the most archetypal of the classic Progressive Rock? You can vote for all of these bands you want to, and each time a band gets a vote, I'll give it 1 point, and by updates I'll tell the total score at a given point of time, and as voted by whom. I find the most archetypal ELP Yes Genesis So the score to begin with is ELP - 1 Yes - 1 Genesis - 1 Jethro Tull - 0 King Crimson - 0 Pink Floyd - 0 as voted by David_D ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
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Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 11:13
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The Moody Blues oft neglected but really deserve more. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024 |
Posted By: Psychedelic Paul
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 11:18
| Can we only vote for three? |
Posted By: Valdez
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 11:35
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KC Yes genesis Of these. ------------- https://bakullama1.bandcamp.com/album/sleepers-2024 |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 12:17
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Psychedelic Paul wrote:Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 12:22
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The present result is: Yes - 2 Genesis - 2 ELP - 1 King Crimson - 1 Jethro Tull - 0 Pink Floyd - 0 as voted by David_D and Valdez
------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 12:35
Discussion is of course very welcomed, but especially of "The Big Six". ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: felonafan
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 13:01
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Yes King Crimson
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 13:25
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I think of ELP as the quintessential Prog band (a sound so associated with Prog fro good or bad), followed by Yes and King Crimson in its own way. And of course Prog-Genesis has been incredibly influential and does deserve mention. I had not associated Pink Floyd with Prog so much when growing up. ------------- https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXcp9fYc6K4IKuxIZkenfvukL_Y8VBqzK" rel="nofollow - Duos for fave acts |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 13:50
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Tull - who probably did more diversification in sound than any of the others. Yes King Crimson ------------- ...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: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 14:32
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Then it says: Yes - 5 King Crimson - 4 Genesis - 3 ELP - 2 Jethro Tull - 1 Pink Floyd - 0 as voted by David_D, Valdez, felonafan, Logan and The Dark Elf ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: Easy Money
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 17:23
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ELP King Crimson The originators. |
Posted By: jamesbaldwin
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 17:31
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I think that Yes and Genesis are on the podium. Pink Floyd came from psychedelia, they were prog only in passing, they are much more than prog. Jethro tull before Thick As a Brick were mainly folkblues, they too were prog in passing. Now that leaves EL&P and King Crimson. Both can aspire to the podium, as importance for prog. EL&P came from Nice, from adapting classical music to rock, and they were very successful. King Crimson have never adapted classical music to rock, they come partly from psychedelia, partly from the avant-garde, partly from melodic romantic rock and, from their second album onwards, partly from jazz. In short, King Crimson are much more experimental than EL&P. And they kick-started Prog with their first album. They went through various musical phases, often changing their sound, whereas EL&P always remained the same. KC are definitely more difficult than El&P. But like Pink Floyd they are admired far beyond prog. However, both choices seem legitimate to me. I choose King Crimson, because in my opinion without them, prog would be lost far more than it is with EL&P. -King Crimson - Yes - Genesis ------------- Amos Goldberg (professor of Genocide Studies at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem): Yes, it's genocide. It's so difficult and painful to admit it, but we can no longer avoid this conclusion. |
Posted By: AFlowerKingCrimson
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 17:34
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Yes Genesis (PG and SH era only of course) King Crimson ELP were too far off on the extreme end. They represent prog at it's most excessive but not most typical imo. I still like them but that's beside the point.
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Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 18:11
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So by now: Yes - 7 King Crimson - 7 Genesis - 5 ELP - 3 Jethro Tull - 1 Pink Floyd - 0 as voted by David_D, Valdez, felonafan, Logan, The Dark Elf, Easy Money, jamesbaldwin and AFlowerKingCrimson ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: mathman0806
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 18:13
| I say Yes and Genesis. |
Posted By: David_D
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 18:18
Very nice with your thorough reasoning and explanation. One can vote for up to all 6 bands, so you can vote for ELP too, if you want to. ------------- quality over quantity, and all kind of PopcoRn almost beyond |
Posted By: I prophesy disaster
Date Posted: November 23 2024 at 18:36
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I few years ago, I was asked by a work colleague what is progressive rock. I decided to answer this question with an example. After a considerable amount of thought about possibilities, I decided that the classic period prog groups were too original sounding for any to be considered definitive, so I eventually chose the retro-prog album Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere. I felt that the relatively unoriginal retro-prog would blend together the distinct styles from the classic period and later to form music that is truly definitive of the core of progressive rock. Also, despite being somewhat unoriginal, Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere is a great album, so that one could decide if progressive rock is for them by listening to Wobbler - From Silence to Somewhere. ------------- 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. |