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Kord 
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 06:06 |
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1977 - 1979
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 02:03 |
1979 was a little poppy to me.
The glory days was 69-75 and after 76 it just went down....
Until 1984!
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 01:36 |
 Legoman wrote:
Who the f**k voted for 1973? Dumb sh*ts...
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That's what I wanna know...
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Legoman
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Posted: June 07 2006 at 01:32 |
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Who the f**k voted for 1973? Dumb sh*ts...
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Posted: June 05 2006 at 13:14 |
1978 was saved on the sake of Rush's Hemispheres 
Of course The Wall could have saved 1979, but there were less prog records released that year, and about as many bad records too; also, the Floyd classic didn't come out until December, so much of the album's impact carries into 1980.
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"No one told you when to run
You missed the starting gun"
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Posted: June 05 2006 at 12:47 |
eddietrooper wrote:
1978. Punk was completely stablished. Genesis and Gentle Giant had become pop artists  . Yes released Tormato, which is not a bad album, but is their worst of the 70's. Pink Floyd didn't release anything that year.
1979 was better because they released The Wall 
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Genesis was not a pop artist in 1978. ...And Then There Were Three is a good album with some classic tracks.
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thellama73
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Posted: June 05 2006 at 11:29 |
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1976, the year the Ramones debuted and ruined everything.
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Kord
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Posted: June 05 2006 at 11:27 |
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.....after 1977.when punk rock broke out...but maybe the worst was 1979 because punk wave was at its best
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Posted: May 31 2006 at 14:04 |
I chose 1979 because with the end of the 70s it was an end of a "golden era", but, in fact, the 80's were a very deadly decade for what we call "prog" and it's still taking some time to re-introduce the kind of music I grew up with to the younger people, but, to our fortune, they are LISTENING and there's many good bands that came up with the "neo-prog" wave or whatever you call it. Last year I had the fortune to listewn to a local band, all young persons, who really caught the spirit of "prog" to me... their name was "Odd Udder"... crazy stuff, very inspired, very special.
I do believe there's a future for "prog" after in the 80s there seemed to be a break in development and nothing went further !
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Mandrakeroot
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Posted: May 22 2006 at 13:31 |
ANDREW wrote:
"The Wall" is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
Uhm.... THE WALL is only one of THE MASTERPIECES of Pink Floyd...
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Posted: May 21 2006 at 03:17 |
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Yes, let's stop this ridiculous polarization without content.
To me The Wall (that once meant a lot to me) is so much a representative of the spirit of the eighties, that I tend to say - at least prog-wise - that the eighties started in '79 - anyone get what I hint at?
Best regards
Esben
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Posted: May 21 2006 at 01:05 |
ANDREW wrote:
"The Wall" is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
I didn't dig The Wall that much either  DSotM and WYWH are far better albums 
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 23:21 |
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Alagithil
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 22:55 |
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Prolly 79. The Wall issue aside, the only great studio album released was Spectral Mornings. And Joe's Garage?
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Life is like an avantgarde play because tuna.
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Cheesecakemouse
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 18:13 |
ANDREW wrote:
"The Wall" is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
OnlyIf you are a miserable, confused 15 year old  .
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ANDREW
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 14:17 |
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"The Wall" is a MASTERPIECE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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lastdodobird
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 13:52 |
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The Miracle
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 13:20 |
Arsillus wrote:
1979- Because the Wall was released. Terrible album.... |
I absolutely agree. The Wall is a disaster
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ANDREW
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 13:00 |
Bluesaga wrote:
Definitely either 1978 or 79.
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Posted: May 20 2006 at 12:45 |
lastdodobird wrote:
Cheesecakemouse wrote:
in the dark years of 78-80s Rush was really the only group to keep the torch alight.
Mind you 78 had Magma's Attahk, not a bad album, but then they broke up. So Rush was the only hope until Neo Prog. |
I noticed that prog didn't really die out. It just went sputtering, but bands like Rush and Marillion somewhat kept the genre alive in the 80s. Rush, I think, was the leading prog band for that period in the late 70s until the early 80s. The only year they didn't have a release was 1979. Then where Rush weakened, Marillion took up the challenge as a neo-prog band.I figure that the "dark ages" for prog were probably that period from the late 80s to the early 90s, then it got revived by bands like Tool and Dream Theater to be what it is now.Haha. I don't know why I pointed that out, and I don't know if it's even accurate to say that, but it's just an observation.It's just a little too obvious to add any year after 1979, since prog didn't figure too prominently in the music world after that... So I just took these years into consideration... like "the worst of the best years for prog rock"  |
If you study TOP-100 (it's not the Bible, I know ) that picture is confirmed - regarding Rush and Marillion. BTW I got my idea supported: that the great time of prog were the years 1970-77
'69 has got 2 albums in the TOP-100
'70-77 has got around 60 albums
(1970 5 all in lower half
1971 8
1972 10 (Incl. Deep Purple)
1973 9
1974 9 (Incl. Queen)
1975 6
1976 5
1977 7)
'78-79 has got 3(!)
'80-89 has got 5 (neo-prog)
90-99 has got 10 (prog metal and some neo-prog and Porcupine Tree)
2000-2005 'round 20 (prog metal even more dominating)
So if that's the true tendency (exponential growth!?) prog is really on its way back!
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