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He reminds me a lot of Ringo Starr.

As an aside, I had know idea Peter Cetera was that good of a bass player . . .

I've watched this man times - it's stellar. The Tanglewood performances by The Who and Jethro Tull are likewise great.

I have them all, and none are bad, but I think The Nightfly is head-and-shoulders the best - the lost Steely Dan album.

Roy Harper.

Some people just can't deal with the fact that there is no objective metric for aesthetics. If someone thinks Coldplay is great, guess what, they are great to that person. Appreciation of music is...

I still enjoy the band but haven't been blown away by anything after The Hazrds of Love. That said, the run of Picaresque/The Tain/The Crane Wife/The Hazards of Love is some of the best music I've...

When you see a bird like this, it's impossible not to agree that birds are dinosaurs!

I'm not actively a birder but I keep my eye out for birds in my neighborhood (northern New England) and in the course of the day I might see a

cardinal
bluejay
catbird
sparrow
finch
robin...

I'll just recommend some albums I've really enjoyed, as a huge prog rock fan.

The Decemberists/The Hazards of Love. The Crane Wife is great, too.

The Flaming Lips/The Terror. I'd also recommend...

These were two of my three gateway bands into prog (along with Yes). I like both bands but I'd say Tull by quite a bit - that run from Stand Up through Stormwatch is mighty.

Jethro Tull on the "Broadsword and the Beast" tour.

Deep Purple on a mid-80s (?) tour.

Phil Keaggy.

Judas Priest/Iron Maiden in early 80s.

Opeth, Meshuggah and Enslaved in Bangalore,...

This is what I was getting at - just a discussion of how even the greatest arts shit the bed sometimes!

This is pretty true...as I scroll down through others' choices, I see songs I love:

Love Me Do
Run for Your Life
Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
Yer Blues

I forgot about "Rocky Raccoon" and "Maxwell" -...

[QUOTE=ronmac;793909]Someone forgot to put "IMO" in the thread title. :)

I always thought, if you made a post at PE, the "IMO" was assumed! ;)

I'm sure you know that wasn't my intention. I'm just curious, as a big fan of The Beatles, what people dislike about their output. And I'm curious because I have friends with favorite bands who swear...

I like that she sings without any diva affectation. And if that's here playing flute, god damn.

As much as I love them, there are some real dogs in the catalog.

1. "It's Only Love": I don't mind the poppy side of The Beatles but, wow, this one is cringe-worthy.
2. "Hey Jude": It's a decent...

The Beatles...

Wow. I don't totally agree, but I partly do, and that was an awesome description...

Wait. Are you saying earlier Fish-era Marillion isn't showing any Genesis influence?

Wow, that was heady! You're right about genre, which is why I think it was called (Or maybe wasn't then? ) "neo-prog"?

I think we agree here

"but totally committed to template and the...

Kind of a sea-change, though, weren't they, in terms of bottling Genesis influences and making them a bit more palatable to a (maybe) less-patient or (maybe) less marijuana-and-headphones inclined...

+1

I've always thought that old school prog died with UK and the advent of Asia (although I do like a lot of Asia's debut).

I have to be honest and say I didn't entirely understand what you wrote. But I do totally get your appreciation for JZ. He's an adventurous, clever, prolific and energetic composer. But, if we're...

Wow, are you trying to kill the OP? As much as I'm not into GTR, I'm definitely not into Heliogabalus - it's a brutal listen, and not that pleasurable.

I don't own a lot of Zorn, and most of what...

I should say that I watched a recent live show on YouTube this week and the bass player is exceptionally good!

I agree with most people here: they're Tull-ish but, at the same time, don't sound too much like Tull. It's the story-telling and the dynamics of the music, I think - maybe they're kind of a neo-prog...

Great band, one of my favorites. Saw them once opening for Stone Temple Pilots - excellent show. The OP is right - their string of records over the past two decades has been pretty strong, starting...

The American Jethro Tull?

"Warmth of the Sun" by The Beach Boys.

Without question, the funniest thing I've read all week. Some people really have a hard time with the fact that aesthetic appreciation is subjective and that there are no objective norms for...

I suspect I'll be in the minority here. I was in high school 1979-1983 and, I knew all of The Kinks popular radio singles, but I'd never heard an album straight-through. (I was just getting into...

I want to start by qualifying "genius". I guess the better word would be "brilliance". In the music of the 20th century, the only people I'd list as geniuses are Duke Ellington, Charles Mingus and...

For the life of me, I can't grasp how this band receives the world-shaking reputation they have.

I like the first album and, to be honest, I prefer the tunes with Nico singing. When I first dug...

Well said.

Well, the easiest thing to say is that they're both great. Each a musician to respect at the highest level.

I think Bowie is one of the more amazing artists to come out of the rock era - just so...

I know there have probably been a million discussions about this album. But...

I'm 52. The first Genesis album I ever heard was Abacab when I was in high school. I was a prog fan in high school...

Don't get me wrong, I love the album. But it has its clunkers. "Skateaway" is indeed mighty.

To be honest, I'm not big on the genre. It's one of the few for which I own absolutely zero albums. But I remember the era well (MTV Headbangers' Ball) and I'd still have to say that Bon Jovi was...

If I were voting, the only band that I nominate without hesitation is Judas Priest. They were singularly impactful upon their genre and set the bar for everything coming afterwards. No band not named...

R.I.P. Damn the Torpedoes and Hard Promises got a lot of play time in my formative days.

I'm a massive Tull fan but this does nothing but make me sad...

That's pretty good. I'd kill "Bodhisattva" and add "Don't Take Me Alive". "My Old School" is a gem.

For the record:

1. The Royal Scam: SD's masterpiece.
2. Can't Buy a Thrill
3. Aja
4. The Nightfly (Sorry, but it's the great lost SD album.)
5a. Countdown to Ecstasy
5b. Pretzel Logic
6....

Sad news. Steely Dan is one of my favorite rock bands along with The Beatles, The Who, Jethro Tull and XTC. I don't think rock music was ever smarter, funnier, snider and more risque than with Steely...

Why would Cheap Trick want to be The Move? They're a better band and about a thousand times more successful...

Spoon
The Shins

That's about it...

I haven't listened to XTC in a long time but they really were a superb band.

Many thanks, Bill -- good information!

I'm about to take the plunge and buy a Rickenbacker 4003. I need a suggestion for an amp that will (1) serve as a rehearsal amp for a small space but also (2) have full sound for a room that's about...

The Joshua Tree/Achtung Baby

OK Computer/KID A

Plastic Ono Band/Imagine

A Night at the Opera/A Day at the Races

As mentioned:

Thick As a Brick/A Passion Play
Skylarking/Oranges & Lemons
Jailbreak/Johnny The Fox
The Royal Scam/Aja
Crane Wife/Hazards of Love


Yes to all and glad HoL made it. A...

Rubber Soul/Revolver

Well, to be the one disgusting fanboy here, I see no way in which The Beatles aren't the ultimate proto-prog band. And I'd say it starts with Revolver but carries over into Sgt. Pepper and MMT. I'd...

These are the albums I listened to more than once but I didn't have a favorite:

Julianna Barwick/Will
Nik Bartsch/Continuum
The Beatles/Live at The Hollywood Bowl
David Bowie/Blackstar
The...

I'll toss in a vote for Naikaku.

I think I agree with the poster who equated "high fantasy" with world building or a legendarium (Tolkien's words).

I read through all the posts and, to comment on what others have suggested that...

I'm mostly a lurker rather than a poster these days but I wanted to chime in. Along with The Flaming Lips, Spoon and Wilco, The Decemberists are one of the better contemporary bands. The earliest...