neo prog - best according to Garp
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Topic: neo prog - best according to Garp
Posted By: tuxon
Subject: neo prog - best according to Garp
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:45
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I was bored so I made a list of best neo-prog albums according to me, I've included the best song IMO from each, it's a nice list, I wanted to share it with you all
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:48
I may not like the music, but I love the list! What is it with us
proggers and lists? I make them all the time but rarely share them on
here! 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:50
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OCD |
Trouserpress wrote:Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:51
*washes hands frantically* Whattaya talking about?!?! *twitches* |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:52
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You tried Echolyn,TP? Very GG influenced,especially in there early works. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:54
Yeah - I've got As The World but it really disappointed me. The first couple of tunes are VERY GG and quite fun but then it just started to sound like normal American neo-prog. I can see why others would like them, but neo-prog... it just ain't for me. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:56
Man, I used to to wash my hands every time I touched something that wasn't a hard surface... I still do it when I'm cooking |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:56
recommend Suffocating the bloom, Mei and As The World, great music, but not neo-prog, more neo-symphonic/Fusion or whatever you'd call it ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 11:57
Echolyn 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:01
*sighs* Now I feel like I'm missing out... I TRIED TO LIKE THEM, OKAY?! 
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Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:01
Too normal eh? 
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:06
| Mebbe. I don't know... TBH I think it might be the bland American vocals. It reminds me of "Christian Rock". I realise they're probably not Christians, but it really does make me think of that... |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:07
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Have you heard "MEI" ? Do you wanna.....?
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Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:10
I've downloaded it actually but not listened to it yet. Is it good? It sounded a little more ambitious than As The World. |
Posted By: goose
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:10
| + They are Christians, at least judging from that song that keeps going on about Heaven. |
Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:11
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Oh dear.
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:15
Excellent.Give it 50 minutes of undivided attention,though. Someones just reviewed it on the Home Page..... |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:16
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If they are it doesnt permeate their music..... |
...maybe some of their lyrics reference "God" but maybe metaphorical...Posted By: The Hemulen
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:20
No, fortunately. Unlike some other proggers who shall remain nameless... *cough*NEALMORSE!*cough* |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:23
As I said: *cough*cough* someones just reviewed it on the home page.... |
Posted By: Jared
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 12:31
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Tut, Tut, Tux... 3 IQ albums... but where is 'Ever'? Their finest! ....and not a smidgin of Jadis anywhere to be seen... ------------- 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: richardh
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 13:02
Actually I prefer The Wake,Ever and The Seventh House to the ones on the list(not that any of them are bad). Other 'neo' suggestions: Glass Hammer - Shadowlands (i've also just got their latest The Inconsolable Secret,but need to give it a good few listens before I pass judgement) Magenta - Seven |
Posted By: Odd24
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 13:12
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I don't know if you have seen this one yet: http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=18 - http://www.progarchives.com/top-prog-albums.asp?style_id=18 But it is always OK to see one's personel list. ------------- Right down the line |
Posted By: ahvilela
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 13:14
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Echolyn, Porcupine Tree, Spock´s Beard, La Torre del Alquimista, Quidam, Transatlantic, Citizen Cain, Glass Hammer....
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Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 15:03
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I left some bands out, for various reasons. Echolyn, Spock's Beard, Porcupine Tree, and Glass Hammer I don't consider neo-prog, though Glass Hammer comes close, but then again will not enter the top 20 any way. Magenta, Clepsydra and Jadis made good albums, but I hardly ever listen to them, so I don't know if they belong up there, some other bands I just don't like. And many bands I just don't know Honourable mention to Like Weny BTW, forgot about them, but I should have included them. ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 15:04
Jeez... you're persistent! ------------- 
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Posted By: Cygnus X-2
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 15:07
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It would have been better if you just did this: http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=1451">  — With Echolyn's "Mei" we are taken along on a musical journey,which echoes the twists and turns of the highway and reflects the changing landscape and the mood of the "pilgrim" Brimming with metaphor (the path to enlightenment,love and loss) the album can be seen as a single 50 minute piece or 9 shorter vignettes,that is one long journey of discovery or 9 episodes that complete the whole.However such is the skill of the composers that the themes float in and out and the symphonic feel to the album makes the 50 minutes fly by.Whilst the biographic blurb mentions Dante and Kerouac,it is the sweeping epic works of author John Dos Passos and composer Philip Glass that spring most readily to my mind.
The piece starts with an almost pastoral feel (in fact,I find echoes Beethoven's Pastoral Symphony in the mood of the piece) interrupted by some of the most beautiful lyrics I have ever heard: We share more than the end A tragic blend of cocktails with a kiss My love grows anxious Waiting for the cure - picking sores We were careless To be taken by such misery That tastes of violence - the saints are silent God won't perform here anymore And away we go on a roller-coaster ride of angst-ridden,bombastic pieces interspersed with more delicate,introspective interludes. Musically, this is their most diverse album to date,featuring guest performers playing an assortment of woodwind,percussion and strings.I hear Gentle Giant,but not as prominent as in previous albums-this is a band at the height of its powers and less self-conscious of its influences. GSYBE,Rush,Yes and Genesis seem to prick the edges of my subconscious when I listen,but musically this is as strong an diverse as any of those. This is modern progressive rock at it's best;symphonic but street-wise,arty but accessible.That's not to say it is aimed at any commercial market-when I say "accessible" I mean relatively for a single piece of 50 minutes length! Is it a masterpiece of Progressive rock? Maybe,maybe not (very close) but it deserves your full attention.
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http://www.progarchives.com/Progressive_rock_discography_CD.asp?cd_id=1451 - ECHOLYN - Mei (2002)Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: July 10 2005 at 15:17
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Lot's of difficult words, like it, it's good for my vocabularily. Wanted to review it too, but with this review the people will have no time to read mine, since they are hurrying to the record-shops, download sites and other places to catch a glimpse of this band. Definitly (spelled it right didn't I) a worthwhile album. but not neo-prog ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
