Prog/Not Prog: the multiple choice poll

[belboid]

AND.....

you object to Kraftwerk, but not PIL??!!

 

[kyser_soze]

That was next on the agenda...*ahem*

 

[maya]

That was next on the agenda...*ahem*

yep...*cough*
...but they are shit, either way, so i don't care...

 

[maya]

< snotty kid mode >
...
</ s.k.m. >

 

[siarc]

i tend to think of the krautrock (the term is faust's iirc?) as being quite distinct from prog, or at least i prefer to think of it that way

 

[belboid]

i tend to think of the krautrock (the term is faust's iirc?)

english journo`s actually, probably the nme. the germans tended to refer to the whole thing as kosmiche musik

 

[Dubversion]

i thought Faust did actually call a song Krautrock, or something like that.. although maybe that was a response to an already-coined term

 

[XerxesVargas]

Shouldnt the Clash be in the poll. Sandinista is one of the greatest prog records ever reocrded. Right up there with YES.

 

[rednblack]

Shouldnt the Clash be in the poll. Sandinista is one of the greatest prog records ever reocrded. Right up there with YES.

*starts preparing the noose*

...no, hang on - i think you've got a point

 

[kained&able]

one album does not a band make and thank fuck for that!


dave

 

[butchersapron]

*starts preparing the noose*

...no, hang on - i think you've got a point

No he doesn't - are you both fucking deaf? Or do you not know what prog means?

 

[belboid]

aye, its more than simply being a tad overblown and pretentious.

they are necesary but not sufficient prerequisites.

 

[belboid]

I notice Pallas have dipped below 50%. I can only assume that that is because no one has heard of them. So:

PALLAS:Like Marillion but more so AND worse

 

[Iam]

I haven't heard Pallas, and Marillion are just wannabe prog.

So I voted for the obvious ones - Carvan, Tull, VDGG.

None of whom I own a single moment of progging by.

Phew.

 

[rednblack]

No he doesn't - are you both fucking deaf? Or do you not know what prog means?

thats why i voted for all the wrong bands?

 

[maya]

I like Gong. I really do.

 

[XerxesVargas]

No he doesn't - are you both fucking deaf? Or do you not know what prog means?

What? So you are trying to tell me that a double (triple in the original vinyl release) concept album, done in the white reggae/dub style, among others, is not prog?

Are you sure YOU know what prog is?

 

[easy g]

not really to do with the poll but here's a page of (mostly) prog mp3s, just a few tracks by the bands but some pretty obscure stuff there...

 

[percival scrote]

I saw Van Der Graff Generator recently and they were absolutely out of this world , one of the best live gigs I have ever been to , they just played so well together , absolute mastery ...

Kraftwerk , hmmmmm , would argue whether they are prog , I would think they are somewhat set apart from everything else , having had more influence on dance music ...

Caravan ..... excellent .

 

[percival scrote]

i tend to think of the krautrock (the term is faust's iirc?) as being quite distinct from prog, or at least i prefer to think of it that way

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yeah . I second that //

 

[easy g]

only recently got into VDGG on the advice of a prog obsessed mate of mine...crackin' stuff though

(been listening to Gentle Giant today....)

 

[butchersapron]

What? So you are trying to tell me that a double (triple in the original vinyl release) concept album, done in the white reggae/dub style, among others, is not prog?

Are you sure YOU know what prog is?

Yes. I am. Because it's not.

 

[belboid]

I saw Van Der Graff Generator recently and they were absolutely out of this world , one of the best live gigs I have ever been to , they just played so well together , absolute mastery ...

I had a ticket for the Leicester gig, but couldn't go in the end Sounded good tho.

Sandinista - about as prog as Puccini

 

[pogofish]

I notice Pallas have dipped below 50%. I can only assume that that is because no one has heard of them. So:

PALLAS:Like Marillion but more so AND worse

And they are back - With a new singer and playing their first gig in a very long time next month.


http://www.pallas.f2s.com/


I have my invitation already!

 

[danny la rouge]

Megabump.

 

[belboid]

new singer

"Paul [Mackie] who is probably known throughout the world as one the vocalists on the Grand Theft Auto games, culminating in GTA Vice Citys very own fictional Scottish Rock Band Love Fist "

 

[pogofish]

And he is a fiarly decent photographer too.

 

[ed marimba]

The highest scorers will join Yes, Genesis, ELP, Camel, Soft Machine, & The Enid for the mighty poll of polls.

Well I must have missed the other poll but how have Soft Machine ended up in this list - I wouldn't call them prog at all. The hallmark of prog was the attempt to incorporate elements from classical music to try to push the boundaries of rock, often with hilarious consequences. Soft Machine were influenced by jazz and fusion more than classical - just because they came from Canterbury doesn't make them prog.