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jammun
Prog Reviewer Joined: July 14 2007 Location: United States Status: Offline Points: 3449 |
Posted: August 07 2007 at 22:10 |
Interesting to note that the 80's version of Yes or a band like Asia makes the cut on the site -- based entirely on their members' 70's pedigrees -- and a band like Dire Straits, who were at the time clearly during that era more competent than either Yes or Asia, gets the thumbs down. Not saying DS should be included here, however. Knopfler and the crew made some great albums and they always were for lack of a better word "atmospheric", but it wasn't prog to me. Nonetheless, that's what I was listening to in the 80's, not the dinosaurs. Jim
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Bj-1
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: June 04 2005 Location: No(r)Way Status: Offline Points: 31157 |
Posted: August 07 2007 at 22:13 |
They have their proggy moments (Telegraph Road for example) but I don't think they should be included. Still a great band though, and albums like Love Over Gold remain as one of my favorites!
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mystic fred
Special Collaborator Honorary Collaborator Joined: March 13 2006 Location: Londinium Status: Offline Points: 4252 |
Posted: August 08 2007 at 02:39 |
i am a big fan of Dire Straits, i have all their albums - Love Over Gold is a strong case for calling them a Prog band but one album does not make a band Prog. I think they have been proposed in the past but are on the rejected list.
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Seyo
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:08 |
I don't see them very much prog, despite having a handful of long tracks. Actually, their best work (for me) are their early Dylanesque/JJ Cale laid back pub rock albums...
Not for addition!
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Ivan_Melgar_M
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Posted: August 11 2007 at 19:22 |
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