Some say this has nothing to do with prog....
Some say this has nothing to do with prog....
Yugo-New Wave female fronted band Paraf : Tužne uši ("Sad Ears") 1981 and Javna kupatila ("Public Bathrooms") 1981
Yugo-New Wave female fronted band Zana: Snovi od slame ("Dreams of Straw") 1981
Liaisons Dangereuses - Peut Etre...Pas
Yugo-New Wave band Naumaxia : Lugeto Nasi 1981
Yugo-New Wave band Autopsia : Anxiety 1981
One more song from Yugo-New Wave female fronted band Paraf : Praznik ("Festivity") 1981
Dude, let it go. Back in the day in the UK, Kate Bush was firmly part of the post-punk/new wave scene. And if you had called her prog you would've been laughed out of the pub. Ethereal singer-songwriter at her piano doesn't equal prog rock, in fact it isn't rock of any kind. Next you'll be telling me that Clannad, Lene Lovich, Nightwish, Diamanda Galas, Tori Amos, Toyah etc. are also prog. Just because something is new and inventive that doesn't make it prog.Originally Posted by interbellum
Some say this has nothing to do with prog....
Loving that Paraf stuff.
like I said, Kate's music is transcendent and belongs precisely in the same category as Peter Gabriel's early solo albums (whatever that category is to each person). To some people the 4-letter word "Prog" is code for "sounds like 70s Genesis and Yes" and those people will not accept any other artist as doing progressive things using Rock music elements. To others, if a musician does progressive things using Rock music elements then they are Prog. Neither faction is going to change their view so it does no good to argue.
Some say this has nothing to do with 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?
I believe that Carole Pope belongs on this thread. She was an iconic figure on the Canadian New wave scene from the mid 70's on...You can find lot's of her stuff with her band ROUGH TRADE on UTube. She is still performing...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpraodUSyjA
Dave Sr.
I prefer Nature to Human Nature
Loving that Paraf stuff.
Indeed. Progressive music is something which goes a lot further than just progressive rock.
A great book on this subject is (at least for me) Bradley Smith's "The Billboard Guide To Progressive Music" and believe it or not but there's a review in it from Kate's "Never For Ever". Smith starts his review like this:
Kate Bush, a well respected singer/songwriter in the pop real, had a definite progressive phase in her career (1979-1986), which has been quite influential. A highly visual artist, she took the conceptualizations of her videos and her 1979 tour into the studio, returning to modern progressive music that breakthrough feeling that it can be music which is suited to a vision, rather than the other way round. In this sense she often created sophisticated high-concept vocal pop prog, much like the psychedelic era Beatles (ŕ la "I Am The Walrus", "A Day In The Life", or "Strawberry Fields Forever"). A good example of this is the song "Breathing" from "Never For Ever". Adjectives that are oten applied to Bush's music - emotional, ethereal, feminine, eclectic, obscure, poetic, welcoming - are particularly apt for music from her progressive phase.
Material's Temporary Music 1 & Temporary Music 2 (1981)
Personnel:
Bill Laswell, bass
Michael Beinhorn, piano, synthesizer, tape, percussion
Fred Maher, drums, percussion, guitar
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