Nice suite indeed, but isn't it a rip-off of Frank Zappa's King Kong??Originally Posted by simon moon
Nice suite indeed, but isn't it a rip-off of Frank Zappa's King Kong??
R u high?
no tunes, no dynamics, no nosebone
yeah... aint no Disco in there, just well crafted Rock
as for my contribution to this thread... one of the greatest songs by this band and one of the worst quality videos ever put on Youtube.
Last edited by MYSTERIOUS TRAVELLER; 02-20-2015 at 02:17 AM.
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?
[Especially starting at about 3:09. Before that it sounds a bit like 10CC.]
It always sounded a bit like ELO to me. In fact I always assumed it was ELO until I actually found out it was Sweet.
Do not suffer through the game of chance that plays....always doors to lock away your dreams (To Be Over)
I’ve heard people say it sounds like ELO but I’m afraid I just don’t hear it. No strings, for one. To me, it sounds like a 10cc song with the middle section from Fleetwood Mac’s “Oh Well” jammed in the middle.
To MT: I see no video in your post at all.
Confirmed Bachelors: the dramedy hit of 1883...
Probably... but I started this thread and I think that Knack song has a disco drum beat through most of it.
Just my opinion from my high brain!
I know what you mean about that The Knack song, I wouldn't call it disco but it defintely has a funky, fusion soul thing going on with the brass and all, which often reminds of disco, but then so does so much fusion.
March of the Black Queen by Queen, the "dress rehearsal" for Bohemian Rhapsody.
Wow! For me that is pure early period power metal, not even close to prog.
Anyone familiar with the Australian outfit Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs will know them as a balls-out, bluesy rock band. Their signature song, "Most People I Know Think That I'm Crazy", could easily be mistaken for something by Grand Funk, or Bad Company.
This song, however, was very atypical of them, and i don't think it's too much of a stretch to call it prog:
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?
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Be a loyal plastic robot for a world that doesn't care... Frank Zappa
I think nobody has mentioned these yet:
America: Sandman
Meat Loaf: Paradise by the dashboard light
Paul McCartney: The pipes of peace
Rolling Stones: 2000 light years from home, Continental drift
Bon Jovi: Dry Country
Daryl Hall & John Oates: Screaming through december
Tears For Fears: Sowing the seeds of love
Toto: 99
Radiohead: Paranoid Android
Bob Dylan: Sad-eyed lady of the lowlands
Cat Stevens: The foreigner suite
Cafe Tacvba (excellent mexican band!; check them out if you haven't heard them): disc 1 of the album "Revés/Yo Soy"
^^^ If meat Loaf can be prog, then anything can be prog.
Sorry but I hate that song with a passion, as I do most of his other songs as well.
Some very questionable ones on this list brah!
Power Metal with piano?
Journey
Candiria - The Rutherford Experiment
Mark King(Level 42) - The Essential Part 1 and 2 [18 minutes]
Climax Blues Band - Amerita, Sense of Direction
April Wine - 21st Century Schitzoid Man
Tommy Bolin - Marching Powder
TOMMY BOLIN - Homeward Strut\
Domenic Troiano (The Guess Who/James Gang)
Two tunes about winds blowing in Southern France
Good call... I find the whole disc slightly proggy (I guess Rundgren's production helped)
re-listen to it with "prog" in mind... it's not pro, but slightly proggy^^^ If meat Loaf can be prog, then anything can be prog.
Sorry but I hate that song with a passion, as I do most of his other songs as well.
As for the album, it's one of my icons from my teens years... every song seemed to be about me
TBH, I don't care for any other Meatlof or Steinman album, but Bat Out Of Hell really hit the spot for me... Unfortunately most of it has been played to death.
Last edited by Trane; 02-21-2015 at 03:50 AM.
my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicts to complete nutcases.
Love 'Bat Out Of Hell' but never considered it prog. I suppose the instrumental intro to the title track but to my ears even that is clutching at straws. I mean it's not especially sophisticated in terms of the chords used or whatever...and nor did it need to be.
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