Prog Guilty Pleasures...
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Topic: Prog Guilty Pleasures...
Posted By: progadicto
Subject: Prog Guilty Pleasures...
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:35
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Like everyone I have my guilty pleasures... bands and/or songs that you love and enjoy alone because most of your prog friends doesn't like that bands and/or songs... Personally that happens to me with some song of Asia (specially "Sole Survivor") and some songs of 80's Yes, GTR, Peter Gabriel's pop years of "So" and "Us"... You know what I mean, those music that you will never recognize in public but... is always in your mind... ------------- ... E N E L B U N K E R... |
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Posted By: YYZed
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:43
Some 80's Phil Collins... 
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 22:49
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Asia's Arena is a pretty good album
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Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:06
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I have always liked Steve Hackett's "Cured," but man does it get lambasted
by most people. It surprises me to see that Progadicto considers "So" and "Us" to be pop albums. They did hit the charts, but I think that was just an abberant surge of the masses having some good taste. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Prog-man
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:14
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I LIKE PROG, NEO-PROG, SPACE/PSYCHEDELIC, ETC, ETC... ... AND SOME PROG-METAL, A.O.R, AND COOL ROCK & POP.... - ASIA (ALL: WETTON/ PAYNE, BUT SPECIALLY THE WETTON ERA). I LISTENED TO "ASTRA" TODAY, AND I FEEL LIKE A KID!! - GTR (HACKETT + HOWE!!) - COMMERCIAL GENESIS / MARILLION / RUSH / KANSAS / YES (80's/90's) - 3 (EMERSON, BERRY, PALMER) - PETER GABRIEL POP SONGS - PHIL COLLINS "FACE VALUE" AND "HELLO, I MUST BE GOING" - RAY WILSON SOLO ALBUMS (GREAT SINGER) - MIKE & THE MECHANICS (AND THE FIRST ALBUM IS COOL!)
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Posted By: GoldenSpiral
Date Posted: April 07 2006 at 23:58
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Co & Ca.
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Posted By: Bj-1
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:33
All good albums, IMO. ------------- RIO/AVANT/ZEUHL - The best thing you can get with yer pants on! |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 00:56
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Stupid post. Who cares what one person considers a "guilty pleasure".
If it's enjoyable, listen to it. That's that. I enjoy everything from
progressive bands such as Tangerine Dream and King Crimson to
mainstream pop bands like Vertical Horizon and Alterbridge. To me,
nothing's a guilty pleasure. I would go insane if I could only listen
to prog for the rest of my life. But I would also go insane if I could
only listen to poppy stuff my whole life.
------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: Dragon Phoenix
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:56
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Posted By: darren
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 03:56
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Asia Emerson, Lake and Powell A few of the really sappy Phil Collins ballads "Take A Look At Me Now", "Seperate Lives", etc. and a few non-prog instrumentals like the 70's "Joy" (by Apollo 100?), "Popcorn" and the classic "Telstar". There. I said it. Even my wife laughs at me. ------------- "they locked up a man who wanted to rule the world. the fools they locked up the wrong man." - Leonard Cohen |
Posted By: eddietrooper
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 04:28
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Asia (only the first album). Yes - Union. I enjoy it very much!
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Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 07:03
| I rather like Yes' 90125, though of course is not my favourite album by the band. However, I agree with Coffeeintheface that the whole question of "guilty pleasure" is quite pointless. I tend to dislike overtly commercial music, but sometimes I happen to enjoy songs that, according to some people, I am not supposed to. |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 12:58
Just as one shouldn't be criticized for what they listen to, neither should their post be called stupid. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
coffeeintheface wrote:Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 13:00
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I actually love Yes' 90125. I'm a child of the 80's and that era really
introduced me to Yes. E ------------- 
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Posted By: Drew
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 13:03
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I like 90125- how could you not like "changes?" should not be a guilty pleasure- every time i hear or think of Asia- I think of the movie- The 40 Year Old Virgin ------------- |
Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 15:25
80s Yes, 80s Rush....basically the 80s in general.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 15:32
| Jazz!!!!, i love jazz, i love miles davis, but my friends don't like it, so nobody knows i listen to chick corea , miles davis and john coltrane almost every day |
Posted By: tdreamer
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 15:36
| I still listen to a lot of mainstream rock/pop. I love the new Embrace album. Pet Shop Boys are a big fav. |
Posted By: Rorro
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 15:39
| I also like Dave Mathews Band |
Posted By: White Queen
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 16:52
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I like Phil Collins era Genesis
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Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:06
It's the lesser of two evils  ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: el böthy
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:10
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Guilty pleasures?...mmmm no I guess not...damn it, I have such a good taste in music it makes me sick
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Posted By: Rust
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:34
Tormato is great!  ------------- We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart Its astart What we need is awareness we cant get careless Mental self defensive fitness Make everybody see in order to fight the powers that be |
Posted By: mystic fred
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:34
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big generator... Rush - Feedback (EP)
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It Is The Business Of The Future To Be Dangerous...
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Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:42
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Some confessions: I like a lot of the poppy Oldfield albums like Platinum, Qe2, Five miles out, Discovery etc... I like Tubular bells II more than Tubular bells I. I'm also rather fond of ELO especially Time. |
Posted By: Zitro
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 17:54
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You are not alone I LOVE TB II (I would give it 4/5), but I can't stand the rough sound and boredom of the original one. I would only give it (2/5) for historical importance and the good intro |
Posted By: Suki
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 18:47
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Indeed. There is no shame in liking pop music, it's all a matter of taste. Music can be as entertaining without odd time signatures, epics, etc. I like DT's 'I walk besides you', for example. Be as poppish as it may, I still find the song to be charged with emotions. However, coffeeintheface, I must disagree on the part of Alter Bridge being poppish and mainstream. |
Posted By: Tenemos
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 19:03
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Neal Morse - Lead Me Lord (worship sessions volume 1) Neal Morse - Send The Fire (worship sessions volume 2) ------------- Apart from that Mrs Lincoln, how was the play? |
Posted By: Losendos
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 21:45
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This thread is no stupider than any other. I also like 90125 . I like From Genesis to Revelations and Duke . I think Mike Oldfiled made the right move doing those half prog half pop albums . I also like The Eagles and America a lot ------------- How wonderful to be so profound |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: April 08 2006 at 23:21
Hey man, that's cool you disagree on Alterbridge "being mainstream", because the only reason I kind of lumped them there is because it is basically Creed with a new singer. And EVERYONE seems to have hated Creed (even though I loved their debut album, and their 2nd and 3rd albums had good material in between). And Mark Tremonti is one of the better guitarists in mainstream rock, in both his work with Creed and Alterbridge. ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 05:26
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Journey is a big "guilty pleasure" of mine. One of the first bands I got into
as a kid, and I am instantly transported as soon as I pop Escape or Frontiers into the player. I even like this latest incarnation of Journey with Steve Augeri on vocals. Very impressed with Arrival and their latest disc, Generations. Mike + The Mechanics is another one. Such a shame about Paul Young, though. A great voice silenced forever. RIP, Paul. Others are REO Speedwagon, Squeeze, The Style Council, and newer bands like Train, Dave Matthews Band, and Matchbox Twenty. There...I said it.
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Posted By: E-Dub
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 05:30
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<< Stupid post. Who cares what one person considers
a "guilty pleasure".>> I actually find this one fun. And there's no such thing as a stupid post...only stupid responses. E -------------
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Posted By: BaldFriede
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 05:34
Nay, they were pop. Gabriel will have a lot of work to polish his now tarnished image. -------------  BaldJean and I; I am the one in blue. |
Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 06:58
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90125 - 'Kayleigh' - Marillion ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: jonirob
Date Posted: April 09 2006 at 07:43
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Spice Girls!
Only kidding. ------------- 
Red Prog |
Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 03:46
Hey, count with me for the TB2 appreciation society. Anyway, thanks to the techno music and the neverending Tubular albums, just being a Oldfield fan like I am forces me to sya it as a guilty pleasure!. Another guilty thing I like to listen to now and then is Rhapsody. And, of course, that really catchy pop album called GIANT FOR A DAY! By the way, regarding the utility of threads like this: well, it's fun. The term 'gulity pleasure' is just one of those 'nudge-nudge-wink-wink' things that just doesn't deserve being taken too seriously. I know a lot about this things, specially from my experience in movie programming. |
Posted By: FragileDT
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 03:51
Yeah and it's called "UP" ------------- One likes to believe In the freedom of music But glittering prizes And endless Compromises Shatter the illusion Of integrity |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 04:33
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The question is guilty Prog plesaures, right? One of my first favorite albums was ELO's 'Time'. I must have been six when my parents bought that (and 'The Wall'). I still love it. Two or three songs by italian comically overblown, operapowerspeedmetallers Rhapsody, can often get me in a stupid, happy mood. Are they for real? I think they are. These two acts does not go well with my official VdGG, Cantebury, Kraut, Magma prog taste. I don't mind, but its not the part of my music taste I focus on while talking to strangers. Progrock is generally considered the ultimate guilty pleasure in music, isn't it? ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 04:45
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Posted By: Paco Fox
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 06:40
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Of course! |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 09:02
If it's so "stupid" why are you posting in it? -------------  |
Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 09:40
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magnification... ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 10:11
It's a brilliant thread, Imagine yourself after for instance an Opeth concert, you're at the bar beer ( or other drink) in hand commenting on how good the concert was, talking about related bands etc.. and suddenly there you are asking "By the way how do you like Time by Elo". Can't be done really . But in this thread it's all possible . |
Posted By: salmacis
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 15:27
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I like Camel's 'Breathless' and 'I Can See Your House From Here'- many fans felt they took a turn for the worse with those albums with some poppy tunes, but I think songs like 'Your Love Is Stranger Than Mine', 'Wait', 'Rainbow's End' and 'You Make Me Smile' have real charm... I also like some of Genesis' later work in the 80s and 90s- there was still some quality pop/rock music ('Land Of Confusion', 'Mama', 'Tonight Tonight Tonight', 'No Son Of Mine'...), some top quality prog tunes ('Home By The Sea', 'Heathaze', 'Cul De Sac', 'Man Of Our Times', 'Domino', and best of all, 'Fading Lights') amongst the dross. Can't defend 'Calling All Stations' though- I think it's horrible...
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Posted By: Firepuck
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 15:43
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You have prog friends? (I gotta get out of this shoebox...)
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Posted By: Frasse
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 15:50
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Like many others already have confessed: Asia and some of the 80s era Genesis. |
Posted By: chamberry
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:13
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Well, I have How to dismantel an atomic bomb by U2
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Posted By: BePinkTheater
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:18
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owch^^ thats probably the worst one in here...
no offense ------------- I can strangle a canary in a tin can and it would be really original, but that wouldn't save it from sounding like utter sh*t. -Stone Beard |
Posted By: stan the man
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:20
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Whats to be guilty about jazz and Miles Davis? I have just heard Kind of Blue and it is awsome! ------------- true as a lobster in a pteredaktyl's underpants. 
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:26
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I wouldn't consider 80s Rush a guilty pleasure. ------------- 
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:28
Most would. Me: (Starts @ Signals BTW) Signals: 4.5
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:30
For me it was like this: Signals: 5 -------------
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:34
I've only rated Signals officially, tho others could change, surely for the better. ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:36
Surely. However, there's only one Rush album I dare never change the rating for... Hold Your Fire... that one will remain the same. -------------
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Posted By: stonebeard
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 20:40
Never heard, except for some songs, and I don't really want to.  ------------- http://soundcloud.com/drewagler" rel="nofollow - My soundcloud. Please give feedback if you want! |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 21:42
all i'm saying is that there's nothing wrong with liking any certain type of music. I'm not saying the person who posted it is stupid, and not even the post I don't think. Just the idea in general. ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: ____VdGG____
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 23:45
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Coldplay's Parachutes ------------- Iron throated monsters are forcing the screams; Mind and machinery box-press our dreams |
Posted By: ____VdGG____
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 23:46
And Incubus  ------------- Iron throated monsters are forcing the screams; Mind and machinery box-press our dreams |
Posted By: Sacred 22
Date Posted: April 10 2006 at 23:51
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Nothing wrong with a little jazz, I love it myself and I also love listening to classical music. |
Posted By: Suki
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 07:21
They are mainstream, but in their own 'Avant-Gardish' way. No, the band members certainly aren't pushing the boundries of music, they have their own UNIQUE sound, style and approach of composing however, so I wouldn't call them your typical rock mainstream band with their structured songs. They are also have nothing to do with pop (well, besides open your eyes). Alterbridge is also heavier than Creed with metal influence (Metallica..) Anyway, I also used to like Creed. Nowadays, I cannot enjoy it as I used to, perhaps its got something to do with me being more attracted to Prog (and less open-mided to 'simple mainstream rock', snobbism). I enjoy Alterbridge, however, find the real is my favourite nowadays.. Btw, yes, Tremonti is good, he has good technique and is capable of composing.
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Posted By: BiGi
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 09:57
Platinum, QE2, Five Miles Out POPPY??? 
The former and the latter contain two suites (and a total of three > 10 min tracks)...the second is almost entirely instrumental... I fail to see their poppiness... ------------- A flower? 
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Posted By: Bournestar
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 10:14
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Yep, Phil Collins era Genesis, especially the albums Genesis and Invisible Touch. I suppose later Yes can be called a guilty pleasure too. And ELO too; the pop I don't think is too bad, but the disco...Discovery and Xanadu are a guilty pleasure as well. |
Posted By: Antennas
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 13:58
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Guilty prog pleasures... In my case quite a lot of Norwegian Black Metal bands, like Dimmu Borgir (Enthrone Darkness Triumphant), Emperor (Anthems at the Welkin of Dusk) and The Covenant (Nexus Polaris)... Though not included at PA - and perhaps for good reasons
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Posted By: wolf0621
Date Posted: April 11 2006 at 19:04
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Mine are: Spirit - Future Games (very bizarre collection of short musical themes, something like 23 total tracks interspersed with dialog & Star Trek outtakes...gotta hear it!) Anything by the Raspberries (Eric Carmen) Small Faces (Steve Marriott), so many classic pop tunes... Peter Frampton in & out of Humble Pie (up to early 80's) |
Posted By: BestFreak
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 01:40
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This might sound funny, but here it is anyway... 1 - Welcome to the pleasure dome (Frankie goes to Hollywood). 2 - Boys for Pele (Tori Amos) 3 - Far beyond these castle walls (Chris de Burgh). ------------- All the best freaks are here! |
Posted By: Raff
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 09:00
I agree with you on this one. I've always liked it quite a lot, and I remember the video was rather weird as well. Incidentally, this song has the same subject matter as Rush's "Xanadu"... As a matter of fact, in the intro you can hear the first words of Coleridge's poem "Kubla Khan", which inspired both songs. |
Posted By: Dirk
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 10:05
Yes i see your point, especially about Qe2 and Five miles out (it's been a while since i heard them) they've got long tracks that are certainly not poppy, only maybe somewhat more mainstream than for instance Amarok and Incantations. They are also quite liked on this site so no guiltiness here. There are indeed a lot of instrumental tracks on Platinum but Platinum though not really poppy is rather mainstream (funkadelic), tunes are quite accessible and not too complex here. It's also not liked as much as Qe2 and Five miles out so this one stays (BTW i like this album a lot) . Instead of Qe2 and Five miles out i submit the second side of Islands. In fact i like a lot of Oldfields work. My friends think i should feel guilty about all of them . |
Posted By: Rando
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:03
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One comes to mind immediately. 1. Triumvirat - Pompeii (1977)
Ok, they might have sounded like EL&P, but this German band had chops and held their own. Great remaster CD.
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Posted By: DrWu
Date Posted: April 12 2006 at 12:47
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Should I feel guilty about liking 80's Genesis? Only if I have my head up my arse. |
Posted By: BestFreak
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 03:01
In this case, you don't really "agree with me" that I should feel "guilty".... ------------- All the best freaks are here! |
Posted By: coffeeintheface
Date Posted: April 13 2006 at 23:56
I propose a toast to your open-mindedness. Cheers! Â ------------- OBQM: www.soundcloud.com/onebigquestionmark (solo project) nQuixote: www.soundcloud.com/n-quixote (ambient + various musical ideas) |
Posted By: freebird
Date Posted: April 14 2006 at 03:34
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