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Posted: November 10 2009 at 19:04
progrules wrote:
I know it's a mixed bag but most of these bands are childhood (or recent) loves of mine and I believe some of them do even have progressive elements. That's why I chose these to present on this site. I wonder if there are more proggers who appreciate any of these bands. Please add comments.
Yeah, Christopher Cross' "Arthur's Theme" with those familiar prog elements. . . Why didn't you include The Osmonds while you were at it?
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 17:56
I do like pretty much all of U2's hits although I haven't looked too deeply into their actual albums. They get my vote unless the Neil Young option includes his time with Crosby Stills and Nash.
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 16:55
progrules wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too!
Heart of Gold was a real pop song,
Was it? Not in my opinion and which is UFo's and AC/DC's pop songs?
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Posted: November 10 2009 at 13:13
akamaisondufromage wrote:
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too!
Heart of Gold was a real pop song, a very good one but it was made to be a hit and then it's pop (= popular for the wide audience). Pop is not always cheesy.
And of course he's not a pop artist, I know that as are most of the other artists/bands but all of them made at least one popsong that made the charts. Am I clear now ?
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 14:23
crimhead wrote:
akamaisondufromage wrote:
Yes I've been in Dire Straits most of my life!
1 Neil Young = 'pop' ?
2 AC/DC
3 The Sweet : The first single I ever bought (Don't listen to them though)
4 Some U2
5 Alice
Neil Young as 'pop' struck me as funny as well.
Yes well there seems to be a lot of questionmarks over pop or not pop. But Neil Young struck me as odd just because the cantankerous old bugger never struck me as one who would chase the dollar . Rather he does what the fk he wants! Maybe stepping on the toes of pop occsionally but never really holding its hand!
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too!
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 14:08
I'm in a U2 mood lately so I voted for them. They were one of my favourite bands when I was a teenager and I still like them a lot, although I'm not a big fan of the last two albums but they still have some great songs. Achtung baby was an amazing album and one of the best of the 90's, thei experimental period was their best for me. I also like Alice Cooper a lot, but he's not pop at all in my opinion. I also listen to some Toto and Tear for fears stuff.
In the end the love you take is equal to the love you made...
I voted for Tears for Fears, purely because Shout, Everybody Wants to Rule the World and Mad World made the 80's marginally less wretched than they would have been otherwise. Also, Sowing the Seeds of Love is a great album (yes I know it's a transparent love letter to the Beatles psychedelia, but a skilled and affectionate forgery for all that)
The only other name on the list that struck a chord was Alice Cooper, who was perhaps the most entertaining of the 'Hanna Barbarians' that inhabited the 70's (but Arthur Brown should really sue Mr Furnier methinks)
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Posted: November 08 2009 at 06:59
Man Erg wrote:
Sweet
Desolation Boulevard,Sweet Fanny Adams,Give Us A Wink and Level Headed are all excellent albums. The album version of 'Love is Like Oxygen' has a very proggy section in the middle...I think that is what is called the bridge. In fact,the album versions of Sweet's singles were/are far superior.A fine example is 'Action'. The intro with it's bubbling synths is absent on the single.Another example is 'Fox on the Run'.The album version has a storming guitar solo on it that is nowhere to be seen/heard on the single.
Sweet were a very good 'pop' band singles-wise but were a far better 'rock' band when it came to their albums.
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progrules wrote:
Why didn't you include The Osmonds while you were at it?
If you describe him as pop then there are a lot of so called prog artists in danger of that fate too!
as are most of the other artists/bands but all of them made at least one popsong that made the charts. Am I clear now ? 
