Proggiest of the Relations?
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Topic: Proggiest of the Relations?
Posted By: digdug
Subject: Proggiest of the Relations?
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 07:48
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OK. Peter Gabriel and Alan Parsons started out as Prog Related on this site. They both paid their dues and have graduated to become full Prog members of the site. Which of these prominent Prog Related artists do you think is the Proggiest? Not your favourite artist, the proggiest artist. ------------- Prog On! |
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Posted By: TealFoxes
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 08:54
| Jon Anderson should be crossover prog just because Olias seems so similar to Mike Oldfield albums. |
Posted By: snobb
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 09:01
| Possibly Bowie.... |
Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 09:26
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Anderson esp with his album Olias of Sunhilow ------------- 
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 09:55
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Phil Manzanera/801 ------------- What? |
Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 10:00
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I'd advance Manzanera, too. I voted Kate.
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Posted By: friso
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 11:20
| Iron Maiden made a lot of great epics that are actually quite progressive. Their qualities aren't recognized that often in this community I think. |
Posted By: Silverbeard McStarr
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 11:36
| If anything more bands should be listed as prog-related. |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 11:43
I too vote for Kate especially as there needs to be more sexy sensual ladies in prog!   ------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 11:58
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Posted By: lazland
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 13:14
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Cracking poll with a very good question. There are some of my favourite bands listed here. I think I will have to go with Anderson. Olias is pure prog, Toltec is a masterpiece of new age prog concept, and there is not a lot of his solo work you could not describe as at least with prog elements. ------------- Enhance your life. Get down to www.lazland.org Now also broadcasting on www.progzilla.com Every Saturday, 4.00 p.m. UK time! |
Posted By: yanch
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 14:12
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Kate Bush for me. Her work is complex, layered, beautiful. And we do need more sexy sensual ladies in prog!
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 15:50
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One vote for Klaatu. Their debut album had one or two proggy songs (Little Neutrino is a prog song actually) and Hope is a prog album. ------------- 
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 15:55
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For me: Black Sabbath. Their album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage, are Progressive (Hard) Rock albums, while their early albums are clearly Prog-Related.
Although I dislike Metallica, their 80's output is unquestionably very proggy, though I really can't say since I haven't heard other thrash metal bands and maybe the rest of them are as 'proggy' as Metallica.
Also, Iron Maiden, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son for me is a Prog Metal album.
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Posted By: mohaveman
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 16:12
| Kate Bush and then Queen |
Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: May 06 2010 at 21:02
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I'll vote for Vangelis. I think he's just as proggy as Mike Oldfield, Tangerine Dream and Klaus Schulze.
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Posted By: TODDLER
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 08:17
| Vangelis......because his early works for the RCA label like....Spiral, Heaven and Hell, and Albeado 0.39 contained elements that were often expressed in Progressive rock. Due to the fact that his electronic side was not stylistically based off Berlin school of electronics.......like Tangerine Dream or Klaus Schulze, he took only 50 percent of that or maybe only 25 and the composition sounded more epic like those who write epic prog pieces. Jon Anderson was trying to get Vangelis into the Yes band after Wakeman departed. I felt he would have worked nicely with the band on Relayer or whatever would have surfaced if Relayer had not. Vangelis could have fit nicely into any prog band because of his diversity as a player and composer. |
Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 11:16
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Good calls on Vangelis. His, imo generally underrated, Hypothesis and The Dragon are absolutely progressive and great works. I feel he should be in Progressive Electronic. |
Posted By: progkidjoel
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 17:55
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Gotta be Anderson from an a fanboy here. Solo album is the best prog album ever made IMO, also the most unique album I've ever heard.
Although a lot of his other stuff isn't really proggy, even his more commercial albums have at least a few fantastic prog tracks, or at least prog elements. Gabriel in a close second. ------------- 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 23:13
| Voted Bowie, because of his ability to shape-shift and navigate through a multitude of different sonic landscapes (and personalities)- and doing so without ever losing his sound. Station to Station, Man who sold the world, Low, Scary Monsters and Heroes are very progressive in nature and shows an artist not afraid of swimming in the deep end of the pool. |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: May 07 2010 at 23:29
| Bowie or Zeppelin.. I'll vote the underdog Zep |
Posted By: digdug
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 09:30
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Looks like Jon Anderson has a fairly commanding lead.
Personally, I voted for Vangelis. Love 1492 and El Greco.
They sound pretty proggy to me :) ------------- Prog On! |
Posted By: Bonnek
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 16:22
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Close call between Metallica and Kate. Went with Metallica for their 84-89 albums |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 16:32
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I honestly consider quite a few Iron Maiden albums to be full-blown prog metal. It's a shame they don't get much recognition from proggies, because I consider Seventh Son, A Matter of Life and Death, and Somewhere In Time to be progressive metal albums. They get my vote. -Jeff ------------- 
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Posted By: Johnnytuba
Date Posted: May 10 2010 at 17:24
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Some of Zeppelins later works are progressive in the sense of prog-related. The album Presence is a very good example of this. Achilles Last Stand IMO is their proggiest venture and best song. ------------- "The things that we're concealing, will never let us grow. Time will do its healing, you've got to let it go. |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: May 17 2010 at 19:40
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^I went for Zep as well. Stuff like the Houses Of The Holy album, and Achilles Last Stand is pretty much prog as far as I'm concerned. Notable mentions to both Maiden and Sabbath. If Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Seventh Son aren't prog metal, what is? ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |
Posted By: Fuselage
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 11:19
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Seriously a close call between Zeppelin, Bowie and Queen for me but, in the end I chose the latter. Their early and oft-overlooked early material is truly progressive music in my opinion - particularly the more whimsical stuff Mercury was penning back then. Unorthodox arrangements and complex studio trickery abound. I honestly believe songs like My Fairy King, March of the Black Queen, Fairy-Feller's Master Stroke et al were (musically and compositonally) comparable to even some of the stuff Genesis was doing at the time. And let's not forget that deliciously OTT vocal solo in The Prophet's Song. |
Posted By: rod65
Date Posted: May 28 2010 at 11:35
| I'd say Kate Bush. She is always experimenting, and her music can be quite complex. |