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#31 isn't to be referred to as "prog", for it is written:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/marciocoelho31/6960230252/in/set-72157629518299792/

Don't set a precedent here, amico. What if our German friends start complaining about Krautrock? The name of a worthy and influentual subgenre could be in jeopardy.

I thought Jon Anderson requested his fans ...... not to send him so much fan mail for autographs :)

Talking about jumping to premature conclusions

Oh My, My!

And Lord the Perf spoke in a great mighty voice, 'I shall be your Perf, and you shall be my peeps' :)

Of course thery are! An obscure proto-Rock Progressive Italiano band from Ireland; everyone knows that.

I think the scientific name for this phenomenon is "survival of the fittest". One-song, one-album, and even a multi-album success doesn't indicate that the band will remain on its ascending...

In the OP's video, at approx. 3:50 - is it the same elevator that we saw in the 2For6 video "Alice in Wonderland"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7qwOtREQpk

Without precipitating another futile dispute about the progressive rock definition, may I inquire discreetly: is this record supposed to fit into the prog category? Because to me it sounds like a...

You may not be able to hear subtleties on YouTube, but you can sure notice it when a record is scratchy.

With a properly operating TT and gentle tracking force (I usually run 1.5 grams, but there...

The Death Defying Unicorn (the whole title is a lot longer and boasts some cute alliterations, 'fanciful fluid fable' or something) is an interesting album, but I'd say they did a so-so job of...

Underrated by who and when?

When ELO were active, they were immensely popular and sold tens of millions of records (I don't count Zoom!, because it's really not an ELO album). I have a few ELO...

I wouldn't know how to judge the album art's propriety or the lack thereof, but here are some covers that hurt my aesthetic feelings:

Pendragon 'Pure' (why and what for is that violently bent...

^ Two things, if I may:

#1. Are there many Stanisław Lem followers in Chattanooga?
#2. 'Do Not See Me Rabbit' is a treat; better than many albums I have been listening to lately, including ... er...

I believe at one point the Japanese tried to replace a mechanical stylus with a laser beam (while using a vinyl record), but it didn't go very far because of the inevitable dust. A stylus will push a...

Lovely music, but what makes it "nu"? Sounds like the modal jazz from the pre-Beatles epoch.

I don't know about glass as an analog sound carrier. Glass is brittle; I imagine the stylus would grind against it a lot harder than does against the much more elastic vinyl. And the groove will...

Well, it wouldn't have been impossible for maestro Ludwig to play a piece of music, written by maestro Wolfgang, would it? We may never find out, though.

But no; I worship Miley Sinus and I don't like overcooked salmon

Maybe this is superficial and/or irrelevant, but maybe not .. there are great many witty and insightful quotes, ascribed to Frank Zappa. My personal favorite is “Writing about music is like dancing...

Sowing the Seeds of Love was indeed a worthy piece of music. It was like a faithful tribute to the late Beatles sound and romantic, wolrd-hugging philosophy, which was very refreshing in the...

To begin with, iPhone never had an appeal with me, because I don't believe they ever offered good value for money (can't quantify the monetary value of the supposed "coolness factor"). We had bad...

For some reason, I have a soft spot for Caligula's Horse .. even not being a big fan of metal .. there is something very pleasing and gentle about their debut Ephemeral City.

Apart from the newly acquired stuff, here are the albums that have been recently played far more frequently than average, in no particular order:

Viljans Öga
Loads of stuff by Chick Corea ...

A lot of love here for any musical genre that is about creativity, improvisation & (very importantly) natural flow of music; knew Jaga Jazzist and Kilimanjaro and a couple others, but obviously many...

A little off-topic: if this is your turntable, what kind is it? It seems to say Audiotechnica; would it be LP240?

Not 100% sure about Kimara Sajn's solo album, but Thinking Plague as a band offers a more stimulating experience.

Or, how about a progressive big band:
...

Or Frank Einstein

Not sure about the lovely echoes of Bruford. Uncle Bill was one of the jazziest drummers in the history of rock music (which shows in most of Bruford's post-Yes efforts, culminating in his jazz...

I agree.

Progressive would be hard to defined as a genre; to be semantically accurate, you'd think progressive should be pertinent to some kind of a forward evolution.

.. which reminds me that we know less than we should about China as a modern cultural power in general. I tried at one point to watch Chinese movies on Netflix, but kind of couldn't synch with their...

Hmmm, Radiohead is surely an interesting band .. in mostly positive way. I find their music too pallid, but luckily it's not bland at all. One thing that is very positive about Radiohead is that they...

None of my business, but would Tormato be by any chance close enough to your heart so as to be used as your nick name? The reason I am asking because Tormato is one my favorite Yes albums - which is...

Speaking for myself: I like Änglagård because it pleases my ears :)

To break it down a little - fluid and emotional compositions, powerful and brilliant execution, superb musical texture, and...

Wilson is basically a very focused, meticulous and prolific audio engineer - in a way, a new and turbo-charged version of Alan Parsons.

Similarly to Parsons, Wilson dabbles in actually composing...

Haven't bought too many new albums this year, and so far haven't come across a really great one (nothing as yet of the Viljans Öga or even Banks of Eden caliber)

Don't get what all the frenzy...

I haven't figured out why, but I like album covers that are predominantly green :) -- floral ornament is always an advantage
...

Ah, OK, I see now .. I did hear you make some sounds, but I thought you were just clearing your throat from the post-nasal drip :)

Fish. To me, the greatest heritage of of the "Yes Universe" it's the trilogy of Close to the Edge, Fragile and Fish out of Water.

I don't even have a recollection of the other 4 albums on your...

Since your pic was made, there have been some updates to the NUFC logo:

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I just like the compounded aesthetic value of vinyl .. the tactil experience, and its precious fragility.

I remember Flora Purim from Return to Forever (the real early one, with a bird, flying over the water). I found her singing .. looking for a correct adjective ... annoying? alienating? But Hermeto...

^ Where would one look for this CD? Searching w/Google, YouTube, Amazon etc. return too many irrelevant results, "noite" being a word that is very frequently used in the song and album titles

So...

Likewise

I guess most of the major bands?

Floyd - Meddle being the first seriously good album
Yes - peaked with CTTE *** many will disagree, but, it's my turn to type :)
KC - peaked with Red
Genesis -...

Who the best bassist be, that I wouldn't know, but I can tell you who impressed me most (for various reasons):

Jaco (RIP) -- Chris Squire -- Victor Wooten -- Flea

I don't know how influential Caligula's Horse is what circles, but I can say for sure they have a lot of curious influence on me: normally, I try to avoid metal (along with rap and the synthetic...

Messieurs Caron & Schmidt ain't too shabby either:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pDfK8OMvTc&feature=youtu.be

Just an observation .. a purely personal opinion about Mahavishnu Orchestra - it seems to me that Birds is a little better balanced comparing to the Inner Flame and Vision of the Emerald? I have...

By Bruford: One of a Kind
By Chick Corea: Elektric band - Jo'burg sessions, Return to Forever - Romantic Warrior
Weather Report: Black Market
By Jean-Luc Ponty: Enigmatic Oceans
Mahavishnu...

I do. We live right in the middle of the geographical and cultural borderland between the Piedmont and the Appalachia.

The best thing is probably the live folk music, which is often played at...

^ is this a kitty on your avatar?

Maybe not "Everyone", but many do seem to like playing the Which-Is-The-Best game, and the Hands-Up-Who-Is-Willing-To-Give-Up-Their-Albums game, and engage in many other displacement activities ......

^ The album art is not terrible, but the musicianship is a little raw. I have bought it anyway - gotta support art and stuff like that.

In 2005, they were "Waking the Dead" live on 2 LP's, and by Thor, was this album terminally moribund!

Exaggerations and inept puns aside: Not my cup of tea, so I won't go into "critiquing" it.

I think you take the expression 'Brevity is the soul of wit' too literally :) -- I'd say 30 free seconds per track at least?

'Gustav was being plagued by the Pygmalion syndrome: he had grown so fond of his watches that Elisa had to be disposed of and buried under the floor boards'.

^ The good thing about music that you can listen to whatever you want, irrespective of what others may think :)

Now, on a serious note: Am I the only one who thinks Viljans Öga is a little bit...

Nothing that I would describe as a screech on my LP (I think it's the original release, ILPS 9175). BTW, did you notice the "hidden track" after the Islands, where you need to manually move the...

RIP to Mr. Zildjian.

Hope the company will carry on