Boston???

^ yes, but we get to write the Bible

micky wrote: Raff... isn't offical site policy.. handed down from the hand of M@X..

Not really.

It's a bit like the Catholic Church and God. The Admin Team is The Pope and Cardinals and Max is God
 Similarily God has chosen not to speak for the last two thousand years...

this is why I like Admin dealing with PR... i think it's a relief for Collabs to not carry this burden, and can settle things cleanly after a healthy debate

Casartelli wrote: Ghost Rider wrote: I am afraid the problem is just that... There are lots of bands or artists who have recorded a few prog songs, or even a whole album, though they are generally known for a rather different kind of musical output. There are lots of such cases in the history of Italian pop music, especially since in the Seventies prog was such a big phenomenon in my country. Personally, I think the only solution to the problem would be allowing for single-album entries instead of having to add whole discographies which, in far too many cases, have nothing whatsoever to do with prog. However, it seems the idea is not very popular, so I'm afraid we'll keep on seeing threads like this one for a long, long time. You have a point there, I know such a band as well. What was their name again... damn, can't find it. But they had some hits called "I can't dance", "Hold on my heart" and "Land of confusion".

hahahhahaha....  yeah... whoever the hell that group was... someone told me they actually did some albums in the 70's that no one outside of the occasional old geezer actually know    They are known to EVERYONE outside of us.. as AOR.

Raff... isn't offical site policy.. handed down from the hand of M@X..  that if a group DID a prog album.. they should be added  here.   

Edited by micky - November 13 2007 at 07:47

I am afraid the problem is just that... There are lots of bands or artists who have recorded a few prog songs, or even a whole album, though they are generally known for a rather different kind of musical output. There are lots of such cases in the history of Italian pop music, especially since in the Seventies prog was such a big phenomenon in my country.

Personally, I think the only solution to the problem would be allowing for single-album entries instead of having to add whole discographies which, in far too many cases, have nothing whatsoever to do with prog. However, it seems the idea is not very popular, so I'm afraid we'll keep on seeing threads like this one for a long, long time.

micky wrote: Tony R wrote: The answer is rather simple but opinions make it vague. I personally am happy to vote to include "non-Prog" bands which have the following criteria: 1. They have been heavily influenced by Prog Rock in a way that can be demonstrated via documentary evidence or obvious traits in their music. back on topic....  I think there is enough in that to at least have you all consider Boston... it isn't particularly important.. and I don't buy the idea that their are masses of Boston fans skulking the web looking for sites where they might find Boston and might find this site . .

You are very wrong on this Micky. If they are doing a specific search for album info then they will get here.

I just did a search for Secret Treaties by BOC and Progarchives came up on the first page..

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=blue+oyster+cult+%2Bsecret+treaties&btnG=Search

so back at ya pal..

I'm still waiting for my vote, because I still have the open question which part of an artist's discography should be prog (related) to be included in our beloved archives resp. in the PR category of our beloved archives. I'm almost sure about a No, because I think one song on five albums (Foreplay / Long Time) is not enough, but I insist on the fact that Toto is a more interesting discussion.

I think it is fair to say that this thread proves Boston are of interest to Prog Rock fans; certainly people contributing to this thread appear to have an encyclopaedic knowledge of the band and all its albums. So from that viewpoint they qualify.


My own personal impression is that they make well-crafted, intelligent rock music that has a broad appeal but I cannot see the link to Prog or how their inclusion would be of benefit other than the fact that they obviously have many fans who might get drawn here by via a search engine. Is that a good enough reason to include? It might be great for advertising revenue but on all other levels I would be opposed to their inclusion.





Edited by Tony R - November 13 2007 at 07:25

Ivan_Melgar_M wrote: They are the icons of AOR, that disqualifies them, it's just better POP than the average but nothing more, no way they should be added.   Iván

Whilst I am certainly not convinced Boston should be here, I wonder how being mainstream can disqualify a band from being included here.
Genesis were THE icons of AOR for over a decade, certainly far longer than they were the darlings of the Prog scene.