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dr_bar wrote:

The Crimson Rider® wrote:

dr_bar wrote:Not that I'm not on this site elsewhere, but I thought I'd wade in here as well...

haven't thought about it until now but... what is that pic on your avatar?

Art from an album by a very progressive rock band of my younger years...




If you can't read it, the title is Relayer by YES

Hooray for Yes! I own every album except Magnification. I also have two Roger Dean artbooks (artist who did most of their covers, including Relayer).

Dr Bar, I've commented on your avatar before, but, do you listen to any other prog? I'm a big proggy (my dad kind of forced it on me, only 20 and I've heard every Yes song made, plus Genesis, Kansas, and I can go on and on).

Alright, I'll take part in this hijack.

Yes is most excellent - I'm not as well versed in Yes. I have the Yes Album and Fragile. Not related to Yes I also have their 90125 album from the 80's but it is not even the same group (soundwise, and I think there were member changes.

Anyway, I'm prog rock fan myself, but I always find different opinions about what is progressive very interesting. I'm a fan of King Crimson, who I've been listening to for over 20 years, and they have been in the music biz for almost 40 years. They have always kept their prog status in my opinion. I also think Radiohead has mostly been prog rock. I have a hard time seeing Kansas as progressive though - even though they are clearly put in the catagory. Boston? Pink Floyd also has streaks of progressive rock in some of their albums, but generally not the well known albums. I have to also say Genisis in the early days was a great example of prog rock, but in the past 2 decades they have done nothing progressive (that is because the progressive guy, Peter Gabriel left the band).

I wouldn't even try to talk about Gong or Fripp solo. Way to obscure for most folks, I'm guessing.

I can go on an on - maybe we need a prog rock thread.

What about Motley Crue, ac/dc and all them?

younggun wrote:What about Motley Crue, ac/dc and all them?

Hard rock, early heavy metal. Van Halen too. Maybe Black Sabbath.

Rush is consider prog rock often, but it feels like hard rock/early metal to me. It does often have progressive themes.

scanevalexec wrote:Yes is most excellent - I'm not as well versed in Yes. I have the Yes Album and Fragile. Not related to Yes I also have their 90125 album from the 80's but it is not even the same group (soundwise, and I think there were member changes.

90215 is Yes. It has Jon Anderson, Chris Squire, and Tony Kaye, all original-original members, Travor Rabin and Alan White are in there too, and they're on several Yes albums.

It was produced by Trevor Horn (who is on several other Yes albums), who is famous for being in the first video on MTV from the band The Buggles (Video Killed the Radio Star - Age of Plastic). Also, another member of the Buggles made appearances, mainly in Drama. Geoff Downes replaced Jon Anderson while he was doing his solo career. He sounded very similar to Anderson except for the fact that he could not hit the high notes that were a signature move from Anderson. The song Into The Lens off of Drama was also released in a different version on the second Buggles album Adventures in Modern Recording (good album by the way).

And yes, Kansas is very Progressive, if you're only thinking of their pop songs (Dust in the Wind, Carry on my Wayword Son, etc) then I can see why you wouldn't think so. Their later albums are extremely progressive and I would doubt any of those songs would show up on the radio ever, much to my dismay (check out the Freak of Nature album).

PS, only 20, been to a Yes concert, a Kansas concert, and dozens of other prog band concerts.

scanevalexec wrote:Alright, I'll take part in this hijack.

I have a hard time seeing Kansas as progressive though - even though they are clearly put in the catagory.

ok heres some trivia for you .....

who was the song write of dust and the wind?

time up...rick iden

my dad was in the army with him....they sang the song for his grandma who recently passed away.....thats why dust in the wind sounded so different from the rest of the tracks, it wasnt kansas singing....lol

it was my dads army buddys!

once or twice they sang it onstage, due to overwhelming request....
(didnt sound right)

redfeather630 wrote:
who was the song write of dust and the wind?

time up...rick iden

Uh, no, it was Kerry Livgren.

Unless Mr. Iden was in the band Saratoga, I highly doubt he had anything to do with Dust in the Wind.

younggun wrote:What about Motley Crue, ac/dc and all them?

They are all Girls...