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Dopeydoc 
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 Topic: Nemo - Most Underrated Prog Band?Posted: July 26 2020 at 14:22 |
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Nemo provides great music, but vocals remain a weak point, as for many french groups. Imagine Nemo with Damian Wilson...
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johnobvious
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 11:17 |
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I have all their studio albums and they are one of my favorites. JPL's talent is on par with many of the band leaders/songwriters in the genre but the French vocals have limited their efforts I am sure. While I do love them, being unable to understand French can somewhat limit my ability to connect fully with some of their songs. But in a just world their reach would be larger, especially since I think they really only have one foot in prog and another in more mainstream rock.
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 02:43 |
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I really like their music but I got to agree about the artwork. I think "Coma" on vinyl has the nicest cover (the lettering on the CD doesn't look great).
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Posted: July 25 2020 at 01:35 |
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^^^^  Well that was expectedly (by me anyways) horrendous!!     I was hoping it wouldn't be that bad, though!! Everything I expected when seeing the artworks (so at least it's honest in that way) but sorry this kind of semi-metallic-neoprog is not my thing, really Edited by Sean Trane - July 25 2020 at 01:36 |
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Posted: July 24 2020 at 23:18 |
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If I could only listen to one prog band whose first album was released in the 21st century, it would easily be Nemo. Every album has at least one 5 star track in it and each album is at least a 3.5. JPL is the most emotive singer I can think of since Peter Hammill. Unfortunately, there are plenty of downsides. I rarely feel they push any boundaries. They're not technically impressive. They have a lot of filler.
My favorite song: If sitting around for 25 minutes is an unrealistic proposal, a backup: Edited by TheCaptain - July 24 2020 at 23:20 |
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miamiscot
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Posted: July 22 2020 at 14:17 |
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Posted: July 22 2020 at 12:41 |
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well , this thread could use some YT samples thrown around so we could get better acquainted with this second Nemo..... ... Since the first (and real) Nemo had Bréant and Marcoeur in its ranks (FTM, I thought I was opening a thread about that band). TBH, their album artworks are repelling me... Looks like a second-rate neo-prog band from the 80's & 90's.
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Posted: July 22 2020 at 11:48 |
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I couldn't say NEMO is a underrated band. I know them due PA and during the last years its the french band I'm most listen. Great secuence of solid albums. Coma is my favorite.
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Posted: June 26 2020 at 11:43 |
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How can they be underrated? They had an album in the top 250 for years
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Posted: June 26 2020 at 09:30 |
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I don't think they're underrated but Présages is pretty awesome.
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Posted: June 26 2020 at 09:27 |
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Sorry, but I can think of tons of bands discussed less and that are more overlooked than Nemo. Some of their albums are rated pretty high on here too with a few with over 100 and even over 200 ratings. I would say that's far from overlooked. They even played at Progday one year.
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Posted: June 26 2020 at 08:26 |
c'est un mystère
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 23:38 |
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Je ne sais pas pourquoi c’est comme ca.
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 23:12 |
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Not the most overlooked band on the archives, they have been mentioned here and there over the years in the forum, plus I saw many reviews for their albums and that's how I got to know them. I have their first 3 albums but grew tired of them, they are definitely a good band, I need to check out something of their newer stuff.
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 17:16 |
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I got to know them until they released their last album... which is the one I have got, and then found out it was bound to be their last one. I really liked it a lot, but then I tried a few songs from previous albums, and somehow didn't seem to have the same quality to me... perhaps I needed a deeper immersion.
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 13:17 |
Very good. One might also say that the mysterious [Captain] Nemo is not so much underrated in terms of the rating values, but more that he has just been sailing in largely uncharted waters. The albums have good ratings, but not huge numbers of ratings. It actually has got plenty more ratings than a lot of my favourites. Présages was one of my first modern prog acquisitions when trying to modernise my tastes back in about 2005 as I was so stuck in the 60s an 70s. I liked it, but I haven't played it many years. |
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 13:01 |
Definitely hoping this post spurs a little interest in Nemo. (Recommended for fans of Yes, Rush, Spock's Beard and/or Transatlantic.)
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 11:19 |
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 08:31 |
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Tom Thumb: the most underrated giant? All joking aside, I'm not familiar with their output and that's probably the best possible objective to address for any thread
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Posted: June 25 2020 at 08:30 |
funny, nevertheless this band does not deserve mockery.
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