A brief classical motif is great, but it’s different than just outright listening to classical music.
Tales of Topographic Oceans is a bloated mess like all double albums, and a hallmark of the swift decline Yes took after (but not necessarily because of) Bruford’s departure.
One live album that was certainly unintended to be so. Another unintentional Prog piece would be MacArthur Park:
I always like looking through the solo works of individual proggers, I really liked this album! Also that font reminds me of ABWH, what the hell was ABWH, man?
You're not supposed to like this song, but literally everyone likes it. It's like the musical equivalent of racism.
Admittedly, the reasons I enjoy it as a Prog song are very valid criticisms for any actual music. From the pretentious lyrics to the point of nonsense to the sudden jump from a dramatic pop ballad with classical instruments to an attempt at an upbeat semi-rock bridge (that was soloed over by Glen Campbell).
That's the song that made me fall in love with Fragile, and Bruford's drumming! Still chewing on Bill's own work with Bruford and Earthworks. Here are some of my favorite songs from his extensive discography
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It's also the "Progressive Rock" thread, so it's going to be the same five posters making discussion at the speed of molasses. We'll hit 260 posts in more than 1129 days.
The problem with a lot of Prog groups is few of them survived the 80's (pretty much Rush), partially because the genre was starting to stale by '74. KC specifically already had burnt out a lot of their creativity after Larks Tongues came out, though never quite reaching the lows of Love Beach. There were already low points in their earlier works, notably the improvised section of Moonchild that goes nowhere and does nothing (Focus does the concept way better in Answer? Questions! Questions? Answer!). By the time '03 came around, they were already competing with groups that could be considered their legacy, such as Dream Theater.
Fripp has never been as smart/clever/interesting as he believes he is. Simple as.
I can't wait!
Yeah, I see some crim fans laughing at the assertion that someone like Tim Henson is a better guitarist than Fripp... though he is? Fripp showed off once in Fracture, and as far as I know that was it. I'm not a guitarist so I wouldn't know how hard it is to actually play these songs, but Henson seems to push himself much more than the little turtle. Polyphia is mostly a showcase of technical skill, and as a result I don't like many of their songs. I can still appreciate the amount of skill that goes into them though.
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I see. Also, what was up with that preddit brony tranny album?
Wtf that is the worst album cover I've ever seen.
It's about a dirty old pedohobo yes. And Cross-Eyed Mary is about a schoolgirl prostitute.
Depends on how modern you mean. The Mars Volta is one of my top three bands, even if their most recent album was kind of gay and boring.
I looove Roger Deans stuff so much!
I dunno, the keyboards are 80's to the point of parody, and it can't be their best album because Salisbury exists (and the US version is also a qualifier for top tier album art).
That's the boomer take I'm talking about. "too 80s, not prog enough" then proceeds to listen to washed up 90s "prog" slop. Uriah Heep imo is very underwhelming as a prog band, besides their first 1 or 2 albums Abominog is the only album worth listening to, much like Styx with Roboto being a fun good song and their 70s stuff being boring boomer hard rock.
I don’t know what you’re talking about, Salisbury was their second album and the trio of Look At Yourself, Demons and Wizards, and The Magician’s Birthday are all great albums. While I’ll admit Heep tends more towards the Deep Purple end of the spectrum at their most straight-forward, I can’t float this concept alongside the idea of “80’s Prog.” The 80’s were infamous in that it was when the Prog groups abandoned the tenants of the genre in pursuit of a more mainstream sound, effectively rendering “80’s Prog” an oxymoron.
I liked the Magicians birthday but it's really nothing to write home about compared to other 70s prog.
I love that album and Bruford is one of my favourite drummers. I am completely fascinated with the way he navigates odd time signatures so effortlessly, but you gotta give it up for the rest of the band too, none of those songs are easy even with a great drummer. With that said though Relayer (which neither Bruford nor Wakeman played on) is my #1 favourite album. I don't love the snare sound but everything else about the entire album is perfect. I was going to say you chose the wrong three consecutive albums (I like the Yes Album, too don't get me wrong) but I realised Tales of Topographic Oceans was in between there.If Summer Had It's Ghosts off of Footloose and Fancy Free by Earthworks (This album is criminally unlistened to!
