I'm sure I'll get some flak for this but WTFC?
Here's mine:
All members of Yes, past and present, excepting Peter Banks and Patrick Moraz
John Wetton
Eddie Jobson
Peter Gabriel
"The lamb"
"close to the edge"
Allan Holdsworth
that's good for a start...
A.H. is to a large degree in a different place than the others on that list...not sure how sacred a cow he is, lots of people who have no clue about what he's up to think he's overrated.
Why don't you just throw in The Pope and Gandhi while you're at it...Originally Posted by Calabasas_Trafalgar
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Agree on Jobson
SEBTP
The Wall
Rush
Jon Anderson
ELP
Marillion
Ian
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I blame Wynton, what was the question?
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It's easy to throw together a controversial list of names, especially those who have released significant output and are still drawing at concerts. Harder to provide rationale as to why they are overrated. Maybe change the title to "prog sacred cows I don't care for". Then at least there would be no expectation to explain your choices.
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Genesis and VDGG
YES gets way more attention than they warrant as well
all others get about the right amount of attention (or less)
Why is it whenever someone mentions an artist that was clearly progressive (yet not the Symph weenie definition of Prog) do certain people feel compelled to snort "thats not Prog" like a whiny 5th grader?
The Lamb- definitely.
Close To The Edge- Nope. Can't be overrated
Wetton? Not a sacred cow at all.
Jobson- I'd say many people overrate him
Dark Side Of The Moon.
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Rush
Marillion
Tull
Transatlantic
Anglagard
Magma
BG
"When Yes appeared on stage, it was like, the gods appearing from the heavens, deigning to play in front of the people."
The Monkees
The Beach Boys
Oh, sorry, this is PE, not the stevehoffman music forum.
VDGG/Hamill soloIMO!!!
Lord knows I've tried enough, but it ain't ever gonna happen.
I've often wondered, based on the above, why Discipline/Parmenter solo is some of my most favorite music.
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More like "I don't like it" or "I don't get it," as I wouldn't presume to define what's over- or underrated. With that disclaimer out of the way ...
The Wall
The Lamb
Topographic Oceans
Trout Mask Replica
VDGG and pH are vastly UNDERRATED!!!!!!
Overrated;
The Lamb
The early 80s Crimson
ELP
Tuna Fish
Bras
Being Sober
Religion
Yes, those are all bands from my neighbors basement.
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Oh, prog...
Forget to take our meds today, did we?
"My choice early in life was either to be a piano player in a whorehouse or a politician, and to tell the truth, there's hardly any difference"
President Harry S. Truman
Chelsea Clinton
SEBTP
Wish You Were Here
A Salty Dog
TAAB
Carl Palmer
Discipline
solo Gabriel
FZ
Camel
In the Land of Grey and Pink
....and Kaye.
Hell, they ain't even old-timey ! - Homer Stokes
Banks, Moraz and Kaye would come under my heading of under rated musicians who should be considered Prog Holy Cows.
Three of my least played albums here (seriously)
Close To The Edge
Foxtrot (and I am including Suppers Ready)
Wish You Were Here
Totally agree with "The early 80s Crimson" and most of ELP output.
But I politely disagree on Lamb.
Also agree with solo Gabriel simply because it is not "prog", IMHO, but an inventive high quality pop.
Sorry, but this is not a good criteria to me. I also don't listen to those albums very often simply because I've listened to them too much in the pastBut they are prog milestones nevertheless and not overrated at all. Just my 2 cents.
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